Somerton -  St. James

Located four miles west of Wakefield

Status
PO
Opened
3.12.1914
Closed

 

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Potter No.

EKD

LKD

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Double Ring Datestamp

7950.01
xx.xx.1919
18.11.1940

Early strikes had no day or month plugs.

Double Ring Datestamp - no dots

7950.02
21.10.1930
6.5.1974

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37

7950.03
2.8.1974
3.10.1975

Known in violet up to 15.1.1975 and in black from June 1975.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41d

7950.04
28.12.1976
9.1.1982

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41

7950.05
23.11.1976
31.3.1985

Reads: “SOMERTON / JAMAICA”. Has a break in the inner oval above the “I” of JAMAICA.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3PO/41j

7950.06
1.9.1978
3.4.1986

Reads: “SOMERTON P.O. / JAMAICA”. Known in red up to 24.12.1979. 9.10.1979 was in red-violet and in violet from 22.1.1980.

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

7950.07
28.7.1987
11.8.1992

Reads: “SOMERTON POST OFFICE / JAMAICA”. Known in violet 9.12.1987.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3PO/41j

7950.08
11.11.1989
16.1.1990

Modern Single Ring - Dual Arc

7950.09
26.1.1995
26.1.1995