vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 22, 2021 14:38:38 GMT
It has to be 186, but as JeffS states, if you are a postmark specialist you would not get excited at a difficult to read numeral. That is not the point , an issue not worth getting in a dispute over. In this case the cancel is secondary whether we agree 186; or not As a stamp collector however this still qualifies as an “above average used 1/- green plate 4 with a lightly struck numeral cancel “ It is a better looking example than the majority of used stamps with duplex cancels. A Bonny stamp worthy of inclusion in any QV collection. Nice.
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Post by brightonpete on Oct 23, 2021 13:43:12 GMT
My exact thoughts too, vikingeck !
Still nice to think that it MIGHT be a 981 though!
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 23, 2021 15:05:09 GMT
My exact thoughts too, vikingeck !
Still nice to think that it MIGHT be a 981 though! Dream on Pete!
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Post by smauggie on Oct 23, 2021 17:47:52 GMT
It seems I never shared my odd Newspaper Branch cancel. Newspaper Branches ad a cancel stating NPB in some fashion plus a letter identifying the branch. In this case the letter B is turned 90 degrees to the right and had dots in in that makes it looks like spectacles. The branch letter is W, which is not listed in the catalog (or so I am told).
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 24, 2021 16:16:26 GMT
1844 type English numeral cancels Issued Alphabetically “52” is Basingstoke. And “700” is from Sheffield.
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Post by REL1948 on Oct 27, 2021 1:56:36 GMT
I received this cover in todays mail. What caught my attention on this plain Jane cover was the slogan; "Anti-Slavery Day 18th October" Stamping Out Modern Slavery. A very serious issue in our modern world but the irony that caught my attention was the content in the envelope, some stamps from early French Congo. A big hitter back in the early days of slave supplying countries.
Slavery in 2021, a sad commentary on the behavior of some of the higher (?) life forms on the planet...
Rob
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Post by anglobob on Nov 29, 2021 19:46:00 GMT
Another birthday postmark but still not the right year. GB X878 issued in 1973. Postmark is from the small village of St Cleer near Liskeard in Cornwall.
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Post by thegubman on Jan 25, 2022 14:54:43 GMT
A couple of nice George V stamps with smaller village postmarks. The first 1/2d downey head with Punnet's Town (a village in East Sussex), the second a 2d from Belbroughton (village in Worcestershire). Graham
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Post by thegubman on Feb 10, 2022 20:17:21 GMT
Here we have a KGV cover with Plumpton Green postmark from Lewes 1925, a village in East Sussex, south east of England sent to Germany. Graham
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Post by mudgie on Feb 12, 2022 13:47:33 GMT
Another birthday postmark but still not the right year. GB X878 issued in 1973. Postmark is from the small village of St Cleer near Liskeard in Cornwall. That's a nice cleer datestamp.
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Post by thegubman on Feb 25, 2022 12:55:38 GMT
Here we have a few KGV definitives with nice, less common postmarks. 1/2d pair with Over (Cambs) 1925, a small village near to Cambridge (I used to play cricket there years ago), 1/2d Plockton 1916 (a village in Scotland), 1 1/2d Penzance 1919 (town in Cornwall), 1d Lancing Worthing (town in Sussex) and finally I think it is Elmstead 1d (village in Essex). Graham
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Post by thegubman on Feb 28, 2022 16:07:51 GMT
Here we have a postcard with 1/2d KGV downey head and nice Rochester 1911 postmark, sent to London. Sent from Thomas Watson Ship & Insurance broker to the Swedish consulate in London. There is an interesting 70. in oval cancellation beside the London CDS, something I've not seen before. Does anyone know what this is for? Thanks Graham
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Post by vikingeck on Feb 28, 2022 22:42:02 GMT
It is not oriented relative to the London cds so I am not convinced it is postal. This is pure speculation but can it be a reference number relating to mr Eriksson either with the Swedish consulate or with the shipbroker?
There are two different handwritings on the card both front and back .
I think Eriksson is asking for his mail to be forwarded care of Thomas Watson in the main message , the note in the loop lower left says. “ 6 letters sent to Rochester on the 19th Oct”.
The note on the front relates to the letters of 19th Oct apparently collected. 4/11. ( or returned by Watson to the consulate reference “Eriksson” ) ?
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Post by thegubman on Mar 1, 2022 11:04:53 GMT
Yes it could be something from the Swedish consulate. I have some more postcards and covers sent to the same address will see if anything similar is on them. Cheers Graham
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Post by thegubman on Mar 1, 2022 11:34:36 GMT
This little beauty surfaced yesterday. Sure it is a very common stamp, but the SOTN postmark makes all the difference. 4d pre-decimal machin with Worthing Sussex 1970 postmark. Graham
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Post by thegubman on Mar 4, 2022 16:42:09 GMT
This is an interesting GB Queen Victoria advertising cover, sadly some damage where presumably a couple of stamps have been removed. The cover, Hay's Sitozoen, hygeian and faro flours, dated 1897 and sent to Sweden. I did a search and uncovered the following information about the owner of the company. "William Hay was born in Lincolnshire in 1826 and attended the Hull and East Riding School of Medicine and Anatomy. In 1846 he acquired the druggist's business of Thomas Kirkus at 4 Salthouse Lane and lived there with his mother and siblings. In 1861 the family dispersed and in 1870 William built new premises at 4 Regent's Terrace in Anlaby Road, Hull. He borrowed heavily, including from his family, and the house and shop cost more than anticipated. However, the new premises were spacious with mahogany fittings and reflected Hay's success. In turn, his success may be described as a reflection of the sudden popularity of pharmaceutical products. Between the 1840s and the 1860s druggists quadrupled in number and in 1863 the Hull branch of the United Society of Chemists and Druggists was formed. One of their attractions was that they pulled teeth using nitrous oxide and new instruments and William Hay was no exception to this, advertising, for example, the removal of 'tri-fanged stumps' with an instrument made for the purpose. Hay's continuing success came about from specialising in a particular product. While many druggists in Hull took advantage of the thriving fishing industry and began producing cod liver oil, Hay perfected various aerated waters, especially of ginger. His first aerated beverage appeared in 1875. The product was so popular that he had to hire a manager for that side of his business and he moved the manufacturing to Walmsley Street to a site he acquired in 1887. He also produced soluble essences and he bought a flour mill in Grosvenor Street to make 'Hay's Food for Infants and Invalids'. Hay married late in life and he and his wife, Agnes, had two sons and a daughter. The diaries make an interesting study in a man consumed with a range of nineteenth-century health obsessions. On Sunday 1 January 1865 he recorded '8 a.m. Got up. Flatulent.' The diaries continue in this manner; Hay records personal consumption habits, dyspepsia, 'sexual weakness' and so on. Though the temperance movement contributed to the booming success of his non-alcoholic beverages, the diaries tell us that he, personally, was not worried about having the odd glass of whisky. In 1890 William Hay moved his family to 6 Leonard Street, but the combination of this move and the failure of his infant food production to survive the 1890s depression meant the collapse of his business at the end of his life. He was forced to sell his Hygeian Flour Mill, as well as a stud farm in Lincolnshire, to leave his family solvent. He died at the age of 75 after a short illness in 1901. However, his son continued to make mineral waters, ginger beer and essences and the company celebrated its centenary in 1948." Graham
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Post by thegubman on Mar 23, 2022 10:14:39 GMT
GB KGVI 1949 cover from Gloucester to Sweden to USA redirected back to Sweden. The cover has four addresses written on it, the most I have seen. Can anyone better that? Graham
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Post by thegubman on Mar 31, 2022 16:05:38 GMT
Queen Victoria 4d green lettered DB with beautiful Plymouth to Bristol T. P. O. postmark 1887. T. P. O. travelling post office on the railway. Graham
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Post by thegubman on Apr 3, 2022 10:52:55 GMT
GB KEVII 1d & 1 1/2d 1900's definitives with Glasgow & Carlisle sorting Tender postmarks (railway). We have discussed these postmarks before, these two are quite nice. Graham
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Post by stainlessb on Apr 5, 2022 15:39:26 GMT
here's two postmarks ... more or less to ponder 1881 six pence, watermark crown, SG 161 plate 17. Postmark looks to me to be GRACE CHURCH, but I am not familiar with the hexagonal frame and (at least inside the frame), there appears to be no date , I'm unsure if it is an "L1" or "Ld", and the 25 below is (I'm guessing) an identifier for the clerk. The perfin is H R & C (with some extra perfs/holes) next- 1880 one penny, SG 166, with what I think is LIVERPOOL May (??) 22, 1881. The B22 above is again, mayye the vlerk...or indicative of time of day?
