"JAMAICA RAILWAY" On Top, No Separators
Known Used Between October 1901 and April 1909
Post card from Montego Bay to Kingston dated Feb. 20, 1902 and cancelled by Montego Bay railway datestamp. Kingston arrival postmark of same date on reverse.


Postcard dated Mar. 9, 1906 to Cuba franked with a 1d gray and carmine Arms adhesive and 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.
Postcard dated Dec. 7, 1906 to Vermont franked with a 1d carmine Arms adhesive and 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 above) surfaced on eBay in July 2005.
Postcard dated Jan. 30, 1907 to Pennsylvania franked with a 1d red Arms adhesive and tied by Montego Bay railway datestamp. Kingston double ring transit datestamp of same date alongside. Message on front refers to the earthquake of January 14, 1907 which destroyed much of Kingston (move cursor over image to view).
Picture postcard to England dated Dec. 27, 1908 franked with a 1d red Arms adhesive and tied by Montego Bay railway datestamp. Postcard shows the Creek Tower in Montego Bay.
"JAMAICA RAILWAY" On Top, No Separators
Unrecorded Type for Montego Bay
Short paid post card from Montego Bay to Rochester, NY dated April 23, 1906 cancelled with a Montego Bay railway datestamp of unrecorded type for Monego Bay; outer ring diameter is smaller (31mm vs 32mm) and letters are narrower. Boston transit datestamp of April 30.
"JAMAICA GOV'T RAILWAY" On Top, Maltese Cross Separators
Known Used Between April 1910 and March 1924
Cover dated Dec. 16, 1911 from the Hanseatic Enterprises office in Barranquilla, Colombia to the Henry Clay and Bock Cigar Company in Havana, franked with a Colombian 5 centavo single and 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 with KINGSTON DE 16 11 transit and HABANA DEC 24 1911 arrival (move cursor over image to view). 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 and tied by both a Montego Bay railway datestamp 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).


"JAMAICA GOVERNMENT RAILWAY" On Top
Known Used Between May 1923 and March 1924

Train Tickets Issued at Montego Bay
Second class child railway ticket from Montego Bay to Anchovy dated June 4, 1954 and second class ticket from Montego Bay to Kingston dated June 8, 1954 showing this datestamp to still be in use in 1954. Datestamp becoming severely worn.