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Encyclopaedia of Jamaican Philately
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| Img | Lot | JAMAICA | Est US$ |
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| Early letters and handstarnps | ||||
| 179 | 1765 E.L. ‘P. the Lady fuliana Capt. Stevenson. To be left at the Jamaica Coffee House, London’, fine Bishop mark of arrival | $40 | 55.00 | |
| 180 | 1806 E.L. to England with SPANISH TOWN/JA * across the letter join, rate 1/11; 1820 frail E.L. from Gibraltar to Kingston with ANNOTTO BAY/ JA across letter join (struck as a ship letter h.s.), rate 1/3; 1827 E.L. to Scotland (address partly obliterated) with DRY HARBOUR / JA across letter join **, Jamaica fleuron endorsed ‘Island P.Pd. 1/3’, due rate 5/0½; 1830 E.L. to Scotland with SPANISH TOWN/JA ** across letter join, rate 2/6 | $50 | 85.00 | |
| 181 | 1808 E. to Guernsey with FALMOUTH/JA (first setting) and large fleuron (partly across letter-join), ** to .**, endorsed ‘Pd 9’ (island postage), 2/- due charged | $150 | 190.00 | |
| 182 | 1834-62 E.L. and E. (8) to England (7) and one internal, one SPANISH TOWN/ JA, c.d.s. of Annotto Bay, Goshen, Kingston, Spanish Town (2 types), Falmouth, St. Ann's Bay: red Jamaica Paid (two types, one 1862 with sans-serif date) and Kingston Jamaica Paid, mostly **. to *** | $140 | 180.00 | |
| 183 | 1842 E.L. (aged and worn at edges) from Salem, North Carolina, to Manchester, Jamaica, endorsed ‘by the vessel for Kingston’, faint Saint Ann's Bay SHIP LETTER (very rare, Foster chronicles five), PAID 27 (cents), 1/- due charged | $50 | 95.00 | |
| 184 | 1845 cover from Kingston to Grenada, 1853 cover Money Letter from Black River to Montego Bay, appropriate c.d.s., 4d. and 8d. rates, the last scarce | $40 | 32.50 | |
| The following 22 lots comprise a correspondence of some eighty letters from Jamaica written between 1804 and 1828. The writer was a clerk in the victualling office, Jamaica. and the correspondence is to his brother who apparently left Jamaica about 1800 to join the Methodist Ministry in England. The brothers inherited an estate in Jamaica and much of the correspondence relates to prices of commodities and payments to the brother in England, who suffered from ill-health and an ever-increasing family, so that he resigned from the Ministry. He tried top trade with Jamaica by sending stocks of boots (their poor quality resulted in small sales) and candles (which melted and stuck together). | ||||
| The correspondence sheds light on the difficulties in opening churches and the fact that one was liable to imprisonment for preaching. The emancipation of slaves and their market value is discussed. | ||||
| The types quoted are those given by Thomas Foster. There are several varieties of type 4 which are unlisted; there were at least two instruments, one with a broad M, the other with a tall narrow M. There are two examples of the rare ‘PAID TO ENGLAND’, both later than those recorded by Foster. The ‘JAMAICA. / F’ struck at Falmouth in green, was an indication that this letter hid been Posted ‘Too Late’ for the mail. | ||||
| 185 | 1804 ‘p H.M. Ship Rolus with the Fleet’; 1814 ‘By H.M. Ship Barham’ with fine oval Ship Letter (crown) Deal; 1815 'By H.M. Brig Goldfinch’ with F4 *; 1816 H.M. Brig Drake’ with F4Z **-; four E.L. with some faults at edges Note: | $100 | ||
| Type 4z has the first two figures of the year omitted. The first letter deals with slaves and religion, the third and fourth with the mission station at Morant Bay | ||||
