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Jamaica Registration: Distinguishing Marks: The R in Oval.

Registered oval datestamps were applied to registered post only at Kingston. The R in oval ® (Lant
type RS1) brass handstamp met a UPU requirement. It was issued to every office to make registered
post originating from any office equally distinctive. With wear, each is slightly different.

R in oval ® earliest known date, 11 October 1882, on a registered piece to the USA.

8d (4d UPU rate and
4d registration).

Little River:
· E58;
· 11 October 82;
· R in oval ®

(Lant type RS1).

Crossed blue lines.

4 deleted; small 2;
registration number?

Registration number 1.
Kingston registered:
12 October 82
(Lant type RC4).

US registration
number 21889.

The R in oval continued in use and was issued to new offices. Variants appeared from 1918 onwards.

Thin ® in circle with full stop (Lant type RS6)
on registered cover from Jones Pen to the USA, 1932.
4½d (2½d UPU rate
and 2d registration).

Jones Pen:
·19 January 32;

· ® in circle
(Lant type RS6);

· registration label
(Lant type RL1),
showing sheet margin.

Kingston registered:
20 January 32
(Lant type RC15, die 2).

Registration number
419.

New York:
25 January 32.

Los Angeles: 28 January 32.