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Post by daniel on Apr 5, 2022 21:53:10 GMT
here's two postmarks ... more or less to ponder 1881 six pence, watermark crown, SG 161 plate 17. Postmark looks to me to be GRACE CHURCH, but I am not familiar with the hexagonal frame and (at least inside the frame), there appears to be no date , I'm unsure if it is an "L1" or "Ld", and the 25 below is (I'm guessing) an identifier for the clerk. The perfin is H R & C (with some extra perfs/holes) So, from my handy 'Collect British Postmarks' by Dr J T Whitney, I can identify this postmark as a part of a London Hexagonal Late Fee duplex. The Late Fee was payable if customers chose to post letters at selected Post Offices in the evening, with times varying from one post office to another. The letters would then be despatched the same night. L for Late 1 for 1 penny, other rates applied for different times. Yes, Gracechurch Street followed by the date, 25th unknown month, probably 1881. Probably sent overseas. The Perfin is possibly Hayne Roman & Co. The other stamp depicts an example of a squared circle postmark. Here is an example of the Late Fee postmark from the above mentioned book
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Post by thegubman on May 3, 2022 15:17:52 GMT
Not posted in awhile. Here we have GB QV 1d red star lettered LD-MD pair used Pembroke dock 368 postmark 1861. Looking at the postmark book, it was first issued in 1850 and last used in 1910. A naval dockyard 'Pembroke Dock' was built at Hobbs Point. Head Post Office 1850 - 1906+. Graham
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2022 0:12:00 GMT
I thought you might be interested in looking at this next postcard I discovered whilst browsing a particular website, it concerns a postal cancellation from a little village near Abergavenny by the name of Llangattock Lingoed struck in purple on a ½d Downey head of GeorgeV in 1912.
This is the other side showing Llanthony Abbey. Llangattock Lingoed is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located approximately five miles north of Abergavenny, between Abergavenny and Grosmont, a few miles south of the Wales-England border. Offa's Dyke Path passes through the village. Wikipedia
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Post by thegubman on May 10, 2022 16:03:50 GMT
GB KGV censor cover from Glasgow to Norway 2 1/2d rate 1918, full of postmarks and re-directed. The reverse actually looks nicer to me than the front. Sent from the Norwegian Church, Overnewton Square, Glasgow, Scotland 6.3.18, it initially appears to be mailed to Fuse near Bergen 21.3.1918 and then further redirected to Christiania 23.3.1918. Graham
The second cover shows the pastor residing in Christiania and was posted in April.
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Post by thegubman on May 12, 2022 11:12:18 GMT
Another nice/interesting cover from the same recently acquired batch; GB KGV cover from Oxford to Casablanca 1930 2 1/2d addressed to Prof. G. Dreyer. I managed to find out some information about the Prof., as shown in the last picture. The cover was sent from Oxford and hand written to be delivered on board, he was taking a cruise in Africa. You can see from the obituary that he passed away in 1934 after an illustrious career. Graham
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Post by daniel on May 18, 2022 4:27:30 GMT
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Post by thegubman on Jun 7, 2022 15:00:38 GMT
GB 1d red 1840's imperf lettered GH with lovely Maltese cross, with a hint of blue in the strike. Nice stamp, Graham
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Post by daniel on Jul 8, 2022 2:50:43 GMT
A National Postal Museum postcard stamped with various impressions of old handstamps: Croydon Aerodrome 1934 Empire Exhibition Wembley Park 1925 First United Kingdom Aerial Post 1911 P.O. Exhibit Govt. Pavilion Wembley 1925 Feed the Guns 1918 An obliterator Festival of Britain 1951
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Post by paleophilatelist on Jul 14, 2022 21:11:44 GMT
What does it mean the number "6" on this postmark from 1876 ? Is it: date, post office number, time (hour) ...
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Post by JeffS on Jul 14, 2022 21:27:31 GMT
paleophilatelist Your paleophilatelie subject looks to be quite interesting. I hope you have some pages to share with us on the subject. Jeff
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