Jamaica STAMPS FOR SALE
JAMAICA 1937 Coronation perforated “SPECIMEN” set,SG 118/20,vfm,fresh (3)
JAMAICA 1929-32 KGV perf “SPECIMEN” set, SG 108s/10s, vfm, fresh (3)
JAMAICA 1903-04 Arms “SPECIMEN” opts set, SG 33s/36s, fine mint,fresh (4)
JAMAICA 1935 1½d extra flagstaff, SG 115a, within mint pair, toned gum.
JAMAICA 1903 (Dec 31) redirected picture postcard of ‘Market Women’ addressed to England, bearing ½d QV stamp tied by “Port Royal” cds, plus “Kingston” & “Devonport” transit cds’s and “T” and “1d” postage due handstamps alongside.
JAMAICA 1870-83 1s dull brown, variety “$” for “S”, SG 13a, with neat light “A01” cancel, very scarce.
JAMAICA 1916 ½d yellow-green War Stamp with OVERPRINT INVERTED variety, SG 68c, mint.
JAMAICA 1937-1952 COMPLETE FINE USED COLLECTION on stock pages, all different, includes 1938-52 set, 1948 Wedding set etc. (40 stamps)
JAMAICA 1903-04 1d grey & carmine “SER.ET” variety, SG 34a, fine cds used.
JAMAICA 1860 (16 Feb) stampless entire letter from London to Lieut. the Hon. Earnest G. L. Cochrane on board HMS “Indus” at Jamaica, redirected back to England (Devonport), bearing “Charing Cross Paid” cds and “Kingston Jamaica” & “Devonport” transit cds’s on reverse.
JAMAICA 1903-1938 ATTRACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE FINE MINT COLLECTION with varieties, shades and blocks written up on pages, includes 1903-04 Arms set, plus ½d & 1d (this in pair) “SER.ET” varieties, 1905-11 Arms set, plus ½d “SER.ET” variety within block of 4, and QV set incl 6d orange Plate ‘1’ block of 4 & 4d marginal inscription block of 36 NHM, 1912-20 set with shades incl 5s (x2), 1915 (-) & ½d surcharge Red Cross labels, 1916 (Apr-Sep) “War Tax” opts ½d No stop within strip of 3 & 3d white back, 1916 (Sep-Dec) 1½d ‘S’ in ‘STAMP’ omitted & 1½d No stop in pair with normal, 1917 Plate numbers blocks of 4 set, 1919-21 Pictorials set, plus ½d “Specimen” opt, 1921-27 6d (x2), 1921-29 Pictorials set with shades incl 5s (x3) & 10s (x2), 1923 Child Welfare set, 1929-32 set incl both 1d, 1935 Jubilee set, plus perf “Specimen” set, 1938-52 set with shades & perf types incl 5s (x4) & 10s (x2) etc. Lovely fresh condition. (approx 310 stamps)
JAMAICA 1932 Pictorials perf “SPECIMEN” set,SG 111s/13s,fine mint,fresh,3
JAMAICA 1921-27 KGV “SPECIMEN” opts set, SG 92s/93s, fine mint, fresh (2)
JAMAICA 1919-21 2½d deep blue & blue WMK REVERSED, SG 82x,fine mint,fresh
JAMAICA 1919-21 2d indigo & green WMK INVERTED & REVERSED, SG 81y, vfm
JAMAICA 1903-04 ½d grey & dull green Arms WMK INVERTED,SG 33w,vf cds used
JAMAICA 1890-91 2½d on 4d red-brown 1mm spacing SURCHARGE DOUBLE variety, SG 30b, fine mint, one surcharge shifted to left, fresh.
JAMAICA 1883-97 3d sage-green “SPECIMEN” opt,SG21s,fine mint,fresh colour
JAMAICA 1889 – 1891 complete set, SG 27/9, fine mint, sm perf faults (3).
JAMAICA 1938-52 1s REPUBLICAIRED CHIMNEY var., SG 130a, used with machine pmk.
JAMAICA 1945-6 Constitution perf changes set,SG 134a/7a,vfm BLKS of 4(16)
JAMAICA 1971 20c Church of England WMK INVERTED variety, SG 330w, NHM
JAMAICA 1917 ½d “War Tax” opt NO STOP var,SG73a,NHM in pair with normal,2
JAMAICA 1903-04 1d Arms “SER.ET” variety,SG 34a,vfm in pair with normal,2
We sell Jamaica stamps, collections, complete sets, errors and varieties
Jamaica Stamps – The first stamps to be used in Jamaica were British stamps postmarked at Kingston in 1858. In 1859 British stamps were circulated to a further 50 different Post Offices and cancelled by postmark numbers from “A27” to “A78”. Finding GB stamps from the 1855-57 ‘no corner letters’ issue cancelled at these Post Offices is a considerable challenge. This is because the current Stanley Gibbons catalogue lists 185 stamp/postmark combinations and few complete collections of these have ever been formed.
The first Jamaica stamps were issued on 23rd November 1860, printed by De La Rue of London, the elegant stamps have a Pineapple watermark. This first issue has inverted watermark varieties known on each of the 6 different values alongside different shades and also a bisected 1d to be used as a ½d stamp. The most well-known variety on this issue is the 1s values showing “$” for “S” in “Shilling”. Unusually these Queen Victoria designs were in constant use throughout the 19th Century and were last issued between 1904-11. Many say the high point of Jamaican stamp design was reached with the 1919–21 KGV Pictorials and the 1938–52 KGVI Pictorials which beautifully illustrate life on the island.
Rarest Jamaica Stamps
The rarest is a printer’s error, the 1920 1s orange-yellow with central Statue of Queen Victoria INVERTED, mint examples selling for over £20,000 each. An even more valuable stamp was prepared for use but not issued, the 1921 6d Abolition of Slavery (SG 90) of which only one exists. Fascinating postal history, wonderful, readable postmarks, rarities, errors, plate flaws and most importantly of all beautiful stamp designs combine to make Jamaica a collector’s favourite.
