British Postmark Database

tallanent · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:09:55 am

doug2222usa wrote:

Allan, here are the images I discussed with you:

Thanks for the scans --- 4 have been added to the database.

The Five Ways mark I have filed for later checking as I also have in my mind that there was a location of this name at Bristol as well as the Birmingham that Ian has noted.

One I can get some confirmation in the way of supporting scans - the details will be added

ALLAN

tallanent · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:30:14 am

honza wrote:

Ahoj Allan!
Congratulations on the progress you are making.

Thanks ....

Quote:

First a suggestion and a couple of queries.

I think the KIRKCALDY mark on page 7 of June 3rd 2011 is clearer and more complete than the one in the database. What do you think?

Agreed --- this has now been changed

Quote:

Secondly the HULL & SOUTHAMPTON paquebot on page 17 of 28th January 2012 seem not to have been included. Were they excluded for a reason or did you just overlook them?

Can't think how or why I missed them - but they are now in place ...

Everything to this point is now in place ....

ALLAN

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 01:11:33 am

As mentioned in a previous post, these are from the collection of a friend of my wife.

They are all postmarks commemorating the wedding on 20 November 1947 of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten with the initials "E" and "P", ribbons and wedding bells.

Birmingham / - A -
26 November 1947. "E P"

Birmingham / - H-
27 November 1947. "E P"

Epsom / Surrey
27 November 1947. "E P"

Highgate / N.6.
26 November 1947. "E P"

Highgate is in north London. It is posssibly most famous for its cemetery where Karl Marx is buried. Or for the same cemetery where Rod Stewart worked as a grave digger.

More EP postmarks to follow.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 01:24:36 am

Some more postmarks commemorating the wedding on 20 November 1947 of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten with the initials "E" and "P", ribbons and wedding bells.

London.W.1. / - C -
27 November 1947. "E P"

London.W.1. / - D -
27 November 1947. "E P"

Paddington.W.2. / - A -
26 November 1947. "E P"

The former borough of Paddington, famous of course for Paddington Bear, is now in the City of Westminster in Greater London.

Walthamstow / E.17.
27 November 1947. "E P"

Walthamstow is now in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Willesden / - N.W.10. -
26 November 1947. "E P".
Unlike all of the other eight "EP" postmarks here and in the last posting, this one does NOT have a time over the date. Instead it has "- L -".

Willesden is now in the London Borough of Brent.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 02:39:07 am

I'll post up the rest of the postmarks from my wife's friend's collection.

As with mine, I've scanned and stored them so that they come out in alphabetical order of the place where they were postmarked.

Alford, Lincs. / -
11 July 1958. 7 wavy lines.

Allestree Derby
6 December 1968. "St. Nicholas Church 1958-1958" single circle handstamp with an illustration of a bishop's mitre.

Allestree is a suburb of the city of Derby. It has a 12th century church of St Edmund, but this postmark commemorates the mere 10th anniversary of another Church of England church. Brian Clough "the best football manager that the England team never had" lived in Allestree.

St Nicholas Church, Allestree

Bangor / - Gwynedd -
26 July 1978. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

BFPS 1095 Cove
12 July 1969. "British Forces • Royal Engineers • Postal Service / • 1095 •"
Double circle handstamp with a Royal Engineers badge to the left of the double circle.

Cove is a Royal Engineers base near Farnborough in Hampshire. The badge has a grenade with the Latin motto "Ubique" (Everywhere).

Blackburn / Lancs
19 July 1988. Single circle handstamp with "K / date / Blackburn / Lancs".

This is a first day use of the Armada strip of 5 X 18p stamps (only two shown here). It was a publicity freebie from Kellog's of cornflakes fame, hence the trademark "K".

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 02:56:42 am

Bridgend / Glam.
14 June 1937. 7 wavy lines
20 July 1937. 7 wavy lines

Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is 35 km west of Cardiff. It had a population of 39,429 in 2001.

Bromley / - Kent -
29 May 1973. "1948 1973 Silver Jubilee North Kent Sun Club (The Naturist Foundation) Orpington, Kent."

Bromley, formerly in Kent, is now the London Borough of Bromley. Never seen a postmark for a naturist club before. :shock:

Catford / S.E.6.
11 October 1946. 7 wavy lines

Catford is now in the London Borough of Lewisham, 10 km south east of Charing Cross.

Caythorpe / Grantham, Lincs.
11 June 1958. Double circle handstamp with "A" above date.

Caythorpe is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It is 13 km north of Grantham. Caythorpe is the location of the Mensa International office.

Colwyn Bay / Denbighshire
29 August 1937. "Post Early in the Day"

Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is now a seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales. It has a population of over 30,000.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 03:25:26 am

Corby / Grantham, Lincs.
23 July 19??. Double circle handstamp with "B" over date.

Despite holding the real thing at various angles under various degrees of magnification and also despite messing with the image in several ways, I still can't make out the year.

Crewe / - Cheshire -
30 October 1961. "Postal Order Gift Cards make gay gift messengers"

There was another gay gift messenger postmark shown very recently.

Crewe / - Cheshire -
7 November 1961. "BBC tv Jubilee 1936 - 1961"

Croydon / - Surrey -
6 June 1964. "Citizens Advice Bureaux Silver Jubilee 1939 - 1964"

With a really nice wise owl formerly used as the CAB logo. At least you don't need advising what the plural of "Bureau" is any more.

Croydon / - Surrey -
5 July 1964. 7 wavy lines

Croydon. Surrey / - A -
23 April 1964. "Have you taken out your licence for radio-TV?"

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 03:41:49 am

Croydon. Surrey
23 April 1964. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

Dartford Kent
21 June 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom.

One for the people still asleep as I'm posting this in the UK.

Dartford Kent
19 July 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom.

Same postmark, different date. This one on one of the Armada stamps.

Eastbourne
13 October 1910. Double circle handstamp

The month looks a bit like "JU" rather than "OC" but the card itself was dated in manuscript.

Edinburgh
16 May 1988. "British Philatelic Bureau • Edinburgh / 1963 to 1988 / • date •" frameless circular cancellation with stamp outline in centre.

Commemorating the BPB's 25th anniversary in Edinburgh with a couple of nice Europa stamps.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 04:34:35 am

Edinburgh
15 July 1970. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom.

Edinburgh
22 July 1981. "First Day of Issue Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh" unframed circle with "C&D" cypher in centre.

C & D for Charles and Diana - for the benefit of the Google crawler.

Greenwich, London SE10
12th January 1999. Unframed circle with "The / MilleniuM" across a map of Europe with the Greenwich Meridian marked on it.

This is on "one of those envelopes" with a £5 coin sealed into a plastic container :cry:

. Not the kind of stuff which I collect...

Guernsey -
29 July 1964. 7 wavy lines

My least favourite of the regional designs.

Halesworth / - Suffolk -
3 September 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

Halesworth is a small market town with a population of around 6,000 in the north east Suffolk. It is 24 km south west of Lowestoft.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 04:50:32 am

Harrow & Wembley / Middx. B
1 June 1966. "First Day of Issue"

World Cup 1966 FDC - only 50p it says sometime after decimalization in 1971. "Middx" is (of course) Middlesex, the Wembley bit connects it to the football World Cup of 1966.

Hounslow. Middx.
18 August 1966. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

The England Winners issue which some people bought as an investment... They shouldn't have.

Hucknall Torknard 417
2 August 1898. Duplex mark "417".

What a great name for a small town :!:

It is in Nottinghamshire. Lord Byron is buried there, as is his daughter Ada Lovelace the world's first computer programmer.

Huddersfield
17 January 1917. Continuous runner with 5 wavy lines

Huddersfield is now in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, halfway between Leeds and Manchester.

Jersey
29 August 1966. 7 wavy lines

One of the nicest IMHO of the regional designs.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 05:04:31 am

Leeds / LS/WF/HG
19 January 2007. "Collect British Stamps" inkjet cancellation.

LS/WF/HG for Leeds, Wakefield and Harrogate.

Leeds / LS/WF/HG
17 September 2009. "www.royalmail.com/smilers SMILERS (R) Make your mail extra special with Smilers" inkjet cancellation.

Leeds / LS/WF/HG
1 October 2010. "Free cash withdrawals Over the counter at the Post Office http://www.postoffice.co.uk/banking"

There might be another line of text under the URL, or it might be a frame line :?:

Leeds / LS/WF/HG
26 May 2011. "Please remember to write the postcode clearly" inkjet cancellation.

Over the top of a rather nice Portuguese stamp.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 05:18:54 am

Leicester / - 3B -
11 March 1988. ""Jesus Is Alive!""

Leicester / 21
24 March 1898. Single circle handstamp

Leicester / 22
30 July 1898. Single circle handstamp
2 August 1898. Single circle handstamp
7 October 1898. Single circle handstamp

Leicester / 23
30 July 1898. Single circle handstamp

Leicester / - A -
8 September 1987. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 05:37:13 am

Lincoln
10 October 1970. "For the Service of Mankind" hand stamped rectangle with town name at the bottom. Badge of the Order of St John.

On an envelope commemorating a service held for the Order of St John of Jerusalem at Lincoln Cathedral. Not having a stamp with Lincoln Cathedral on it, they've used one with a picture of York Minster.

Lincoln / - A -
5 April 1964. "Lincoln Cathedral Appeal"
1 May 1964. "Lincoln Cathedral Appeal"

But here's a picture of Lincoln Cathedral anyway, on a postmark.

Liverpool
1 October 1969. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom.

London
30 June 1997. Circular cancellation framed by a Chinese dragon

This is on an envelope with a Hong Kong coin encased at the left.

London E.C. / S1
20 November 1976. "National Savings Diamond Jubilee 1916 - 1976 Go on saving at The Post Office"

hughvic2 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 14:28:30 pm

tallanent wrote:

Intresting site which as it develops will add to the information avaliable.

The single impression dies, as used with the wavy lines or a slogan, are fitted with a counting device. In this way a record of the number of items passing through the machine per hour or per day could be recorded. It was in this way that when required, a close check on the mail posted in any area could be undertaken, and it is for the same reason that these machines were chosen to use with the "diamond" dies.

Once a year, a detailed census of postal traffic is carried out and this usally takes place in October. The census covers letters posted at, recieved at and fowarded via the particular office and also covers any counter buisness.

When the single impression machines are used for this census, they are fitted with the "diamond" die and are used for counting mail for delivery or forwarding. Mail that is posted into the office is date-stamped in the normal way in order to show the origin of the item, date of posting, etc...

The dies are often impressed on the back of the letter or at the lower edge on the front. In many cases the "diamond" is used alone without the wavy lines or a slogan.

At some office, however, it seems to be common practice to employ the "diamond" with the current die in the machine - either the wavy lines or the slogan in use at the time.

In additon to this there are known cases of the "diamond" with a slogan cancelling stamps and this seems to be mainly confined to circulars.

There are also two types of the "diamond" die. One appears as a square rotated 45 degrees whilst the other is the same height but narrower - being more of the true diamond shape.

I hope this information is useful - please feel free to use as you see fit on your site.

ALLAN

Sorry for the delay in answering. There was a great stamp show in Victoria over the weekend and picked up several more postal census covers.

Thanks for the information - I will work it into the Postal Census page. You can see from the list that the census was usually taken in October but a fair number were taken at other times of the year.

I will continue to look through ebay and delcampe auctions or any other source to find and save the images for this survey of postal census covers.

doug2222usa · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 18:03:16 pm

Allan, is there a physical collection of postmarks somewhere, associated with the database?

If so, I will donate the Mold, Tuam, Five Ways, etc., posted on Sunday, March 18.

Feebletodix · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 19:25:23 pm

Good day to you

Here are:-

Goodwick NO 10 (19)10

Blackwells Bookshop Oxford 150th Anniversary Exhibition of Lewis Carrol 27 Jan 1982

20th Anniversary Founders Day of the Bluebell Railway Sheffield Pk Stn Uckfield E Sussex 21st March 1979.

I have also just topped up your email in tray

Regards

Feebletodix

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 21:06:24 pm

London S.E.1. These are all "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamps with the town name at the bottom of the circle.

London S.E.1
21 July 1987. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1.
13 October 1987. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1.
17 November 1987. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1.
19 January 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1.
1 March 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 21:19:19 pm

More London "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamps with the town name at the bottom of the circle.

