Inventory of the CE Patrick collection
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PADKmT LKf-uh-K. v/ith r ....KCl, r T ■--d03. (i»ote : - . iV such le t - e r a . Vh e ..urkings and a straight line name Oa a pos- lo'./n w ill be found in that part of these notes). 1. Entire from d.n. --all at ro..illy, Ja uica, kited 5th July I t >•')&, to isa Florence halx., Oircua -root, Ju ••*2.aid Place, Lon on. Has been port© at a district post office in Jamaica and sent through the ini, nd post at the pro. aid inland rate of 7£d local curr cy, this fee cover!a • a sin le leti.er travelling up.to a distance o 100 miles (crossed out in tor ri ht corner). *‘o ti’ace of the office narking. deceived -in. a -o^ 1015 only 1808 it., ty, .. F I. Heed. London *’3 Augurt 1808 an charged 4/-, la t e r corrected to 2/- the correct rate for sin : le packet letters to London at this time. 2. .'.intire from Henry Swift at Port aria on 18th ay 1810 to his brother r. 'illiar. v.lft, .out ell, .ot:,i a< shire. A-osied in Kin, 3ton on 26th -ay 1810 v/ith type F2, as there is no truce of inle t poau. g. charge or o-Pic- ; marking. .To d re oh receipt. Thar ed 2/ld. All packe t letters were 1, iced at Falmouth. Char e account le as follows Sin pie packet rate to _ al.couth l/ld Single inland r,. te . almouth to Southwell v ia London l/ -
3. jin tire from. Klizabeth Kouiason at Kin piston on 11th March 1814, to Mrs. Ann Sleight, ne r daias-urogh, in Li- conohire. Posted in ingoion 13 ■ rob 1814 with type F3a. io date of receipt. Charged. /3d, Single to Falmouth l/8d ingle Falmouth to Gainsborough via London l/ ld
4. Entire from Samuel foulds at Orange Hill Estate* Manchioneal, on 19th December 1815, to his broth r r. Ja es oulds, Underhill, aint Johns Olauchan, rt Jew .Jalloway, . br*. tain. Letter prepaid to Kingston at 7^d local currency as item 1. ..aiichioue 1 was 59 miles from —in a ton. To mark of that o ffic e . Beceived Kingston 20 December 1815 v/ith type F5a. c r>
o date of receipt. Charged 2/5d Sin le to Falmouth l/2d Falmouth .to O-al ‘ ov'sy v ia P r i- t 0l and Carlisle l/3d riote In spite of .'hat many ie; med postal historians say, not a ll >.t routed throu h Lorn on. any is: cket letters for the i.sst Comitry and Scotland, v/ere c; • r ■ d at F’lmouth and. forwarded via ..ristol, BirmiA-ham, Carlisle and Glasgow etc. This can he proved hy the postal rates. Letters were usually only forwarded through London when i t was e a s ie r to send them tin t way.
5. itatire from Francisco de ayseca at ufvana, Cuba, on 13th January 1620, t cssrs. Fredk. iiuth 6. Lntire from James Flant at Jamaica on 37th August 1380, enclosing duplicate of letter written from :.es t o land or 36th July 1820, to Archibald Craufuird Squire, No 84 Forth Street, Edinburgh* Prep id to Jii. gston at 3/6& local curro .cy, toe correct rate for a treble let er goi.-g inland over 10o j,le.:. po auk of origin. R-ceived Lin: a ton 3 ..ccem.-er 1830 with type F5a. Reed. Edinburgh 28 October 1820. Landed a t Falmouth and charged 4-/1 Ol, Double L e tte r to Falmouth 2/4d S co ttish T o ll Tax Double inland rate Falmouth to Ldinbuxgh v ia B r is to l and C a rlis le 2/Qd 7. I3ntire from .0. -iaci-illan at Kingston on 10 th Au :ust 1821 to Patrick Cockbum Leg. , Min; argil. Posted at Kingston on 15 August 1321 with type F5b. Landed at Falmouth and charged 2/5d, Single to Falmouth l/2d Single Falmouth to Fdinburgh via Bristol and Carlisle l/3d Reed, .-dinourgh 28 August 1821. 8. entire from 3h rbrook Lowe at Up Park Camp on 20th May 1822, to his mother, -Irs. * • anow, out . e ll, ..o‘-tin.. ha.othire* Posted at Kin; ston on 20 -May 1828 with type F5a. Landed a t Falmouth, charged 2/3d, Single to Falmouth l/2d Single Falmouth to Southwell via London l/ ld 9 . liii1- . i’u-* kjihjf ox/oo**. Lo.. ^ - <-„*„a.».ou on Loth xkpi'il 1328 to his mother as i.em 8 , Posted in Kin.;c ton SO A p r il 1802 w ith type F5a. no date o~ receipt, Charged L/3d , Single to Falmouth l/ 2d in le Falmouth to Southwell via London i/ld 10. Entire from Shortrook Lowe at Jamaica on J6 th A p r il 1822 to his father .K. ranow, ar above. - All details as item 9. 11. wrapper of packet from iia ;ston to kessrs. focock and Forbes, Sly xlaoe, London. Carried by the Luke of York packet. (Ho illustration of this pack exists). Posted at /viiii s^on 17 August 1817 with type i*4. Seed. London 25 October 182 7 a.id char ad £5/8/4d, Packet rate to London from tamaiou at ts.ia time was 2/2d single or 8/8a per ounce. Letter -as lti-% ounces ana equivilant to 50 singles, wherefore otut ciiar0ed is correct. Tote This i the highest rat I h ve ever seen on a pre-stamp lr-ttex . A ik in ; col?va ie to whom I 1 ed this on Wednesday evening, in fo r that such a ./an v, ul. be e ual to a' out >£120 nowadays. I cannot coni 1 :w v/L tier this states ent is correct. 4 SHIP LETTERS. Note It is possible .for letters carried by private ship from Jamaica to have Ja aican postaar ,.a of oj L 1b« -3Ld be handed in at the port or. ic< fox1 car ying on private hips and as such would have postmarks. They o n always be distinguished by the postal rate char eel for delivery* . JLas, th re are none in tills parcel of material. q q Lorry, nay mistake • 12. Entire from Thomas Woolhead at Kingston on 22nd October 1752 to his clearest sioter, nrs. Judith .oolite ad at the Seeven Stars against Salisbury Court in Fl< at S tre e t, honuon. Carried by the . hip ’FI -f i'» Capt. Ansell. Reed. Lon on 25 January 1752. poa'tal marking of where landed in U.K. Char ad 7&, so prou.bly in south of the country, probably be :en Portsmouth and over. -kites a t tuat time suggest that the break up is Piasters Fee Inland postage from port to JJon ion od Note Ship L e tte r m-.rki .gs were introduced sh o rtly after the date of this letter. There was no charge at unis date for such letters enterin'; the country, but they were supposed to be handed in at the first ost office on arrival in tain country. for this service, the master or captain receive a Id, 1. ter increused to 2d. en of Car courted as private ships unless they were pi*, red into service as an official packet . en the mail they carried can always be distin uished by the p f 1 • te charged. Royal ..aval captains did not always rec e iv e the o s t rs fe e though they v/ere enu itleci to i t . 13. Entire from Samuel Johnstone at Jamaica on 24th June 1857 to itp. firry Stark, Clatto nigh at. Andrew, via Edinburgh. / carried by * IJOEfQ.D.C. V Reed. Lon on 7 Augu. t 1757 a-.u char od I / - , ...asters Fee Id Portsmouth (presumably) to London 3d London to Edinburgh 6cl lOd Edinburgh to Clatto 2d note •- Loot men of war from the st Indies docked at Portsmouth at this time* four i scriptian under this cover is wrong. In th is case, <*-n.C. :ta..d f o r .13 CCb ERVET meaning Thich Sod Preserve and aplying to the ship. The same in itials meaning que. . ESUS COiiSERVET meaning ./horn Cod Preserve a. p ly to 'the s tor o f the ship when named. This a . o applies to the letters .0-., /hie1' >od. Preserve applies to the ship; V/hoir od .. reserve a...-plies to the mr, 3te r . o 14. ,.■! i t e r 13 but c. rxicci. by L .—.o . 15. Entire from Laiooita Laing at Jamaica on 14th July 1773, to Messrs, ’erocold a Jua-^on, Lonaon. Carried by ;i.i . r-. *'JU. ILUPE*. Landed at x-or tstuoui. , PCulbaGUlH SiiiP I ifiill Fed. London 10 e te. ir 1773, charged 7d, Masters Fee Id Double letter Dortstaouth to London 6d 1 6 . entire Iron uxcoxti -aing at uuraica on 10th June 1774 to previous a&are .se and a d u p lica te . by rivate ship per Oapt. Britt. Lauded at Dover, DO VLB. Lul X'—LiiL no date of receipt and chare d at 7d, a double letter, rates as previous item. 17. Let er wrapper from Jamaica to iss Isabella McLeod, at Roderick * cLeods -so., Craigs Court, .1 inhurgh. Carried by t..e private ship ‘-ua-.C/*, r. L-utxi, vi.D.C. ? port of landing, probably on the Clyde. Charged 5d, Masters Fee Id Single, port of landing to Edinburgh. 4d .ote Greenock to Edinburgh would have been 3d ai5d it is possible that this letter was lauded at a place a little further away and that the Greenock .aurk tas applied in or. *ait, 'especially as it is not a diip Lo o ter marking. 18. .Uiblre from Geoi*ge Murray a t .lestttoreland, Jamaica, on 8 th ..lay 1733, to rhouas Coe Mourn unq, pi ter to the . ignet, Edinbur h. By Hi s M ajestys '"hi. . Landed at Deal, IbxxL SHIP LBJS cd. Lon< on, 17 July 1783, ch rged l/ 8d, this being marked in two stag es, prooaly a t London and Edinburgh, Masters Fee Id Bouole, Deal to London 3d 7d Double Loanon to Edinburgh 1/14 l / 8d. r* 6. *2^ Q ^ uii -i. I'O - -h -* Ox ...oLL V *— iu *-*a,X4.Acx U-tA . ...cli? u** OvJ till July 1784 to previous addressee. C arried by the p rii \ .._ .... . -Uijj. Landed at Dover, DO VaR a . ij. x —_i-'—-i Red. Lon on ’8 3epte::ber 178*, charged l / - 9 Lover to London 4d London to Edinburgh Bd Masters Fee toes not prear to have o :i claimed* The ’APOLLO* ra y hr ve ter n a man-of~ m v an novel o;. ta in s Ft n did .not take the £■ 2o. Entire from George Murray ay Savanna la ar on 5th ~epteraber l 785 to John Cockburn, i t e r to the i net, L.iufcurgh* / harried by the 'ALblOn*, CJapt. ,.uir. Z Red. Londoi ovember 1785, ol i/ - , Lover to London 4 . London to Edinburgh 6d Landed at Dover, DOVER SHIP LRiS Once a g a in , the ..*usoers Lee does not a> A.ar to h ve been ai&itoad. suggesting that the *AL XOH* too vas a nian—of—war. y£S. 2 1 . Entire from , 22. Entire Fro - ■ ii: iam Lukin a t Jamaica on 2nd June 1889 to previous addressee. y j Garries H*M*S, * 3PA*, Qapn* Varhon* Landed at Portsmouth, PC 3L0UTH IIP-LRE -»o re 0 suit, ana hit. r .ed lOd, s fe e Id , Portsmouth to Lo ton 4d , Lou-on to Aylsnau 5d 23. 3nti from illiarn Lukin on ,I.-.S. ,LJR0PAt a t 3pithead on 23rd August 1789, to previous addressee. Landed at Portsmouth and posted as an ordinary letter xn the normal /ay. . e l e t .or .._*i i ton o~ bo*. iju o.*i.p and probably posted the sender on one o f his shore visits and was not therefore a Ship Letter. This is proved by the application of the ordinary Portsmouth handstamp. ..To rcg. t te and c.n. r ;ed 9d, single letter Por usuiouth to London 4d London to Aylsham 5d 24. -entire from Do. Hood at Trelawney, Jamaica, on 17th Sep ..ember 1792, to Ju..c:-. 2tc ui. ,rt Esq., Jar an, Dumfries, ...... Carried by the ship 'POLLY*, C. pt. Raphael. Lande^ au L iv e rp o o l, LIVoidjOOL SLIP No Reg. date, and ctrged 1/lOd, Easters Pee Id Single, Liverpool to London 6d S in gle, London to Jo.burgh 6d Single, Edinburgh to Dumfries 7d 25. .in /.ire from D. Hood a t Trelu/.uey, Jaiaaiea, on 30th June 1795 to previous actresses. Carried by shi *JX ..IGA*, >. t. orry. * Lauded at Bristol, jjXl3~0L O X.: .' . Xy .» T Oi--PP Red. Lon- on in vugust 1793, char cd 3/16., Mas .ers Pee Id B r is t o l to Dumfries via London and Edinburgh 2/- ;ote I am afraid th t the r ter on these la s t two letters are beyond my comrrlr sion. cr- do not i. o; r to ’i t 'in with any information my possession. I think th. ro le lies vith the rate from Edinburgh. 26. Entire from David Hocid at ontego Bay c , 7th use 1796, to previous addressee. inis lew .r oar** leu by a ^riva ws ship to Liverpool and on arrivao. th ere, was ha. ded over t a r . _a, a r Jor_ i e , instead o f to tin ■ post office* - ....d i . th Au lis t ana lie endorsed it ’’for arded by , our obedient sor ant" l og and poated it in the normal way. The let uer u.eredore, oni„ gou a normal Liverpool prak in si. ad o f a .^ivcipool nip no iter mayxin._;. Do rcg. date and eharped l/ 2d. Liverpool to Edinburgh d ir e c t SSd Edinburg*, to nu n fries 7d Phis letter c.ould not have tn v e ile d v ia London due to the rate charged. As it was an ordinary inland letter, it probably went direct either to Edinburgh or Dumfries. 8 27. . ---V- -* . o . uoi -..OP « .Hunt, vix Lgt», at Stony H ill, on 20th Jul, 1804, to wa^or Otway, Oth Dragoon Guards, to be forwarded with speed by essrs. Collyer & Son, Army Averts, Park Place, t. Janes street , Lon on. hurt! . r re-adrested "of 18tb Lt. ragoonr, Ibbotson*s hotel, Vert it *eet, Oxford street". Landed at PI., mouth Dock. ..et -er contents indicate that it was carried by n... . sloop ' uU^.a ' • Red. Lot. on 10 October 1304 a id charged 1/ ld , / Incoming Ship Letter Share 4d Plymouth Dock to Lonuon 9d The nto rs ee has not Ik n clai ed, possibly I cause the l e t t e r was marked ' n 'c rise*, tit: on V. th is • ad o postal authority outisde of A a ica. The 3beap rater, e :tc, ded to p riv a te s o ld ie r s * and sailors did ot e r . nd to o leer rank u til any years la t e r . 28. "intire fro J.O. Grant, ' "‘ten Island, Ja ..aica, on 14th A p ril 18S2, to ..tre .i Id Crav/fi 1 r. haq.. , "0 Pic., rip Place, Edinburgh. Oar -ion b tne snip *.nu»0 v d i*, tau t. Ada non* Landed a t Penzance, PL.Li ..ICE BLIP LET ER Deed. London n oune 1822, oa.j? 'eu l/ lld , Easters Fee 2d Incoming Ship L e tte r Char e 6d Penzance to Edinburgh via Lon on l/3d licco.diiig t . ... reckoning, the inland, posts e on th is 1 s t-ter should in ive been 1 /--d. 29 .untire frou dames a rant in wesL.ioreiaad, Jamaica, on o ls t ,.ur .h 1827, to Lilliem ereor . , **2 dortnumu riuna o t re e t, Edinburgh. Carriec by th ship * .Lp*. lader. Landed a t lymin ton, L/wlwGTOJi CHIP LAL Fee . 19 ay 1837 end char ;ed 5/Spd, a treble letter, ^asters Pee Qd incoming Dhip Let her Char o l / 6d iymington to Edinburgh v ia London o/od plus, ucotoinii oil Tax, pei- letter This w s of course, three ti v the sin ;le ra te . 9 jQ. Entire from Ji es .r- - jston on 29th .April 1829 to •es.-x's. i?. uuth. cc -o., London, Landed a t Gravesend- SHIP L ’ToER GRnVESEND Led, 4 u l- 1029 ..... au.u ed 2/ld, a double letter, masters fee 4d Incoming Ship Letter Char e l / ~ Gx*avesena to London l/ - . hi ’jus of course, t ice t..e noi^-al single rate. 31. • ...... 5th ax .006 to Messrs, . th '■ o. , 9 ' out:, t , , ins o_-y, Lonuon, Carried by the brigantine 'VELOCITY*. Landed at Penzance, KL2LL..CL HIP L, /j? 2R ■ca. ,o.i on 10 ay .836 n.v.! : . r sd 5/—, u tre le l e t t e r , Masters fee 6d Incoming Ship Letter Pee l/ 6d Penzance to London 3 / - (lure*. times the single rate). . PACKET LET .,IRS^ 1 ;ost id a t :..; -ton. 32. Entire from George Hurray at Savanna la Jar on 27th epteml e r 1784 to Thomas Cocbourn 23q.» Edinburgh. Posted at Savanna la ,ar (no postmark?^ and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d currency, covering a sin le letter carried over 100 m iles. Received Kingston an.;. hug sta per with type J2. carried on the v^ueen Charlotte racket - (no illustration of this guenet sh ip known) . Landed at Falmouth. lied Lon on 25 November 1784 and charged l/ 7 d , Single, to Falmouth l/— S in .;le, Falmouth to Edict* rgh v ia London ‘ 7d ? .ncco ...in. oo «iy u o i e s , the in i- nd rate on t h is l e t t e r via London should have been l/2d* libl t t joaguttf has missed ine ’ 1/ -’ he has apparently crossed out at the side and that the charge is i/ 2d ana not 1/7G, which'would put things ri ght. 3S* r a r t L e t te r ./rapper from 0 arm ica - to r. Joseph Lutterworth, u j 4S Fleet treet, London* Posts- at tin a ton on 5 Augu t 1804 id , .ype J5a. Red* Lonaon 6 October 1804 an- e ar -eo 1/I0d, ingle, to Falmouth l/- o in g le , '.1 outh to London lOd ® m m m m Posted at t i e i nn - Fo.vr.s. 8 o Entire from David food at • 1* e jy, < -e Lugust 1794 to James ' to th e rt Esq., Jar en, Dumfries, li.B* Posted uo Spcmiiu town with type Tla (42 x 12£). Ho trace of inland caur e oo Kin* ston and no in ston po tmark. Red. London 2 October 1794. Char cd F/7d, iigne to Falmouth l/— 2ingle, Falmouth to Lonaon Sd bin le, London to Edinburgh 8d Single, Edinburgh to Cargen 5d 55. Entire frgm David hood at i’relawney a . us.. 1798 to James b jo th e rt A;. , , .. . inburgh. Post cl at. p a n ic h o\m i t . g e Tib (31 x 1 2 ). no tre ee c f inland pc t to a ton c r p 4; o f f t o f f i c e . nod* Loudon 25 Get oer 1798 and c. arged 4/4d, a mystery to me the paeg-t rute was cetrainly a l/ - and this has been crossed 11 out a t to_ r ig h t an-'- ■ t- the Inscribed 3/4d, - 3?* su ably to tv Is 4/4 d deqjanded* rhe in lan d r to from lulm outh to Edinburgh via Lo ido a t this date should have been l/4d. 36. iiatire fr a tin laid of doll away in London, Lapland, on 2nd January 1802 to • i l l i u u Kennedy L s q ., .. oraut iL y , Jamaica. Charged l/3d on delivery in J; ^aica which was the outgoing • te. Prestesably any inland ch« would have been automatic V I oannot understand ho- the SPANI - ; TOWN type fiu (48 x 12£) cones to be on this letter. tter :oin from 'in oton to iorant hay would certainly not jo i v . own. I t i s in the opposite direction and on an altogether dif erent post route. It may be possible that this letter has been directed oy the post master at Kingston to ipanish down, ; 'ere he Knew r. K nnedy was at that ttae« I'here were still raa jy bus! • '& o .-ices in Spanish Town, even a . t .it lace cate* 37. entire L e t t e r from David Hood a t frelaw n ey on 24th June 1800 to James to th e rt bsq, Ldinburgh. Poston at falnouth post Office receiving the Falmouth type J§L(4 5-a*) aud -v. if to 1. t ...... l/3d .-u_. aey, the correct rate f o r i double in i. .aa l e t t e r goiu.. L twe-n 60 and log -.-les, Falmouth being 93 miles free .in ston. (ci jsacd out 1-- top ri^ht corner of le tter f ron 1}. llo Kingston marie o f re c e ip t. J Carried by * «6 . Cut r * .. 1 acting as an c ‘ficial post o ffic e pacuet a **. not as a p riv to ship. Kcd London 21 °epteraber 1800 and char :ed 2/2d. ice again thi. rate dee snot nice sense. The packet rate was 1/-* a single letter. fi-o le *er travelled by London and as such should have been charged --/4d. It shoul. ■" noted tu t the rate shar • $ a to tne s^rae address and .. it. in the .... o p e rio d -ta l ci ;*Pbe3 , -ten C-3 . a possibly & double letter a.. 11 .e, win ...... r ;e c ia. i. ti tie d . 