"JAMAICA RAILWAY" On Top, No Separators
Known Used Between Oct. 1901 and Dec. 1912
Nov. 8, 1902
Jan. 11, 1907
Red ink - Aug. 12, 1905
Postcard dated Jan. 30, 1907 to Pennsylvania franked with a 1d red Arms adhesive which is tied by Montego Bay railway datestamp. Kingston double ring transit datestamp of same date alongside. Message on front (move cursor over image to view) refers to the earthquake of January 14, 1907 which destroyed much of Kingston.
Postcard dated Dec. 7, 1906 to Vermont franked with a 1d carmine Arms adhesive which is tied by a red Montego Bay railway datestamp. Kingston double ring transit datestamp of same date alongside. The latest known date for a red Montego Bay cancel and the only recorded entire with a railway cancel struck in red ink until a second one (see below) surfaced on eBay in July 2005.
Postcard dated Mar. 9, 1906 to Cuba franked with a 1d gray and carmine Arms adhesive which is tied by a red Montego Bay railway datestamp. Kingston double ring transit datestamp of same date at left. Santiago De Cuba March 17 datestamp on face. The second recorded entire with a railway cancel struck in red ink.
"JAMAICA GOV'T RAILWAY" On Top, Maltese Cross Separators
Known Used Between Aug. 1910 and Mar. 1924
Aug. 3, 1911
Jan. 28, 1924
Nov. 16, 1920
Cover dated Dec. 16, 1911 from the Hanseatic Enterprises office in Baranquilla, Colombia to the Henry Clay and Bock Cigar Company in Havana, franked with a Colombian 5 centavo single which is tied by a "Posted on High Seas" cancel. The S.S. Alleghany normally stopped at Kingston on its return journey to the U.S. where mail bound for Cuba was transferred to another steamer. For an unknown reason, this particular voyage instead stopped at Montego Bay, and being a minor port with no service to Cuba, mail bound for that island was unloaded and sent to Kingston via the railroad. To enter the postal system, payment of the normal U.P.U. rate of 2½d was made as evidenced by the Jamaican stamps. Backstamped (move cursor over image) with KINGSTON DE 16 11 transit and HABANA DEC 24 1911 arrival. A remarkable cover showing an unusual routing, and quite possibly the only combination cover with franking cancelled by the Jamaica Government Railway.
Postcard to New Jersey dated Dec. 22, 1913, franked with a King George V 1d adhesive which is tied by both a Montego Bay railway dater and a rectangular T.P.O. temporary rubber stamp. The postcard is a seldom seen "Greetings From" type litho showing various Montego Bay scenes (move cursor over card to view).