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WW2 Printed RED CROSS MESSAGE BUREAU envelope to International Red Cross, Geneva bearing 2/- & 2d tied unclear dated Kingston / Jamaica cds & with faint yet readable lozenge Crown / PASSED / D 5 (CCSG H2a) handstamp ….

The Red Cross Postal Message scheme was launched in late 1939 with Jamaica joining 8 June 1942, between this date & closure on 30 Jun 1947 the scheme handled in total almost 24 million items of mail yet with only 301 coming from Jamaica, a rare item with copy of official Swiss Red Cross document included..