London Series
These numbers were allocated to offices in London and the surrounding area. The obliterators are oval in shape with the numeral enclosed in either a circle or a diamond. The latter type were used at the Inland Section of the London Chief Office, with the number merely identifying the particular handstamp used rather than the office. Single numeral marks with circles are always London suburban branch office numbers, however note that for duplexes this style was also used by the London Inland Section, again to distinguish different handstamps. These IS marks however will always have the office name given as "London E.C."
Both the original 1857 district and the 1917 district numbers are shown – however note that the NE and S postal districts were merged with others in the 1860s, so some offices are shown as (e.g.) "S/SW".
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London Surburban Style
No. | Office | No. | Office | No. | Office | No. | Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Highgate (N, N6) |
1B |
Ponders End (N, N9) |
2 |
Finchley (East Finchley from 1902) (N, N2) |
2B |
Colney Hatch (N, N10&11) |
3 |
Whetstone (N, N20) |
3B |
Hornsey (N, N8) |
4 |
Hampstead (NW, NW3) |
4B |
Southgate (N, N14) |
5 |
Hendon (NW, NW4) |
5B |
Holloway (N, N7) |
6 |
Edgware (NW) Churton Street (SW, SW1) East Central Sorting Office (EC, EC1) |
6A |
East Central Postmans Office (EC, EC1) |
6B |
Clapton (NE/E, E5) |
7 |
Stoke Newington (N, N16) |
7B |
Loughton (NE) |
8 |
Tottenham (N, N17) West Brompton (SW, SW10) |
8B |
Hackney (NE/E, E8) |
9 |
Kentish Town (NW, NW5) |
9B |
Canning Town (E, E16) |
10 |
Edmonton (N, N9&18) South Kensington (SW, SW7) |
10B |
Chadwell (E) |
11 |
Enfield (N) Chelsea (SW, SW3) |
11B |
Poplar (E, E14) |
12 |
Bow (E, E3) |
12B |
Charlton (SE, SE7) |
13 |
Stratford (E, E15) |
13B |
Chislehurst (SE) |
14 |
Leyton (NE/E, E10) St Martins Place (WC, WC2) East Ham (E, E6) |
14B |
Erith (SE) |
15 |
Woodford (NE/E, E18) Highbury (N, N5) |
15B |
Foots Cray (SE) |
16 |
Chigwell (NE) Queen Victoria St (EC, EC4) Woolwich (SE, SE18) |
16B |
Lessness Heath (SE) |
17 |
Ilford (E) Chigwell (NE) Leytonstone (NE/E, E11) |
17B |
Lewisham (SE, SE13) |
18 |
Deptford (SE, SE8) |
18B |
Peckham (SE, SE15) |
19 |
Eltham, Halfway St (SE, SE9) Finsbury Park (N, N4) |
19B |
Penge (SE, SE20) |
20 |
Greenwich (SE, SE10) |
20B |
Plumstead (SE, SE18) |
20R |
Holborn Viaduct (EC, EC1) |
21 |
Woolwich (SE, SE18) Wanstead (E, E11) Charlton (SE, SE7) |
21B |
Rotherhithe (SE, SE16) |
22 |
Eltham (SE, SE9) Plaistow (E, E13) |
22B |
Welling (SE) |
23 |
Bexley (SE) Brockley (SE, SE4) |
23B |
Brixton (Hill,Rise) (S/SW, SW2) |
24 |
Dulwich (S/SE, SE21) |
24B |
Camberwell (S/SE, SE5) |
24R |
Ludgate Circus (EC, EC4) |
25 |
Sydenham (SE, SE26) |
25B |
Merton (S/SW) |
26 |
Beckenham (SE) Kensal Green (W, NW10) Kensal Town (W, NW10) North Kensington (W, W10) |
26B |
South Lambeth (S/SW, SW8) |
27 |
Clapham (S/SW, SW4) |
27B |
Stockwell (S/SW, SW9) |
28 |
Tooting (S/SW, SW17) |
28B |
Streatham (S/SW, SW16) |
29 |
Mitcham (S) Forest Gate (E, E7) |
29B |
Thornton Heath (S) |
30 |
Carshalton (S) Lee (SE, SE12) |
30B |
Walworth (S, SE17) Maida Hill (W, W9) |
31 |
Wandsworth (SW, SW18) |
31A |
New Wandsworth (SW, SW15) |
31B |
Battersea (SW, SW11) |
32 |
Putney (SW, SW15) |
32B |
Petersham (SW) |
33 |
Mortlake (SW, SW14) |
33B |
Teddington (SW) |
34 |
Richmond (SW) Earls Court (SW, SW5) |
34B |
