Located on the corner of Union and Fort Streets
Cancel Type Potter No. EKD LKD Cancel Notes Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type -
T1 Also used as a Ship Letter
mark. Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type -
T3 Became available in 1802. Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type -
T4a (xx.xx.1838) Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type -
T4b Circular Named Handstamp. Type -
P2b Issued 1.4.1839. An item dated 8.8.1838
is an error of year. SL8 Reads: “Montego Bay / SHIP
LETTER” in italicised letters surrounded by a
rectangular frame PD 14 A circular frame enclosing “PAID /
8D” using a small high “D” over a full stop.
This mark was used on pre-paid letters from Montego Bay to
Kingston and Spanish Town. Numerical Obliterator. Type - A57
H Circular Named Handstamp. Type -
P11a Numerical Obliterator. Type - A56
H Used during September and October only.
Then went out of circulation. Numerical Obliterator. Type - A56
K Circular Named Handstamp. Type -
P11b Reused in blue 30.12.1902 and 20.1.1904.
In black: 2.1.1912. Squared Circle. Type - SqC-1 Double Ring Datestamp - with
dots Known in black, blue and green with
transitional shades. Double Ring Datestamp - no
dots Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
C2/27 Reads: “MONTEGO BAY / STREET LETTER
BOX” with “14” of date in lower centre. In
black after May 1915. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
C2/28 As 5620.16 but with lettering reversed.
“STREET LETTER BOX” at top and “MONTEGO
BAY” at bottom. Year digits in lower centre changed to
“15”. Double Ring Datestamp - with
dots Reads:. “STREET LETTER BOX / MONTEGO
BAY” with dots either side. Double Ring Datestamp - with
dots Often seen with only “19” of
year digits present. Also known with date inverted. Large
dots. Double Ring Datestamp - no
dots Rings are well separated. Machine M.S.R. Reads: “JAMAICA W.I.”. Used
with seven wavy lines or a slogan. (“BUILD
TOURISM”). Double Ring Datestamp - no
dots Rings are close together. Proud
D8. Birmingham. Type - B3 - with * Known with year plug omitted and
remainder of date in year slot. Modern Single Ring (* above
date) Ten practically identical
dies. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3/41 Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3*WI/37e Reads: “MONTEGO BAY / JAMAICA
W.I.”. Modern Single Ring (with or without
*) Reads: “MONTEGO BAY (I)”. Six
practically identical dies were issued. Seen also with
asterisk: 2.3.1984. Machine M.S.R. Reads: “JAMAICA”. No
W.I. Modern Single Ring - 68 Reads: “MONTEGO BAY NO. 1.”
With a full stop after “NO” and “1”.
(xx.8.1980). Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3/41 Used in black up to end of 1975, then in
violet. Reads: “MONTEGO BAY No 1 / JAMAICA”. Also
known in red 11.7.1978 and in blue 18.8.1978 and
23.10.1978. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3/41 Reads: “MONTEGO BAY 1 /
JAMAICA”. Not known in violet after
4.8.1982. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3/41 Reads: “MONTEGO BAY /
JAMAICA”. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3*MR/37g Reads: “MONTEGO BAY | MAIL ROOM /
JAMAICA”. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3*PO/37j Known in blue: 1.9.1989 to
18.9.1989. Modern Single Ring - 91 Reads: “MONTEGO BAY No 1 /
JAMAICA” with letters “No” introduced and no
full stops. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3*MS/37g Reads: “Montego Bay | Mail Services
/ JAMAICA” Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
O3PO/41j Reads: “MONTEGO BAY | POST OFFICE /
JAMAICA”. Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type -
03*POWI Reads: “MONTEGO BAY POST OFFICE /
JAMAICA W.I.”.