Whitfield Town/Pen -  St. Andrew

Located at 10 Waltham Park Road in Kingston 13

 

Cancel Type	Potter No.	EKD	LKD	Cancel Notes
Double Ring Datestamp	8980.01	26.5.1928	26.11.1957	Reads: “WHITFIELD PEN”.
Birmingham. Type - B2	8980.02	3.5.1943	5.1.1965	Reads: “WHITFIELD TOWN”.
Birmingham. Type - B2a	8980.03	9.8.1945	23.10.1964	There is a solid bar at the top where “KINGSTON” was and “WHITFIELD TOWN” is added at the bottom where you expect to find “JAMAICA”.
Modern Single Ring (with or without *)	8980.04	30.9.1958	17.10.1981	At least 7 dies. Known in violet 9.4.1974 to 3.8.1974. With asterisk: 27.2.1965. “WHITFIELD TOWN” = 22 mm. “JAMAICA = 17 mm.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41d	8980.05	16.4.1973	16.4.1973	Reads: “WHITFIELD TOWN / JAMAICA”.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*/37	8980.06	25.1.1975	7.4.1977	Known used in black 8.2.1975 to 24.12.1976. Otherwise in violet. Reported held together with a rubber band in late use.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3/41	8980.07	8.2.1976	9.6.1984	Started in black and changed to violet in late 1976. First blue strikes 22.4.1978 and often changed after that.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*PO/37j	8980.08	2.5.1984	9.12.1986	Known reused in black 20 - 25.11.1991. Reads: “WHITFIELD TOWN P.O. / JAMAICA”.
\Modern Single Ring	8980.09	24.9.1986	6.10.1989	Has a 5.5 mm gap between “WHITFIELD” and “TOWN”.
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3PO/41j	8980.10	20.11.1991	25.10.1994	Reads: “WHITFIELD TOWN P. O. / JAMAICA”. Larger than 8980.08.
Modern Single Ring - 91	8980.11	16.2.1993	12.8.1993
Temp. Rubber Handstamp. Type - O3*PO/37j	8980.12	19.3.2001	19.3.2001	Reads: “WHITFIELD TOWN POST OFFICE / JAMAICA”.
Modern Single Ring - Dual Arc	8980.13	29.3.2001	29.3.2001