| 186 | 1806 with faint F1, 1813 with F4x **, 1816 with F4z *, 1817 with F4 ** and 1819 'per Stanmer Packet’ with F4z **, five E.L. Note: the last letter contains details of profitable goods to export to Jamaica, the 1817 letter mentions the addressee's conversion from the Ministry to trading ‘I propose you shipping 70 & dozen Porter and 30 dozen of Pale Ale’ | $60 | 37.50 | |
| 187 | 1806 with F1 **, 1814 with F4x **, 1816 with F4z **, 1819 with F4 ***, 1819 ‘By Lady Louisa Packet’ with F4 ***, all split by letter join. Five E.L. Note: the 1816 letter has interesting observations on slavery | $75 | 120.00 | |
| 188 | 1817-E.L. to Penryn (fine mileage PENRYN/269) and forwarded to St. Austle (sic). almost *** F1 on reverse. Note: account of a slave's punishment who ‘prayed to loud in his own house’ | $60 | 55.00 | |
| 189 | 1808 E.L. as last, the mileage not so fine and the F1 just split by letter join. Note: ‘The Magistrates think we have correspondence with Mr Wilberforce and that we have been active in getting the slave-trade established’ | $50 | ||
| 190 | 1811 to Guernsey with F1a **, 1814 with F3a **, 1816 with F3a **, 1818 with F4z *, 1819 with F4 variety ** five E.L., the last ‘By Lady Wellington Packet’ Note: the first letter mentions that two Methodists were ‘Committed to Goal at Morant Bay for Preaching and was find 50 pounds each and 3 months imprisonment,' | $75 | 100.00 | |
| 191 | 1812-1820 E.L. (20) each endorsed by a different Packet - 1812 Townshend (captured later in the year), Speedy (crew mutinied – 1814); 1813 Nymph, Diana, Darlington, Adventure; 1814 Lady Wellington; 1815 Sidmouth; 1817 Princess Charlotte, Manchester (had been captured by privateers 1813), Duke of York; 1818 Queensbury; 1819 Montague, Sandwich, Princess Elizabeth, Stanmer, Pelham, Blucher; 1820 Lord Hobart and Lady Louisa. Seventeen have Jamaica d.s. types F1a, 3 (2), 3a, 4x (4), 4 variety (4) and 5 (4), * to *** impressions, one boxed ‘MISSENT TO LONDON’, many with interesting contents | $250 | 300.00 | |
| 192 | 1812 E.L. ‘p. Duke of Kent Packet’, very fine F3 on reverse, faint impression of the rare PD1 ‘PAID TO ENGLAND’ on obverse. Note: This rare handstamp may have been used on pre-paid mail from writers in government offices. In another letter dated 12th May 1812 the writer says ‘all letters for the gentlemen employed in this Department are taken out of the Post Office in Kingston by Mr Grant's house and the postage paid’ | $125 | 180.00 | |
| link | 193 | 1812 E.L. (tatty at the edges) 'By Speedy Packet’ via Falmouth (superb green TL1) to Bradford Wilts and forwarded to Plymouth. Note: The above is one year earlier than that recorded by Foster. The writer advises his brother to give his slaves away or sell them ‘generally speaking when a Negroe is made free . . . he becomes idle and at last turns out a Vagrant. . - . look back to a sister colony (St. Domingo) and see if Liberty is of any service to its present inhabitants - after murdering every white person in it they are now more miserable in greater slavery’ | $150 | |
| link | 194 | 1813 E.L. (frail at edges) ‘By Nymph Packet’, red FALMOUTH ** (suggests that the letters SHIP LETTER have been removed). Note: ‘the Oct. Packet which was very unfortunately taken off Barbados, the mail of course sunk – but the vessel it was shortly afterwards retaken . . . Our correspondence will be very much interrupted owing to the immense number of American Privateers’ | $100 | |
| 195 | 1813 E.L. ‘By Darlington Packet’ with light emerald JAMAICA/F d.s. (TL1) applied at Falmouth | $60 | ||
| link | 196 | 1813 E.L. ‘By H.M. Brig’ with light but clear ‘PAID to ENGLAND’ in maroon (PD1) and fine F4x on reverse. Rate 3/8. | $500 | 650.00 |
