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Post by nitrolures on Apr 26, 2014 16:53:06 GMT
Not one of my typical collecting areas but interesting none the less. I havn't attempted to decipher the letter as yet but love the Rochester JA 7 1828 postmark. If anyone has any tidbits of info please add.   |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 27, 2014 3:13:30 GMT
Not one of my typical collecting areas but interesting none the less. I havn't attempted to decipher the letter as yet but love the Rochester JA 7 1828 postmark. If anyone has any tidbits of info please add. Hope this helps www.rochesterhistoryalive.com/Postmarks.htmWhat was happening in 1828 ? Apr 14th - First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication |
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Post by nitrolures on Apr 27, 2014 17:09:51 GMT
I posted this in the UK forum thinking that this Rochester was in England where the link above refers to Rochester NY. Based on the front appearing to read "at Lady Hastings-- Trent. A google search for Lady Hastings brought up quite a scandal around the young Queen Victoria that would fall into this time period. However the first page of this letter is from a Husband to his Wife . I will continue reading the rest but does not seem to be relevant to the royal scandal of the time. Quick google search for Rochester Uk postmarks didn't find much other than Rochester was in Kent and not Trent. More confused but also curious now.
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Post by Zuzu on Apr 27, 2014 23:07:25 GMT
Looks like "at Lady Hastey's" or "Hartey's" perhaps. I do see "Trent" and maybe "near Sunbridge Rolls" ... ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 15:27:07 GMT
Posted by former member @scotzm
Looking at this cover shows that the "Rochester 29" is a mileage mark... postage was calculated by the distance carried. The manuscript "6" also verifies that the letter was costed at sixpence which was the single letter rate for between 20 and 30 miles at that time (one more mile and it would have been seven pence). The letter went originally to Rochester but was re-addresssed to Tunbridge Wells and charged another "6" (sixpence) as that was within the 20-30 mile band also.
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Post by irishjack on May 13, 2015 19:52:09 GMT
Thought I would add this to the thread. 
It has a reciving cancel for Rochester but I still working on the other cancel, it looks like July 29th with an O. Unfortunate that this is just a shard of a letter would love to find out where it was posted from nice couple of MX cancels
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