Other GB Topics and Resources

Stamps of the World wiki (GB section)
Information on GB stamps with many illustrations

GB Post Office Telegraphs (Ian Pinwill and Paul Ramsay)
Very detailed look at and record of known material, with masses of illustrations.

Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain (Stephen Panting)
Detailed site, both Post Office and private issues.

Distant Writing (Steve Roberts)
A detailed history of the British telegraph companies between 1838 and 1868.

Postage Labels of the UK
Blog dealing with the modern "Post and Go" and counter labels.

Revenue Archives (Mike Bending)
Illustrated listings of GB revenues and some related topics

GB Protective Underprints and Overprints (Andy Donaldson)
Detailed research site, illustrations and usage notes.

Earsathome.com (Eunice and Ron Shanahan)
Pages on many stamp and postal history topics, strength in GB.

W Reginald Bray (John Tingey)
Companion site to The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects.

stampprinters.info (Glenn Morgan)
A worldwide stamp production resource from 1840, many specialist GB pages.

Newspaper Wrappers (Jan Kosniowski)
Worldwide articles, many specialist GB pages.

Stampdomain.com GB pages
Links to various articles

Turnpike Roads in England and Wales
Listing of Turnpike routes, useful for tracing postal routes

The Paston Letters Go Live (British Library)
Blog post linking to digitisations of these famous early English letters

Trial of Jeffreys, Benjamin, and Sarpy (Old Bailey Online)
Transcript of the trial of these notorious early forgers!

GB Cover Collector (Geoff Childs)
Illustrated listings of Special Event covers.

Royal Engineer First Day Covers (Darrell Drury)
Online resource displaying covers relating to the Corps of Royal Engineers.

British Post Office Buildings
Site concerned with documenting purpose-built British post office buildings and their architects.