| 197 | 1813 E.L. ‘H.M.S. Bedford’, part SL1 **, part green JAMAICA, an unusual usage | $60 | 50.00 | |
| link | 198 | 1813 E.L. ‘H.M.S. Asia’ with part SL1 with part Deal oval Ship Letter overstruck. | $100 | 80.00 |
| 199 | 1815 E.L. ‘By Packet’ (2) to Camelford, both with faint but just readable ‘JAMAICA F’ type TL1, rates 1/10 and 5/6, the last owing to the enclosure of bills ‘which will certainly add much to the postage’ | $100 | 75.00 | |
| link | 200 | 1815 E.L. as last, faults at edges but TL1 almost ***. Note: mentions the Treaty of Ghent and the arrival of Bonaparte in France – a lively and interesting letter | $120 | 90.00 |
| link | 201 | 1816 E.L. ‘p. his Majesty's Vessel North Star’, Ship Letter JAMAICA type SL1 ** and PORTSMOUTH SHIP LETTER step type, also type F4z ** on reverse. | $150 | 130.00 |
| 202 | 1816-17 E.L. (2), one to Plymouth Dock (light oval Missent to Birmingham), the other to Swansea (fine circular mileage), both forwarded to Carmarthen, both with type F4 (tall M Variety) | $75 | ||
| link | 203 | 1817 E.L. to Carmarthen, fine type F4 (broad M). | $60 | 90.00 |
| 204 | 1820 E.L. ‘By Montague Packet’ to Carmarthen, light but legible Falmouth JAMAICA/ F type TL1 Note: the writer says ‘. . . about the postage on my letters, whenever I mentioned the postage was paid here it was certainly the fact - I think the imposition must arise here and will make enquiry . . . | $100 | 75.00 | |
| 205 | 1820 ‘By Manchester Packet’ as last but not so attractive. Note: the writer observes ‘I am disappointed in tasting your home-brewed ale – you must therefore accept my best thanks for your kind intention’ - | $75 | ||
| 206 | The remainder comprising E.L. (19) from Jamaica 1812 (2 both at Portsmouth), 1813 (2, one with type F3a), 1814 (travelled outside the mails), 1815 (2, one landed at Manchester, the other ‘p. the Goldfinch’ with F4), 1817 (5, two by the Salisbury Packet, three F4), 1818 (5. three F4), 1819 (F4) and 1828 (K2a). Also E.L. (7) originating in England, one 1819 E.L. from Dominica, and a bundle of letters (without outer covers) and accounts. Handstamps poor to fine. Note: the letter from Dominica is of particular interest regarding the Methodist Missionaries and mentions visits to Antigua, Nevis, St. Kitts, ‘the Swedish island of St. Bartholomew . . . the Dutch island of St. Eustatius’, Anguilla ‘belongs to us but St. Martin is divided between the French and the Dutch’ | $150 | 220.00 | |
| Covers with adhesives | ||||
| link | 207 | 1871 cover to London bearing A BLOCK OF TWELVE 1d. blue (fine) partly folded over the top on to flap, cancelled A56 at Montego Bay, probably Unique. | $180 | 350*00 |
| 208 | 1871-77 F. (1) and covers (3) to London bearing (a) two wing-margin pairs of the CC 3d. A01, (b) CC 1/- cancelled A52 (Mandeville), (c) CC 6d, pair A01 and (d) three CC 2d. faint A61 (Old Harbour), attractive | $100 | 200.00 | |
| 209 | 1872 cover to London bearing a vertical pair of 6d. (one torn at top) cancelled A60 (Ocho Rios) and just tied by the red redirection crown/ R in London | $30 | 70.00 | |
| 210 | 1873 cover registered to London bearing 2d. pair and 1/- (crease) neatly cancelled A72 at Saint David | $40 | 200.00 | |
| 211 | 1873 large O.H.M.S.cover to London bearing two shades (one creased) of the 1/- cancelled A76 at Spanish Town | $40 | 75.00 | |
| 212 | 1873 cover to London from Newport bearing 1/- cancelled A59 | $40 | 130.00 | |
| link | 213 | 1873 cover to London bearing a strip of three 1d pines, JAMAICA/ SHIP MAIL d.s. alongside, tied by red tombstone PAID/ LIVERPOOLISHIP d.s., red London SHIP LETTER PAID c.d.s. and 11, a beautiful cover. | $300 | 900.00 |
