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U. S. MARINE CORPS _AND
OTHER UNIT HAJ:-lDSTAJ1:PS.
rosier - M-USFS 3.

This handstamp is similar to M-USMU 2, being of the
"American Clock Face" :type, -the outer face of the clock

being 26 mm in. diameter a.nd. the d.ate line above also being
in a mixture of type. :Below the cl.ock face is the wording
"SR. ADMJNIS'l'RATIYE ASST./NOy 4162 - (JA) KINGSTON/U.S. NAYY' 1 ,

in three lines of serif type, 2! mm high.
It is believed that this handsta.mp was used as a furthe:r

receiving dater at ~he Frederick Snare Corporation's Offices,
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and was probably the successor" handstamp to M-USFS l.
The former handstamp, M-USFS l,bas not been recorded after

1941, but it is known that once the construction of the
naval base was completed and the main work force had left
Jamaica, ihe Corporation's Offices remained operational at

Xingston. In accordance with normal procedure, ihe Office
would be for the use of the Corporation s Clerk o~ Works and
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his staff, who no doubt would remain to supervise the

contract works durihg the maintenance period under -the
Corrtract . This view is 5\.lpported by the "civilian'' rather

than -the '-naval" wording of '~5R. (Senior) ADMINIS'rRATIVE
ASST. (Assistan-t)" , -together with the Corpora1:.ions naval
contract reference below thi5 wording.

The handstamp has been recorded struck in both pDrple
a~a bl~e, thus giving rise to the two sub-iypes,

foster -:- H..-U-SPS 3, 'l'Y~Pe ( i)
This is the state of. the handstamp when struck in purple.

EKD: 17/4/19.42. LKD:
Foster - M-USFS 3, Type (ii)
This is ~he state o£ the handstamp when struck in blue.

IJ<D: 18/4/1942.. LlCD: