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ISSUE 162 - June 7, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine

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The British Postal Agencies in Puerto Rico

(From The Stamp Specialist Maroon Book, 1944)
By R. B. Preston         

The British Postal Agencies
in Puerto Rico

Much has been written in the philatelic press relative to the various British foreign postal agencies, but I do not recall having seen any comment concerning the Puerto Rican agencies, other than brief mention in connection with the subject in general. 

There were six Puerto Rican consular postoffices, and each will be mentioned separately in the proper place.

The British are thought to have established a postal agency in the Spanish West Indian possessions as early as . . .

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