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The Royal Navy in Jamaica .
Section VI . Unit handstamps used during World War II.

RN 6 . NAVAL CONTROL SERVICE/KI NGSTON, JAMAICA .

This is a handstamp used by the officer who controlled shipping and convoy movements ,
and is a TRD handstamp with a double lined outer oval , 36 x 54mm, and a single line inner
oval , 21 x 42mm. The wording NAVAL CONTROL SERVICE appears around the top and KINGSTON,
JAMAICA, at the bottom both in block serif type, 3mm high separated by asterisks on each
side . The marking is struck in purple ink .
EKD : 13 December 1939 LKD : 13 November 1940

Reverse of a cover from Kingston to England bearing RN 6, the cover is franked at 2/2d
and bears the Service' s handstamp PC 2 , No. 2 . The Kingston dater is the 5~ November ,
1940 .

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