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Item ID: 157477  
  

Jamaica 1922 Old Postcard Public Square King Street N Colonial House Kingston WI

Vintage Old Postcard. Jamaica. British West Indies. B.W.I. Public Square, King Street Scene Looking North, Colonial House, Metropolitan House, Kingston. Gardens. Tramlines. Postally Used in 1922 with Great Britain King George 5th 1 1/2d stamp.

Publisher: A. Duperly & Son Kingston Jamaica 1913
Series No: 57
Sent from: West Lothian
Addressed to: Edinburgh
Stamp: KGV 1 1/2d
Condition: Used
Background: Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columber in 1492. The name is derived from the word XAYMACA, given it by the original Indian tribe, the Arawaks, who were exterminated by the Spaniards, rulers of the island until 1655. The English, under General Venables and Admiral Penn father of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, took it from the Spanish by conquest and Jamaica later became an Independent Nation within the British Commonwealth in 1962.

Price:£7.99€10.39US$10.95

Jamaica 1922 Old Postcard Public Square King Street N Colonial House Kingston WI


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