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JAMAICA – POSTAL HISTORY
from the collection of Andrew Fowles
This exhibit will provide the viewer with a rare glance at some of the most memorable postmarks and
correspondence from Jamaica. The display commences with correspondence carried by the vessels of Edward
Dummer in 1707 and 1709 and progresses through Jamaica and other town postmarks to the temporary date
stamps (TDs) of the 1890s (excluding numeral obliterators).
In 1705, Edward Dummer secured a contract to convey mails between the West Indies and England. He was
bankrupt within six years and the service discontinued in 1711; very few letters from the Dummer service
are known to have survived. This exhibit begins with a Dummer letter carried by the ‘FRANKLAND’ in 1707 to
Thos. Eyre in London.
Other memorable items in the display include:–
1749: The first Jamaica straight line mark.
1776: Jamaica used as a feeder station on the route from Pensacola to London during the American War of
Independence.
1799: The discovery copy of the Jamaica Bishop Mark.
1841: A rare Annatto Bay cds (circular datestamp).
1890: Alligator Pond as illustrated in Nicholson.
1884 – 1896: A small selection of TDs including
Maidstone (discovery copy).
1749, the first ‘JAMAICA’ straight line mark. 1776, an entire sent during the American War of
Independence bearing a ‘IAMAICA’ mark.
JAMAICA – POSTAL HISTORY
from the collection of Andrew Fowles
This exhibit will provide the viewer with a rare glance at some of the most memorable postmarks and
correspondence from Jamaica. The display commences with correspondence carried by the vessels of Edward
Dummer in 1707 and 1709 and progresses through Jamaica and other town postmarks to the temporary date
stamps (TDs) of the 1890s (excluding numeral obliterators).
In 1705, Edward Dummer secured a contract to convey mails between the West Indies and England. He was
bankrupt within six years and the service discontinued in 1711; very few letters from the Dummer service
are known to have survived. This exhibit begins with a Dummer letter carried by the ‘FRANKLAND’ in 1707 to
Thos. Eyre in London.
Other memorable items in the display include:–
1749: The first Jamaica straight line mark.
1776: Jamaica used as a feeder station on the route from Pensacola to London during the American War of
Independence.
1799: The discovery copy of the Jamaica Bishop Mark.
1841: A rare Annatto Bay cds (circular datestamp).
1890: Alligator Pond as illustrated in Nicholson.
1884 – 1896: A small selection of TDs including
Maidstone (discovery copy).
1749, the first ‘JAMAICA’ straight line mark. 1776, an entire sent during the American War of
Independence bearing a ‘IAMAICA’ mark.
