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St. Margaret's Bay - Portland

Located five miles west of Port Antonio

Status PO Opened 13.2.1889 Closed

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Potter No.

EKD

LKD

Cancel Notes

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - R1/2
8170.01 xx.xx.1889 xx.xx.1889
Only one strike known. Manuscript date is unclear but thought to be 1889. Not listed by Proud [1].

Squared Circle. Type - SqC-2
8170.02 17.2.1890 24.2.1902

Double Ring Datestamp - with dots
8170.03 28.11.1894 21.6.1930

Double Ring Datestamp - no dots
8170.04 15.1.1937 9.1.1965
Reads: “ST. MARGARETS BAY” without an apostrophe and with a small “T” in ST with a dash beaneath it.

Modern Single Ring (* above date)
8170.05 26.3.1960 11.12.1985
“JAMAICA” is 16 mm long.

Modern Single Ring
8170.06 25.3.1970 28.5.1985
A second die with “JAMAICA” smaller than usual.

Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41
8170.07 25.10.1988 27.11.1996
The “J” of JAMAICA does not always show. A strike of 14.5.1999 has a comma, not an apostrophe before the final “S”. Possibly a new die.

Cancel Type	Potter No.	EKD	LKD	Cancel Notes
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - R1/2	8170.01	xx.xx.1889	xx.xx.1889	Only one strike known. Manuscript date is unclear but thought to be 1889. Not listed by Proud [1].
Squared Circle. Type - SqC-2	8170.02	17.2.1890	24.2.1902
Double Ring Datestamp - with dots	8170.03	28.11.1894	21.6.1930
Double Ring Datestamp - no dots	8170.04	15.1.1937	9.1.1965	Reads: “ST. MARGARETS BAY” without an apostrophe and with a small “T” in ST with a dash beaneath it.
Modern Single Ring (* above date)	8170.05	26.3.1960	11.12.1985	“JAMAICA” is 16 mm long.
Modern Single Ring	8170.06	25.3.1970	28.5.1985	A second die with “JAMAICA” smaller than usual.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41	8170.07	25.10.1988	27.11.1996	The “J” of JAMAICA does not always show. A strike of 14.5.1999 has a comma, not an apostrophe before the final “S”. Possibly a new die.