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PORT ROYAL
An envelope posted in Santa Cruz, Jamaica on 8th December 1903 and back stamped in
Kingston a day later. Addressed to Edinburgh it was put on Port R0yal which sailed on the 10th and
arrived in Avonmouth on the 23rd.
Port Antonio
Bristol 76
No. 544
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J S H C h t o c x t j f -—
A registered letter addressed to Portsmouth, franked by a Id and a Plate block of 4 x 14 d
adhesives, probably from the 1905 M.C.A. set paying a 14 oz rate and 2d registration fee. The cover
was cancelled by a Type 4 hand stamp in Georgetown on 12th May 1908 and was back stamped in
Kingston on the 19th It was put on “Port Antonio” which sailed on the 21st and arrived in
Avonmouth on 4th June. There is a back stamp in Portsmouth on the 5th, a transit time of 24 days.
