Martha Brae -  Trelawny

Located two miles south of Falmouth

Closed as a Post Office in 1818

Reopened as an Agency: 2.8.1968

 

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Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type - T1

5320.01
xx.xx.1784
1.4.1792

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

5320.02
19.8.1968
20.11.1970

Known in black: 27.12.1968, 4.1.1969 and 17.5.1969.
“JAMAICA” is 26mm long. Example has date inverted.

Modern Single Ring - 68

5320.03
19.8.1968
14.9.1971

The 14.9.1971 strike is recorded as violet. The use of both inks on TRD’s suggest a use of black ink.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

5320.04
30.5.1969
3.11.1973

Known in violet to 27.8.1971, then reused in black 13th and 17th March 1973 and 5.10.1973 to 3.11.1973.
“JAMAICA” is 24mm long.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

5320.05
21.1.1974
13.6.1981

Identified by a break in the inner oval under the final “A” of “MARTHA”. "JAMAICA" is 24mm long.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41

5320.06
1.4.1984
18.12.1986

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*PA/37j

5320.07
25.1.1991
11.1.1993

Known in blue 15.4.1992 to 30.10.1992 and 11.1.1993. Reads: “MARTHA BRAE POSTAL AGENCY / JAMAICA”.

Modern Single Ring - 91

5320.08
1.3.1993
29.11.1993