Acton (W, W3) |
35 |
Twickenham (SW) Bethnal Green (NE/E, E2) |
35B |
Ealing (W, W5) |
36 |
Hampton (SW) Walthamstow (NE/E, E17) Balham (S/SW, SW12) |
36B |
Hanwell (W, W7) |
37 |
Brompton (W, SW1&3&7) Eltham (SE, SE9) |
37B |
Notting Hill (W, W11) |
37C |
Notting Hill (W, W11) |
38 |
Kensington (W, W8) |
38B |
Paddington (W, W2) |
38C |
Paddington (W, W2) |
39 |
Hammersmith (W, W6) |
39B |
Shepherds Bush (W, W12) |
40 |
Acton (W, W3) House of Commons (SW, SW1) Inland Section Mount Pleasant (WC, WC1) |
40B |
Southall (W) |
41 |
Brentford (W) Barnes (SW, SW13) |
41B |
St John's Wood (NW, NW8) |
42 |
Paddington (W, W2) Chiswick (W, W4) Walworth (SE, SE17) |
42B |
Stanmore (NW) |
43 |
Charing Cross (WC, WC2) Sutton (S) Turnham Green (W, W4) Aldgate (E, EC3) Golders Green (NW, NW11) |
43B |
Sudbury (NW) |
44 |
North Row (W, W1) Portland Street (W, W1) Wimbledon (SW, SW19) Manor Park (E, E12) |
44B |
The Hyde (NW, NW9) |
45 |
Portland Street (W, W1) Stepney (E, E1&14) Tottenham (N, N17) North Woolwich (SE, E16) Kennington / Walworth (S/SE, SE11&17) |
45B |
Barking (E) |
46 |
Stepney (E, E1&14) Southwark (SE, SE1) Palmers Green (N, N13) |
46B |
Walham Green (SW, SW6) Fulham (SW, SW6) |
47 |
Southwark (SE, SE1) Shoreditch (E, E1&2) Finchley Church End (N, N3) |
47B |
Sunbury (SW) |
48 |
Shoreditch (E, E1&2) Sidmouth St (WC, WC1) North Finchley (N, N12) |
48B |
Forest Hill (SE, SE23) |
49 |
Sidmouth St (WC, WC1) Greenwich (SE, SE10) Royal Hill, Greenwich (SE, SE10) Abbey Wood (SE, SE2) |
49B |
South Norwood (S/SE, SE25) |
50 |
Victoria Docks (E, E16) Victoria Docks & North Woolwich (E, E16) |
51 |
New Southgate (N, N11) |
51B |
Winchmore Hill (N, N21) |
52 |
Herne Hill (S/SE, SE24) |
52B |
Wood Green (N, N22) |
53 |
Woodford Green (NE) Homerton (NE/E, E9) |
53B |
Upper Holloway (N, N19) |
54 |
Norwood (S/SE, SE19) |
55 |
Leyton Street (NE/E) West Kensington (W, W14) |
56 |
Isleworth (W) South Woodford (E, E18) |
57 |
Chiswick (W, W4) |
58 |
Wimbledon (SW, SW19) Mill Hill (NW, NW7) |
59 |
Paddington (W, W2) Plaistow (E, E13) |
60 |
Kilburn (NW, NW6) |
61 |
Willesden (NW, NW10) |
62 |
Harrow (NW) South Tottenham (N, N15) |
63 |
Elstree (NW) Wimbledon (SW, SW19) |
64 |
Cheshunt (N) Ealing Dean (W, W5) West Ealing (W, W13) |
65 |
Camberwell (S/SE, SE5) |
66 |
Lewisham (SE, SE13) |
67 |
Peckham (SE, SE15) |
68 |
Kennington (S/SE, SE11) |
69 |
Kilburn Canterbury Rd (NW, NW6) Blackheath (SE, SE3) |
70 |
Anerley (SE, SE20) |
71 |
Catford (SE, SE6) |
72 |
Lower Norwood (SE, SE27) West Norwood (S/SE, SE27) |
73 |
Shooter's Hill (SE, SE18) West Central District Office (WC, WC1) |
74 |
Tottenham (N, N17) Bedford Street (WC, WC2) |
75 |
Edmonton (N, N9&18) Paddington District Office (W, W2) |
76 |
New Cross (SE, SE14) |
77 |
East Dulwich (SE, SE22) |
78 |
South Eastern District Office (SE, SE1) |
79 |
South Western District Office (SW, SW1) |
79B |
South Western District Office? (SW, SW1) |
80 |
Tottenham (N, N17) |
81 |
Lower Edmonton (N, N9) |
82 |
Leyton (NE/E, E10) |
83 |
Upper Edmonton (N, N18) |
84 |
Chingford (NE/E, E4) |
85 |
Walthamstow (NE/E, E17) |
86 |
North Western District Office (NW, NW1) |
87 |
Northern District Office (N, N1) |
88 |
Eastern District Office (E, E1) |
89 |
Western District Office (W, W1) |
90 |
Muswell Hill (N, N10) |
91 |
Cricklewood (NW, NW2) |
99 |
Beckenham (SE) |
Provincial Series Style
