Suffolk Postal History
Introduction
This display from Tom Slemons FRPSL covers the postmarks of Suffolk, rate markings, mail routes, and persons and places related to the postal history of the county up to the Uniform Penny Postage era.For many years, Tom, who is from middle America, lived and worked in the county and, obviously, has a great attachment resulting in a wide ranging postal history collection.
Suffolk is one of the most difficult of counties to collect, and this is the definitive and thoroughly researched collection of this subject.
The collection is the basis of the book Suffolk Postal History to 1844, published by the Rossiter Trust in 2017.
This virtual display is organised in 3x4 frames as for the original display.
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Frame 1The Earliest Postmarks - Straight-Line Town Names 1705-1836 |
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Frame 2The Earliest Postmarks - Straight-Line Town Names 1705-1836 (cont) The Earliest Postmarks - Split Town Names 1729-1794 The Earliest Postmarks - Partial Name 1733-1809 |
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Frame 3Curved Town Names 1792-1800 Mileage Postmarks - The First, Mileage Before Town Name 1784-1789 Mileage Postmarks - The Second, Mileage Boxed Below Town Name 1801-1831 |
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Frame 4Mileage Postmarks - The Second, Mileage Boxed Below Town Name 1801-1831 (cont) Mileage Postmarks - Mileage in Horseshoes and CDSs 1824-1827 Ship Letter Marks 1807-1816 Mileage Postmarks - Lines Above and Below Mileage, Below Town Name 1804-1840 |
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Frame 5Mileage Postmarks - Lines Above and Below Mileage, Below Town Name 1804-1840 (cont) Mileage Postmarks - Line Above Mileage, Below Town Name 1808-1841 Mileage Postmarks - Mileage Without Lines, Below Town Name 1815-1827 Mileage Removed Postmarks - Straight Lined Mileage Marks 1827-1830 Mileage Removed Postmarks - Horseshoes and CDSs 1829-1831 |
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Frame 6Penny Posts - The First Marks 1733-1811 The Final Penny Post Marks 1829-1838 |
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Frame 7The Final Penny Post Marks 1829-1838 (cont) Receiving House Marks 1807-1834 Undated Circular Postmarks - Small and Large 1828-1844 |
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Frame 8Undated Circular Postmarks - Small and Large 1828-1844 (cont) Circular Datestamps - Small 1827-1832 THE "SKELETON" CANCELS 1838-1843 Circular Datestamps - Large 1837-1843 |
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Frame 9Circular Datestamps - Large 1837-1843 (cont) Unpaid Marks Prior to the Uniform Penny Post 1812-1837 Standard Mileage Rates Until December 5, 1839 |
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Frame 10Standard Mileage Rates Until December 5, 1839 (cont) The Uniform Four Penny Post - December 5, 1839 - January 9, 1840 The Uniform Penny Post - 1840-1844 |
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Frame 11The Uniform Penny Post - 1840-1844 (cont)
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