38. Entire from nryce .lain© at fundee -state, Trelawney, on 17th September 1797, to previous a iressee, but at Cairjon near Du.af i?i*es, L.B . Posted at Falmouth rith type 33L. (45 x 6 •. i p r id to --.ingston a t l/Sd currency item 37. At in i t- n, received ..type J2 (the l.k.d.). Led. London -6 jovetwor 1697, ant. ci.urged 3/4d, l a t e r amended to 4/ ld and 1 ter to -< * t— omit tun t cannot :.r -alee out, possibly on re-d eli^ i , to ... ?gh* - •••* packet letter from Ja mica to Jar en at thi t . . ,,n. -uvt a .. uevn ./ lid . How they get these ammount > i s eyonci -o. 12 *>9. 1 Lint of Slaves fr ora Dundee Seta to Iron Andrew Jardine on 3 August 1601 to william Kober toon, no 46 Queen • treet, jidinourgh.. Posted at i'almouth Post Office with type '42.( 4 5 .% 5£) and prepaid to Kingston a t 2/qu lo c a l curr uicy, ( a one ounce le t t e r rate). At Kingston receive! t, pe J4a of 20 November 1801. Red. London 27 January 1802 and charged 2/2d. Single letter to Falmouth 1/- * Single, Falmouth to Kdinaurgh via London l/2d Ironically enough, this r to of 2/2d is c o rre c t a t th is date. 40. . Entire Letter frorr . V/emyss in Lone on, England, dated 23rd October 1820 to Kr. re ter u stays b , a or valley Estate, near Annotto Bay, Jamaica. no mark ox receipt. charge 3/2d. Double packet rate 2/2d. In.Land to Annotto Bay 1/- (sterling) Ihis l/- stern..., :* ,e tmy have either cen collected in sterling or in local' currency which would nave aeon i/3d, the correct inland rate for a double letter to .-nuuetto nay. On arriv; 1 at ati otto Bay, received type T3 hands.amp. 41„ Entire from mdrew Jardine at Dundee Estate, Trelawney, on 10th A p r il 1804 to i l l a u .Loh.rvuon, o -5 u- e- " t r e e t , Edinburgh. runted a t Falmouth x ih Grfice, with type T3 (39 x 12). Prepaid to Kingston a t 2/6& curr ncy, dnu.l l e t t e r r: te . **o Kingston a r r iv a l roar Red. Lon- on '6" i y 1804, and char :ed 6/ 6d, a treble le t t e r rate, as item @0 89 but tre b le d . 4 2 . Entire from Andrew Jardine a t DWnciee Estate# on 25th March iB&tp 1806, to . Roberts.on Esq., .o 45 Ruc-en t r e e t , Ed.inbw, x-'osted at . ,iou u.i w it a type 18 as previous. ^ Prep-, id to Kingston at 2/6d currency, double 1 tier rate. Received Kingston 27 A p r il 1306 with type r l . Red. London 11th June 1806 and charged .-/4d, single packet rate to Id. 1 couth 1 / - dingle, Falmouth to Edinburgh via Loudon l/4d 4 5 . E ntire from ^mdrew Jarciine a t ~unuee -s u*te on 10th June lou7 to Join* Russell Esq.., orth Kr.uJi .LeK h o to , - i-a u rg h . Posted at Falmouth with ty e 13 a-, previous and prepaid a t 2/6d currency o Kin nton, lov.ble let er rate*(despite -eing marked -). Reed. Kingston 14 June 1807 with type HU Red London cO July 1807 anu charged 2/4d, ingle packet l/ ld LR:1 or L-. to ihnr v ia London 1/Sd 13 44* j1 ir ‘0';' ' a--; - J. uaca a. th 1304 to Nilliam Oso me Esq. , Kington, Nhorabury, near n r is to l. _ Posteo at Laco-ia nth type ijs and pi'- paid to Kingston at ?id currency, t sin r te upto 10 dies. t Kin ston r oeived type J5a o f 31 . a: "is t 1 , -jo rc,,. unto. Uiua- ;ud l/9d. Packet rat- to -’alrcouth ± /„ dalmduth to B ris to l d i -ect 9d 46. i'ntire frai James Hodhart, Sori - • ountrn St. James, on 8 th November 1804 to ill.iam Rol :rn on Eon., 2 inburr Pos ued a t Montego la y wi In. J.O ann jjj.v |.)tiii to Kingston at li/Gd currency, a cubic l-w iii.er rate. Re c c iv e d K ing a ton 10 November 1304- with uype N5a. Carried by the Indoor astle packet - (an illustation of this packet exists. If you r H ire details o how to acouire it, please inform). I hrve never reviously seen a letter j r led by this packet boat. - . 1 and c i r ed 2/i3d, S in gle, packet rote to P I outh l/ - ’almouth to Edinburgh via Lo .. on l/ 2d 46. E ntire .‘re J. :to:N .r., on ego Nay, on 26th October 1609 to John Russell o ., ■■■.) or i tr- t, : Nurgh. . a aid at 7/6d currency uo .ng:3toiM(u «..-o ounce 1 -Vuer i*u te over 100 m iles) • Received Kingston on 39 October 1309 with type P2. led. ’7 ec< . ir 1809. -N- * - ; at e ith e r ll/3d or ll/4d Nhis must have seen a l i ounce letter, Packet letoer, 14 ounces 5/5d Inland, Palmouth to 6 inbur :h via London, 1 ounce (at ounc r. te 4/4d sin le or i ounce l/7d total ll/4d. 47. Entire from .Margaret -larney at ...oatego .**y on 18th April 1815, to 3ir Ja ,.es .mitn .... ., xuiti .uu, Luaaara ..ads. Posted ontego .ay /ith type T3 and repaid to Kingston a t l/3d currency, a single letter rate over 10 miles. Received Kin -ston on ? with type P4-. i „ . charge of 2/6d has been made. Ibis is the first pre-at-mp latter from Jamaica that I have ever recorded to ano mier -ritish po -.jo- sion in the r rib b ean . I t must be o f some r a r it y and. ic j.ntcrentin ' c use it . ••• vrd’.ea th at the packet rate char ed was 2/6d for n tin le letter, something that would otherwise have never been found out. -uicidently, uhis was more than the rate to England at this time. It would be ta. on by on o f the s . a l l fee'’in cervices not } 'T the r- in ^r>'' r,t. 14 48. Letter Wrap;:>er from Jamaica to John Russell Lsq. , 95 George Street, Edinburgh. Posted at Aontego Bay with type T5 anc cent to Kingston a t 3/9d currency prepaid, ( a one ounce ra te over 100 - ile a ). Received Kingston on 11 A p r il 181b with ty e Fo. Carried "bythe *01- . . a'lAAU' packet. (iui illustration of this is known, details can b,. provided on request). Aca. 01 A y 1858. Grv. r e d 12/6^-d ' e t\ ounce le t t e r . lr- ounce packet 1 bAr to Falmouth © 1/2& per s in g le or j| ounce 5/10d 1-4 ounce inland, Pal couth to Edinburgh via London, A l/4d per single or 4 ounce 6/8d S cottish r o l l Tax 49. Letter mpprr from Ja -ica to ^ . vd. Joseph Taylor, no 77 Hatton Garden, Lon on. Poster at • .ontego Lay rith type T3 anc prepaid at l/3d cu. -■ :cy to Kin ebon. received, i v- bon on 6 . over,. or 18lS» and with type F5. Red. 30 Jr vnuary 13 30 an. c. - r ed 3/3 d, the correct rate i'oi8 a single pacret letter to Lor .on at this time. to 50. Entire ©5?§a iss Hi::.. . . Tn nortnig, x-Arn afield, near Southwell, hotti \p .amshire, 38th .ay 1H0. Posted at port .iaria with type T3 and prepaid at 73d currency to Ain . ton. "eceived at Kingston in hay 1310 with type F2 ? (indistinct). Carried by the Inc or Castle pa eke t. (iou have two le t t e r s carrier; bp PA she t I) no Reg. date., anc. charged '/id, Sin le acket to Falmouth l/ld Sin le, ini nd ■ 1 :outa to bout well via London 51. E ntire 1 tr e r from St. Lnn3 o f Le-cember 1813 to liaruiaduke Lange ale .iso., o 17 ' h ;vh -re- t, paean Square, London. Posted at St. iuni*s ay 'it type T3 and prepaid at 7^-d currency to Kingston. Received Ain ston on 10 "eeemher 1813 with type F3a. o Reg. date. -Ar.r ed at 2/3a, jao cut-rent single packeu ra te to ha land. 15 52. J n tirc from Lav id RiahuxxLn a t Runaway fa y on oth May 1819 to William Leg at Esq., Stranrair, Galloway f . iortb Brittain. Posted at “t. Aril’s Bay with ty. e TS and ^ repaid to Bin;'st; on at 2/6d currency (a 1 on ice letter- up to GO id les). Received Kingston 9 March 1819 w ith ty_ e F4-. no rcg. dare. Char cd 4/10-jd, Half ounce packet letter to Falmouth per /.. If ounce or cl title I t er 2/4-d Scottish Toll Tax Inland, 7; inouth to $tra§&%ir via London 2/6d From the inland rate char wd, I would hazard a venture that this had gone from Lone on to Stranrair direct and not via Edinburgh. If h had gone y the 1st .er city, the rate would have been 2/lOd. 53. -intire from James Grant, ^esttuorelund, Jamaica, on 24th Bove^uer 1825, m william ..,qr-er -sa. , ,o .01 onumborland Street, Edinburgh. Posted at savannah La ar with type T5 (56 x 12) and prepaid at 2/6d to Kingston, a treble letter over 100 m iles. deed. Bin, ton 22 Bov ■ e r 1825 w ith t./oe K2. Red. 15 January 1026 rad cln r ;cd 2/5-^d, Sin gle packet l e t t e r to Falmouth l/2d Scottish Toll Tax £d almouth to Edinburgh via London l/5 d. According \.o my tr.bles, the inland c ,ar e should have teen 1/4-d. The £d Scottish Toll B /ere applied at Forwarding Offices only* ’oi arding' "7 • - Offices , B* “ were offices Ai » which » . were enpo ere to wore up and dor tch a ils and c,. ,r- : ;hem. There were not many of them an. amongst those that I know o ff ere London, Aolmouth, Bristol., Bird. r.& , Garli -.le, 'Liverpool and* inburgh. The markings of each place c n u? u lly he dis tin; "uiehed and that of Falmouth is nearly always struck in ori lit gr en, Biou h not always as brillian t as your examples. 54,. Entire from James Grant, estmorel- ad on 5rd April 1827 to dunam ercer B sc., 42 .orb n\ on ad tr L,*'2 inburgh. routed ao *^aa xum * i liar v/xih / pe To axid pz’epcid to Kin* 8tcn a t 2/6d currency. ± 5 5 . Entire from 3.'- • ‘larris at Font-belle, on 26th July 1815 to Alexander West Hamilton Esq.. , Glasgow. Posted at Spanish Town with type T3a (54 x 12) and there there is nc ' ign of prepayment t kin .3ton or Kin.; ton pole. Jo date Ox retci J an c r ,ed j/G-g-d after re-acrossing. Single Packet to Falmouth l/2d S in g le , ■ I t'O’-th to Glasgow via ? i/5d iristol ■ nd Carlisle .e-addressing tc . y r id extra ? Scottish toll iax 1-d 56. Entire from Spaaidi town of cist ox 1835 to Jrs. Ann Uphain, Bradnincii nub-.. in _ 2 , Ewe uer. Posted a t Spanish Town with type T3h. n0 evidence o f prepayment to Lin ston and no Kingston r coivlng mark. ..*o ,ute ..f receix t. Gi.*.,r e-., i/ lld . Single packet to Falmouth l/2d Falmouth to Exeter direct 9d 57. Entire from illiam anyth at halnfield, on 5th October 1837 to Gilbert iciab Esq., Sherriff 01-4cs Office, l y v , :.h. Post d at math with type T4b (51 x 5 rata) albino, and paid to Kin: ton at ?§• currenc;. • deceived ilia a ton V ■E member 1857 wi :-h type K4. Oha ;ed 2/5d, Red. A y r 25 January 1858. single packet to Falmouth l/2d Sin :le, Falmouth to Ayr, via ...ristol ana Carlisle l/3d 58. E ntire from ..’illiam eir at Eolrose --state on 22nd June 1857 to ,..r.. James Curie Esq. , ,aslrose, If ox th -ritain . Posted at Clarendon 59. rapt entire wrapper from Jamaica oO ^iessrs. Forbes and Hales, J ly P la ce, Jol^Ox.i, bonaon. Posted at Falmouth with type T4b (4a x 5 mm). Prepaid to Kingston at 3/6d currency, a 1 ounce lo ti r 61 - 100 miles. Red. Kingston in October 1834 a ill a:; _>e K4. lied. Iona on • ccci.i.ior xtio'x u.t Cuurgeb 5/od, ui^o current rate f o r a tre b le packet l e t t e r to London# 17 oO. entire fro:/. 'i, . cl Moulds a- Grunge Hill Estate on 15th October 1822 to his bro ther James Moulds Ssq.*, V/heatfield, .Ayr, h.B. Posted at Manchioneal with type T4a (52 x 4£) and prepaid to Ki gston at 7^-d mrrrncy. Red. --in ton 13th October 1832 v/ith type F5a. Ho rcg. date. Charged 2/6-g-cL Single packet rate to P Inouth l/ 2d Single, Falmouth to Ayr via Lon' on ? l/4d S co ttish T o ll Tax £d 61. L e tte r win r f v . Stevenson on -3rd Tovember 1835 to James Curie 3sq. , olrose, Rot-bur d/d ir:., -nth rit in. Posted at lie iul_„ witu type T4a (5o x 4) albino and prepaid at 7£ currency to --in, a ton* heed, ilia ston on oDecember 1836 with type K4. Mo rcg. date. Charg'd 2/5-^d Single to ^a1mouth l/2d tingle to ...elrose from ~ al ..outh via nristol and Carlisle l/3d Scottish Toll Tax ^d 62. Satire from fho&ac weatle, ussi. . t Judge of tne Court of Cora .on Pleas, Jamaica, to Jure:,. uurlo d. eirose, a a ove. Poo ed at lie -uldy :i n ty; e T4a (53 x 4) in black, and prepaid to Kin -ton at l/5d currency. Red. Til. ton 18 June 1836 with type K4. -.o rcg. date. Char ;ed t/S^-d as previous letter. 65. Jntire from .illiam heir at .elrose Pen, Jamaica, on 12th December 1857 to Jane.. o - r le L sa. , tielro-.e, ;ox tb o i l ta in . Posted a t l i e Sul y w ith ty e T4b (43 x 4-}) in b la c k . Prepaid to King-ton at 7 ctr r< xcy. dcd. In -ton on / • ' e r 1837 v/ith type K4. x>o rc0. date. Charged s/5d, ns previous l e t t e r but without toll tax. 64. L tter wrapper Prom th. ceslyan Circuit Steward a t Montego -ay to, - .ec otaxg at b-u ^etuodist -ociety, 77 Hatton burdens, Loir on. >03ted at o.ite o Bay wit'- type T4L (51 x 5 ) and prepaid t o Kin. ston a t 2/6d currency. Reed, din ton on 7 Tovt dor 1834 w ith type K4, _„ed. on .on 1 January, 1835 an chargee. 2/2d, the c u rr n t sin le packet ra to to London. 18 65. Estire fro? J. , Gros e&t a t Peter afield on 25th January 1834 to J.-^. w Iters as a. , Lincolns Inn, London. Posted at Lor: it Pay with type T4b (45 x 4§-) a lb in o , and pr . pc.il to ’ i. oton at l/3d currency. Peed. I in *s ton 10 February 1834 w ith type K4. ^cu. La.‘..on -36 area 103*3 and charged 4/4d, current double letter rate* to o .;n on. to 66. L e tte r Prom the .,ev. J'oh.. uc an, V'e. n Mission House, 7? Hatton warden, Lon on, fro;.: Port loyal. Posted at P ort ■ioyal w ith type i'4b (50 x oxm) . Xto in i an char e or 'in ton pm . P e l. Lo on . a to!: or 1337 - ' oh .* 1 2/2d, current single packet late to London. 67. e n tire letter written a- Savanna La liar on 20th September 1836 to . r . upUir , In/letclure; , n or 3h r. 1?ovd, Surrey. Posted at Savannah La ar w ith type 14b (? x 5) and prepaid at l/3d currency to ..tin ton. Pc-. . kin.; ston 25 September 1835 with type K4. Red. London .35 Hoveuber 1836 and chap e l 2/3d, Single packet rate to Palmouth l/2d Falmouth to Christchurch via Lon. on l/ld Please n lo t,. t th * rhs o_. your je re the Spanish -own tiarking *. re incorrect, * ~v:'- P la jue: Ion is Kingston not Spanish -o./n. An en .ir e l e t t e r uuted 23rd arch 1709, from P ter o/wood at Ju aica to Colonel Charles Long, to be le ft with Hr. Charles lent, ercha it, In Loneon. Letter reads S ir * ...y last was January 31st by captain Hi chard Perrot via P isto l wnioh was a very long letter being two in . one - trie first was dated De cipher 12th. Tills now serves chiefly to enclose one from r. Stafford which he sent open for my perusal, it being very full as to your affairs I have no ocation to inlarge being well satisfied that the greatest part of what he has writ to oe matter of fact. e land he makes mention tha o we have purchased of r. Kilbs I suppose you are noe stranger to my opinion (£@ is it is a re bit of ground but as Captain Rule and r. Stafford told me well worth the mony viz £150 to which I gave my consent upon their character, ** of its goodness a,id its conv nient situation to your works at Lucky Vully. The b ill sail was drawn by Colonel Broaurick and is now in the Registrars office to be recorded. I have in severals from ,;r. Stafford been desird to make a visit to Lucky H ill and carry down with me Br. Hargraves or s -me able workman to view that work cc give necessary directions therein and other remarcs, but cannot think when shall be able to goe the assembly sitting. I think of noe thing of moment to write a..d therefore recoracnding tny service to my friends, I conclude m am March ye 23rd 1709. fo u r humble servant P eter I; ywood Your sister Louis believing some letters to her have bin interrupted desires taut for the future all letters from your self and Lady to her may come under cover to me# L' tter has no Jamaican postmarks of any sort and has obviously been entru ^ed to be c rried by the RttPBR, being inscribed on the front Per the Paper Gaily 14 D C Reed London 24th - ay hut no i n dicatio n o f where landed. Charged l/ 3d. This would again seem to indicat that it came via Ireland out tn«re is no way of telling. Itpould possibly have been a treble letter (according to contents) landed'wSr London, i. which case t e break up would be .asters Gratuity of 3d, and 3 x 4d inland postage, but it is practically impossible to tell. in the collection of r. h. ,. Patrick Checked, recorded and ins acted Slot. January 196 . Item iio. • A Packet Letter. vor:/ -^ r e . /ai entire letuer dated 17 December 1709, from Peter Hey wood at Jamaica to Colo id Charles Long, to be le ft with r. Charles Kent, archant, In London. Letter reads', £31 * On the 18th Lovember I writ to you by the Cezar of Bristol. The last Court I .... an» ejectment from ur. G-irdin & have appointed ourve, ers to run the land ai Lucke Vally. On ye 15th instant it happened to be a very stormy day both for wynd A rain soe that the Cou c ill did not meet according to appointment but the lawyers on your side werewilllng to receive the erros they obje ted and nave agreed to come to a final hearing ye 17th of January next against which day I resolve to quicken ye memories of your Council with tenn pound/ a ...... having not given any toe this time as I writ you wee agreed to doo. Yours of ye 21st July I received yesterday and have dispatched the two inclosures to your sister e Lirs Loyd and have orderd the overeseer ,o gather 800 or a thousand wait of Chynu root and to advise with Captain Hule the best way of cureing of it which I dont think can be don in less than six months when it is fitt to be shipt. I will order t to aajor yllis. I had not time to write to / aiders on to give you a quarterly account as you desired but I w ill, He isavery senceable&aetive man & writes well soe that I hope he w ill answer his charge to your satisfaction. He has had a long fill of sickness but is now recovered . If I possibly can I w ill see 7 plantations in or about Xmas . I desi ned to have oeen at Kingston this day to hove gon up with Wyllis to Horbrook to view the mill and other work that has bin don there la t e ly , which by the workmans account comes to s ix ty pound but s h a ll not goe till next week by reason of ye packet sayling. iajor Wyllis coes not understand the matter and I knwo noeaody else that gives themselves the troble to goe or give any directions there « truly I dont doe it to often or too willingly as I should were I satisfied it were your own. liesdies it is chargeable and more troblsom to a gouty old fellow than it would be to a younger man not distempered. I cannot at present say uch of the overseer but I hope the best of him. He shall also receive my orders to follow your directions which as yet I think us never have given him. Dr. Wright I doubt not keeps a constant correspondence with you. He is at present in a very good sb te of health I do hope and have noe reason to doubt but that he is an honest man in all his dealings. He