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The Royal Air Force in Jamaica.

Indeed, i t appears that the numbers of R.A. F . personnel stationed in Jamaica was so
small as not to warrant their own postal unit , and the present evidence shows that their
mail was transmitted by the Army, via the Signals Centre at Up Park Camp . It is
interesting to note that none of the mail so far recorded bear any R. A . F . censorship
markings , but, like the Army' s mail , if it went by normal Post Office channels it was
subject to Postal Censorship .

Few unit marki ngs have been recorded to date and so covers from R.A. F. are also
included here, the latter usually being sent from within the island whilst the sender
was on leave or in transit .

Section I. R.A.F . unit handstamps.

RAF l . R. A. F . DEPOT/PALISADOES.

This is a un-framed marking in block serif type, 3mm high, worded as above with a
period after PALISADOES , and is struck in purple ink .
EKD : 1944 LKD :
O. H. M.S. cover to England with RAF 1 and Up Park Camp Signals Centre handstamp. The
cover went to the War Office in London where it received R. {OVERSEAS)/WAR OFFICE
handstamp, all three markings in purple ink . At London the item was compulsorily
registered and bears London registration dater of the 16th October, 1944 .

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ON HIS I MJ\JES'I'Y' s SERVI CE
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Reuo .L' QI.'.r'ice,
P. ·D£Po
l AiJ: Force , PALISADO£.;.

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