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WEST INDIES MARITIME MAIL - PRE 1842

An entire addressed to the Jamaica Coffee House in London, given to the Kingston,
Jamaica Post Office on 10th February 1816 to put on HMS North Star. It was struck with a
Crown Jamaica Ship letter (SL1) and sailed as a private ship not a packet. The vessel arrived
in Portsmouth on 7th April when it was struck with Tabeart S 13 and charged l/4d - 8d ship
Letter and 8d for 72 miles to London. Ex Collett.

An entire concerned with the maintenance of children in Ireland addressed to Omagh. Dated
30th September 1814 in Kingston it was struck by a Jamaica Ship Letter (SL 1), but sent by a
naval brig, H.M.S. Ringdove The original owner suggested it was substituting for the
Falmouth packet and the letter rated 2/2d, the single packet rate to London, then 3/2d to pay
the inland rate to Holyhead and finally 4/8d to Omagh, including 2d for the Irish Sea packet.
However, there were enclosures no longer present, and the single rate from Dublin to Omagh
was 9d, so the Dublin P.O. may have treated it as a double.