has as he always professes him self a trew friend and a fai Ynful servant of yours. I am satisfied noe person in the island can be more industrious than he is but how things answer you w ill both know from his accounts. I shall yhow your letter oo your attoumeys and with them w ill consult what is most fit to be don in the affair you write about him. Our island lias bin very sickly of late and much people has dyde but I dont know of any of your particular fri .ids (onl, old Colonel Tho as Clark). I am Your real friend and servant December 17th 1709. P eter J eywood. Letter has no Jamaican markings whatsoever but is inac bed per the packet Q D C and in the text, heywood mentions that the the packet is sailing, so there is little doubt that this letter did go by the DUMMjSR Packet Service. To the best of my knowledge, unless tip are any more similu items in this lot, this is the first Dumner pack letter I have ever seen or recorded. It is an exceedingly rare iuem. I t has a Lonuon re c e iv in g marking or 1st February 1710 and has been charged l/6d. This was the correct rate for a single packet le t t e r to London a 3 per .Edward Dutn ier’ s increased nt» tea of 1704 and I think confirms it as a genuine Dumraer letter. Item ;0 o^i., L.:~u^er. An entire letter dated 23rd August 1 10, from Peter Heywood a t Jamaica Pop Colioael Charles Long, xo be left ..itn dr Charles nt, Merchant, In London* Letter reads, S ir , -y last v/as dated ye 8 th June at ye Hi lgston. A d u p licate per the Pox*tsmouth I tru st in God they are by th is date 3ai‘e ly arivd. I therein gave you so full account o your affairs that I think uo be very short in this . On the 7th of this instance having^ ocation to go to din ston I went with Colonel Jyllis to Colonel nrricibalds penn and agreed the next day to see Jorb- ook & accordin ;ly v/ent the next day and .... there we found every thing in good order, & the grouna read, hohd to plant. The hous which was ready to fa ll in pieces we had very clevourly repaird and as I think would verj well please you could you see it, and at a very small charge a great deal under ray expectation, I left the company at 6 and got to to.,n in good time* On ye 15th^ins urnt Colonel Wjillis and I sent to yo .r penn a t Lowers in order to meet '“'a tta in ^arv er and Captain .ule who met us the next mom. Our intention of meeting was to consider what we should do about your plantations in Clarendon, for tne overseer that I gave you account in my last we put in the place of another who we moved to norbrook, dydt. about a month since of the small pox as did some few of your negross I think three or four. You had 20 or 30 down at a time but are now clear of it. As far as I understand from ...... (a t Lucky Vally)Hr Doyl all your slaves there are in a very good state of health and every thing else in good order, and we agreed with Hr. Cranel to put your water mill in good order. He seems very positive t at he can doe it before you have ocation to goe to work next year. Your fri nd thaw made the Whole ( ...... ) was a very ill mam in his workmanship. I s h a ll say no more o f him he being dead. I hope th is poor fe llo w w i l l put all to rights. He seems very sure that he can do it if he does not he is to have nothing for his pains The fellow we have put in at 7 plantations is a soldier, his name Walter Cusack one that none of us has aqy opinion of, but as yet we have me4t with noe other. We have ingaiged him only f o r three months and then are to agree upon wages i f we like him. I gave him a very particular charge and told him his fate if he did not make up in diligence/ what he wanted in skill. I did not see your cattle by reason the weather has bee soe dry that we should hnve much injured them by driving & penning. Your Hate Wright has built a very pretty nous where we lay the night we gott thither. I took some mernorande bo have writ upon but have mislaid ye paper but if I Hind it you shall have what is material in my next. I gave your last letcer to rs Percival and with it I gave him five pounds. I hope he will give you a satisfactory answer, it is out of my own wa$ to do it I think of noething more to write at this time but to assure you I am Au' ye 23rd 1710 Your f-*i nd dc servant Col. Charles Long. Pe x r Hey wood L e tte r has no barriaica markings una has been transmitt< by the private ship Salisbury. Letter is inscribed on front per the Salsbury Galley SDC ..o evidence o f where landed but letter has London re ce i in g mark o f 22 November, and has been charged at 7d. Assuming that this charge was correct, the fact that this was a sin le letter must break this charge down as follows * Piasters fee @ Id „h is le t t e r must have come from Dublin, the only place from which a 6d rt te to London was applicable, i’romthe c o lle c tio n o f -ar. C.iS. Patrick. Inspected, recorded and checked 21st ^aauar; 1966. 4 Item Ho A Chiu Let .er Entire letter dated 18th December 1710, from Peter he,7 wood to For Colonel Charles Long, To be left with .,r Charles Kent, erchant, In London. Letter reads * My last to you was by tne Crov/n Captain Trevor which I hope I have no occasion to transcribe. Since tnen I have received one from you by the way of nriatol but have tfcislaid it and doe not remember anything material in it that requires an answer. ns I writ you in my last I went to 7 plantation with your brother Lo whi I verily think you have not so such ocation to think 111 of as your former letter itemed for noe man a live can express more friendship for a brother tnan he always does for you and I nerely think would doe as much to serve you. I found a ll things well at 7 plantations and appointed to goe to Lucky Valley but the river was higher by 8 foot as generally repor ted then ever known before. So that I was water bound for near term Days at Colonel Lowes. Tomorrow God w illin g I have appointed to ieet daptain Rule and waptain Caruer at your penn to discourse some affairs of yours. I know noething to the contrary but that all your affairs in this island goe on well. I wish tc hear they were soe in England. Colonel Broadrick last Court took leave of the ^ench telling us he Designed for England in a very few weeks (but I understand has since altered his intention). The Attorney General Mr. Percival lay very ill and is ge .erally thou ht w ill hrrdly recover upon. I thought good to entertain with a regaining fee o f Tenn Pound one r . K e lly (a Gentleman that came out w ith Comandor Littleton) who acted as attorney general trie last Court to be f Council for you on all ocations. lie is a barrister and an engenious Gentleman and I fear he might have been retained by your adversarys and therefore took him in time. This day Colonel Langly dyde in town as did r. Pugh about a month since. I think of noe news worth writing. All your friends as I know are well as I hope this w ill find you my good lady and all the beams. I am in all sincerity, December 18th 1710 Your Friend servant, My daughter fyndlos gives Peter Heywood. her service to my Lady. Letter lias no °amaican postal markings. Was carried to U.K. by the ship CEZAR and is insc ibed in front per Ceaar Q D C lio British pinks except London receiving mark not readable. There is no sign of any charge made on this letter but it would have been chargeable as it passed through the inland post. From the collection of Mr. C.E. Patrick. Checked, recorded and inspected 21st January 1966., / Item lo Sill ,j Lei ter. ntire letter (with portion of front iorn off) dated 23 June 1707, from Peter Heywood at Jamaica to Colonel Charles Long to be left with ^r. Charles Lent Merchant, Lomon. Letter reads, 0 i Y* * I have for a fortnight past bin laid up v/ith the gout, sot that I had noe thought of writing to you but this day getting up and the fleet being stopt by ye arrival of Commander Wager & his squadron I take the o .potunity to lett you know that your a fairs in general goes on well particularly at Luckey Vblley where ye works are well near finished - Mr. burner having been very diligent, but at present was forced to leave or you would have lost part of your crops which r. Hunt assures me he v/ill timely enough get off. The water has held cru ely a l l these dry months & they now see tie to be f u l l y s a tis fy d that there w ill he noe want of water. On ye 3rd inst nt Colonel Clark and ye rest of ye Lady Beestons attourneys movd in Council x’or an appeal upon a writ of error on ye Judgement given in February Brand Court which was granted, « r; hearing appointed to be on Tuesday ye 17th instant a ll your attoumeys were sited. And I gave notiss to your Council to attend and according to appoyntment every ody met, but when the matter came to be debated in Council they found them selves not enough to set to hold the Court, myself and Colonel Rose being two of ye judges, «r. Chaplin, Colonel Clark & Colonel Thompson negro factors and disabled b. tie act, soe everybody went about their business. b is I look upon to be a misfortune to you for I am well assured every individual gentle en of ye Council as well as uhe Generali were well satisfied in the special verdict l the jud ;ement the Court has give, I here inclose your second b ill exchange this being ye first opportunity has afford noe packet coming since your sailed. The reason I dont send ye judges certificate under the broad seal and a copy of ye special verdict is my hopes your being got well home & secondly I did not like to return it by a single .,aa of warr - a squadron being to sail in a s ial time (as I suppose). I have several times talkt to r. Hunt bin very plain with him, he p ro ises much diligence & raculi naners. dap tain Rule is your diligent friend. I put Major Wyllys in mind to c a l l in your raony from Captain O ld fie ld who now comends the town troops, I.ursnall is Leiutenant and mounted ..adame llbrigg on Thirsday last. Your friends my pareon & Justice have hardly mist a night to remember you & yours in a hearty glass of good wishes for your prosperous voyage; Make ray service acceptable to my good lady - give rry blessing to my season & believe me to be Your real frlena & semunt I f any ody asks f o r me give them P eter Heywood. my huirfole se rv ic e . Letter has no evident "amaican postal markings and by the art of supersc ption visible, appears to have been carried by a man of war, a fact born out by the contents of the letter. Has been landed at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland and received London at unknown date Charged IQd, i.e. 4d from Kinsale to Dublin (over 40 m ile s) and 6d froft Dublin to London. The masters fee has not been taken, which bears out that it was carried by a man of war, whose captains did not always t ke it, although they were entitled to it. Item Wo iv Ship. Letter. entire letter dated 3rd April 1711, from Peter Heywood at Jamaica to Colonel Charles Long, to be xeft at th Jamaica Coffee hous, In London. L tcer reads S ir I writ to you on ye 18th December by the Cezur and Sipso of Lristol since which I know of noething very nfeticable in your famely only that Captain Buie and your late overseer at 7 plantation Lownds not agreeing I have sent up another one McIntosh who was reco ended to me as a very Sober good man and an able planter he has been up since t e 2 0 th o f lu s t month. For news we have writs out for chousing assent ly men to meet ye 17th instance.la December last ca. tain oarjeant dyed a d about two months since your old friend Colonel Langley and some time before that r. Percival (Colonel Broadrick is Attourney General in his Room) and tenn days since Derek Barrs, they are all three gr ounded is the church in town. On ye 15th of last month Samuel Vassel who is a trewly honourable sencable Gentleman and your frie n d was maryd to the ydow Young at passaig fort (Passage Fort), Ye present as vyell as the last year has been terrably dry soe that most crops w ill fa ll short, but I understand yours at Lucky Valley w ill advance and make at least 150 hogsheads but at 7 plantation 100 will be all. I think of noething more to write at this time but remain lour most humble Servant A p r il 3 1711 Peter Jleywood ..o Jamaican p stal markings and no British markings of any sort. In all probability, ..his l e t t e r was carried direct to London and d e liv e re d by hand etc., and did not pass through the British Post Office. ^ P Ls-l-EKS 1^ T OQLLEJ-IO.. 0;' nR. C. E. Fa TRIGK. Checked. examirr d and recorded - 5 t’n-6th February 1965. Post ixjv/n Markings - Strai ht Lire s. 1. Entire from John Vanbeelen at St. Elizabeth on 10th February 1778 to his uncle Joseph Royal Rag.., Port man Street, Porttaan Square, London. Posted at LAGCVIA with the type T2 marking and prepaid to Kingston at 7^d local currency, correct rate for a single letter upto 60 miles. Uo date of Kin ston receipt but got the type Jl marking. Red. London 3 Apr 1778 and charged "In " - i . e . 1/- in a l l , the current single packet letter charge to London. 2. Entire from MacBean & Bagnold at Kingston on 29th .,ay 1779 to Duncan Graham Esq., at Lauristan to the care of, r. William MeEwan, ritcr in Edinburgh. Posted at Kingston with type Jl. Carried by the AREA TERESA packet, a very well known vessel of this kind. Mo engraving known. The letter has an inscription revealin that a copy of it was sent by the Hillsboror packet and a copy by the man of war 'Winchelsea'. Red. London 2 Aug 1779 and charged l/6d, i . e . Sin gle packet rate to Loudon © l/~ single inland'London to Edinburgh © 6d 3. Entire from Malcolm Lang at Jamaica on 22nd February 1776 to Messrs. Serrocold & Jackson, London. Posted at Kingston with type J3, a latish date. Red Lorn, on 3 Jun 1776 and charged "111" - i . e . 1/- in a l l as item 1. 4. Part entire from Isaac Grant of Montego Lay on 20th November 1798 to James Stothart Esq., Gurgen Estate, Rear Dumfries and re-directed to Edinburgh. Posted at MONTEGO LAY type T1 and prepaid to Kingston at l/5d local currency, i.e. sin le rate over 1. 0 miles. At King1 ston received type Jl of late date. Red London 21 Jan 1799 and caarged 2/2d. Red Dumfries and Red Edinburgh 25 Jan 1799. No apparent charge has been made f o r redirection. Single packet rate to Falmouth Q 1/- Single inland Falmouth to Edinburgh @ l/2d i.e . 8d Falmouth to Edinburgh 6d Edinburgh to Dumfries V 2. 5. Entire from George Murray at savannah la ...ar on 25th August 1787 to John Cockbum Esq., Writer to the Si net, Edinburgh. (coi->y). Posted a t SaVAErAII LA itdl with type T2 and prepaid at l/3d local currency to Kingston, i.e. a single letter going over 100 miles. Red Kingston and has type J2. Carried on the packet Sandwich. Red London ?. Char ed 3/2d, a double le t t e r . Double packet to L0ndon - @ 2 / - Double inland 08^08086 to Edinburgh @ l/2d Lone, on (note :- before about 1796, a ll incoming pkt letters were larded at Ea.lmou.th but the rate to London was the same, i . e . there was no postage payable on top of the packet rate to Ealmouth. After that date, two rates o f packet postage were in operation and the London one was simply the Falmouth ra te plus the inland postage from Falmouth to London). 6. Letter Wrapper from Jamaica to Edward H. Hopper Ssq., Merchant, Cork. Posted in Kingston on 14th July 1799 with type J4. Carried by the packet 'ADELPKI*. This is a last voyage cover, as this packet was captured on 22nd December 1799 (i.e . the voyage after this letter) on her way home with the Leewards Mail. I have a similar last voyage cover from the ilifLIFAX packet. Red. London 3 Sep 1899. anc charged a t 4/2d, a double le t t e r . Double packet rate to Ealmouth © 2/- Double inland to London © l/4d i.e. 3/4d Double inland to Cork lOd T otal 4/2d. 7. inti re letter from J.i-,. Grant at Green Island on 20t i September 1821 to Archibald Grawf ora Esq., at no 20 Picrady Place, Edinburgh. Posted at GREER ISLAND with type T3 and prepaid at 5/9d local currency to Kingston, i.e. W 1 oz letter carried over lJG miles. Red Kingston 6 Oct 1321 type F5&. Red 29 Eov 1821 and charged 9/8d ? a 1 oz le t t e r . loz packet rate to Falmouth @ 4/8d loz inland Falmouth to Edinburgh via Bristol © 5/- 8. Entire from A. Aikman ? at 64 Sloan Street, London, on 15th December 1803 to /ilex. Aikman Esq. , Kings Printer, Kingston, Jamaica. Do date of receipt in Kingston. A ship letter and not a packet letter carried by the ship REHOWN and landed at Port Maria with type T3» being used as a ship letter marking. At Kingston charged l/3d local currency i.e. Ship letter charge @ 4d sterling Masters fee © 2d sterling 6d sterling = 7^d local currency -r 5 Local inland postage Port ...aria to Kingston, i.e. single letter under 60 miles @ 7^d currency Total fee due l/3d currency. This is a very good example of an incoming ship letter into Jamaica. They are not a t a l l common. 9. Part flf an entire letter from Islington G.B. on 9th June 1824 to E.H. Bancroft Esq. , ut.D., Kingston. A private ship letter which has been landed at Port ilaria with Type @ T4a(54 x 4), being used as a ship letter marking. no Kingston mark of receipt "but charged l/3d local currency, with a ll charges as previous item. 10. Part let-.erwwrapper from P. Levy at Jamaica on ?th April 1811 to r. E.Li Eothschilde, .ereliant, London. Posted at Kingston on IV - p ril 1811 type F2a and prepaid to England at 4/- sterling, the correct rate for a double letter to London, and showb by the firs t paid type PD1. Red London 5 ay 1811. ( I p erson ally know o f only two other examples o f th is mark. Despite what Mr. Robertson says in his book on Maritime ..ail, there is l i t t l e doubt that th is was a Jamaican mark. S im ilar hand3tamps were also used at other colonies at roughly the same time. The one you mention as being in the Customs House archives is not Jamaican but from St. Kitts. I also know of a similar ty^e used from the Virgin Islands. Two of the three items l have seen from Jamaica are on undated covers and only year date is possible to ascertain. These are 1810 and 1311. Yours is the first I have recorded with fu ll date. The So. Kitts item and the Virgin itarns d iffer from the Jamaica mark and I would assume that the various colonies were each supplied with one such marking). 