London S.E.1
22 March 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1
10 May 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London S.E.1. ( :!:

a stop has now appeared after "S.E.1" which wasn't there on previous postmarks :!:

)
6 September 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp.

London SW1
8 September 1987. "Queen Victoria 1837-1901" special cancellation.

London. W.1
10 July 1967. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom of circle.

London. W.C.
2 May 1966. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at top of circle.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 21:32:17 pm

Loughborough / - Leics.A. -
15 June 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

Loughborough had a population of 57,600 in 2004, making it the second largest town in Leicestershire. In 1841, Loughborough was the destination for the first package tour, organised by Thomas Cook.

Maidenhead Berks.
5 July 1978. "Courage Shire Horse Centre / Unique in Britain / Shire Horse Centenary / 5th July 1978 Maidenhead Berks." frameless circular postmark with a picture of a shire horse in the centre.

Maidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. It lies on the River Thames and is 41 km west of Charing Cross in London.

Manchester
28 July 1980. Rectangular handstamp with the date over the town name and with pictures of two Kellog's cockerels.

The Kellog's factory is at Trafford Park in Greater Manchester. The cover is presumably a freebie from a Kellog's advertising campaign, but it doesn't say so anywhere on it. I posted a different Kellog's freebie cover earlier which was postmarked in Blackburn.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 21:45:03 pm

Some older postmarks from places near Peterborough.

Market • Deeping / 508
24 March 1898. Duplex postmark with number "508". With "A" over date.

Market • Deeping / 508
29 July 1898. Duplex postmark with number "508". With "B" over date.
6 October 1898. Duplex postmark with number "508". With "B" over date.

The year on the July postmark is taken from the receipt mark on the reverse.

Market Deeping / - Peterborough -
28 July 1934. Double circle handstamp

Market Deeping is in Lincolnshire but is only 13 km from Peterborough, which is in Cambridgeshire.

Maxey / Peterborough
21 May 1921. Single circle handstamp with "B" above date.

Maxey is a village of 700 inhabitants now included in the City of Peterborough. It is about halfway between Peterborough and Market Deeping.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 22:17:17 pm

Postmarks from Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes is a new town in Buckinghamshire about 79 km north-west of London. It was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967. The Borough’s population in 2009 was estimated to be 241,000.

Milton Keynes
27 June 1979. "Visit of the Queen to / Milton / Keynes / Milton Keynes 27 June 1979" frameless circular handstamp. There are two logos included in the design, the left hand one I can't identify, the right hand one is for the 10th anniversary of the Open University (OU) which has its headquarters in Milton Keynes.

Milton Keynes.
25 September 1979. "Gt. Britain's / First Lady Prime / Minister Opens / Great Britain's / Biggest Covered / Shopping Area. / Milton Keynes. 25 Sep 79" rectangular handstamp with a picture of King Harold with an arrow in his eye.

One in the eye for somebody from Margaret Thatcher :cry:

Milton Keynes / FIRST CLASS
4 April 1991. Single circle handstamp with time below date.

Milton Keynes
1 March 1988. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom.

Milton Keynes / Gt. Britain
27 June 1988. "Today's Post Office in business to serve you"

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 22:43:40 pm

Newport Isle of Wight
8 September 1987. "First Day of Issue Newport Isle of Wight • 8 Sept 1987 •" frameless circular handstamp with a picture of a tower in the centre.

The tower is that of Osborne House, Queen Victoria's residence on the Isle of Wight.

Osborne House

Northampton / - No.2. -
25 February 1958. "Express Good Wishes by Greetings Telegrams"

Oakham
13 July 1914. Single circle handstamp

Oakham is the county town of Rutland. It is 28 km east from Leicester, and has a population of only 9,975.

Peterborough, Northants / A.
19 December 1958. "Post Early for Christmas"

Peterborough has been in the Soke of Peterborough within the the County of Northamptonshire (to 1965), the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-74) and the County of Cambridgeshire (since 1974).

