vol. 6

A short guide to Jamaican Postmarks

Contributions to the Study of Classical Phlately and Postal History of Great Britain and the Commonwealth

Plot

President's Foreword 3
Authors' Foreword 4
Chapter 1: Preliminary notes on the postal service in Jamaica 5
Chapter 2: Postmarks from the pre-stamp period 8
[Straight-line marks, Bishop marks, the 'fleuron' type, PAID marks, dated town marks from 1820, ship letters, on-board postmarks]
Chapter 3: Postmarks of the early stamp period 14
[English-type barred numeral cancellations, duplex marks, list of post towns with numbers allocated ('A' series, 'F' series, 'E' series, 'G' series, three-figure numbers), numbers of mailboats]
Chapter 4: The 'squared circle' postmarks 21
Chapter 5: The single and double-ring cancellations: plain and simple, but full
of differences 24
[Provisional postmarks, 'Registered' postmarks, railway and ship marks, telegraph postmarks, 'STREET LETTER BOX' postmarks, special postmarks, instructional marks, 'CANCELLED' marks, 'TOO LATE' marks, slogan cancellations, an unknown mark]
List of post offices and postal agencies 25
Chapter 6: Other types of postmark 36
Postmark colours 40
A word about types of postmark used over the years 40
Some observations on obtaining material 41
Illustrations from a 1995 Cavendish auction catalogue 42
Postscript 44
List of literature 44