1 1 . 0 4 COLl-JHCIAL ROOM M-JggjGS on Ship L e tte rs . 11. Entire from G.B. Brown at Philadelphia, U.r.A., on 1st February 1818 to r. George Spragg, care of Jasper Hall Livingston. ~.sq., Kingston, Jamaica. Carried by tlie ship CBA. -LOTTE from new York and handed in to the Commercial Rooms for delivery, where it received the mark CR2, and previously unrecorded and therefore unique. I am extremely surprised that no one has mentioned the existence of t is type before now. It is obvioutly different from all the others. There are at least 8 d iff types of Com: ercial Boom markings, not six as you state. Your inscription that this is the first type is incorrect. The first type is in upper and lower case type. 12. Entire from P.V.G. Kacbillan at Kingston on A th January 1819 to Ilenry Grasfordes, Glasgow. Handed in at the Commercial Hoc s for transmission by private ship and handstamped w ith type Cn3. C arried by tiie ship ATLANTA. Red London 22 Mar 1819 and. cliarged 5/G^d a treble letter, i.e. Treble ship letter fee - @ l/Sd. Treble masters fee © 6d Treble inland postage Deal to Glasgow via London and Edinburgh, 492 m iles © 3/6d Scottish toll tax jd T otal 5/6jjrd 13. Entire from Fairfield on 6th June 1843 go Mrs. M. Denke, Salem, Horth Carolina, U.8.A. Handed into the Commercial Rooms fo r transmission by private ship (unnamed). Type GR7. Red Philadelphia 1 Aug 1843 and marked SHIP in red. Charged 32 cents ? (Regret I have no knowledge of inland USA r a te s ). 14. Entire from William Finlay at Kingston on 9th January 1834 to William Steele Esq.., or Hr. James G illispie, of G illispie Finlay & C o., Quebec, Canada. Handed into the Commercial Rooms for transmission by private ship and handstamped withtype CR6. ^uae or ship not inscribed. Red .lew York on 10 Feb 1834 passed on to the ship UsDY ILbLSTED for further carriage to EOrTRKAL arriving 15 Feb 1834. Charged 2/ld Canadian currency. 15. Duplic. te letter from Dufoureq Garay & Co., Santiago de Cuba on 15th April 1829, to Messrs. F. Huth A Co., Merchants, London. Carried by a private ship from Cuba and laned at Kingston, where it was handed it over to the charge of ,.essrs. J.& W. Luilholland, 5 c who endorsed it; on reverse and handed it in at the Commercial Rooms fo r transm ission. Hands temped w ith type CR5 and c a rr ie d to ©dirMiSSii Portsmouth by the Duke of Bronte, Captain Harris a private ship, and possibly a man of war. Landed at Portsmouth and red London where it was charged l/ 4 d Ship letter fee of 6d Masters Pee of 8d Inland postage Portsmouth to London 8d T o tal l/4cl. racket Le-ocrs. 16. Part letter wrapper from Kingston to Louis MacKinnon Esq,, Halse H a ll, Lime Savannah P .0 ,, Clarendon, Posted in Kingston 9 liar 1844 with type K6 and charged 4d s te r lin g , the c o m e t inland iti te f o r a ^ ounce l e t t e r upto 60 m iles. Handstamped w ith type TP1. 17. Entire from Leacroft & Co at King ton on 25rd ;.arch 1346 to Alexander C, Logan Esq. , May H ill P.0, Posted a t K in js -on 26 ±.nr 1844 type K6 and charged at 6d sterling, correct rate for a single letter carried between 60 and 100 m iles. i.iay H ill was 68 miles from Kingston. Handsta peu with TP1. 18. Entire from Kingston to ilessrs. Kale, Boys and Austin, Ely Place, London. Posted at Kingston on 11 ar 1847 with type K7a and received the handstamp IP2 indicating that the packet charge was 1/- and not l/2d. (ill 1845, it had been decided to introduce an all in packet rate of l/2d for letters to England from the post towns, which included all inland postage. Letoers from Tin cton which did not need inland postage were s till charged at 1/-, and owing to complaints from the London Post O ffic e re warding the aramount o f money due to the Jamaican Post Office due to errors made in separating letters from the post towns and Kingston whilst the new rate was in operation, it was decided to send out to Kingston the i ‘P2 handstamp, which could then be stamped on the letters indicating that only 1/- was due to be collected etc). 19. Letter wrapper (unfortunately) from Lucas, Jicholls & Lucas at (Jacmil, Haiti or Dominica ?)to Messrs. N. . Kothschilde & Bens, London. Put in to the post at Kingston and prepaid to England in Peb 1858 with type PD3, at 2/2d, the current sin le packet rate to London. Reed London 15th March 1838. Tills is an outstanding cover. In the early 1850's, tv/o and later another small steam vessels had b, en sent to Jamaica to act as feeders for main packet route. They sailed between -ingston and Barbados and between Kingston and Jacmil, Haiti and Dominica. The boat on the latter run was dhe steam vessel EGIIO as inscribed on this letter and it v/as thus carried to Kingston passed into the post office and was sent by the GOLPIKCH packet as requested. This is the only example I have ever seen of a letter carried by one of these small feeder vessels. The names of the other two were FLAMER and SPITFIRE. IN MY 0PIiilOH, THIS COVER IS A u-QLD MEDAL ITEM AUD IT IS A PITY IT IS EOT COMPLETE. 7 20. Letter wrapper from BUFF BAY to Jolm James Vidal Esq., Register of the Diocese, Spanish Town. Posted at Buff Bay on 6 Jul 1860 type P6 (British postage stamps were s till current at this time) and prep- id to Spanish Town at 4d s t e r lin g , c o rre c t ra te f o r a ounce l e t t e r under 6a miles. Buff Bay was 43 miles from Kingston and Spanish Town 15 miles. Red Kingston 7 Jul 1860 with paid type ri)5a and red Spanish Town with type P13a(2l|,-ram). 21. aitire from GREER IS3EETD to Messrs* Caleb Fletcher & Go., 14 Gases 8 reet, Liverpool. Posted a t Green Island on 23 ar 1867 type P13a (21-^-mm) and fully prepaid to Liverpool at l/, the current r te for a % ounce pkt letter from anywhere in Jamaica to anywhere in Great Britain. Red K in s to n 25 Mar 1867 type K10A and PD5a. Red London 13 Apr 1857 and L iv e rp o o l same day. 22. Part entire from Kingston to Mrs* John Rankin, Greenock, Scotland. Posted at Kingston on 8 Mar 1824 type K2 and red 27 A p r il. Charged 2/6d, a single letter single packet to Falmouth l/2d single inland Falmouth oo Greenock via London and Edinburgh l/4d 23. Part entire from Kingston to Patrick Oockburn Esq., Edinburgh. Posted Kingston 13 Sep 1824 type K2 and red London 29 Oct 1324. Charged 4/10^-d, a double le tte r Double packet to Falmouth @ 2/4d Double Falmouth to Edinburgh v ia London 2/6d Scottish toll tax 24. Entire from Jamaica to the fevd. Jo tin Dyer, 6 , ©n Court, Fenchruch S tre e t, London. Posted Kingston 13th July 1832 type K2a. Red London 18 Aug 1832 and charged 2/Sd, the s in g le packet rate to London. 26, Entire from James M. Williams at Providence, Banchioneal, on 5th July 1836 to Gilbert cEabb Esq., Sherrif Clerks O ffice, Ayr, Scotland. Posted Kingston 25 Jul 1836 type K3. Red Ayr 28 Sept 1336 and charged 2/5^d Single packet to Falmouth l/2d. Single inland Falmouth to Ayr via Bristol? l/3d Scottish toll tax t-d 8 26* .Entire to William D. Blair Esq. , Wine Merchant, Glasgow, from James Blair at Mount Zion, Go hen, St. Elisabeth, Posted at Goshen type T4b(34 x 4^) Albino, a Unique item and previously not known as an albino strike. Apparently un-noticed by you, - I have marked its location with faint pencil mark on album sheet. Prepaid to Kingston at 7-^-d currency and red Kingston 2 June 1834 with type K4, Red 11 July 1834 and charged. 2/5^-d as previous item . 27. Part entire from A .L . Palmer to Hr. Fowel Buxton Esq. , i.P ., 15 Beaumont Street, London, and re-addressed to Port rupps Hall, Cromer. Posted at Kingston on 29 Sep 1835 with type K4. Red London 9 Nov 1835 and charged o r ig in a lly a t G/6d, i . e . a treble packet letter to London, this being cancelled when seen on redirection that the let er was to an i..r. who was entitled to free postage. 28. Entire from Walter Bendy at Salters H ill on 22nd August 1838 to Revd. John Dyer, Pen Court, Fenchurch Street, London. Posted at a post town (bu not pmkd) as there ha3 been a prepaid inland charge of 7-id currency. Red Kingston 31 Aug 1838 with type K5. Red London 18 Oct 1338 and charged at 2/2d, normal pkt rate to London. 29. Entire from J. Mars all at Kingston on 8 Jan 1847 to William Jenderssn Esq., School H ill, Aberdeen, J.B. Posted at Kingston 8th Ja uary 1847 with type K6 and TP2. Red London 8 Feb 1847 and charged 1/- Rcd Aberdeen 10th Feb. 30. Letter wrapper from Panama and carried to Jamaica by H. .3. HYDRA. There i t was handed over to Messrs. Bar be la y and McDcv, e l l & C o., and endorsed as 'Red 1st Forwarded 2nd July 1852’ etc. Put into the post at Kingston on 2 July 1842 with type K6a. addressed to Messrs. F. Iluth & Co., 10 Moorgz. te S tre e t, London. Red. London 27 July 1842 and char ea l/-, current pkt rate. 31. Entire from James Turner at -else Hall on 17th March 1840 to Alexander Murchsion E sq., E lg in , i-i.E. Posted at Kingston 20 liar 1840 with tyx>e K6 . Red Lonuon 3 i.iay 1840 and charged 2/-, double pkt ra te to GB. 32. Letter wrapper from Kingston to Llessrs. II- Rothschilde & Sons., London. Posted Kingston 23 Jan 1847 with type K6, and TP2. Kote la te use o f Aie ‘ prayer* L.G .P. Red London 20 Fed 1847 and charged 1/- current £ikt ra te to GB. 33. Sntire from J.R. ..Ackiel at Kingston on 8 th October 1850 to Thomas C-urrier Esq., o 35 lew road Street, London. Posted at Kingston on 9 Oct 1850 type K7c. Red London 11 bov 1850 and charged a 1/-, current pkt rate. 34. Entire from J. i.iarshall Kingston on 26th June 1853 to James Murray E sq., Advocate, Aberdeen. Posted at Kingston on 26 Jun 1853 ith type K7a. Red London 18 Jul 1853 and Aberdeen 19th July. Charged 1/-. 35. Letter wrapper to James acnan Esq., 14 Robertsons Sureet, Glasgow. Posted Kingston on 28th April 1856 type K7a and K8. Red London 5 June . 856 and Glagow 5th J ne 1856. Charged at 6d, the curi»ent pkt rate to G.B. 36. Letter from A. Alexander at Spanish Town on 19th Lovenler 1861 to Messrs. Barclay and. mcDov/ell, Kingston. Posted at Spanish Town on 19th November 1861 with type PI3a. Red Kingston 19 nov 1861 type K8 (the l.k .d .) and charged at Id the new rate for local delivery. (Rote stri ly speaking this local delivery only applied within Kingston, cut there does not ap ear to 'have been any uniformity of charges on le t .ere from and too Spanish Town and Kingston. 37. Letter wrapper to the General Secretaries, of the Wesleyan lissions, 77 Ilateon G. rdens, England. Posted at Spanish Town on 25 Apr 1838, type PI. No Kingston date of receipt or inland charge to Kingston. Rod London 28 Jul 1858 and charged 2 / 2 d, current pkt rate to Loadon. 38. As previous item but pmk is dated 0 Jul 1839. Rod London 25 Aug 1859. 39. Entire from J. Clark at Browns Town on 24th June 1840 to Rev. Thomas Burdltt, Baptist issions, Long Sutton, Loncolnsliire. Posted at Alexandria on 25 Jun 1840 with type P2. Prepaid to Kingston a t 7-g-d currency. Red London and char ;ed at, 1/-, current rate to GB. This may be be a historical letter and may be worth checking 10 at a la t e r d: te when I have more tim e. The town o f Clarks Tov/n, qu ite near Alexandria and Browns Town was originally a Baptist Missionary centre developed by and named after a missionary called Clark. I wonder if this could be the roan. It is certainly about the right time. 40. Bntire from P. ha ugh at Jamaica on 10 October 1841 to Messrs. Russell & Co., Falkirk. Posted Alexandria on 12th Oct 1841 type P2. Prepaid to Kingston at 6d s te r lin g . Red London. xlcd F a lk irk 4 Dec 1841 and charged at 1/- le current rate. 41. Letter wrapper to Messrs. Meyer <1 Sons, 36 Conduit Street, London. Posted at Fort Antonio on 5th July 1842 with type P2 in BLUE. (I know of only two examples of this marking and both are struck in blue ink. The other is dated 8 Mar 1842.) Prepaid to Kingston at 7-£ti currency. Red London 10 Aug 1842 and charged a t l/ - » the current pkt if. te. 42. Entire from F.ii. Dakyers at Tulloch on 21st Feb 1850 to William Smith Esq., Railway, Kingston. Posted a t Rodney H all on 22nd Feb 1850 w ith type P2, and charged 3 4d sterling, single letter rate upto 60 miles. (not prepaid) Red Kingston 23 Feb 1850 with type K7b. 43. Entire from Robert Faiehney at urphy H ill, Ccho Rios on 15 Feb 1855 to A. Logan Esq., ay H ill P.0., Manchester. Pos ted at Ocho Rios on 13 Feb 1855 type P3 and p?$pa’id red Kingston 14 Feb 1855 K3. Charged a t 6d, the correct rate for a letter upto £ ounce travelling between 60 and 100 miles. In actual fact, the ammount should have been 8us for a letter travelling over 1U0 m iles as Ocho Rios to Kingston 55 miles Kingston to day Hill 65 miles T otal 118 m iles. Red May H ill 16 Feb 1855 w ith type P2. P.S. Alexander Logan was an influ ntial man and always moving about the island. 1 44. Entire from Thomas Henry Clark at Dry Harb ur on 3rd February 1848 to the Revd. A. Tidrnan, ission ouse, Blcomfi Id treet, Finsbury, London. Posted at Dry Harbour on 6 February 1848 type P2 and no Kingston date of receipt. Red London 6 Ear 1848 and char ;ed l/2d, the current ’a ll in* packet rate to Gr.B., v/hich included the inland postage at each end, but which was only charged from the post towns and not Kingston. 45. Entire from iessrs. ...cBeil cc do at Kingston on 85th A|jril 1844 to a .C. Logan Esq., .ay Hill P. nchester. Posted Lings ton on ud Apr 1844 type K6 and charged at Sd sterling with TP1. _Tiis was the co rec« starling r te for a letter of upto ^ ounce going Sct.een 60 and 100 tailes. Red ay H ill 30 Apr 1844 type P2, and redirected to Kin -ston. Original char e crossed out and re-asseesed at 1/- sterling to pay. 46. Entire from D. Liveright at Friendship on 21st July 1846 to Wm. Hendersen Esq., . >., 49 School H ill, Aberdeen K.B. Posted at Bath on 22 July 1842 with type P2. Bo Kingston date of receipt. Red Lonuon 20 Aug 1846 and char ;ed l/2d, the 'a l l in ' ra te . Red. Aberdeen 22 Aug 1846. 47. Letter wrapper from R.G. Kirkland a i Friendship to same addressee. Posted at Bath on 6 th September 1849 with type P2 in Blue Ink. Red Kingston 7 Sep 1849 type K7. Red London 2 Oct 1849 and charged 2/4d, a double letter at twice the 'all in' rate. Red Aberdeen 3 Oct 1849. 48. Letter ;/ rapper to tne Revd. x .B. Kin.'don, Kin - ston x .0., redirected to Port Antonio. Posted at Alexandria on 3rd :ay 1853 w ith type P2. Red Lingston 4 ay with type K7b and charged Gd sterling. Redirected to Port Antonio and red there on G uiay 1853 wi uh type P3 and charged a total of lOd sterling, i.e. Alexandria to Kingston © 6d s te r lin g Kingston to Port ixntonio © 4d sterling. 49. Entire fro , kessrs. V.xx. Rodin of Spanish down on 23rd August 1842 to iaessrs. Clayton & Cookson, Lincoln's Inn, Lonaon. Posted at Spanish Town on 25 Aug 1842 with type P2b (again no trace of inland charge to Kingston). Red Lonuon 6 tn Oct 1862 and charged 4/-, i.e. a 2 ounce packet letoer. 50. Entire from Wm. Anderson at Spanish Town on 2nd June 1843 to Mrs. Forbes care of Peter Forbes Esq., outh Bridge, Edinburgh. Posted at Spanish Town on 2 Jun 1843 with type P2b. No inland charge again. lied London on 4 Sep 1845 and charged a t l/ - , the normal pkt rate from Kingston and not the ’a ll in' rate of l/2d from a post town. 51. Letter wrapper tp J.8 . Da Oosta Esq., Merchant, Kingston. Posted at iaontego a,ay on 14th API* 1845 wi Mi type P2. No date of receipt hut charged 8d sterling, the oorect rate fo r a -g ounce letter of over lOu miles. 52. Entire from E.B. Thomas at .orunt on 25th November 1847 to Messrs. Frere Forster & Go., Lincoln’s Inn, Lonuon. Posted a t Morant Bay on 7 : ov 1847 w ith type P2. Red London on 8 Dec 1847 anc ahrged 4/8d, i . e . a 2 ounce ’ a l l in ' le t t e r . The writer evidently dated this letter incorrectly, possibly meant 25th October. 55. Part entire from W. hearn? to the Right Reverend, The Lord Bishop, Kingston. Posted at Morant Bay on 25th .august 1841 with type P2. No date of receipt but charged at 8d s te r lin g , i . e . a 1 ounce letter carried upto 60 miles. 54. Entire from H.l . Garrigues at Friendship Estate on 1st ...ay 1841 to Dr. Hinderson, School H ill, Aberdeen, N.B. Posted a t Morant Bay 8 May 1841 with type P2 and prepaid to Kin ;ston at 4d sterling. Ho Kin. ston d; te of receipt. Red London 16 Jun 1841 anu char ed l/ -, the current packet rate to >.B. Red A erdeen 21 Jun 1841, 55. Entire from R.G. Hume at Old Harbour on 18th i,.ay 1842 to Messrs. Jlayton & Gookson, Lincoln's Inn, London. Posted Old Harbour on 18th :.Iay 1842 with P2 and prepaid to Kin ston at 4d sterling. Red London 24 Jun 1842 and char ed 2/-, a 1 ounce pkt le t t e r . 56. A printed company financi 1 statement from the '..'heal Jamaica Copper Go., Go 4 East Street, Kingston, to .ilex. C. Logan Esq., May H ill. Posted at Kingston 14 Aug 1856 type K7a and charged 6d sterling. Red .ay H ill 15 nug with type P2 and redirect d to Mandeville. Rea Mandeville 19 Aug i th type P8 and char ; d a total of lOd. Kingston to May H ill @ 6d sterling. May Hill to Mandeville @ 4d.sterling. 13. 57. L e tte r wrapper from Jotm Gibson to the Revd. a . Tidman, .ission House, Bloomfield Street, ’i isoury, London. Posted at Mandeville on 20 lay 1846 with type PH. ;cd London 19 Jun 1846 and charged l/2d 'a l l i n '. 58. Part entire from Richard Unis at Bullards Valley on 7th Aug 1845 to Colonel Thomas Hildman, iinstead Abbey, Hottingham, England. Posted at Port aria on 6 Aug 18*43 y p e P5 (th e e .k .d .) and prepaid to Kingston at 4d sterling. io Kingston mark of receipt. Red o t t ia ham 8 ep 1843 and charged 1/- current pkt rate. 59. E ntire ro . J. .. P i sher a t Hampstead on 8 th December 1853 to Henry Thomas Esq., 35 Lincoln's Innn field s, London. Posted at Palmouth on 8 Bee 1853 with ype P4. Ac. Kingston 11 uec with tyi^e K8. Red London 5 .lay 1854 and charged l/ 2d 'all in'. 60. Entire from W. he dersen at donteur House, //aldensia on 89th Ray 1847 to the Revd. J. ^vngus A. Orr, aagbist mission house, oorgate S t., London. Posted at Palmouth on 4 June with type P4. Red London and charged l/2d 'a l l i n '. 