Postal History of
JAMAICA

Post Offices ALBION MOUNTAIN to ALSTON
ALBION MOUNTAIN
11.07.1960 to Independence
Area: St. Mary
1   OVAL TEMP       11.07.1960 01.04.1961  
       
2   1C     Last seen: 24.06.1970 07.02.1962 05.08.1962  
       
ALDERTON
19.11.1908 to Independence
Area: St. Ann
1   RECT TEMP       19.11.1908 19.11.1908  
2   DR     23.01.1912 11.11.1938  
       
3   2C "Bars on sides" Last seen: 16.11.1969 17.08.1939 05.08.1962  
ALEXANDRIA
c. 1908 to Independence
Area: St. Ann
1   Oneliner       01.06.1837    
2   Oneliner       18.01.1837 ??.??.1848  
3   1C     09.05.1839 11.12.1860  
       
4   BONC "27" Type H ??.06.1859 03.06.1891  
5   1C     Index "C" 11.05.1863 ??.??.1895  
6   DR     21.12.1896 31.05.1911  
7   DR     With dots 05.05.1917 26.10.1937  
8   DR   No dots
Last seen: 06.11.1991		 16.6.1932 05.08.1962  
       
9   2C "Bars on sides" Last seen: 21.05.1991 02.04.1945 05.08.1962  
ALLEY
08.04.1859 to Independence
Area: Claredon
Renamed to Vere
1   BONC "78"     08.04.1859 13.01.1893  
2   1C     ??.??.1875 09.10.1894  
3   DR   With dots 26.11.1894 14.02.1908
(Aab)		  
4   DR   With dots
Appears as a “Single Ring”		 12.05.1917 01.09.1937  
5   DR     With dots
4 digit year		 11.02.1923 14.03.1936  
6   DR     No dots
Last seen: 28.08.1981		 10.11.1940 05.08.1962  
       
7   2C "Blank"     24.01.1955 24.07.1961  
(8)   2C "JAMAICA"   First seen: 15.08.1962
Last seen: 22.11.1982		      
ALLIGATOR POND
30.07.1890 to Independence
Area: Manchester
1   OVAL TEMP "JAMAICA"   30.07.1890 10.06.1892  
2   DR "JAMAICA" “R” in ALLIGATOR has a short tail 15.07.1892 10.10.1923  
3   DR "JAMAICA"   14.11.1924 18.2.1953  
4   2C "JAMAICA"   Thin lines on sides
Last seen: 03.08.1995		 25.5.1954 05.08.1962  
       
ALLMAN TOWN
18.01.1939 to Independence
Area: Kingston
1   RECT TEMP     18.01.1939 07.11.1941  
2   2C "JAMAICA"   Bars on sides
Bars 7mm
Last seen: 03.04.1990		 07.12.1941 05.08.1962  
       
3   2C "JAMAICA" Bars on sides
Bars 10mm
Last seen: 10.03.1993		 21.06.1950 05.08.1962  
       
4   1C "JAMAICA"   Asterisk above date
Last seen: 14.06.1990		 21.04.1958 05.08.1962  
       
ALSTON
10.02.1919 to 18.11.1924
Area: St. Mary
1   DR "JAMAICA" With dots 10.02.1919 25.10.1937  
2   DR "JAMAICA" No dots
Last seen: ??.??.1968		 31.10.1938 05.08.1962