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THE PROVISIONALS
There are 8 known covers franked with a single Id on 5/- paying the 1 oz Imperial rate,
the new weight step introduced on Is* October 1907. In this case a cover cancelled in
Georgetown on 30th November by Type 4 addressed to Jamaica, where it arrived on 7th December a
transit of 7 days. E. Ex r e w & Maisel.
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A commercially used envelope cancelled in Georgetown on 9th December 1907 b T 4
franked with 5 x Id on 5/- provisionals, over paying the U.P.U. 2 oz rate to Boston (2 m ^ ths
earlier it would have been the correct 1 oz rate). It went through Kingston on 17th D ember
6 weeks after posting. There is no arrival date. E. Ex Burrus & Maisel.