61. Part letter wrapper to ^Hexander W illis Esq a browns Town. Posted at St. Annes . ay on 2nd July 1858 wi ib type PS. Red Dry Harbour 2nd July with type P8 . Red Browns Town sam day w ith type P8 (the l . k . d . ) Char ed 4d s te r lin g , a s i g le l e t t e r up to ounce going le s s than 60 il..s . 62. En ire from n.C. Page at Duckenfield on 29th Larch 1861 to Bar la y & McDowell, Kingston P.C., "I enclose you 14/- in stumps of P.O ." etc (Kheee would be Jamaican stum s ). Pouted at Plantation Garden River on 9 ar 1861 (the l.k .d .). Rod Kingston 30 nar 1861 type K8 anc charged 4d sterling. A rare unstamped cover a ft e r Jamaican stamps came in to use. 63. A confidential 'Private friends Report' on James Chapman Melville Esq., made ay Rev. John Campbell, Rector of t. Thomas in the Vale, from the Colonial Life assurance Co., and addre. eu to him at St. Thomas in the Vale. Posted Kingston 80 Jon 1857 with type K7? ana charged 4d socrlinj Red Rodney H all 22 Join 1857 wiuh type P6 . 14. 64. A sn a il envelope addressed to the Reverend B.B-. Kingdom a t Black River P.0. Posted at Kingston on 14 August 1848 type K7a and charged 6d sterling, the correct, rate for a H ounce letter going between 60 and 100 miles. Black River was 87 miles from Kin ston. Red Black River 16 .. ug 1848 with type P2. 65. Letter wrapper to th Foreign b .cretaries, iiission House, Bloom field S t . , London, Posted at Ghapelton on 6 June. 1845 v/ith type P2. Rod London 4 July 1845 and charged l/2d fa l l i n '. 66. Entire from George Fay ruan Jnr at Barbican Estate, Hanover, Flint River P.0, on 10th Liar h 1858 to James A. Waldron Esq. , Hon. Secretary of the Kinston Patent hip Dock Company. Posted at FI nt River on 18 Aar 1858 v/ith type P2 (the l.k .d .) and prepaid at 8d s te rlin g to Kin, s to m .e . a 2 ounce l e t t e r going over ICO miles. Red Kingston 20 ar 1358 with type K8 . An interesting example of a prepaid inland letter. 67. A proposal from the branch office of the cottish Amicable Life Assurance Office in Spanish Town on 1 st July 1847 on the life of F.M. laggard of i t. Elisabeth, and written by D. Amersen, to Mr. William Spens, 141 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Posted at Goshen on 6 Jul 1847 with type p2. Rea London 5 Aug ana char ged 1/26. ’all in'. Red Glasgow 6 idlg 1847. 68. Entire from Jump ao Little River on 24th January 1053 to ieosrs. aell, toward and Lloya, 59 A icoln*s Inn Fields, London, re urding writers offer of £800 sterling for purchase of pot Vallejo. Posted at Little River on 25th Jan 1853 with type P2. Red Kingston 26th Jan 1853 type K7c. Red Lon on 7 i:iar and charged l/2d ’ a l l in *. 69. Letter wrapper from Jonothan Edmondson at Beechamvile on 27th Aug 1341 to the General ecre mries of the Wesleyan .isoionary Society, Centenary Hall and ission ouse, Bishops;-ate Street . iAiin, London. Posted at oneague on 17 Sep 1841 with type P2 and prepaid at 4d s te rlin g to Kingston. Red London 3 Hov 1841 and charged 1/- the current plct ra te . 70. Entire from Benjamin Hillard at Ocho Rios on 14 October 1841 to Revd. J. iuigus, Baptist mission House, 6 - en dourt, Fenchruch Street, London. Posted at Ocho Rios on 27 Oct 1841 type P2 (only the 3rd recorded copy of this mark) and prepaid to Kingston at 4d sterling. Red London 3 Dec 1941 and charged a t 1/-. 7*1 , Ecitire from Simon Boyes at atonksfields (Stokesfield) on 20th January 1848 to Henry 'iesuiaoinland Esq., Gibraltar Estate, iomatto Bay P.0,, r ;arding alterations to The m ill on Mallards Valley Estate. Posted Port aorant on .JO Jan 1848 with type P2« No date of receipt and charred 6d sterling (60-100 miles). port .rerant to Kingston 42 miles Kin "ston to -reinatto Bay 80 m iles. Total 72 miles 72. untire from J»n. Priebele ? at Beaufort on 24th April 1847 to the Revd. P.R. Holland, Lititz, ay H ill, i.O ., Jamaica. Posted at -ttooiti-.'s R iver on 3rd ay 1847 with type P2 (the only copy of inis mark ever recorded by me ana therefore rated as unique?) lb reg marks and charged 6d s terling, 75. An e n tire money L e tte r from James Li. . i l l i a c s a t Savannah la ar on 2nd October 1848 to Alexander Sinclair Snr. Esq., Spanish Town, (enclosing ten omuls by means of a Planters Bank Cheque). Posted a t Savannah La Mar on 2 Oct 1348 w ith type P2 and marked Money L e tte r and 'Mo. 4* in ra/s. Red Spanish Town on 4 Oct 1848 with type P2b and charged at l/4d sterling, i.e. Savannah la Mar to Spanish Town d ir e c t © 6d s te r lin g (60-100 miles) Inland Money Letter Pee © lOd sterling. 74. An entire from H. . Poster at Duncans, Rio Bueno P.0, on 1st December 1847 to the Revd. J. Cor'.ett, V/eslyan minister, Bridgetown, Bar ados. Posted at Rio Bueno on 2 Dec 1847 with type P2. Red St. Thomas g . , . I . ) on 13 Dec 1347 cds. Mo date of receipt in par ados ana a charge of 4d sterling has been made there, presumably the packet rate for a single letter from Jamaica to Barbados. A rare ana interesting letter. Such letters are extremely scarce and I have recorded very few prior to 1870. They throw a certain insight into the Caribbean postal rates etc., as to the best og ay knowledge, no o f f i c i a l document lays these down and they were prcbabUy decided upon locally 75. Entire from M. He .air at Jamaica on 7th June 1855 to his brother James /IacNair Esq,, 14 Robertson treet, Glasgow. Posted a t Gordon Town on 10 Jan 1855 w ith uype P5. Red a t Kingston same day with K8. Red London 6 Peb 1855 and charged 6d , the correct packet, ra te fr o i Jamaica to GB. Red Glasgow 7 Peb 1855. 7 5 Letter wrapper G-. Savery to the Geu< ral S£ cretaiy, OB the "'e si van I Issionary Socia fcy, vente ary a ll and hi ,sion House Biohopsgnte Street .Vithin, Lon on. Posted a t . onea ;ue on :'6 . ar 1846 with type P3. Bed London 20 Apr 1848 and charged l/2d ' a l l i n '. 77. E n tire from Thomson Hankey <5fc Go., 7 Mincing L. .:e, Loot on, *2.0. to D. Callaghan :2sq., Vere, Ja iea, V..I . Posted and prepaid at 1/- out not stamped, at Lombard - treet P.0, and inscribed ‘By the Str of 17 July 1872*. Bed Kingston 5 Aug; 1872 with type X11-III a . lied Vere Aug 1872 w ith ;ype P15 (l9ram). V8. Entire from same company to same addressee at same address. Posted prepaid but unstamped a t 2/— at Lorouard St. an<^ inscribed '?y the Str of 17 iJov 1872’ . Bed Kingston 8 l)ec 1872 type K l l - I A . Red Vere 8 Bee 1872, type P13 (19mm). C f r l 1 im-c t I S ------C -terns from ti.e C o lle ctio n o f nr. C. .. P a trick checked through and £ycorneg 30 th February. PjgQtam Snti re s . - Packc t Lo t .,e rs. --* A letter from J.V.S. Green at Jamaica on 25 ay 1810 to . ickson care of essrs. Joseph Vimperon <1 C o., ker;hants, London; including duplic. te of an earlier letter of lo ...ay original of which v/as sent by i.M.S. n'iti^le (which probably sailed wi th the convoy of loth a y ). Letter concerns reservation of space in the ship Braganza, Captain .eavy, for 35 ho jsheads of her moore- a ll su -ar. Posted Kingston 27 ay 1610 with type P2a (the e.k.d.). Jarried by the kindsor Castle packet - the third example tuut you have o f tn is packet. cd London 25 July 181 and charodd 2/-, the current packet rate fo r a sin gle l e t e r to London. Entire from J.il. Livingston at It. ary on 14 January 1619 to -.w. namilton Fsq. , Hozeiie, .yr, n.n. i-ostt d aL Kingston on 17 Jan 1619 with t pe F4. Landed a t Falmouth. dec Glasgow 4 ar la-19. Char ed 2/6gd. ingle packet to Falmouth © l/Cd. Single inland Falmouth to .yr via Bristol, Carlisle, Glasgow etc g l/4d. Scottish additional g-d tax 3. A prepaid entire from gar tram bis sing cc co. , at Vera Cruz in Mexico on 15 .august 1849 to kessrs. Schon W illin k A C o .. St. Thomas, D .W .I. . rosted a t the a r itis h Post O ffic e a t Vera Cruz on 16 au* 1849 and prepaid a t 1/- s te rlin g with the Vera Cruz Crowned C ir c le mark, in black and m/s l/- in red ink. Carried by the ’ feed er* s e rv ic e to Ja iaica and rec e iv e d 1 Sep 1 with type K6 . nt o.. to t. _Lomas by the packt t but no date of rec e ip t. A very nice cover. V 4. Letter wrapper from the Belgian minister of foreign Affairs in j russ&ls addx*essed to . onsieur Dorn, nelgian Consulate, Santo Thomas de Guateibala. Posted ~ ru seeils on 30 .august 1830 and. prepaid. xtcd London on 0 Sep 1850 .vitil paid tombstone mark. dissent to St. dioi^as .A .I., arriving 21 Sep 1850 cds. Endorsed via nelize B -itish Honduras and sent to Kingston b in r< ceivec 8 Oct 1850 type K7a. Inscribed B elize/ B ritish Honduras an sent L the ’ fe e d e r ' s e rv ic e , p rob b ly from Savan ah la .ax*. very intex*estin . cover. 5. An wire from David P re tlo cx Sons a t St. Thouxas on 12 ay 1833 to aessrs. . . Hath « Co, Lon on. x-rohably a ’ loose l e t t e r ’ ported aftex* the ja il had closed as t)i re- are no marks o f posting. Red London 13 June 1833 and stamped PACK T LAx LR i. Robertson type.- P 3 ), to show ti nt i t had been ca rried by the packet from overseas and iot inland. Char ed 2/2d, the current single packet rate t London. o Jamaica markings and has no Jamaica connections. 6. Entire from Robert Riddells at the laval Hospital, Jamaica on 8 Oct 1820 to xuomaa ocott , jjanuer, .jex*.jio±vshrx*e* A loose letter, hence no Jamaican marking. Red Falmouth and hands tamped w ith the ;reen /ulmouth type, which I count as a Jamaican mark and c la s s ify as type TL1, the f i r s t TOO L TE marking. The Falmouth packet office kept a number of such date-stamps inscribed with the names of the dir ex*ent packet services, and they were used to mark le o ters posted on the packet a ft e r the mail had closed at the colonial port of call and which did not have identifying markings. This was done in ore er that the c;.ar ing o riser would see that it was a packet letter from that particular service and so enable him to c urge the correct rare fox* taut service. Jo char e was made fox'* too late and losse letters t ill many years later. Red 22 nov 1820 and charged 2/5-g-d. Red 27 Lov 1820. Single packet to Falmouth l/2d Single inland Falmouth to Lander via Bristol l/3d. Scottish additional rrd tax ^d A very rare cover. '/cry few e x is t w ith th is g r en Falmouth marking as can he expected from the reason i t was ap p lied . I do not believe that an explanation ox" its use has ever been put forward before until I unearthed this information from officia l sources. kS 8. 7. L e tte r wrapper from George x.iurray a t uut.xtica on 10 nov 1707 to John Co ;kbum Esq., Writer to, the Signet, Edinburgh. Po ted at Kingston with type J2. Carried by the Duke o f Cumberland packet. Hcd London 7 Jan 1788. n.t th is oirne, the ja ck et rate was the same either to Falmouth or to Lon on, i.e. there was no charge for inland postage on a letter that went through Lonuon. Charged 4/9d, i.e. a treble letter Treble packet rate to London 3/- Treble inland London to Edinburgh l/ jd . 8. Letter wrapper from George .urray of 11 Apr 17...5 to the above addressee. Posted at Sevan ah la bar with type T2 and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d local curre cy. Hcd Kingston with type JCl carried by the Sandwich packet. Hcd London 3 Jun 1783 and Edinburgh 7 Jun 1785. Charged l/7d, a single letter Sin le pack t to London l/~ Sin le London to Edinburgh 7d 9. Entire from David Swart at Westmoreland o.. 21 ran lo09 to Kobe rt ounsey _sq.., Carlisle , Cumberland. Posted at Savannah la Mar with type T3 and prepaid to .lingston at l/3d local curre cy. Red Kingston 6 Jan 1809 with type KC7 banded Falmouth ane charged 2/2d., i.e . in ,le packet to Falmouth 1/ ld . Single ini nd Fal outh to Carlisle via Bristol, Gloucester and Shresbury i/ ld . 10. Entire from West Forbes 11. Entire from George i.iurray a t St. E liza, eth on 8 AUg 1787 to John Oockburn Esq,, V/riter to the Signet, Edinburgh. Posted at Black River with type T1 and prepaid, to Kingston at l/5d local currency. Red Kingston with type J2. Carried by the Thynne packet, the firs t letter from Jamaica that I have ever seen carried, by this packet, Chen writing up this letter you may be pleased to know that this as the firs t post o.rice packet to be fitted with a ’copper—bottom1 in order to increase its speed and remain longer in commission. I tiave the sister letter to this item, a letter carried by the frigate -alarm in 1766, which was the firs t warship to fitted with a ’copper-bottom’ by the Royal Kavy. Red London 6 Oct 1787 ano Edinburgh 9 Oct 1787. Changed 5/2d, a double le t t e r Double packet to London 2/- Double inland Lon on to Edinburgh l/2d 12. • E ntire from George i..urray a t savannah la iaar on 26 Aug 1787 to the previous addressee. Posted in Kingston with type J2. Carried on the Speedy packet, avery famous .acket, whose crew mutined some y ars later. Red London 25 Oct 1787 and Edinburgh 28 Oct 1787. Charged l/7d, a sin i e 1 t . er Packet to London l/ - Inland London to Edinburgh 7d. 13. Entire from arcelino Urnz de rinitto at Ocana, Columbia on 26 deb 1844 to essrs. Pred. Luth 15. Duplicate entire x'rom Lucas A.aman in . ..exico on 5 Dec 1826 to Messrs. Bred. II th h Co., Lond on. Posted at the British Post Office in er /era crus or Tampico and brought by feeder to Savannah la ..ar, where that feeder ran too. There it would be transferred uo the jacket and taxen to Aulmouth, England, w ere i t was received 29 Jan 1827 and was hai ns lamped ..ith the preen U exico hands tamp to show that it was fro iicxico and not Jamaica. (Jamaica had a si lilar handstamp used for the same purpose as the Carthagena item previous, but struck in purple). Red London Aeb 1827 and charged 9/-, c o rre c t route f o r a a treble letwer from Mexico to Lonaon. 16. Entire from .obert Pat rson at . onklands on 17 lay 1843 to Dr. Pender son, ohool 'l l : , Aberdeen. Posted at Kin ;ston on 18 ...ay 1843 with type K6 after the nails had closed and the ’bag' sealed, and t erefore soa ed TOO LaTE, TL3. (no extra charge at th t time). A remarkable trike and five years e a r lie r than the previous e .k .d . o f TL5. Red London 4 Jui 1843 and Aberdeen same day. Charged 1/- current packet r te from Kingston. 17. Entire from St. Thomas .. .1., from G.A. Phillips & C o., to .,.es.;rs, marclay & AcDowell, Kingston. Prepaid at 4d sterling the eo ‘ect packet rate for inter Caribbean packet letters. Stamped with St. Thoma: crowned circle ^n red, and °t. Thomas cds of 1 may 1863. Red Kingston 5 ay 1863 with type K9. 18. As above but dated 2 ..ar 1853 and different ex’ wned circle. Red Kingston 7 . ar 1863 with type K9. 19. Envelope from Kingston to George hite Esq., Spring Garden, Old Harbour P.0. Posted at Kingston on 27 Sep 1860 with tyx>e PD6 and prepaid at 4d sterling to Old harbour, the correc o rate for a ^ ounce letter going under 40 miles. Led Old arbour 27 Sep 1860 with type P8 . t 6. $an 19. Part entire from Dry Harbour on ®Sto 1842, to Mrs. Lamont at Camden Lodge, Camberwell, England, after re-udressing. Posted at Bry Harbour on 2 Jan 1848 with type P2 and prepaid to Kingston at 1/- sterling, i.e* a 1 ounce letter going b„uxen 50 and 100 m iles - Dry Harbour was 71 m iles from Kingston) and evidently- prepaid to England as well as it was been endorsed Postage paid to London. This la t t e r charge would have oeen 2/- a ls o , making 4/- in a l l . Re—direction in Lon on cost a further 2d, for a 1 ounce letter. •3 hi Letters. 20. iintire from J. Powler at -artha Brae on 24 July 1791 -with duplicate of a letter of 22 Jun 1791, to James 3 to the rt msc. , cuxse o f Edgar Corrie Esq., .er hant, Liv. rpool. Carried by the ship .. avo* ite , and lanced at Liverpool, with LIV HrOOL SKIP Jo mark of receipt am * ooably delivered by the local post. s, I . Used in ■Jamaica. 21. Worm holed blue entire from ijQyAen & larauaharson at Black River on 29 Jul 1859 to essrs. Leydart & 'O. Savannah la Mar. Posted at Black River on 29\ JAp 1859 with type P2 on iv . rse, Stamped w ith a 4d Kose smudgily oi\yi to rated w ith ‘ A30* type 04. 2 2 . email piece oi blue paper (58 iz with horizontal pair of Gd L ila c s ( l e i i* nan.-, soamp has c lip ^ ,^ .margin) • . ta ps tied oy St., nuns nay type tj'o ox -t reb 185p aVi/L further tied by two ...trikes of A01* obliterator type 01. * "■ ' o: -an ... 1 ' , ■ .u .use ... ,, . ed pen's ri ;ht hand side and. clippeu at left sic e, a t “ lie d by Plantain Garden R iverity^ eA 15 or 8 leb 1859 and fu rth er tied by obliterator (A01 type 01. 1 ' ' 24. a Rose 0. f aper with *&62* obi^terator/tj ... 04. 25. Blue wrapper fro George Henderson c. Cq4 , on 10 Bov 1839 to Hon. Louis acKinnon, Lour laths 1.0. Posted at Kingston on 10 Bov 1859 wittf type K8 on obverse and two copies of the 4d Rose, obliterated, witi/ two strikes of the * AQ1 * type 01. (L.II. stamp portio s of udj\>ini/ 0 stamps at top and bottom. R.H. stamp is goou). This was the correct rate for a l\ ohace letter going under 40 miles. Clarendon was 57 miles from 111\ feton. /led Clare .don on 11 aov 1859 type P8 on reverse. 26. Blue wrapper addressed to ...essrs. Barclay Me Do.ell, Kingston. P sted at Gayle on 21 leh 1859 with type 18 on reverse. Stamped with 4d Rose, cent ed to top and ties wi\th ft/int strike of Gayle type P8. Red Kingston on 22 P el 1859 w ith ty^g/KO on reverse and stamp further obliterated with ’AOl* type 01. @$1 entire in bide to .. re. 27. Part entire in blue to .essrs. Bhmidt cc Rohland,/Bremen. , and endorsed ’ per R.» . and ’ stamped* Posted at Bt. aims Bay: (no date stamp) and has been fully prepaid at the corect rate of l/ 2d , fo r a paid haXf ounce l e t t e r to Bremen v ia England. Stara ed with horizontal p ir of 4d Rose, both centred to top and right hand stamp with clipped p rfo at right side, both obliterated with aseparte strike of the ’A73* type 04. Also 6d Lilac with clipped le ft hand margin tied by third strike of same obliterator. Red London paid cds in red o f 14 Apr 1859 and i a .dstamped red in oval. * e 28. Part entire addressed to William Par lay Esq.., Messrs. Barclay & beDowell, Kingston. \ Posted a t Savannah la Bar cn 12 \bep 1859 w ittytyp e P2, on obverse and has a horizontal p ir of Id Reds (t I, I J), hoth good, and a ri ht hand wing margined 6d Lilac all 6a .celled with three strikes of the '.