Jamaica tombstone handstamp
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:01 pm
I wonder if members would like to comment on the following thought pattern
The 4 line postal censor mark JCH1 no 1-7 was replaced by the British tombstone hand stamp 1-7 + 39.39.40 .
It has been considered for some time that these were Military Censors but I note in the update to the EJP that these numbers were used by Military Intelligence
Questions Does the new status start with the 4 line JCH1
I have letters which appear to be private mail with either of these 2 censor hand stamps has been used to check the letter does this mean these letters were of interest to military intelligence or did they also help with ""normal mail"
If you consider mail from Argentina with a large German colony this mail was checked by the Imperial censors not by Military intelligence
I have a letter in which the Imperial Censor label with the D printed and the number in manuscript has the number 1 a number normally found with the British tombstone did thy use Imperial Censor labels when undertaking normal censorship duties
with regards
steve
The 4 line postal censor mark JCH1 no 1-7 was replaced by the British tombstone hand stamp 1-7 + 39.39.40 .
It has been considered for some time that these were Military Censors but I note in the update to the EJP that these numbers were used by Military Intelligence
Questions Does the new status start with the 4 line JCH1
I have letters which appear to be private mail with either of these 2 censor hand stamps has been used to check the letter does this mean these letters were of interest to military intelligence or did they also help with ""normal mail"
If you consider mail from Argentina with a large German colony this mail was checked by the Imperial censors not by Military intelligence
I have a letter in which the Imperial Censor label with the D printed and the number in manuscript has the number 1 a number normally found with the British tombstone did thy use Imperial Censor labels when undertaking normal censorship duties
with regards
steve