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PORT KINGSTON
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An envelope addressed to Newport, Monmouthshire which was franked with a Jamaican
“Arms” issue and posted on board. PORT KINGSTON left Jamaica on 2nd December 1909 and
arrived at Avonmouth on the 15th. Although the majority of the mail she carried was in sealed bags
letters such as this were regarded as “loose letters” and treated as Ship Letters. Consequently the
adhesive was cancelled with a town mark and the cover struck with an Avonmouth Ship Letter
(Tabeart SI, known 1907- 43). The distinction was artificial as the rate for a Ship Letter and a
Packet letter was the same. It is not known why Avonmouth used a Ship Letter mark for so long
instead of a Paquebot mark. The cover was back stamped in Newport on the same day.