*75* o h lite ra o r type 04. Stamps p lim a tic a liy stained. Red Kingston 14 Sep 1859 with type K9a, yiiiah ties bottom corner of left hand id ^ed to entire. / I te as with Ja .aica sta 29. Letter wrapper addressed to the Olerk of the Circuit Court, Falmouth (Jamaica). Endorsed 'Law Documents'. Posted at Gordon Town on 22 Jul 1868 with type P5 on reverse. Stamped with Id Blue and bisected Id Blue, both cancelled with strikes of the *A77 * obiiterator. (This must be a sp. c ia l rate fo r lega._ documents an - is new to me. There was an earlier rate dating ^aclc to about 1840 for legal documents sent v ia the p ack et). Bed Kingston 22 Jul 1868 with type K10-B. Red xulmouth on 24 dul 1868 with type 1*13-8. Very interesting piece and of much informative value. 30. Book Post ..rapper addressed to John Augustus O'Sullivan teq.., Provost Marshall General, Saanich Town. Posted at oneague (no dater) with bisected Id .blue cancelled with 'A56' obliterator type 04. Red ^in ston 11 Feb 1867 with type K10-A. Red Spanish Town on 13 Feb 186'; with type P13a-A (22mm), Please note that several pc t towns had two da ^e-stamps o f the P13 type, differing usually i size, Spanish Town was one of these and this was the first one. The o le r is type Pi3b etc. 31. Envelope used as a uookpost v/rapper and addressed to N.A. Furtado Esq., Spanish Town, Posted at Kingston on 12 Oct 1865 with type K10-B on reverse and stamped with b isected id Blue ca .celled w th '. 01* o b lite ra o r (not yet type allocated). Red Spanish Town 12 Oct 1865 with type P13a-B( 22mm;, 32. A specially printed, light blue, book ost //rapper in blue, with the le t oers BOOK PO..jfT / . , a a » is.’. uT.TBRLOV/ 53. Envelope posted at Kingston on S3 Oct 1867 with strip of 3 Id Blues all cancelled with 'A01* ohliti rator (not yet typed). Has Kin ston type K10-C on r /erse. Red Ramble on 26 c t 1867 type PlOa. 34. ..'rapper to L iv e rp p o l, England. Posted at Grange H ill on 22 dun 1868 type P13-A. Has 1/* pine cancelled with ,n44* oblitorator type 04. Red London paid 17 Jul 1868 tnd L iverp o o l same day. 35. Envelope to Span!sh down. Posted a t oneague on 20 Aug 1861 w ith type P13-A (month and firs t figure of day plug in m/s). Stamped with 4cfc pine cancelled with *A53* obliterat >r type 04. Red Spanish Town 21 ..ug 1861 with type pl3a-J. 56. Letter wrapper to As lib o rune, England. Posted a t Kin :ston on 24 Apr 1867 with type K1Q-C. Stamped with strip of 5 x 4d Pines cancelled 'A01* (not yet typed). Red Ashbourne 15 ay 1867. 37. Letter to Ireland. Posted Kingston on 24 Bar 1861 with type K8 . tamped w ith 6d Pine cancelled fA01* (n ot y e t typed). Red London 12 Apr 1861. Ho date of recei t at Cork. 33. Letter to Kingston. Posted a t Port Royal on 12 ...ar 1867 with type P13. Stamped with p ir f Id Blues c. noelled witn *n67 39. Envelope addresse to ion. Thomas Capper, Inspector of Schools Office, Kin, ston. Posted at . Xue fountain Valley on 30 *.'ov 1894 with type P13—A and stamped w ith bisected Id ,.ey P la te . Ho surcharge. Red Kingston 1 Dec 1894 type DCJf-lG. Hote :- The fact that this letter passed through the post v/ith no surcharge does not mean anything and certainly does not mean that the bisect was approved. The a-hires see, as Inspector of Schools was one of many Jamaican officials granted the p Hvili^ge of sending and receiving mail on his official business fr e of postal charges within Jamaica. You have some examples o f h is fr e e frank 1 te r on. Borne officials were only entitled to free franking on mail they sent and others on mail they received. I save a fu ll list of all these, xlave * done considerable work on this subject but am not yet in a position t r put i t doivn on paper. 13 40* L e tte r to Kingston. Posted a t P ort Koyal on 20 Dec 1894 w ith type P13—*i. Stamped with 3d Telegraph stamp* ..o date or r e c e ip t. This is a diflferent matter. Although notofficially authorised for use as postage stamps, there was no objection to them being so used and many examples of all values exist. I rather fancy that this was philatelic cover as i h ve one which to the best o f my memory and wit out getting the album out, is an exact duplicate of th is item. as. Instructional harkings. 18 41. Envelope to Spanish Tovm. Posted at :andeville on 6 Aov 1894 w ith type SQCi-I., and v/ithout stamp. Cover endorsed in red crayon *Pd. I d ’ . Red Spanish down on 7 nov 1894 with type DC2a. I hope you w ill not ind me sayin ; this but I hate to see covers mounted with hinges. On the other hand I fu lly endorse opening a cover* out to show the reverse. l i ay opinion, i t does not ^ake any of the value of such an item, and I have advocating it in the Hull Society for many years. 48. Envelope to Fort Antonio. Posted at Kingston on 87 Apr 1895 with type DCi-lE and with no stamp. Cover endorsed in red c ayon ’ Id * , and has s trik e in red o f JA...AICA P^ID/27 Apr 1895 type PD17. Red P ort Antonio 29 At.r 1895 with type S'^Cl. I have seen both these items before, that is items 41 and 42. Such items exist from a great many post towns and as you surmise was probably when there was a Jjeraporury stamp shortage. 45. Fist half of a £d Reply Post Card with additional -jd Gr en QV and addressed to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 14 ov 1892, -ype DC1-1C of Kin s ton. Red Rio on 23 Dec 1892. Surchar :ed with 80 Reis Pos tage Due. Cancelled 24 Dec 1892. Refused by addressee and has strike of brazil refused da ter in red f o r 7 Feb 1895 and another f o r 22 Apr 1893. Returned to the sender and lias Jamaica Returned Lc tter branch type RL4 (provisionally only) of 22 June 1893. 44. ^d Post Card addressed to kin;-:.-ton and prakd Kingston 30 Apr 1891 type SQC3-1R. Endorsed 'hot l^own* and da ted and in itialled , this proceedure being repeated latc-r on. Evidently advertised on post office notice 8S9 as i t lias the ADVERTISED type UR5 a id UnCA-IEED in red «ype UR27. Sent from the P.0, at /lingston on 2d .ay 1891 type SRGo-lK t the Returned Letter Branch, received 27 .ay 1891 type RL4 (provisional). 45. Ilaughton .'reck Cover. I know o f three such ite m s a ll from the same post and all almost identical. I have seen this item previously. Pmk types are as fo., ows Kingston ARC3—31 o f 18 Feb 1890. Kingston SQC5-1C of 24 Fe 1890. Jamaica Paid type PD17. A nice item 13 46. Envelope to Scotland. Transit through Jamaica. Has lit id stamped '50* in black of unknown o rig in . At Jamaica received Postage Due marking Tin triangle type D8 and Jin.AIGA/TR^ .SIT mark TR7. Red Kin s ton 9 Jul 1898 DC2-20. Red m m m Liverpool 28 July 1393. (T e '5c* looks very American to me out I am not fam iliar ;8d w ith it. I doubt very uch whether it is a cents in any case. The T in a triangle is struck on lea .era to denote a deficiency and should be accompanied toy eith er a ny^s endorsement of am mount due or a gold centime tax marking. Jo charge appeal's to h ve been made. One thing is certain. Prom what I have seen of these TR7 and TR8 markings, they only seem to have been applied to mail which should never have come to Jamaica in the norm 1 course of things. ail which nor ally passed in transit through Jamaica does not have them. The only suggestion I can offer is tha, you try and trace the seal on the envelope. The la tin JEA GLORIA alb AS and the design is evidently an arms of some sort and you could pos ibly check on this with the relevant authority in Lon n. I would be interested in hearing from you should, anything come of it. 47. Stamped postcard from Jhile to Puerto Rico. Post Santiago on 16 ,ov 1093. Red Jamaica 24 Dec 1893 with type DC1-4F and JA AICA/TKAA IT ;,ype TR7. This is a lovely item especially as it has a Jamaica con eceion. I admire it from the C ile point of view which is a favou-ite country o f mine. 48. Piece w ith 2 x £d Turks stamps okd 18 Sep 1905. le c e has jAlixICa/TRi^.oIT type TR7 struck alongside stam s. Cannot offer any conclu; i is on this. C nnoi understand removal from cover of a > iece like Luis. 49. Id Postcard to Constant Spring Hotel. Posted Kingston 31 :..ar. 1891 w ith type SgCo—2K and has TOO LATE type TL6 . The too late fee seems to have been dropped by thia time. 50. Piece with Id Key Plate ndkd Kingston 30 Lay 1899 type DC2a-4S and has TOO LATE type TL7. 14 51. Envelope from lin land to Black River. Has l / ~ green (IB pmkd B ristol 16 Oct 1871. Red Kingston 4 Nov 1871 type Kll-IIB. Red Black River 5 Nov 1871 type PIS—A. Addressee found to li ve le ft the island and leuter so endorsed in /s. Run the r Black River P15—A of 15 x.ovand re turned Returned Letter Branch in Kingston, arriving 16 ,-.ov 1871 (e.k.d.) type RL4 (provisional only). 52. Postcard to Kingston. Posted a t Annotto Bay w ith type PIS—A o f 27 xipr 1877. Red Kingston 28 Apr 1877 with type K12-B2. 53. Postcard to Kin ston. Posted Kingston 21 Jul 1877 type K12-A2 and undeliverable. A dvertised and handstamped w ith typo UN5 when not claimed and UNCLAIjIEH type UN3. -:ent to Retained Letter Branch on 15 Aug 1877 type K12-B2 and received there same day type RL4 (provisional only). 54. Postcard to Kin ston. Not postmarked. Probably delivered by hand and did not go through the post ? 55. Letter from Georgetown, Cayman Islands of 2 hay 1913 to , ilk River, Jamaica. Red Milk R iver 13 May 1913 type DC1, Re—addressed to Kingston and received there on 13 ay 1913 with types KA13D1 & KAkCl (on reverse - the designations allocated to the dating portion and the cancelling portion of machine cancellations), Pound to have le ft the island and so endorsed on 14th and 1 th May. As there was no fo r araing address, the l e t t e r was stamped REiiOVED/ADBi'didS UiiKNOVA* in purple (typ e not y e t designated) and UNCLAIMED (type not yet designated) and sent to the Return Letter Branch where it was received on 9 Jun 1915, with a red strike of tliat office (type not yet designated), and returned to the sender. 56. Letter from Hectors River pmkd 27 ar 1916 type DC2. Red Kingston 27 ar 1916 wi -h types IL^ADl <1 KAnCl. Very interesting. Evidently salvaged from ship sunk or damaged. Probably impossible to truce nov. I t . 57. Registered letter from iialfway Tree. Ptnkd 7 Feb 1938 with type LGla. has Kingston Registered type R12 o f 8 . eh 1938. _ 11 other markings are -tonerioan. 58. Soldiers le t t e r from Colomoo to i-almouth Jamaica. Rissent to Falmouth England. ±;o Jamaica markings. 59. Letucr from Lagos, :i cria to Grenada, i>. .1., of 16 *ar 1953. tissent to Ja..iaiea and has violet rubber hands tamp reading 18. SKT TO cLu._ziIG.il. B.Y/.I. (.type not y e t d esign ated ). 60. Letter from berlin, G- r any, to Jamaica. Red Kingston 25 Jun 1926 with types iLu.uJL& ibiMCl and as evid n tly out ages as has been n rked in violet ink 0.-,SERVED TO BE IR LKD GORLITlOn (type not yet designated) G.P.0. (laiote There are several forms of this marking known to me) 16, Free Markings. 61, 0. i. . 8. envelope from fne Re gi tra r G :ierul a t Spanish. Town* Handsaa ,pfcd w ith RLGIoTRAR GLn^iAL/RRIiL (type not yet designated) and posted at Spanish Town on 20 ^ay 1898 with type DG2. Routed via ontpeliar on 21 ..ay with type DG2 and red Ramphle same day with type DC2. 62. 0 ...... h. envelope from the Superinaendant Lunatic Asylum, Kingstor Hands tamped w ith the LA. TIC .rA.YLA.i/?’R; ^ in "black (type not y e t designated) and posted at Kingston on 10 May 1898 with type DCK2-10. Red Ramble 11 .lay 1898 w ith type 1)02. 6o. Q.Ii.n.S. envelope from an official source at Hack River, but what Government o f ic e I have no idea. no fr e e stamp, but has senders initials in bottom left corner. Posted at Hack River on 19 may 1898 with type SQJ1—C. Routed via Ipswich 20 may with type IXJ2 and Montpelier same day w ith type DC2. Red Ramble 21 ay with type DC2. (No e :- These are inters sting routin ; markings. It is evident from th is evidence, that th is l e t t e r has gone from Black R iver to Ipswich by road. At Ipswich it /ould have been on the train and go as far as iontpelier where it would be t n off and sent on to .Amble.) What Governm nt Department was at Black River ? 64. R egistered O .h.^.S. envelope from the ...<•• nager o f the Government Savings rank in Kingston. Hands tamped w ith the ma^iGER g.S. BA - K/FRRE in black, (typo not yet designated) and posted at Kingston with type R4 and RM1 on 6 Sep 1898. Red Ramble on 7 may 1898 with type DG2. (what lias happened to the routing markings on this letter?). ing 6 . O.H.j . . envelope from the Superintendent Inspector of Schools, Kingston. Handstataped with SUFI . I ,Sr. 6J. OOLS/PRLL in black (type not yet designated) and posted at Kingston on 2'6 Apr 18a8 w ith type DCK2-4P. E viden tly too la te fo r the mail o that day and handstamped with type TL7. Red Ramble 25 Apr 1898 with type DC2. SKIP L T_ER ITEMS FROM TME C.E. PATRICK COLLECTIOH. Checked and x*ecorded A p r il 1965. 1 . Duplicate entire letter ( Ox'iginal sent by the packet) from Tho -as Bainbridge at St. .Anns on 1 December 1813 to ^ai's laduke Langdale Esq., Ho 17 Hew Ormond S trp e t•_Queens Square, London. Posted at St. Anns.and endorsed 'per xi.M. ohip with the mail etc' i.e ., an instruction to send by private ship instead of the packet as was permissable by post office regulations of that time* Prepaid to Kingston a t 7^ lo c a l curr. ncy. Red Kingston and handsatmped with type SL1 to indicate thr,t it was to be sent by private ship. Evidently sent by warship as landed at Portsmouth with oval Ship le t t e r marking. Red London 25 Mar 1814 and charged l/2d i . e . Ship Letter Pee 6d Inland postage Portsmouth to London. 8d T otal l/ 2d. There should also have been a Masters Pee of 2d, but although naval captains were entitled to this, they did not always draw it and this was the case with this letter*. 2 . Letter wrapper to the firm of Rothschild ? in London. Posted at KIHGSTOH post office with the request tin t it be sent by private ohip instead of the o fficia l packet, and therefore handsatmped w ith type SL1. Carried by H.M.S. WIEMOH. Landed a t Portsmouth and got ship l e t t e r max*^ o f,th a t town. Received London 17 August 1815 and charged lyfed* as, previous item, Again the mastersrs fe e has not been claimed. P a,X : f i o ~ i ' cftrv/v ■n> -. / T 3. An entix*e letter from Brotrsholme, England dated 8 December 1336 to an Ensign of the 64th Regiment at Kingston, Jamaica. Carried by private ship C-tHTOH to Kingston. Red Kingston on 7 February 1837 wivh type K4 and type SL2 to indicate that it was a ship letter. Charged l/3d Local Currency i.e. Ship Letter Pee of 6d Sterling Masters Pee of 2d Sterling Inland post delivery 4d Stei’ling / Total l/- sterling = l/3d Local Currency. A disappointing letter this, especially with the names crossed I know of at least three places in Eas^ZYorkshire named Browsholme. I believe this letter was from one of them. 4 Entire letter from Panama to Messrs. Frederick Iluth & Co., London Posted a t PANAMA, and prepaid by the PAIiAMA/FBALiGO aiarking to port of departure. Endorsed 'From Panama*. Carried by private ship to Kingston were it arrived on 18 October 1840 and got type SL3. Sent on its way by packet and red London on 28 IIov 1840. Charged 4/6d, i . e . Jamaica Ship Letter fee (3 x 8d, treble letter) 2/- Masters Fee (3 x 2d, ” " ) 6d Packet Postage Jamaica - England at 1/- per £ oz 2/- Total 4/6d. Ex Collett Collection. l^crrS'CL 5. Letter wrapper to Frederick Huth & Co., London. Posted a t OCALA in Columbia and prepaid ( OCAtiA/FiLujCA) probably to Chagres the local port. Carried by private ship to Kingston where it arrived on 29th September 1845 with type K6 and SL5. Forwarded to En land by the packet. Red London 4 June 1845 and charged l/4d, i . e . Masters Fee at Kingston (double letter) 4d Packet rate Kingston to England l/~ Ex Collett Collection. Lerffi^ 6. L e tte r wrapper to Messrs. Thomson Hankey & C o., ho 7 Mincing Lane London, and inscribed ’per First Ship Letter Mail via Liverpool'. Posted at KINGSTON on 1 October 1863 with a 3d Pine obliterated A01 and has type E10-B on reverse. This was a sp ecia l ra te fo r prepaid ship letters s nt through the post office. Half the fee of 3d., i . e . l| -d v/as due to the British Post Office for their share of the postage concerned and this was indicated by the red strike of type PD9. The fact that the letter was such a ship letter was indicated by type SL5. The same proceedure worked in the oppositie direction and hr. Latham has a fin e cover, unstamped as i t was a con sign ee's le t t e r and did not pay ship letter postage, to which some uninformed person has carefully added British stamps which do not belong to the cover which n< had any in the f i r s t p lace. Red L iverp oo l paid 11 November 1863 and London 12 Eovember 1863. 7. Letter wrapper to Mr. Thomas Milne of Edinburgh, No indication of place of origin in Jamaica. Posted at FALMOUTH with type T5 with instructions to send it by private snip instead of the official packet. Therefore endorsed 'p er LINCOLN/CAPT. BENSON/Q.D.C. * and sent from Falmouth. The LINCOLN was possibly a warship as it arrived at Portsmouth where the Ship Letter marking of that port was applied and was red in London on 8 August 1815. Red Edinburgh 11 Sept 1815. Charged at l/lO^d, i.e. Ship Letter Fee 6d Masters Fee 2d Inland Portsmouth to Edinburgh v ia London - 444 m iles l/2d Scottish Additional Charge jrd T ota l 1/lO^d 8. Entire letter from SALEM in north Carolina, U.S.A. dated 22nd December 1842 to Mr. Francis R. Holland, F a ir fie ld , M andeville, Manchester, Jamaica. Endorsed "via Philadelphia (later crossed out) by the first American vessel for Kingston" and posted at S* LEM with blue da ter of 2 January 1845. Prepaid at the rate of 27 cents to Jamaica. Landed a t St. AnnsBay and handed in to the pa t o ffic e t .ere where it received the Ship Letter marking type SL7 (e.k.d.) No date of receipt but charged l/4d sterling, i.e. Ship letter Fee of 8d s te rlin g Masters Fee of 2d sterling Inland St. Anns Bay to 6d Mandeville direct sterling. gg Total l/4d sterling. 