Peterborough
3 July 1973. "35th Anniversary / World Speed Record / Steam / Traction / 3 July 1973 / Peterborough" handstamped rectangle with rounded corners and a picture of Mallard

Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built at Doncaster in 1938. Mallard is the holder of the official world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h), made between Grantham and Peterborough on 3 July 1938.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 22:52:48 pm

Plymouth / - Devon.A. -
7 September 1957. 7 wavy lines

Rochdale, Lancs.
19 November 1980. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name at bottom of circle

Rugby / - Warwickshire -
2 October 1961. "Post Office 1861 1961 Savings Bank"

Salford. Lancs. / - 1 -
25 September 1961. Double circle handstamp

Sandown / Isle of Wight
27 July 1934. Continuous roller with 5 wavy lines

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 23:03:10 pm

Scarborough, / Yorkshire
1 April 1970. "First Day of Issue" single circle handstamp with town name set above county name at the bottom of the circle.

Skegness / Lincs
12 August 1937. 7 wavy lines with no breaks

Skegness / Lincolnshire
20 July 1964. "Skegness is So Bracing!"

Skegness / Lincolnshire
20 August 1964. "Skegness Illuminations nightly from Aug 22 Lincolnshire's Holiday Playground"

I put a picture of the Skeggy Jolly Fisherman, the source of the picture in the two preceding slogans, in a previous post. Here it is again though

Skegness / Lincolnshire
9 July 1980. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

CMJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 23:12:08 pm

Hi Allan,

Just been going through a few Irish ones for you.

Castlepollard (datestamp)

Ennis (211 numeral and datestamp)

Mullingar (345 spoon)

Chris.

CMJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 23:24:30 pm

... and a few high English barred numerals.

949 Castle Cary

950 Kenilworth

004 Redcar

Chris.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 23:31:38 pm

Southampton
21 May 1937. 7 wavy lines

Southwold / Suffolk
5 August 1964. Double circle handstamp

Very faint, unfortunately

Southwold Suffolk
29 May 1972. "300th Anniversary Battle of Sole Bay" in Olde English lettering in rectangular handstamp

The naval Battle of Solebay took place off Southwold on 28 May 1672 and was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Southwold is a town in Suffolk. It is around 18 km south of Lowestoft and 47 km north-east of Ipswich.

Spalding
29 July 1898. Squared circle

Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire.

Spalding / - Lincs.A. -
11 January 1995. "Need a Postcode? 0345 111222 All Cards Charged At Local Rate • ••• • • •"

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 23:52:02 pm

Postmarks from Stamford in Lincolnshire. Stamford is in the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire. It is approximately 160 km north of London, on the A1 road to York and Edinburgh. The population at the 2001 census was 21,800.

Stamford Lincs
29 July 1935. Continuous roller with 5 wavy lines and "+" under the date

Stamford / - Lincs. -
28 March 1958. Double circle handstamp
1 July 1961. Double circle handstamp

Stamford / - Lincs. -
21 February 1961. "Borough of Stamford Quincentenary Celebrations 1461-1961"
1 July 1961. "Borough of Stamford Quincentenary Celebrations 1461-1961"

With the coat of arms of Stamford at the left of the slogan.

Stamford / - Lincs. -
1964. 7 wavy lines. The town mark has only the year with no month or day.

Stamford / Lincolnshire
26 June 1972. "Stamford Arts Festival 26 June 1972 Stamford Lincolnshire" single circle handstamped special postmark

On a very colourful envelope with a view of Stamford and its coat of arms.

Stamford / - Lincs. -
17 September 1987. "Pass on your Postcode"

locakart · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 01:44:30 am

Stockport Cheshire / - D -
1 September 1987. "1•9•8•7 Guide Dog W•E•E•K Sept 28th - Oct 4th" with a picture of a man with a guide dog to the right of the slogan

Swansea. Glam / - A -
19 June 1937. "Post Early in the Day"

Uffington / - Stamford. Lincs. -
14 March 1961. Double circle handstamp with "B" above date
18 August 1966. Double circle handstamp with "B" above date

The 1966 one is of course another England Winners used first day. Uffington is a village between Stamford and Market Deeping, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire.

Uttoxeter / - Staffs. -
31 January 1936. Double circle handstamp
14 December 1937. Double circle handstamp

Uttoxeter is a historic market town in Staffordshire. At the 2001 census it had a population of 12,023.

