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Lot 347 FIRST SETTING - VERY EARLY USE: 1890 (4th June) formula registered env. used from Jamaica to Manchester franked with a pair and 3d purple (defective) Postal Fiscal to make the 4d registration fee plus 4d postage. A little stained. Probably philatelic but believed to be the earliest recorded date of use of the provisional. The postal notice regarding the issue of this adhesive appeared in the local paper on 3rd. June 1890. Rare. PHOTO