9. L e tte r wrapper from W.P. Maal & Co., at CQLOH on 20th August 18tfo to Senor Francis Correoso, ingston, Jamaica. Not posted at a post office but handed to a private ship, the "WEST INDIAN" at Colon to bring to Kingston. Red Kingston 6 June 1873 type K ll- I I I B and type SL9. Charged 5d, i . e . Ship Letter Fee of 3d Masters Fee of Id Inland postage of Id Note The ’ WEST INDIAN* was a steamship o f the We3t India and Paci ic Steamship Company Limited of Liverpool, which operated services between Liverpool, Kingston and Central ^merica. For a long period they held a contract for officia l mail conveyance between Jamaica and the U. .A. I know of several letters inscribed with the name of one of th e ir ships. I be lie v e Mr. Latham has one. m s 10. Part e n tire from James McCunn a t Kingston on 25 June 1823 to his brother Mr, Thomas McCunn Junior, Greenock, Handed in to the COMMERCIAL ROOMS in Kingston and handsatmped v/ith the CR4 marking. Inscribed per GRASGORM* and sent by that ship to Greenock where it was apparently deli ered by hand as there are no post office markings of receipt, 11. Entire letter from Curacao dated 8 June 1854 to Senors Ramires y Oro, Mansanillo. This was the place now c a lle d M anzanillo in Cuba, a large and flourishing seaport. Received a t SANTIAGO DE CUBA on 19 June 1854 and handstamped w ith the 30 Reis da te r in green, s ig n ify in g that such an ammount was due to be paid on that letter. If the letter had been prepaid from this place, the mark would have been struck in red signifying as such. The private ship letter charge from Cuba to Jamaica or for letters brought by private ship from Jamaica to Cuba was 30 Reis. I have letters with this mark in both red and green proving this. The green *2* indicates 2 Reis due for inland conveyance to Mansanillo from Santiago de Cuba and the JA.AYCA in oval struck in green and applied also at Santiago simply indicates that it has been received from that island. None of these markings are scarce. I have a one stamp collection of Cuba from the early Spanish days upto about 1860 which I occasionally add to and one or two pre-stamp entires from and to there. I have seen lots of these items. 12. What a shame to include this item in amongst these. It is entirely wrongly described. It is an entire letter from Walter Laurie at Woodhall Estate in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica to William Kennedy Esq.., Merchant at Morant Bay, East End, Jamaica. Dated 1 December 1789. Posted at KINGSTOR with type T1 (a very rare marking and the finest that I have ever seen) and charged at 4d sterling, the current rate for a letter going upto 40 miles at that time. l.Iorant Bay was 35 miles from Kingston. As I said, this letter is wrongly described. It is not a ship letter and has never seen the sea, except perhaps when it arrived at Morant Bay. I do not know designated the Woodhall as being in England but he did not know anything hbout Jamaica. It was a very famous estate. The information you give here about this marking being used as a Ship Letter handstamp on incoming letters is entirely erroneous. I know of only about 6 or 7 examples and none of them were used in this way. This particular fine iarm should be written-up correctly in its proper pride of place. Incidently, the village of Woodhall, which lias now a post office of its own, is situated on this estate or its former location. PiHifc.STysir from tne c o lle c tio n oi‘ +~r. ^.H. P a trick . Exaunined. checked and recorded Gth January 1966. a. Packet Letters. 1. Entire letter dated 5 June 18455 from V/.F. Henderson at Bath, addressed to vV. Henderson Esq.., „i.D. , School H ill, -.berdeen. Posted a t HATH on 6 June 1847 with type P2 and prepaid entirely at l/ 2d, the current ’all-in' rate for a ^ 02 letter to an address in the U.K. This rate inc inland postage both in Jamaica and U.K., and letters which did not involve Jamaican inland postage, i.e. letters from Kingston, were only charged at 1/-. Received KIHgSTOH 7 June with paid type PD6 inred. Red London 8 July. Red Edinburgh 9 July. Red Aberdeen 10 July. 2. Letter wrapper from J. Edmondson at Kingston on 28 Eebruaiy 1840 addressed to The General Secretaries, 77 Hatton Gardens, London. Post d a t KINGSTON on 28 February 1840 w ith type K6 . Red London 9 April and charged l/-, the correct rate for £ oz packet letter. (At this time, until about mid 1848, inland postage had to be prepaid in the island. Hone was ixivolved in this le l o e r). 8. L e tte r wrapper from J. Randei’ son a t KInGSTOU on 24 July 1840 addressed to the General Secretaries of the Wesleyan Liissionary Society, 77 Hatl.on Gardens, London. Posted KIHGSTOH 24 July 1840 w ith type K6a. Red London 25 August 1840 and charged 1/- as item 2. This rate inc all English inlan pee tage but not Jamaican inland postage. 4. Entire letter dated 2 ,,ay 1841, from a missionary called James Hastie, who ran the mission on Friendship Estate, at Hath. Addressed to Dr. William Henderson, Aberdeen, Scotland the eshte owner. Letter mentions that hogs have destroyed a lot of the cane crop and much of the cane-piece (cultivated ground) lias been abandoned. Posted at BATH on 2 iay 1851 type P2 (dated in u/s). This is interesting. ;.P.G. records reveal that a new set of figures and type for the Bath date-stamp were sent out on 81 .ay 1851. This example is obviously why they needed them. Red ••Kingston 8 Hay 1851 type K7a. Red London 9 June. Red Aberdeen 10 June. Charged l/2d, correct 'all-in* rate for a i oz le t t e r as item 1 . 5. Entire letter dated 14 January 1819 from J.H. Livingstone at St. Mary's addressed to A.H. Hamilton Esq.., Roselle, Ayr, H.H. Letter evidently posted at Kingst n as no inland postage has been charged. Posted KIJGSTOII 17 January 1819 with fleuron type F4. Red Glasgow 4 Mar 1819 and charged 2/6^-d as follows Single packet letter Jamaica to Falmouth, England. l/ 2 d . / Single packet letter inland Falmouth to Rozelle, via Shrewsbury, C arlisle,Ayr (over 600 miles) l/ 4 d . S cottish A d d ition al T o ll Tax 1 , 2d 6. Entire letter dated 20 September 1609, including duplicate of letter dated 9 June 1809, from Lord Queensborough addressed to James Alston Esq.., Dublin Street, Edinburgh, re-addressed to Dunkeld. Duplicate lettermentions that hr. Robertson has got his rank in the m ilitia and is now living at new Hall in the Walks(a reference to the d is t r ic t around Bog W alk). Posted a t SPAnlSil TOVM with type T3a. L e tte rs from Spanish Town were nearly always bagged up there and rarely bear Kingston transit pinks. This one is no exception. Red Edinburgh 13 Mov and charged 2/3d, altered to 2/3£©d on re a dressing. Single packet rate Kingston to Falmouth l/ld Single inland, Falmouth to Dunkeld via Bristol, Shrewsbury, Carlisle and Edinburgh l/9d I do not know the boxed red mark at the top. It is in the same ink as the receiving mark and is therefore probably an Edinburgh marking. It appears to read POSTAGE/../PAY but I cannot help further 7. An entire letter dated 18 January 1790 from J. Fowler at Martha Brae addressed to James Stothart Esq., care of Robert Eilligan Esq London, and further re-addressed to Cargen, Dumphries. Posted at RIO BUEUO with rn/s post office name (the only one I have seen from this office and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d local currency the correct rate for a double letter travelling between 60 and 100 m iles. Rio Bueno; was 76 miles from Kingston. Red KIDGSTOH and handstamped w ith type J2. Red L0ndon 13 Mar 1790 and charged 2/-, the c o rre c t rate fo r a double packet letter to London at this time. On re-direction to Cargen, a further l/9d has been charged, the correct rate for a double letter inland from London to Cargen via Edinburgh. The red crown cancelling the 2/- charge means that an alteration is officia lly made to the rate charged originally. The total charge therefore would have been 3/9d to pay. Why the 3/- char e v/as put on, in itialled and then c ossed out is beyond me at the moment. A very nice cover. 8. Entire letter dated 6 June 1842 from James Carr a t Montego Bay, to his brother *obert Carr Esq., Messrs. Brown & Carr, Aberdeen, d.. . Reports that net profit for the year £872/6/5^d and the store at the copse gave £287/2/5d. Posted a t MOLTEGO BAY on 6 June 1842 w ith type P2 and prepaid to Kingston at 8d, the correct rate in sterling for a single letter going over 100 miles. iio Kingston marking of receipt. Red London 11 July. Red Aberdeen 11 July. Charged l/-, current packet rate from Jamaica which inc a ll Englsih inland postage. 9. Entire letter of 1 January 1840, enclsoing duplicate of letter dated 3rd December 1839, from James W. Turner at Teak Pen, addressed to Alexander Murchison M.D., Elgin, North Britain. Posted at CLARENDON on 3 January 1840 w ith type P2 and prepaid to Kingston at 7^-d local currency, the. correct rate for a single letter travelling not more than 60 miles inland. No Kingston mark o f re c e ip t. Ned 11 February 1840. Charged l/- the new packet rate for a ^ oz letter to England which inc all English inland postage. This rate only came into force at the begin.ling of 1840, and the letter was evidently originally cha ged at the old rate of 2/7d, but this was crossed out the charge amended to 1/-. 10. Entire le t t e r dated 6 December 1771, from George Coutts at Kingston, addressed to John Jackson Esq., Lie recant in Love Lane, London. Posted at KINGSTON with handsuamp type J2. Carried by the Post O ffic e Packet IIILSBOROUGII Q.D.G.. Red London 12 February 1772 and charged *2Nf , i . e . 2/- in all, the correct rate for a double letter from Jamaica to London a t that time. Very nice old item. 11. Entire letter dated 28 February 1824, from Samuel Foulds at Oi’ange H ill, to his brother James Foulds Esq., Wheatfield, Ayr, N. Britian. The letter also enclosed a note for his niece Kiss. A. Foulds. Interesting and amusing contends, dealing with a run down estate, former managers in ten tion s and a cts. Posted at RANCHIONEAL with type T4a in red ink. Prepaid to Kingston 7^-d local currency, correct rate for a single letter going under 60 m iles. Red KINGSTON 2 Nar 1824 type K2. Red. Glasgow 27 April. Red Ayr 27 Apr. Charged 2/6d correct rate, i.e. Single Packet Rate Jamaica to Falmouth l/2d. Single inland Falmouth to Ayr, via Shrewsbury, Carlisle and Glasgow l/4d. I have receorded this letter previously, but without going through my records cannot tell whether it was in your collection or not. You may have sent this previously. In any case, have definitely seen it before. To the best of my knowledge, only two examples are known of this KA .GHIONEAL marking in red ink. I believe ..r. Surtees has the other. The Kingston marking is an e.lc.d. 12. Entire letter dated 1 Apr 1792, from David Hood at Trelawney to James Stothart Esquire, Cargen, Dumphries, iiorth Britain. Posted at MARTHA BRAE and received the handstamp from th a t o ffic e type Tl. Prepaid at 1/10^-d local currency, the correct rate for a treble letter going between 60 and 100 miles. Red KINGSTON with type J2. Red 22 March 1792, and charged 3/2d., i.e . Double Packet l e t t e r Jamaica to London 2/- Double inland London to Dumphries v ia Edinburgh l/2d. Here again, I nave recorded this letter ^____ ously, probably in your collection. T o ^ a ve me tim e, would be o b li eu if you could confirm this and previous item, otherwise shall have to make check throug all my other material etc. Incideatly, I would live to know who issued a certificate for this Marta brae item. I see it has one numbered 53400, but I cannot think o f anyone in the world who could d e fin it e ly say that this was genuine. I know of four such letters fro a Martha Brae and have seen them a ll and I certainly would not like to do this. 13. Bnitre letter dated 12 May 1812 from John Wade at Falmouth to his father William Wade Esquire, opposite Bencrofts Alma Houses, Mile End Road, London. Posted at FALMOUTH with type IS and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d local currency, currect rate for a double letter going between 60 and 100 m iles. Red KIUG-STOH w ith type F3. Red London 7 July. Charged 2/-, the correct rate for a single packet letter from Jamaica to London at that time. The remarks after item 12 apply. Have seen this item before. 14. The LITTLE RIVER. Here again, have seen th is item p reviou sly. b « ______Ship Letters. 1. Letter and accounts from brooks & fates & Co., Liverpool, dated 24th October 1833. Letter carried by the Royal Mint and was a Consignee*s letter. As such, this would be exempted from a ll Ship letter charges, but not from inland postage. Received KIUGSTOH where i t received the KIhG-STOii SHIP LETTER type SL2. The slugs for this had long been lost and it was necessary therefore to apply the normal KIHGSTOH date-stamp of Dec 1833 type K5. The only postage thus payable was the"inland postage from Kingston to VERE, a distance o f 45 m iles. For a s in g le le t t e r such as uhis, the charge in currency was 7^d . The letter is addressed to Aledander Murchison Esq., M.D., Springfield, Vere, Jamaica. / gre-s ^ a nip letuura in the possession of ir« C_._E_., Patrick, Examined ana ckecked 19th arch 1965. 1. Bart entire from Robert Crow on 7th February 1829 to Irving carton Esq., Violet bank, Annan, Forth britain. Posted at LITTLE RIVER and has try's ’ LITTLE RIVER P.0.’ in two lines written across the flap of letter. Prepaid to Kingston at l/Sd local currency and received at Kingston on 16 Feb 1829 type F6. bo receiving mark, but would be landed at Falmouth and sent via br-istol, Shrewsbury and Carlisle. Charged at 4/6d, a double letter, i.e. Double packet to Falmouth 2/4d Double inland Falmouth to Annan via Bristol, Carlisle - under 3/2d 400 miles. 4/6d. 2. Entire duplicate of letter from J.C. Grant at Green island on 28th September i.821 to Archibald Crawford Esq., Writer to the Signet, Jo 20 Picardy Place, Edinburgh. Posted at GREEJ I3LAED with type T3 and prepaid to Kingston at i/3d local currency. Received Kingston on 3 bov 1821 type $93$ F5a (the variety with firs t digit of year plug missing). Reed 23 Dec 1821 and cutrged 4/lOd, a double l e t uer. Double packet to Falmouth 2/4d Double inland to Edinburgh via Bristol and Carlisle about 523 2/6d m iles. Green Islan d. 3, Actual envelope (opened out) from to The Revd. L. bayly Kingdom, arine V illa, Black River. Posted a t GAtEu Idbxu*D on 5 March 184*9 type P3 and reed Black River 6 ..ar 1849 type P2. Charged at 6d sterling, correct x-ate for a £ ounce letter going between 60 and 100 miles. ^.s these two offices were on the same post road, the letter would not go through Kinston. These 3 items are jjrobably ex Collett collection Pre-stamp letters in the collection of ,r. -.E. PATRICK. Packet Letters. Recorded and checked 10th -ay 1965. 1. Entire letter from Samuel Jolmstone at Jamaica on 26th July 1758 to Mr. Harry Stark a t C la tto near St. Andrew v ia Edinburgh. V Letter mentions earlier letters sent by H.M.S. LYNN and H.M.S. SPHYNX. Posted at KINGSTON with type J1 (earliest known date) and carried by the packet DUKE. lias talsimanic inscription Q.D.C. Red London 29 Sept 1758 and charged 2/- in a l l , i . e . Sin gle packet rate Kingston to London v ia Falmouth i/ 6d Sin gle inland London to Edinburgh 6d T o ta l 2/- Please note that prior to 1796, letters were charged to London and not to Falmouth. This is the only letter I have recorded carried by the DUKE (ii) packet. Ex Lot 291, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. 2. Letter wrapper from George Goutts at Kingston on 21st January 1776 to John Jackson Esq, Merchant in Love Lane, London. Posted at KINGSTON with type J3. Red London 20 March 1776 and charged 2/- in a l l , i . e . a double letter - twice the single letter rate of 1/-. Ex Lot 293, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. 3. Entire letter from Pelham Ross at Kingston on 21st March 1784 to his mother Mrs. Esther Ross at Intown near Wick, Caithness. Posted at KINGSTON with type J2. Prepaid at 1/- in all the correct rate for a single letter to London. C arried by the packet PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY, and the only example recorded by me of carriage by this packet (ii). It was taken by a French fr ig a t e in A p r il 1795. Letter mentions earlier letter of December 1783 sent by the Tankerville packet. A very early paid letter, possibly the earliest paid letter known from Jamaica. I do not know of any earlier. Ex Lot 291, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. 2 4. Entire letter from Robert Fairweather at Highgatetji St. Mary Parish on 10 March 1825 to James Cruikshank Esq., 2 Gloucester S tre e t, Portraan Square, London and re-addressed to Great Hasley House, Selsworth, Oxon. Letter concerns fittin g of cisterns in new s till house and acquisition of the Morven Lands and 90 acres of Tremsolworth Estate. Also re arding possible purchase of 100 acres from the Hazard Lands. Mentions Berry H ill people being badly off for ’provision lands'. Posted a t KINGSTON on 14 March 1825 w ith type K2. Red London 24 Apr 1825 and charged 2/2d, the c o rre c t rate for a single packet letler to London. Re-addressed from London on 26 A p r il and charged fu rth er 7d from London to Selsworth. The red star simply means that the charge collectable is now 7d. Whoever caused this letter to be re-addressed paid the original 2/2d and this was therefore crossed out, the star being applied to show this. It certainly does not signify posted out of course as pencilled on cover. 5. Large letter wrapper addressed to G orge Spragg Esq, No 4 City Terraces, City Road, London. Posted a t CHAPELTON wi th type T4a(45 x 4mm) and the packet rate to London has been prepaid a t 19/6d, i . e . 2^ ounces at 2/2d per ^ ounce. $QX1@ charge crossed out at the top is not applicable to this letter. Red Kingston 25 Apr 1839 type PD 3. and K5. No inland charge from Chapelton to Kingston has been made. The reason for this is apparent when one examines the red seals on the reverse. They bear the initials, *W.B.' These were those of William Barclay, the Receiver General of the Golony and letters from him in his official capacity were delivered free within the colony but not outside it. (Iblieve you have some some other official letters from him in earlier lots I have seen). Letter carried by the packet TARTARUS. Red London 9 June 1839. Ex Collett collection ???? I have certainly seen this item previously. 6. Entire from J.E. Henderson at Waldensia on 10th December 1841 to Rev. J. Angus, Baptist Mission house, Pen Streetm, Penchurch St., London. Posted at DUNCANS in January 1842 type P2 and prepaid at l/ 6d inland (treble) (subsequently crossed out at Kingston) nd 1/- packet postage for a £ oz letter. Red Kingston 8 Jan 1842 type PD5. Red London 10 Peb 1842 and found to over £ oz and t e re fo re underpaid on 12 Peb 1842 when it was struck with the ..ore to fay mark and endorsed More to Pay 1/— and To Pay l/-, i.e. a total of 2/- with the prepaid 1/- for the loz rate of 2/- 3 7 . E ntire from ^anies Ilnme a t Mount Hermon on 18 September 1845 to Rev. Joseph .Lnigus LI.A*, Baptist Mission House, loorgate Street, London. Posted a t PEAR TREE GROVE on 29 September 1845 w ith type P3, a very rare marking, only about four copies being known. Red London 20 Oct 1845 and charged a t l/2d, the ’ a ll- in * rate from a £oa letter from a post town. Ex Lot 294, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. ErSMs tamp.,letters ift Jfoe.. Pl&3£i?t,ion, i & ^ r . Ship Letters Recorded arid checked 10 th ^-a.v 1965. 1 . Entire from Bdward Trelawney at Jamaica on 29th October 1748 to John Sharp Esq.., in Southa.*pron B u ildin gs, London. Carried by private ship* Landed at Lancaster, LAHCAS TER Ship letter markings had not been issued at this date. Red London 15 Han 1749 and charged 5d, i . e . Single inland Lancaster to London, over 80 miles 4d Masters Pee Id T o ta l 5d A very nice example of a very early Ship Letter. Ex Lot 292, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. Entire duplicate letter from ^alcolm Laing at Jamaica on 10 A p r il 1769 to John Jac son Esq. a t Messrs. Serocold & Jackson, London. Carried by the ship PARITY Capt Sinclair. (A very popular ship. Several covers carried by this ship are known to me over a period of years and Capt. Sinclair was s t ill in command in 1774, as Mr. Collett had a similar letter in his collection of that date). Letter landed at Deal, DEAL SHIP LRE Red London 12 Jun 1769 and charged 7d, i . e . Double inland rate Deal to London, 78 miles 6d Masters Pee Id Ex Lot 293, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. As a point of interest regarding this firm of Serrocold and Jackson. At the time of the de a th of Mr. Chruchill I come across an article in the newspaper saying that he h* d bought his house in Hyde Park Gate from a ir. Serrocold, possibly a descendant of this partner. 2 3 . E ntire le t t e r o f 30 June 1771 to Hr. John Jakkson Merchant in London, enclosing duplicate letter of 17 Liay from G. Spencer at Kingston, the original of which had been sent by the packet DUNCANUOH. Letter carried by the frigate II.M.S. g.»ICE. Landed a t Dover**, DOVER SLIP LRE lied London 18 Sep 1771 and charged 7d, i . e . Double inland Dover to London, 72 miles 3d Masters Pee Id Ex Lot 293, R.L. 22 Apr 1965. 4. Entire letter from ualcolm Laing at Jamaica on 19th June 1773 to Messrs, Serrocold & Jackson, London. Carried by the SAInBOW (possibly a warship?) and landed at Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH r. fnl(\ SHIP LRE V s i Rea London. 27 August 1773 and charged 7d, i . e . Double inland Portsmouth to London , 77 m iles 6d Masters Pee Id Ex Lot 293, R.L. 22 Apr 1965 Pre-stamp entires etc., in the collection of Mr. c.E. Patrick, Checked and recorded 19th March 19GG. 1. Entire letter from .tmdrew Jardine at Dundee Estate in Trelawney and dated Idt December 1804, addressed to William Robertson Esq., No. 45 Queen Street, Edinburgh. Contents Very interesting - regarding purchase from Messrs. Watson & Appleton of Montego Bay on the 26th November, of ten prime negro women for the estate. Mentions that they were from the Eboe Country (of West Af. ica) and cost £105 each, a total of £1,050. Mentions the necessary b ills of exchange etc. mentions that since writing last, the negroes (those already on the estate) have been employed in planting cane and the weather is s till good. (Fifty to one hundred years earlier, slaves such as this would have brought very much higher prices, but the trade was now coming to an end). Posted at FALMOUTH with type T3 (Rarity Rating UN = Uncommon, that is upto 100 copies known to exist) and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d currency, the correct rate for a single letter travelling under 100 m iles. Received Kingston with type J7 of 2nd Dec 1804 (this being theii.k.d. for any postmark of the two lined type, with a Rarity Rating S = Scarce and up to 50 copies known). Carried by the packet s e rv ic e . Reed 5 Feb 1805. Red Edinburgh 8 Feb 1805 and charged 2/2d (after incorrect l/lOd charge had been assessed), comprising Single packet rate Kingston to Falmouth @ l/- Single inland rate Falmouth to Edinburgh via hrewsbury and Carlisle (over 500 miles) @ l/ 2d Total 2/2d. 2. Part of an entire letter from P. Albert to Benjamin C. Patey Esq., care of Samuel Chappell Esq., 135 New Bond Street, London* Posted at Kingston ? (the use of this particular paid postmark would seem to denote otherwise but on the existing part of the wrapper, there is no trace of a post town marking and no sign of any inland charge). Prepaid at 2/2d, the correct rate for a single rate packet letter from Kingston to Lonuon. Has Paid type PD3 dated 26 Oct 1831, r a r it y ra tin g S. Red London 16 Dec 1831. Ex Collett collection. / 2 3. Letter wrapper from J. Whltehouse at Black River addresse to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missions Centenary Hall, Bishopsgate Street Within, London. Posted a t ELHCK RIVER w ith type P2a o f 15 Dec 1841 ("by far the e.k.d. of this date-stamp which is otherwise very common). Prepaid to Kingston at l/4d, the correct rate in Sterling for an inland letter of double weight going over 100 miles, although Llack River was only 78 miles from Kingston and the rate should have been 1/-. Carried by the packet service and red London on 12 Peb 1842 and charged 2/-, the correct rate for a 1 oz packet letter. 4. Enitre letter from Phillip linnock at Old Pera Estate, Port llorant on 22nd March 1769, addressed to John Jackson Esq., Merchant, London. Contents regarding an imperfecting b ill of exchange by the writer who was acting as an agent for one Mr. Baxter. A Ship Letter. Carried by the HECTOR - Captain Washington. Landed a t L iverp o o l w ith the LIVERPOOL SHIP LRE marking and red on 5 April, according to the Bishop marking which would have meant a very quick passage, but a note on the letter by the receiver mentions it as received on 5th June. Charged 9d., i.e,*. a double letter (with its enclosure) rate of 8d, the c o rre c t charge f o r such a le t t e r to London from L iverp o o l plus Id Masters Pee, making a to ta l o f 9d. This item was Lot 59 o f the Locnwood C o lle c tio n sold by Robson Lowe on 15 Peb 1966. 5. Entire letter with enclosure, from Malcolm Laing at Jat.oaica on 31 October 1768, addressed to John Jackson Esq,t? at Jackson & Serocolds, London. Contents A b ill of exchange from the writer of the previous letter and a covering note etc. A Ship Letter - Carried by the man of war PRINCE OP WALES - Captain Boyd, with the inscription Q.D.C. landed at Portsmouth w ith PORTSMOUTH SHIP LRE marking and red London Jan 1869. Charged 7d, the correct rate for a double letter from Portsmouth to London plus a Masters Pee o f Id making a to ta l o f 7d. Please note that another letter carried by this man of war on the same voyage is in the collection of Mr. G-.W. G-roves. Your item was from the Lockwood Collection and was par. of Lot 39 PRE-STA P ITE ...... 3 COLLECTION OP MS. C.E. PATRICK ALL ex 1COLLETT1 Collection. Ghee ed and r coi* ed A p r il 19G5. Packet Let^ers 1 . Entire letter from J.M. Green at Jamaica on 25 May 1810 enclosing duplicate letter of 18 Lay 1810, the original of which was sent by H.M.S. L'Aigle. Addressed to Mrs. Dickson, c/ 0 Messrs. Joseph Simperon & Go., Merchants, London. Posted at KIHGSTON on 27 May 1810 type F2a (e .k .d .) and carried by the WIHDSBfi Ca STLS packet. Red Lonaon 23 July 1810 and charged 2/-, the current rate for a single packet letter to London. ? LWr»*a 2. Entire letter from John Wade at Falmouth on 12 ...ay 1812 to his father William Wade Esq.., opposite Lencroft's nlms Houses, Mile End Road, London. Posted at FALMOUTH with ty^je T3 and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d local currency. Red Kingston 15 May 1812 type F3. Red London 7 July 1812 and charged 2/-, the current 'London* rate. £ * r 4. Entire letter from Samuel Foulds at Oran e Ilmll Estate on 14 May 1824 to his brother James Foulds Esq.., Wheatfield, Ayr, H.L. Contents relate to the sugar estate. Very interesting letter. Posted a t KINGSTON on 21 May 1824 w ith type K2. Red Glasgow 26 June 1824 and Ayr same day. Charged 5/-, a double letter charge Double packet to Falmouth 2/4d Double inland Falmouth to Ayr via Bristol, Shrewsbury, C a r lis le and Glasgow 2/8d C 8. Entire letter from James Reid a t Old Harbour on 28 March 1837 to Mr. John Dyer, 6 Pen Court, Fenchurch Street, London, England. Posted a t SPAN I H TOWN 6 April 1837 type PI. No inland charge to Kingston as per my book no$es. No Kingston dater as per same noies. Red London 7 Llay 1837. Charged 2/2d current ’London' rate for a single packet, letter. 2V • Lt-c&zW , rftrwr Ltrr iff on, i*.U 9. Entire letter from Walter Dendy at Bethtophil on 3 February 1840 to Revd. Jolm Dyer, 6 Fen Court, Fenchurch Street, London. Posted at FALMOUTH on 4 February 1840 wi th type P2 and prepaid to Kingston at l/3d local currency. No Kingston receiving mark. Red London 26 March 1840. Charged l/ - , the current packet rate from Kingston per ,oz le t t e r . 6^ CM** - V^rLrr- i°l . 10. Entire letter from B. Millard at Ocho Rios on 14 llay 1844 to the Rev. Jos. Angus M»A*« Sect, to the B*M* Society, Baptist Mission House, 33 oorgate Street, London. Posted at Ocho Rios on 28 May 1844 with type P3. No Kingston date o f re c e ip t. Red London 6 July 1844 and charged l/ 2d, the 'alb in' rate. CJUfatA V 14. Duplicate entire letter of 1 July 1826 and entire letter of 6 July 1826 from Manning and Marshall in Mexico on 6 July 1826 to Frederick Huth & C o., London. Red Kingston 28 August 1826 type K2 and struck with Mexico Transit marking type TR1 in purple, to indicate that it originated in Mexico and was therefore subject to a different rate of packet pos uage. Reed Lonaon 3 November 1826 and charged a t 3/-, i . e . single packet rate Mexico to England (Falmouth) via Jamaica 2/ld. sin g le inland, Falmouth to London l i d cf r- Lc^r 15. Entire letter from Francisco de Paula Sayago in Mexico on 23 July 1825 to Messrs. Frederick Huth & Co., Lonuon. Red KINGSTON 24 October 1825 w ith type K2 and handstamped with Mexico type TR1 in purple as above item. Red London 13 J nuary 1826 and charged 6/-, a double letter as previous item.„ v V (♦vr'fo-T frf. 16. E ntire le t t e r from Newal Berwick at Kingston on 17 March 1825 to his brother John Berwick Esq.,ip Merchant, Dumfries. Posted at KINGSTON on 14 March 1825 but Too Late for the packet of that month and therefore kept for the next packet. Handstamped with TOO LnTE handstamp type TL2 o f 14 Mar 1825 to in d ica te th is and put in to the bag on 18 March o f same month with type K2. Red Dumfries on 31 May 1825 and charged 2/3^d, a single letter i.e. Single packet to Falmouth l/2d Single inland Falmouth to Dumfries via Bristol, Shrewsbury and Carlisle l/ld Scottish Additional Charge Fd Pv T ota l 2/3rrd. 17. Entire letter from David Pretto and Sons at St. Thomas on 12 day 1833 to essrs. Frederick Huth & Go., London. A 'Loose letter*, either posted on hoard the packet whilst at the quay or w ritten on hoard hut not handed in to St. Thomas Post O ffic e before th hag was closed. Red London 13 June 1833 and id e n tifie d as a Packet L e tte r and charged a t 2/2d the c o rre c t rate fo r a s in g le le t t e r to London from many parts o f the Caribbean. There are no identifying markings on this letter at a ll and it is impossible to connect this in any way with Jamaica. In a ll probability it never even saw the place. It probably should go in a collection of St. Thomas, but definitely not Jamaican. . CJLJbx&t- O l 18. Letter Wrapper addressed to the Commissioners for Victualling, ll.itl. Navy, Somerset House and endrosed On H.M. S ervice. This meant nothing as far as packet postage was concerned as free postage for official letters at this time applied only to internal postage. Evidently a 'Loose letter', either handed into the packet whilst at the quay and not submitted to the post office or written on board. There is therefore no marking of origin as previous item. Red London 15 Peb 1824 and charged 2/2d the current London rate for a single letter from many parts of the Caribbean as previous item. At London, identified as a packet letter and hnndstnmped with Robertson type P5. There is nothing to identify this letter with Jamaica/ and I cannot ^un ^r^tand^ why it should have Port Royal pencilled on it. 19. Entire le t t e r from James Hume a t Mount Hermon on 7 November 1861 to the Revd. P. Trestrail, no. 33 ...oorgate Street, London. Letter mentions collection of £18/6/- made at nearby JERICHO. Posted a t RODNEY HALL on 8 Hov 1861 type P6 and stamp a ffix e d - 6d stamp obliterated A71 which has been removed. Red Kingstom same day type K8, very late date. Red London paid 27 Nov 1861. This is a letter of the Gr.L. use in Jamaica period and should be included in that section of your collection. Unfortunately it has been spoilt by the removal of the stamp. t o Packet betters in the, collectfon^of,Mr. O.N., Patricia CftSPJse^-aaa recorded ,18th. ,jay. 19.66^ 1. Duplicate of entire letter from P. Ballantine at Kingston on 23rd November 1793 to John Hunter Esq.., Y/riter to the Signet, Edinburgh. Contents - Concerning a friend of the addressee, a Miss Hunter, who had recently arrived in the island after a most disagreeable trip in which the ship on which she had travelled, had been taken by a French privateer and taken into Philadelphia. Posted at the Kingston post office with type J2 and carried to England by the Post Office Packet ’PRINCESS ROYAL *. (This packet is known to have carried the Jamaica .a il from 1792 u n til captured by a Frenchman in Liarch 1795. She was ransomed and put back into service in 1795, but was captured again on 27 February 1800 whilst homeward bound from the Leeward Islands). Red 10 February 1794 and charged l/ -, later amended to l/2d. This breaks down as follows Sin gle packet rate Kingston to London @ 10- S in gle inland ra te London to Edinburgh @ 7d (Note Until 1797, the packet rate charged, covered transmission to either Falmouth or London, but from then, the inland postage from Falmouth to London was an additional charge). 2. Enatiite letter undated but enclosing a copy of a previous letter dated 16th June 1804, from Hugh McGoan at Farm Estate addressed to Patrick Bsllantine Esq., Mount Charles, Ayrshire, North Britain. Contents - Mentions that original of enclosed duplicate was sent by H.M.S. ’BELLEROPIION* on route for U.K. Nothing else of importance. Posted at Kingston post office on 14 July 1804 with type J7 and sent to England by the Post Packet ’ELIZA*. (This packet is known to have carried the West Indian mail in 1804 and from 1811 to 1814, but this is the only letter I have recorded carried by her from Jamaica). Red 5 September 1804 and charged 1/lOd amended to 2/2d, this breaking down as follows Sing packet rate Kingston to Falmouth @ l/- Single inland Falmouth to Edinburgh via Bristol, Shrewsbury, Carisle etc., @ l/ 2 d inc local delivery charge of Id ? (Note Falmouth to Mount Charles certainly did not exceed 600 miles and would have cost l/ld. For l/2d to have been charged, the distance would have had to be over 600 miles, so that the extra Id must have been a local delivery charge, particularly as Mount Char” is only very small. ■ ■ Pre-stamp items in the collection of. Ur. 0. Checked and recorded 2.9th May 1965. Packet Letters. 1. Front of entire, apparently writer at Kingston, and addressed to William H. White Esq., Grand °ec etary, Freemasons Hall, London. Letter endorsed b sender ’paid' in m/s and posted at Kingston on 30 March 1840 where it received type PD4 in red. Red London on 12 May 1.840 with London paid in red and. has been endorsed at Kingston in red ink ’paid 2/2d’ the correct rate fo r a sin gle le t t e r to London. Ex Collett collection. Part Lot. 58. 2. . Part entire letter from P. Allcroft? to Benjamin C. Patey Esquire, care of, Samuel. Chappell Esquire, 135 Hew Bond Street, London. Insc ibed Postage Paid by the sender and posted at Kingston on 26 October 1831. As i t was prepaid jfehe le tte r ' received type PD3 in red ink and was further endorsed in red ink 8/2d, the correct rate fo r a sin gle le t t e r to London. Red London 16 Dec 1831 with London paid. Ex C o lle tt c o lle c tio n . Part Lot 58. Brought £21. > s C. E. PATRiJK c o lle c tio n . Checked and recorded 15 Sept. 1966. 1. Letter wrapper froraa J. Thitehouse at it . Anns, dated 23rd. February 1836, addressed to the -lev. John Beecham, 7v A tton Gardens, London. Posted at dOiLiAG-UE with type T4b(35 x 4 l mm), (2nd known copy ?), r,nd prepaid to Kingston at 7^d local currency. Red Kingston 27 February 1836 with type K4. Packet service. A