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London double-rim c.d.s. in red

Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:00 pm
by Mike Jackson
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I'm posting this query on behalf of Rune Mikalski. This postcard has a LONDON E.C. double-rim datestamp in RED. Rune has never seen it like this, he says it's usually in black.

Neither of us can find this mark in Westley, and I can't find it in A and H nor Mackay. A quick look at the index to the London Postal History Group's Notebook didn't prove fruitful either.

Can anyone comment on this postmark, and it's use in red?

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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:05 pm
by Kevin Preece
Mike, Allcock and Holland (page 328) do document this datestamp - found from the 1870s until early 20th century. They occur "at first in red but are later found in black".

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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:10 pm
by Mike Jackson
Thanks Kevin, I missed it!