| link | 214 | 1874 cover as last but the stamps are the CC ½d claret (two Pairs) and ½d blue, another beauty. | $300 | 1000.00 |
| 215 | 1874-86 covers and F. (8) to London, one ‘Ship Letter Mail’ (no h.s.) with a strip of five and single ½d claret, 3d pair A56, 2d pair (fault) and single A59, 2d+6d+1/- A01 (poor), 2d pair A76 and with squared circle d.s. 1d carmine strip of four (Kingston) 2d+6d and 2d pair (Mandeville), some faults but some very attractive | $120 | 160.00 | |
| 216 | 1874 m to London bearing pair and single 4d red-orange cancelled A56 (blurred) (Moneague) via Montego Bay and Kingston | $40 | 130.00 | |
| 217 | 1877 n to London from Newport bearing 3d pair cancelled A59 | $50 | 180.00 | |
| 218 | 1877 provisional postcards 1d (7), 1d (3) and 3d (11) unused, fair to fine unused with various varieties of setting in the borders | $50 | 60.00 | |
| 219 | 1894 1d postcard from Up Park Camp. 1899 cover bearing 2½d cancelled Point Hill, both to London, also 1900 Telegram envelope delivered at ‘Spa Town’, fine Spanish Town d.s. | $50 | 60.00 | |
| 220 | Postal Stationery: Wrappers Q.V. ½d unused (15) and used (2); K.E. VII ½d Specimen, unused (2) and used; K.G. V 1d unused (2) and used; K.G. VI ½d Specimen, unused and used; Q.E. ½d used (2) and another. Registered envelopes. K.G. V 2d unused (2) and used; K.G. VI 2d Specimen and unused; Q.E. 2d unused (2) and used (2); Self-Government 6d unused (2), Air Letters K.G. VI 6d unused (4), used (2); Q.E. 6d unused (2); Independence 6d unused (4); 1964 6d unused and Forces Air Letter used | $50 | 70.00 | |
| Proofs & Stamps | ||||
| 221 | 1870 ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/-, imperforate proofs in the issued colours, each in a marginal block of four on surfaced paper, each stamp overprinted ‘CANCELLED’. (24) | $300 | 475.00 | |
| 222 | 1871-1971 the mint (123) and used (130) collection including 1938-52 various values to £1, 1945-46 1½d to 5/-, 1948 £1 mint and many used, fair to fine, a few small faults | $40 | 37.50 | |
| 223 | 1900 1d red centrally cancelled and showing double print over top part of stamp. Photo | $125 | 130.00 | |
| link | 224 | 1903 die proof in black of the central vignette (Arms of Jamaica), dated August 14th 1903. | $125 | 220.00 |
| 225 | Engraved die proof in black of the Arms of Jamaica with oval pearl border, probably intended for a large Revenue stamp, dated 25.9.19 | $100 | 110.00 | |
| link | 226 | 1920 ½d die proof in black of the central vignette uncleared dated 1920.. | $250 | 280.00 |
| link | 227 | ½d die proof in black of the frame dated 28.1.22. | $200 | 325.00 |
| link | 228 | 2d engraved die proof in olive-brown and green, dated 1.10.20. | $500 | 600.00 |
| link | 229 | 3d engraved die proof in blackish-green and blue, dated 26.11.20. | $500 | 600.00 |
| link | 230 | 4d engraved die proof in grey-black and green, dated 1920. | $500 | 600.00 |
| link | 231 | 3/- engraved die proof in black and brown, dated 1920. | $600 | 550.00 |
| link | 232 | 10/- engraved progressive die proof in black dated Jan. 1920. Very rare. | $500 | 440.00 |
| link | 233 | 1920 1/- bright orange adr orange, variety frame inverted, lightly tied to small piece, faint vertical crease. S. $4,250 | $2,750 | 4000.00 |
| link | 234 | 1921 Abolition of Slavery, the unissued 6d on Script paper and overprinted ,’SPECIMEN’ and fine mint. | $200 | 150.00 |
| 235 | 1921-23 1½d green and 4d green and dark brown, both with reversed watermark, fine mint | $40 | 32.00 | |
| 236 | 1956 1d, emerald and black, imperforate mint marginal block with head and value misplaced, slight crease | $75 | 75.00 | |
