Auction: 21041 - The "Dubois" Collection of Jamaica Postal History and Stamps - Part II
Lot: 672
Incoming Mail
From France
1868 (Dec.) envelope from Paris "via Southampton" to Sir John P. Grant at Spanish Town, bearing 80c. rose (2) lightly cancelled and showing despatch datestamp, boxed "
Note: Sir John Peter Grant was the first Governor under the Crown Colony Regime which lasted from 1866 until 1884 with the Governor having absolute power. He laid the foundations of the modern Jamaica by improving the legal system, establishing local councils, an all island Police force, a local medical system and the Rio Cobre water system. He also transferred the seat of Government from Spanish Town to Kingston
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