Jamaica 1sh inverted-frame error

Jamaica 1sh inverted-frame
Country of production UK
Location of production London
Date of production 1920
Nature of rarity inverted frame
Number in existence 19 [1]
Face value 1 shilling
Estimated value £30,000 [1]

The Jamaica 1sh inverted-frame error was discovered in March 1922 at the post office in Manchioneal, a village in the parish of Portland. It is definite that an entire sheet of 60 stamps on multiple CA paper existed but only half of this sheet was sent to Manchioneal. The majority of these were possibly used for fiscal purposes because Manchioneal was a banana trading centre and buyers may have used the telegraph office to confirm purchases.[1] The other half of the sheet was possibly sold over the counter in Jamaica's capital, Kingston, as a copy with a Kingston cancellation exists.[2]

See also

Postage stamps and postal history of Jamaica

References

  1. ^ a b c Tortello, Dr. Rebecca. "The Jamaican Postal Service: History of Stamp". Postal Corporation of Jamaica Ltd.. http://www.jamaicapost.gov.jm/who_we_are/historyofstamp.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-28. 
  2. ^ Stanley Gibbons - 85a.