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- Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:00 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: “Letter of / found in this envelope” cachet
- Replies: 4
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Transfer from previous board: original post 31268
http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/31268_1.jpg Any other examples known ? The answer is yes. I included an short article in the Dec 2006 issue of RAILWAY PHILATELY. An envelope sent to Morcambe had an EdVII 1d stamp which had surprisingly been cancelled with a BERLIN-HAMBURG Bahnpost ...
- Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:05 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: 1d red-brown plate 148
- Replies: 2
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Transfer from previous board: original post 23523
I am surprised that anyone found it necessary to acquire a certificate for this item. It is fairly obvious what it is. You describe it as a 'wrapper' but the certificate describes it as an 'entire'. An ENTIRE is a complete letter including the wrtten contents. It was standard practice to fold a shee...
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Postal History
- Topic: Victorian Mail Steamers
- Replies: 3
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Transfer from previous board: original post 11105
your description is brief - no mention of stamps on the cover or lack of them. I have a collection of Cameroon (Kamerun) material and have often noted German 'yacht' type stamps of the Kamerun being cancelled at Southampton - I followed this up at the time and found a lot of mail from west africa wa...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: Line-Engraved
- Topic: Red Maltese Cross - Genuine??
- Replies: 6
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Transfer from previous board: original post 2027
http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/2027_1.jpg Why do you think it might not be a genuine maltese cross ? I have clicked on the stamp image and enlarged it on my computer so that it fills the screen. It is clearly the product of a handstamp. It is a very nice neat clean four margin sta...
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: Pre-Stamp
- Topic: 18th & early 19th Century Mail with "Speed" or "With Speed"
- Replies: 3
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Transfer from previous board: original post 1999
Early letters were frequently delayed in the post and postmarks, intoduced in 1661, were specifically designed to prevent this happening although they were only applied in London at first. The first marks were circular and only included only the day and the month. 'Poste Haste' ot just 'Haste' were ...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: Stamford Mercury Precancel?
- Replies: 3
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Transfer from previous board: original post 1985
http://www.gbps.org.uk/boards/images/transferred/1985_1.jpg Hi Theo, The Stamford Mercury newpaper precancelled the stamps on their wrappers so the example shown is a definitely a precancel. The firm had a group of clerks employed to precancel the wrappers and they were paid per quantity done. The ...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Amusing cds error
- Replies: 5
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Transfer from previous board: original post 1987
Your example went back 330 years but I can more than double the time travel with this registered cover which is postmarked over 700 years out of date. (I have no idea how it was delivered seeing it hasn't yet been posted !)