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Jamaica

                                                                                                       Revenues:
                                                                                                            The
                                                                                                          Penny
                                                                                                        Revenue

                                                                                                         Stamp,
                                                                                                          1865 -

                                                                                                          1873.



                                                                                                          Printed in
                                                                                                        sheets of 240.

                                                                                                          This is the
                                                                                                       lower left pane
                                                                                                            of 60.

                                                                                                        This was the
                                                                                                        only Jamaica
                                                                                                        stamp to use
                                                                                                            paper
                                                                                                          watermark
                                                                                                        Crown above
                                                                                                        CA, sideways
                                                                                                           over two
                                                                                                        stamps. That
                                                                                                          paper was
                                                                                                           made for
                                                                                                        double-sized
                                                                                                           revenue
                                                                                                           stamps.


















                                                                                                         The number
                                                                                                            1 at the
                                                                                                          lower left is
                                                                                                           the plate
                                                                                                         number (the
                                                                                                            current
                                                                                                          number of
                                                                                                           this plate
                                                                                                           was 12).
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