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- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Pre-Stamp
- Topic: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
- Replies: 7
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Re: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
I think the 'C' is just an ID of the date-stamp itself, related to the counter position / PO clerk who used it. It's nothing to do with time.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Pre-Stamp
- Topic: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
- Replies: 7
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Re: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
Barrie Jay's London volume of the British County Catalogue series lists them. Incidentally the '2' over the original '11'd charge is just a squiggle cancelling the number. Hope that helps.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Pre-Stamp
- Topic: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
- Replies: 7
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Re: Crown Handstamp on 1834 cover
This Liverpool to London letter was mis-rated as a single at 11d, when it reached London it was re-evaluated as a double letter - the original charge was deleted and the change authorised by the inspector's crown mark (one of several types in use 1680-1840) and the double rate of 1s 10d added.
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:16 am
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: Censor mark?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Censor mark?
It's an individual identity hand-stamp issued to Belgian postmen - I've come across various combinations of letters and numbers.
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:52 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: LAST DAY OF USE LATE POSTING FEE
- Replies: 2
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Re: LAST DAY OF USE LATE POSTING FEE
The net and postbag in the illustration were a separate function of the TPO to collect or drop bags of mail without the train stopping - it was termed the 'apparatus'.
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:49 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: LAST DAY OF USE LATE POSTING FEE
- Replies: 2
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Re: LAST DAY OF USE LATE POSTING FEE
The general late fee service finished before WWII. This cover is from a separate service linked to the railway TPOs/sorting carriages : a letter could be posted into the carriage through a letter-box while it was at a station, if it had an additional stamp for a late fee. Letters so posted without a...
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: Postal Markings
- Topic: Manchester PL
- Replies: 1
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Re: Manchester PL
Generally accepted as 'Posted Late' i.e. Too Late for the day's post - there's no indication of a late fee being involved. Recorded 1840-48 although I have an example from 1849.