Jamaica - uniquely first(?)
Egerton Chang, Contributor We all know of the exploits of Usain, Shelly-Ann, VCB, Brigitte, Melaine, Sherone, Kerron, Asafa et al at the Olympics and World Championships that have catapulted Jamaica to the very top of athletics.
But how many of us know that the Jamaican flag is the ONLY flag in the world that doesn't share any of the colours of the American flag? This is according to an email making the rounds on the Internet.
This is not exactly so, however, as Mauritania (green and yellow) and Libya (green only) also doesn't share any of these colours. I checked, and even the flag of the newly created South Sudan carries red, white and blue. It also has black, green and gold, making it one of the most colourful flags. Jamaica has three colours nevertheless, and qualifies in this respect.
Then again, how many know that Jamaica is the first British colonial territory to establish a postal service (in 1688) having been the first colony England acquired by conquest. This web 'fact' is incorrect in one respect.
During the reign of King Charles II, the governor of Jamaica was instructed to make arrangement for the establishment of a post office in Jamaica. This was because of complaints from early settlers concerning the slow delivery of mail.
As a result, on October 31, 1671 (not 1688 as per the Web), Jamaica became the first British colony to have established a post office. The post office was established in the then capital, St Jago de la Vega, or Spanish Town as it is now known. (Postal Corporation of Jamaica)
In the United States, William Penn established its first post office in 1683 in Pennsylvania (12 years after Jamaica). In the South, private messengers, usually slaves, connected the huge plantations; a hogshead of tobacco was the penalty for failing to relay mail to the next plantation.
Central postal organisation came to the US colonies only after 1691 when Thomas Neale received a 21-year grant from the British Crown for a North American postal service. ( About.com )
Therefore, it seems to me, Jamaica could lay claim to having the first post office in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Jamaica has the most 'churches' per square mile of any country in the world. (Source: Guinness Book of World Records). That's another 'fact' making the rounds.
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