"JAMAICA RAILWAY" On Top, No Separators
Known Used Between Oct. 1901 and Jun. 1903
Oct. 10, 1901 EKD
Jun. 18, 1903 LKD
"JAMAICA GOV'T RAILWAY" On Top, Maltese Cross Separators
Known Used Between Dec. 1913 and Sep. 1924
Apr. 10, 1922
Jan. 31, 1918
Mar. 1921
Cover addressed to Major General A E Sandbach, Bryngwyn, North Wales dated Nov. 12, 1914 and franked with two King George V 1d red and two ½d green Jamaica Arms adhesives which are tied by three strikes of the Montpelier railway datestamp. T.P.O. and Kingston datestamps of same date plus Bwlch-y-Ciban DE 1 14 cds arrival on reverse (move cursor over image to view). The Sandbach family owned a 4,000 acre logwood plantation in Old Hope, and most of the known Montpelier railway covers are addressed to them. Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach inherited the plantation in 1928 at age 19 and had it sold in 1938.
Halfpenny postcard addressed to The Tobacco Emporium in Kingston dated Aug. 24, 1914 cancelled by Montpelier railway datestamp. Ramble transit double ring cds of same date alongside where it evidently entered the postal system, and Kingston arrival machine cancel dated the following day.