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Jamaica Defence: World War II Patriotic Labels.

Semi-official and unofficial bodies sold labels to support war causes. None had postal validity.

The Jamaica War Fund The British Community
raised money for fighter War Fund.
aircraft and the Red Cross. (Farrimond type PT28).
(Farrimond type PT22).

The Fellowship of the Bellows, a Kingston charity, raised money by charging members ½d a
month for each enemy aircraft shot down for each label they had bought (Farrimond type PT27).

Bulldog label without printer’s The St. Dunstan’s League helped the
imprint (Farrimond type PT23).
war blinded. (Farrimond type PT24).

Bulldog and St. Dunstan’s labels on cover to Great Britain, 1941.

Franked 2d,
though the
single Empire
rate was 1½d.
Kingston:
28 January 41.

Bulldog label
with Canadian
printer’s
imprint
→
(Farrimond
type PT23A).

Ex Sutcliffe.