Page 4 - Jamaica Postal Cards

FIRST PROVISIONAL ISSUE - VARIETIES

The first provisional issue was printed in the Kingston Penitentiary. All were on the same type of card,
with identical printed instructions and with a marginal decoration composed of repeated lozenge ornamentation.

To date the literature has not described any constant varieties however inspection of some Jo+ such cards
shows that there is a recurring variety with a 'gap' at the bottom left band corner of the frame.

This could indicate that the cards were printed in pairs and divided after the printing process~
alternatively the variety could have resulted from damage during the printing process

With Comer Variety

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JA MA I C A. " POST CARD.

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lhd local rate postmarked Kingston 5 Dec. 1877

Without Corner Variety

1hd local rate used in Kingston, no postmark date unknown.