zipper
Member 
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on Apr 17, 2023 12:04:27 GMT
Looked up the Queen Street Cancel. It's listed at 100 lbs.
|
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on Apr 17, 2023 13:39:46 GMT
Hi zipper It is very confusing that we use Pound as our currency and it is also a weight. We distinguish the Currency with an italic "L" ie " £ " from the Latin Libra and use " lbs" for the weights measure . I guess you have found it at £100 ,rather than 100lbs (which would be a bit heavy for a counter clerk to handle!) |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on Apr 17, 2023 14:40:03 GMT
Best I could do. My keyboard doesn't have the pound sign.
|
|
renden
Member
Posts: 8,705 
What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
|
Post by renden on Apr 17, 2023 14:42:42 GMT
£ = pound = alt 0163 on my User-HP (US keyboard)  zipperRené
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on Apr 17, 2023 14:55:56 GMT
I use a Mac. It doesn't work here, but thanks for trying.
|
|
Admin
Administrator 
Posts: 2,637
|
Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2023 15:27:58 GMT
zipper , Press Option Key + 3 to type a pound sign. A listing of MAC alt codes is here.
|
|
philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,404
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
|
Post by philatelia on Apr 18, 2023 8:00:41 GMT
On my IPad, there is a button .?123 that brings up a page of numerical & currency symbols. vikingeck , Alex, Let me explain - we Americans have always had typewriters that only have a $ sign that you get by hitting shift plus 4. Until word processors and computers, we were taught to use “lb.” to represent the word or term “pound” for both the weight AND the currency or to just use $ to represent ALL currencies (which is über stupid) So people of my generation in the USA grew up with that as the “correct” way to denote “pound sterling”. When I was in typing class in the 1970s that’s how it was taught. I asked why we didn’t at least use a capitol “L”, but the typing teacher said that was confusing and not the standard, at least that’s what my teacher in Michigan insisted that we use. I can see where you might not know that and that might seem weird to a UK person - another example of a people separated by a common language (and their symbols) eh? I knew exactly what she meant. |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on Apr 18, 2023 8:43:37 GMT
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 2, 2023 1:57:29 GMT
Can't make out much more than this left Edinburgh on February 13th, and arrived in Glasgow on the 14th. All I can see in the postmark is a number 3. When I looked it up, it didn't match, so those slight marks on both sides of the 3 must be another number.  |
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on May 2, 2023 6:50:02 GMT
nice cover .
The cancel is actually a barred “131 “ which is the number allocated ( in alphabet order) for Edinburgh. Starting with Aberdeen which was Number 1. The series of numbers ran into over 500 with W plus some later additions .
That red pen mark must indicate the Registered fee ….. looks like “1/- “. One shilling ie 12 pennies…. But can’t be that expensive surely?
maybe just an extra “one” penny
the Glasgow, Paisley , Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (GPK&AR) lasted for 10 years from 1840 to 1850 until it merged with the mainline south to Carlisle as the Glasgow and SouthWestern Railway
|
|
|
|
Post by daniel on May 2, 2023 10:51:48 GMT
That red pen mark must indicate the Registered fee ….. looks like “1/- “. One shilling ie 12 pennies…. But can’t be that expensive surely? maybe just an extra “one” penny Between 6th January 1841 and 28th March 1848, the registration fee was, indeed, one shilling and the fee had to be paid in cash. The fee was drastically reduced over the next several years.
Daniel
|
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on May 2, 2023 13:19:35 GMT
That one shilling registration was expensive and in 1847 represented rather more than a day’s wage for a labourer who earned about 4/- for a 6 day week.
