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Post by navylee1970 on Feb 11, 2019 19:35:02 GMT
Aldgate BOE
Parcel Cancel... Having recently spent a couple of weeks in Aldgate I had occasion to walk to Threadneedle street a few times - former home of the Bank Of England (BOE) its about 0.6 miles from Aldgate East tube station so I am assuming Aldgate would have been the local postal office covering the Bank of England |
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Post by tallanent on Feb 13, 2019 16:14:53 GMT
Everything to this stage now listed in the database ....
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Post by tobben63 on Feb 19, 2019 4:42:31 GMT
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Post by feebletodix on Feb 19, 2019 10:07:53 GMT
tobben63, this is a die head from a machine cancel which would normally have either a slogan or a wavy line obliterator alongside of it. I have a thread devoted to them here:- thestampforum.boards.net/thread/5473/gb-machine-cancel-slogans?page=1The database does contain these, but Allan's real passion is for early handstamps, Victorian and preferably earlier. When he began his little project elsewhere a couple of people spammed him into taking on board the full history of postmarks. At which point I confess I jumped on the bandwagon having previously strayed into the post Victorian usages.  Thank you for thinking of his project and . |
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Post by tallanent on Feb 19, 2019 15:46:04 GMT
I agree - this is part of a roller machine cancel I am just back for a short while - then have to go out again - but this saved and I will take a look at the D/B entries later .... may still add it until the periods are more fully covered ... Thanks ... Allan |
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Post by zipper on Jun 19, 2019 21:23:15 GMT
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Post by blaamand on Aug 12, 2019 17:41:01 GMT
 Can anybody tell me what kind of postmark this is? Have seen them before, but didn't explore any further. Hopefully somebody already did? Any help appreciated. Could be News Paper Branch? |
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Post by feebletodix on Aug 12, 2019 19:05:41 GMT
Yes it is designed with the issue in 1870 of the small ½d to cover the new printed paper rate in mind, yours is described on page 9/10 of "London Postmarks on printed matter and parcels from 1870" by Curt N Fernau. A pdf is about to fill your email inbox.
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Post by blaamand on Aug 12, 2019 23:13:21 GMT
Perfect, thanks a lot, both for the clarification but even more for that pdf. Wonderful 😀 Another great day at the forum, great because off the helpful members like Gavin
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Post by feebletodix on Aug 13, 2019 13:48:37 GMT
You are welcome, and I just found out the page I downloaded it from a few years ago, has now gone along with some other interesting pdfs.
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Post by jimjung on Sept 30, 2019 15:18:49 GMT
An old Red Crown postmark on a SFL. NOTTINGHAM MR 28 1839 to London. Not sure why the Crown postmark was applied.  |
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Post by WERT on Sept 30, 2019 15:26:53 GMT
Very nice cover jimjung Here is my cover from 1824 England.
Robert
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Post by WERT on Sept 30, 2019 15:39:20 GMT
Here is another one from 1839 England..Got more of these to. Robert
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 30, 2019 16:18:55 GMT
An old Red Crown postmark on a SFL. NOTTINGHAM MR 28 1839 to London. Not sure why the Crown postmark was applied. The red Crown is applied by a Post Office Inspector because there was an error in the rate charged for the letter … an "INSPECTOR'S MARK" . In this case the rate looks like it was originally 10d and then changed to 1/8 d (one shilling and eightpence = 20 pence) ie the inspector rated it as a double letter |
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 30, 2019 17:44:56 GMT
feebletodix: What is the postmark (the intertwined circle) used on this stamp called?
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Post by feebletodix on Sept 30, 2019 20:00:08 GMT
Due to Mrs Thatcher the GPO was broken up in the 80's into BT, Royal Mail, Parcelforce and Post Office Counter s Ltd. Each was a seperate business and Post Office Counters Ltd wanted to remove the cumbersome old ink pads and steel small single ring datestamps. So in the early 90's they rolled out a new style of handstamp to their offices which carry a small ink pad internally and are thus referred to as 'self-inking datestamps'.
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Post by anglobob on Oct 1, 2019 0:13:33 GMT
I have always liked blocks of stamps,especially with good cancellations.I used to send letters and parcels quite regularly to the USA,and the stamps I used for postage were returned to me.This was back in the days when Royal Mail actually cancelled stamps..... Red Marley,Gloucestershire 5 Mar 2008 Hoxton,London 9 Apr 2002 Cirencester 28 Mar 2006 Hall Green,Birmingham 17 Jul 2008.  |
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Post by anglobob on Oct 1, 2019 0:19:29 GMT
Different type of cancellatin on two of these blocks. Plymouth,Devon 3 Apr 2007 Edinburgh 1 Aug 1996 Stow on the Wold 20 Apr 2005  |
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Post by stamphinger on Oct 2, 2019 12:40:25 GMT
Hi feebletodix:
Great parcel post cancel from Westgate! Where to you find the canceled stamps you post? Do you have a dealer saving these for you or are they out of mixtures?
StampHinger
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Post by feebletodix on Oct 2, 2019 13:33:05 GMT
Thanks
Most come from mixed lots, basically the leftovers after collectors and dealers have stripped a collection then thrown the rest in a box to get rid of them. The rest are from bundles of postcards.
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Post by tobben63 on Nov 10, 2019 11:32:20 GMT
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Post by feebletodix on Nov 10, 2019 12:33:57 GMT
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Post by anglobob on Apr 2, 2020 16:45:21 GMT
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Post by brightonpete on Apr 2, 2020 18:32:05 GMT
London WC 5 JA 18 1877 duplex WC over 1 London had a post office in a WC? How convenient! |
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Post by stamphinger on Apr 2, 2020 18:36:39 GMT
Again, a nice block Bob. Is the ten pounds GB's highest value stamp?
Don
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Post by anglobob on Apr 2, 2020 20:08:59 GMT
Don......I believe ten pounds is the highest value stamp.You can still see copies for sale on Ebay at face value or just a little over face value.A lot were used on parcels so good cancels are harder to find.
Anglobob
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Post by vikingeck on Apr 2, 2020 21:51:33 GMT
It is surprising that high value stamps are not available in Post Offices given the price of registered mail overseas has risen to £7 to £11 these days. They generally use the white Horizon label. As anglobob says the £10 was used on parcels , now many parcels are handled by ParcelForce rarther than by Royal Mail and Parcel force does not use or accept postage stamps to pay the fee. |
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Post by anglobob on Apr 8, 2020 0:06:33 GMT
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Post by anglobob on Apr 8, 2020 0:22:37 GMT
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Post by stamphinger on Apr 8, 2020 13:08:27 GMT
Is there a name for those postmarks that have the "woven" lines forming the circle?
Don StampHinger
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