Showing posts with label Queen Victoria Postage Stamps of Jamaica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen Victoria Postage Stamps of Jamaica. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Jamaica-Queen Victoria Postage Stamp-1889-1891 1 Penny Issue

Illustrated below are 2 examples of the Jamaican 1 penny (purple and mauve) issue of 1889-1891. One has an interesting cds showing a Half  Way Tree cancellation, a suburb of Kingston still in existence today. The other has a hand cancel of ink pen through the head of Queen Victoria.