Winston W,
Thank you for the info on Castle Street, Edinburgh, will update my records accordingly.

Richard

I assume the partial Postmark relates to 'CASTLE STREET', if so can anyone tell me where the street is? For some reason I seem to recollect Edinburgh, would that be correct and if so why was it used in preference to the normal '131' strike?
Any help would be welcome.
Thanks,
Richard.

Winston W - Thank you for your sound advise, it encouraged me to fin more unusual marks. Richard.

Would anyone be able to tell me about this 'Blank' Inland numeral cancellation from 1856:

Thank you to Galveston, Petrod and Jimw - I will have look again, especially at plate 89 and consider the letter to be an 'F'.

Regards,

Richard

I have plated this stamp as a plate 93, but cannot decide on the lettering?

Does anyone know where I can glean information on Maltese Crosses used on Plates 46 and 47 Imperf Penny Reds?

jimusedcontrols and admin,
Thank you for your responses, I will use this information in my write-up for this item in my Wincanton Postal History collection
Thanks again,
Richard.

I have a Postcard that was posted in Wincanton, Somerset on 17th June 1954 with 2 x 1d KGVI Ultramarine stamps affixed and cancelled by Krag machine cancel (MS1), what was the cut off date for the usage of these KGVI Definitives, considering the King died on 05/02/52?

cmj - Thank you for your explanation, which makes total sense and I will now record this item as having a normal Scottish MX.

I have an entire from Cromarty to Dingwall dated 4th Jan 1843 and so assumed the Maltese Cross strike on the piece was from Cromarty, however despite searching through the Encyclopedia of the Maltese Cross (all 3 volumes), I can find no mention of a Cromarty MX. Cromarty was in the 17th century a ma...

j copeland,
Thanks for your advise on the Inspector's marks, I will see if I can find anymore of interest.
Thanks once again.

Richard Hudson

Dear Lancastrian,

Sorry not able to help but only to add to your question:

I have several postcards with Triangular 'Inspector's Marks', with the following letters/numbers inside SE4, GE and GB8, would anyone be able to tell me more about these or where I can find more information on these marks.

Please would anybody be able to tell me more about this postmark, I think it was called a dumb postmark and used on post from soldiers in active service during WW1. Was there a similar postmark used in WW2?

Mike,
Thank you very much for your valuable information, do you know where I can get a copy of Harry Layne's The Triangular Marks of Great Britain (2003)? I have tried Amazon, E-bay, Abe Books all without joy.

Richard.

I have many (200+) Triangular postmarks all of which are in Bold Capitals as the font, yet I have come across this one in a 'handwritten style' font for Worthing (WG), can anyone tell me about this anomaly?

Mike,
Thanks for the info, I will try and get a copy, but they are scarce!

Richard

Please would someone advise as to where I may find a comprehensive list of the Telegraph Office codes used in the Triangular Hand-stamps, for example LX = Liverpool Exchange? I have most but am missing about 53:AHE AR AZ BI BIJ BN BOF CEW CGZ CK DAW DH DHF DP EDC FT GD GE GEL GGJ GHC GHH GHT GP HOM ...

Mike,
Thank you for that detailed information, I will be collecting the other types now!

Regards,

Richard

Hi Mike, I recently joined GBPS, hence the date of my reply, I have about 125 Airgraphs sent between members of my Family in the UK and others in Kenya,(dating from 14/9/1942 to 04/09/1944) I keep them as a source of Family History, but willing to share them if required, there are a couple of ''Spec...

I am after some information about this Edinburgh Postmark, it is not the usual 131 duplex nor is it a Brunswick Star: