Page 595 - Jarvis & Wright: Jamaica Display to RPSL

Jamaica Defence: World War II U.S. Forces.

The USA and Great Britain agreed in December 1940 to exchange 50 WWI US destroyers for a chain
of bases from Newfoundland to the Caribbean. In Jamaica from 1941 the US Marines and Navy were
at Portland Bight, the naval air station was at Little Goat Island, the army were at Fort Simonds and
the army air force at Vernam Field. US forces operated their own postal system and censorship.

Commemorative cover mapping US bases and some of their post offices, from Fort Simonds, 1941.
A.P.O. 804: 17 November 1941 (Farrimond type USA1). 1½c rate to the USA.
US Army censor 102 (Farrimond type USAC4, this number used at Fort Simonds training cadre).

Internal cover to Little Goat Island, via the US offices in Duke Street, Kingston, 1942.
COVERED BY (Farrimond type USN6) applied at the US offices to sort mail for local delivery or New York.
Naval Censor (Farrimond type USNC2(i)) and VERIFIED USN (Farrimond type USNC4).

1½d inland
rate.

Kingston
machine
cancel:
4 April 42.
LITTLE
GOAT
ISLAND
receiver
(Farrimond
type
USMU1).

Ex Sutcliffe.