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Jamaica Revenues: The Penny Revenue Stamp, 1865 - 1873.

            Three 1d revenue stamps, watermark pineapple, on a Bill of Lading for the barque “Gem”, 11 November 1869.


















































































            1d revenue stamp, watermark Crown CC, on a receipted account for the Success Estate for the year 1873,
            dated 25 January 1874.
            One item is “Penalty of Postage on understamped B.P. - - 3”. Assuming “B.P.” is bookpost, this underpayment
            may have been before the reduction in the inland bookpost rate to 1d on 12 April 1873.
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