| 237 | 1964 2d plate block (2X6) one stamp showing ‘NA’ joined, 1969 2c on 2d marginal block of four with watermark inverted and 1969 Coins 3c corner block of four with watermark sideways, fine unmounted rnint | $15 | 16.00 | |
| 238 | Official Stamps: 1890 overprinted small ‘OFFICIAL’ 15 to 16 mm. long, ½d green, a plate number mint block, each with double overprint at top of stamp | $200 | 220.00 | |
| 239 | - ditto, as last, fine unused with much original gum. two shortened perforations | $50 | 45.00 | |
| Cancellations | ||||
| 240 | ‘E 06’ (Newmarket) on CC 2d and 6d and CA 1d rose; ‘E 30’ (Lacovia) on CC ½d, 1d and 2d and CA 1d and 2d grey, ‘E 58’ (Little River) on CC 1d and 2d ‘F 80’ (Little London) on CC 2d and 4d and 1889 1d and ‘F 81’ (Clarks Town) on CC ½d, ½d and 2d and CA ½d and 1d (both). fair to fine strikes (19) | $65 | 80.00 | |
| 241 | ‘F95’ (Watson's Hill) on CC 1d and 2d pairs, 1d, 2d and 6d, CA ½d and 2d (both) pairs, 1d rose 2d grey 3d and 4d, 1889 1d and 1900 1d (2) ‘F96’ (Shooter's Hill) on CC 1d 2d and 6d and CA 2d grey and ‘F97’ (Copse) on CC 2d and CA 2d . grey and 3d, mainly good to fine (27) | $85 | 110.00 | |
| 242 | ‘F98’ (Chester Castle) on CC ½d, 1d and 2d, CA ½d, 1d blue and 2d slate and 1889 1d and ‘G13’ (Halfway Tree) on CC ½d, 1d and 2d, CA 1d rose and 4d and Official ½d and 2d poor to fine (14) | $65 | 120.00 | |
| 243 | G13 (Holy Way Tree) various (23) to 1/-, also two 199 Guys Hill, fair to superb strikes | $125 | 70.00 | |
| 244 | ‘G14’ (Hampden) on CC ½d and 1d, CA ½d 1d rose, 2d rose and 4d, 1889 1d, 1890 2½d on 4d and 1900 1d, fair to fine | $65 | 140.00 | |
| 245 | ‘G15’ (Blue Mountain Valley) on CC 1d and CA 1d rose, 2d (both) and 4d and 1889 1d and ‘G16’ (Pri6siman's River) on CC 1d and 2d, CA ½d, 1d (both) and 2d grey and 1889 1d mainly fine (13) | $70 | 120.00 | |
| 246 | ‘193’ (Cold Spring) on CC 1d, 2d and 3d, CA 1d rose and 4d and 1891 2½d, '196;' (Ewarton) on CC 2d, CA 1d rose and 1889 1d and 199’ (Guys Hill) on CC 1d and 2d, CA 1d rose and 1889 1d mainly fine (13) | $85 | ||
| 247 | '201' (Milk River) on CC ½d (3 with a pair), 1d and 2d, CA ½d, 1d rose, 2d (both) and 4d, 1889 1d and 2d and Postal Fiscal 1d, ‘615’ (Bull Bay) on CA ½d and ‘617’ (Hayes) on CC 1d, 1d, 2d and 6d and CA ½d, 1d rose, 2d grey and 1889 ½d, poor to fine (22) | $90 | ||
| 248 | ‘622’ (Kings) on CC 1d and 2d, CA 1d blue and 2d grey and 1889 2d, ‘640’ (May Pen) on CC ½d, 1d and 2d CA 1d (3, with a pair), 1d rose, 2d (both) and 4d, 1889 1d and Officials ½d (both), 1d and 2d, ‘642’ (Petersfield) on CC 4d and ‘647’ (Southfield) on CC 1d and 2d, CA ½d (3, with a pair), 2d grey and 4d and 1889 1d, poor to fine (29) | $95 | ||
| Postal Fiscals | ||||
| 249 | 1858 1/- unused and two used, one on large dated piece, 5/- used two much stained examples, also 1/- (9, with a bisect), 5/- (3) and 10/- (2) either pen marked (13) or cleaned (2). (19) | $50 | 75.00 | |
| 250 | 1855-74 imperf. 3d (2) and perf. 3d (41) and 6d (17) and 1858 1/- (6) with fifteen multiples, all pen rnarked, some faults | $25 | 18.00 | |
| 251 | 1873 (October) sheet of embossed revenues with printed inscription at foot ‘JAMAICA IMPRESSIONS FROM STAMP DIES WARRINGTON & CO ENGRAVERs 23 CARRICK SMEET, LONDON’, the impressions (4X6) being colourless and arranged in value order from 9d to £100, eight impressions have fold across and in places the embossing has gone through the paper | $100 | 110.00 | |
| 252 | LABELS: 1915 (c.) ‘FELLOWSHIP OF THE BELLOWS’ label, a corner mint block (7X4) used at same time as Red Cross labels; each member of the organization bought a label at 1d, each time an enemy plane was destroyed; unknown on cover. (28) | $50 | 52.50 |