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 2, 2023 20:25:57 GMT
Can see Antigua , are the other letters ST?  |
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on May 2, 2023 21:25:28 GMT
A very nice cover zipper with two unusual and interesting Edinburgh postal markings ... The Boxed " SCOTS LOCAL" handstamp of [ANTIGUA ST] (Street) was a receiving office in Edinburgh which could cancel the stamp but did not have a date or time handstamp. The POSTED AFTER 7 LAST NIGHT of the Edinburgh Head post Office was used to explain and defuse any potential complaint about late delivery in AYR should the letter be delayed. They worried about these things back in 1857 . A Lovely clean Envelope with relatively scarce Postmarks |
|
|
|
Post by daniel on May 2, 2023 22:19:14 GMT
zipper, another great cover. It must be another railway company letter, sent from an engineering firm to The Ayr and Maybole (Junction) Railway. A short line that opened in 1856. It was a profitable company that was ultimately absorbed into the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Daniel
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 3, 2023 21:45:40 GMT
Postmark 964a  |
|
|
|
Post by paul1 on May 3, 2023 22:32:14 GMT
can't make out an 'a', but 964 runs down to Euston Square Station (Middlesex - London area) - presumably 'railway station'. The Index says 'in lists before 1874' - not sure of N.B. - North of the Border ?? ;-);-)
Nice cover and good colour to the stamp. Just woken up - now spotted the Euston cancellation.
|
|
|
|
Post by daniel on May 4, 2023 22:55:56 GMT
This appears to be from the something or other and Maybelle junction RR. That's the Ayr and Mabole Junction Railway that I mentioned above, unpaid? This batch all seem to be interconnected. Very interesting. Daniel |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 4, 2023 23:05:08 GMT
Bought a batch of 9 covers for $9.99 + $1.00 shipping.
Too late, I realized I had posted it to the wrong page so I moved it to GB Stmpless Covers.
|
|
|
|
Post by daniel on May 4, 2023 23:14:03 GMT
Bought a batch of 9 covers for $9.99 + $1.00 shipping. Too late, I realized I had posted it to the wrong page so I moved it to GB Stmpless Covers. Wow, great price! Well done. |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 4, 2023 23:49:14 GMT
I've always been extraordinarily lucky. Perhaps it's because I was born under a star shower, not just a lucky star.
|
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on May 5, 2023 8:43:50 GMT
Hi zipper lucky lucky you . 9 lovely Victorian covers for less than £1 each. Wow! from those you have shown, here in Scotland The Scottish postal History buffs would have paid 10-20 times that . The ANTIGUA ST alone could be £50 and the Ayr REFUSED a similar amount Here is William Pollock solicitor again ( writer to the Signet) as posted on the thread “Queen Victoria on Cover” The law firm of W Pollock and W J Pollock seem very much involved inthe varoius businesses in Ayr , the Harbour board , the Corn Exchange , the lifeboat and now evidently the Railway companies. paul1 . N.B is the standard abbreviation used for Scotland in the 19th century and equates to North Britain. , not North of the Border. daniel can you explain the 6d stamp would that be registration? |
|
|
|
Post by daniel on May 5, 2023 11:27:36 GMT
Hi Alex, vikingeck, yes, you're correct, the registration fee was 6d from 23rd March 1848 to 1st August 1862. Daniel |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 5, 2023 21:28:44 GMT
This one's Glasgow to Moffet.  |
|
renden
Member
Posts: 8,705
What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA
|
Post by renden on May 5, 2023 21:39:36 GMT
I am ready to have a few of those............will pay shipping  René |
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 12, 2023 1:37:00 GMT
1857 London Bridge Postmark   |
|
vikingeck
Member
Posts: 3,262
What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
|
Post by vikingeck on May 12, 2023 9:03:59 GMT
Nice Scots Local cancel again …… I believe LONDON ROAD small sub post office, not “Bridge”
Once again clean from a lawyer’s archive. “WS” = writer to the Signet an Edinburgh law firm,
that pencil price can’t be recent? £7.50 is CHEAP.
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 13, 2023 0:50:54 GMT
Perhaps you're right.
|
|
zipper
Member
Posts: 2,649
What I collect: Classic GB, QV, France Ceres/Napoleon, Classic U.S., Cinderella & Poster Stamps
|
Post by zipper on May 15, 2023 11:21:26 GMT
|
|
philatelia
Member
Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,404
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
|
Post by philatelia on May 15, 2023 12:13:29 GMT
I wonder if that is THE Lord Dunsany who wrote fantasy novels?
|
|