Some offices in the Greater London area that were allocated London district letters and numbers had previously or additionally been allocated numbers in the general England and Wales provincial series. These are listed in a separate table below for convenience.No. | Office | No. | Office | No. | Office | No. | Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
102 |
Leyton (NE/E, E10) |
109 |
Walthamstow (NE/E, E17) Walthamstow, Orford Rd (E, E17) |
117 |
Tottenham (N, N17) |
119 |
Edmonton (N, N9&18) |
144 |
Bromley (SE) Shortlands (SE) |
153 |
Buckhurst Hill (NE) |
201 |
Chislehurst (SE) Belvedere s.o. (SE) |
251 |
Enfield (N) |
264 |
Woolwich (SE, SE18) |
273 |
East Molesey (SW) |
328 |
Edgware (NW) |
373 |
Harrow (NW) |
379 |
Charlton (SE, SE7) Old Charlton (SE, SE7) Charlton, Church Lane (SE, SE7) Charlton, Lower Road (SE, SE7) |
385 |
Shooter's Hill (SE, SE18) |
386 |
Welling (SE) |
388 |
Bexley Heath (SE) |
389 |
Bexley (SE) |
392 |
Grays (E) |
394 |
Hounslow (W) |
395 |
Southall (W) |
397 |
Crayford (SE) |
403 |
Erith (SE) |
404 |
Belvedere (SE) |
412 |
Lessness Heath (SE) Picardy, Belvedere (SE) |
417 |
Ilford (E) |
422 |
Kingston (SW) |
422A |
Surbiton (SW) |
423 |
New Charlton (SE, SE7) |
476 |
Loughton (NE) |
496 |
Kew (W) Farnborough (SE) |
513 |
Mitcham (S) |
514 |
Farnborough (SE) |
515 |
Warlingham (S) |
582 |
Purfleet (E) |
586 |
Orpington (SE) |
610 |
Potters Bar (N) |
668 |
Romford (E) |
715 |
Sidcup (SE) |
759 |
Sutton (S) |
770 |
Stanmore (NW) |
771 |
Shooter's Hill (SE, SE18) |
796 |
West Wickham (SE) |
797 |
Teddington (SW) |
801 |
Wimbledon (SW, SW19) |
809 |
Merton (SW) |
833 |
Chingford (NE/E, E4) |
835 |
Waltham Cross (N) |
844 |
Warlingham (S) |
856 |
West Wickham (SE) |
893 |
Twickenham (SW) |
895 |
Hampton (SW) |
908 |
Wembley (NW) |
909 |
Harrow Station (NW) |
913 |
Crook Log (SE) |
920 |
Woodford Green (NE) |
937 |
Barnet (N) |
938 |
Croydon (S) Thornton Heath (S) |
938B |
Thornton Heath (S) |
964 |
Euston Square Station (NW, NW1) |
997 |
Isleworth (W) |
005 |
Chislehurst (SE) |
008 |
Barking (E) |
021 |
Richmond (SW) |
021A |
Brentford (W) |
021B |
Isleworth (W) |
021C |
Teddington (SW) |
037 |
Stanford Le Hope (E) |
049 |
Paddington Station (W) |
095 |
Brentford (W) |
B12 |
Bickley Station (SE) |
B30 |
Petersham (SW) |
C85 |
Enfield (N) |
C91 |
Harrow (NW) |
C93 |
Twickenham (SW) |
C94 |
Teddington (SW) |
C95 |
Hampton (SW) |
C96 |
Sunbury (SW) |
C97 |
Elstree (NW) |
D05 |
Chislehurst (SE) Chislehurst, Lower Camden (SE) |
D13 |
Beckenham (SE) |
D21 |
Richmond (SW) |
D23 |
Sutton (S) |
D24 |
Mitcham (S) |
D27 to D56 |
Chief Office (EC, EC1) |
D44 |
Potters Bar (N) |
D60 to D65 |
Unknown (EC, EC1) |
D75 |
Harrow (NW) |
D76 |
Buckhurst Hill (NE) |
D77 |
Loughton (NE) |
D94 |
Woodford Bridge (NE) |
D97 |
Carshalton (S) |
E78 |
Chigwell Road (NE) |
E95 |
Brentford (W) |
E97 |
Isleworth (W) |
F07 |
Ilford (E) |
F08 |
Barking (E) |
F10 |
Chadwell (E) |
F20 |
Woodford Green (NE) |
F36 |
Surbiton (SW) |
F38 |
Stanford Le Hope (E) |
F40 |
Grays (E) |
F41 |
Purfleet (E) |
F42 |
Rainham (E) |
F58 |
Ponders End (N) |
G09 |
St Mary Cray (SE) |
G22 |
Eltham (SE, SE9) |
G78 |
Upper Edmonton (N, N18) |
G80 |
Lower Edmonton (N, N9) |
G93 |
Orpington (SE) |
H50 |
Sidcup (SE) |
H71 |
Harrow Weald (NW) |
H73 |
Wealdstone (NW) |
H97 |
Chelsfield (SE) |
H99 |
Thames Ditton (SW) |
J16 |
Farnborough (SE) |
J32 |
East Molesey (SW) |
J63 |
Wallington (S) |
J64 |
Sudbury (NW) |
J85 |
Old Charlton, Church Lane (SE, SE7) |
J86 |
Old Charlton, Woolwich Road (SE, SE7) |