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Jamaica: Pre-Adhesive Postal Markings

Post Town Straight-Line Hand-Stamps
Spanish Town Packet Letters with Type T3a /T3b (PS4 & PS5)

The two types can be distinguished by the hyphen – T3a, or star – T3b, between ‘SPANISH’ and ‘TOWN’.

Type T3a (PS4) (in use from 1804 to 1820)

Type T3b (PS5) (in use from 1819 to 1834)

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Packet Letter from Spanish Town
on 10 Mar 1810 to Edinburgh
redirected to Dunkeld.

Rated 4s6d to Edinburgh =
Double (1s1d packet plus 1s2d
inland for 500-600 miles.

Re-rated 5s8d =
Double (7d Edinburgh to Dunkeld
for 50-80 miles).

Packet letter from Spanish Town (1820), to Ayr, Scotland.

Rated 5s- = Falmouth Packet of 1813 (double:1s3d
+ inland 1s4d - 1d (600-700 miles) (plus ½d Scottish tax).