Description: This individual postage stamp features a highly detailed, monochrome deep slate-green intaglio engraving printed on cream-colored paper. The central illustration captures a historical scene of the Jamaica Contingent embarking for overseas duty during the First World War, showing crowds of uniformed soldiers packed along the multi-tiered decks and rigging of a large transport vessel. The top of the vignette is framed by a sweeping dark green banner reading "JAMAICA" and "ONE PENNY HALF PENNY", while the left margin runs a vertical label marked "POSTAGE • REVENUE". The right side features a classic profile portrait of King George V facing left inside a shield-shaped frame surmounted by the imperial crown, sitting directly above a bold numeric denomination box reading "1½d". The physical specimen is bounded by standard paper perforations on all sides and displays a faint black ink hand-stamped postal cancellation cutting across the top left corner.
Circa: 1919-1921
Condition: Used, some paper loss lower right
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