you don't always see what's not in front of you
May 15, 2016 21:47:55 GMT
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Post by jamesw on May 15, 2016 21:47:55 GMT
I'm pretty sure I posted this British stampless letter, but I can't find an image of the front of it on this forum. The back was posted on the British postmarks thread, asking about the triangle. Remember? It was sometime last year.
I had also posted it on SCF. And just received a message on that forum that I was missing something. Or at least the letter was.
The very observant member aryeh from Israel confirmed for me that the triangle was the stamper id, as we determined here. But he also points out that THERE WAS A STAMP ON THE LETTER AN IT'S GONE MISSING!
This is certainly the closest I've come to owning a penny black.
Looking at the image of the front of the letter, you can definitely see discolouration where the stamp had been removed.
Yikes, talk about a fresh pair of eyes.
He also writes (and aryeh, if you are reading this, I hope you don't mind my sharing your knowledge. You certainly know more about this than I do),
That postmark belong to Edinburgh, the letter had a postage stamp but unfortunately it was removed.
At Edinburgh letters from Manchester arrived by Carlisle mail at 2:25pm and 01:43am.
So the M says it arrived at 1:43am.
From Edinburgh to Perth letters departed at 04:03pm and 05:30am.
So the letter departed from Edinburgh at 5:30am and it arrived at Perth on 17 Feb at 10:16am.
What I wrote is based on data published on May 1841, but I think it gives to you an idea of the times of the mail.
Thanks aryeh from Israel. These forums never fail to surprise me.
I had also posted it on SCF. And just received a message on that forum that I was missing something. Or at least the letter was.
The very observant member aryeh from Israel confirmed for me that the triangle was the stamper id, as we determined here. But he also points out that THERE WAS A STAMP ON THE LETTER AN IT'S GONE MISSING!
This is certainly the closest I've come to owning a penny black.
Looking at the image of the front of the letter, you can definitely see discolouration where the stamp had been removed.
Yikes, talk about a fresh pair of eyes.
He also writes (and aryeh, if you are reading this, I hope you don't mind my sharing your knowledge. You certainly know more about this than I do),
That postmark belong to Edinburgh, the letter had a postage stamp but unfortunately it was removed.
At Edinburgh letters from Manchester arrived by Carlisle mail at 2:25pm and 01:43am.
So the M says it arrived at 1:43am.
From Edinburgh to Perth letters departed at 04:03pm and 05:30am.
So the letter departed from Edinburgh at 5:30am and it arrived at Perth on 17 Feb at 10:16am.
What I wrote is based on data published on May 1841, but I think it gives to you an idea of the times of the mail.
Thanks aryeh from Israel. These forums never fail to surprise me.