Wembley
8 August 1987. "The Mercantile Credit Centenary Classic 8 Aug 87 Wembley" rectangular handstamp with rounded corners.

With the Mercantile Credit League Centenary logo at the left of the postmark, two footballers at the right and the (now demolished) famous Wembley twin towers at the bottom. Wikipedia has the details of the Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantile_Credit_Centenary_Trophy.

locakart · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 01:56:08 am

And that's it from my wife's friend's collection. Except for:

To Pay Posted Unpaid
D 6 - 742
Applied at Stamford, Lincolnshire, on 1 July 1961

To Pay
(Liab)le to ?? (exce)ss rate / (Post)ed Unpaid / Over........ / Non POP / Insufficiently Prepaid

Applied at Loughborough on 15 June 1972.

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 02:30:38 am

Recent and forthcoming postmarks from Bletchley Park Milton Keynes, location of Station X. Not actual size, and not actual postmarks but as published in the Postmark Bulletin.

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 02:20:32 am

Ahoj Allan!

Thanks for including the two that went walkabout.

Just a couple to keep things ticking over:

ROMFORD postcode slogan

and BFPS 1147 ELEPHANT ISLAND Antarctica

Cheers,

Honza

Feebletodix · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 05:29:01 am

Hi there

Two more feint examples

Brimpton Berks 31 MR 37

Theydon Boise

Topped up your in tray.

Regards

Feebletodix

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 05:36:23 am

LONDON S.W.I. OFFICIAL PAID/8

5 August 1953

22 March 1955

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 05:42:19 am

REGISTERED/2/THROGMORTON AVE. B.O. E.O.2

8 April 1953

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 00:38:05 am

Feebletodix wrote:

Brimpton Reading / Berks 31 MR 37

Theydon Bois (no 'E'), / EPPING ESSEX

Feebletodix

Feebletodix · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 18:19:19 pm

Thanks Ian

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 07:33:10 am

Ahoj Allan!

Happy Easter to you and everyone on the board!

The first five for tonight:-

1 CARLISLE CUMBERLAND A extends date range

2 CARLISLE CUMBERLAND FIRST DAY OF ISSUE

3 DALSTON CARLISLE CUMBERLAND single ring

4 DALSTON CARLISLE CUMBERLAND double ring

5 GRETNA CARLISLE single ring

Cheers,

Honza

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 07:42:00 am

et V al.

1 GRETNA CARLISLE double ring

2 ESHER small circle

3 FALMOUTH 290 C duplex

Is the distorted D bottom right a known variety?

4 GRAYS ESSEX PAQUEBOT

5 HEBBURN Co. DURHAM L

Cheers,

Honza

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 07:53:47 am

et V al.

1 LONDON W 40 double ring

2 LONDON WC6 registered label

3 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE

4 NEWPORT MON. 7 wavy line

5 RYDE small circle different code

Cheers,

Honza

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 07:58:58 am

et II al.

1 SOTHAMPTON ST. STRAND B.O. W.C.2

2 VILLE AU ROI GUERNSEY CH.IS

Cheers,

Honza

nigelc · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 08:40:47 am

locakart wrote:

Postmarks from Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes is a new town in Buckinghamshire about 79 km north-west of London. It was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967. The Borough’s population in 2009 was estimated to be 241,000.

Milton Keynes
27 June 1979. "Visit of the Queen to / Milton / Keynes / Milton Keynes 27 June 1979" frameless circular handstamp. There are two logos included in the design, the left hand one I can't identify, the right hand one is for the 10th anniversary of the Open University (OU) which has its headquarters in Milton Keynes.

The symbol on the left was the logo of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation.

honza · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 07:34:00 am

Ahoj Allan!

My postings tonight are not the best quality, but I think they are interesting enough to use as temporary scans until better ones come along.

1 BURTON LATIMER D small circle

2 BLAENAVON PONTYPOOL double circle

3 CHALFONT St. PETER double ring

4 QUEEN VICTORIA (St.??) B.O. E.C. parcels

5 N.W. PARCEL OFFICE parcels

Cheers,

Honza

honza · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 07:39:39 am

et al. III

1 NEWTON STEWART small circle

2 KENS(INGTON??) YOUNG ST(REET??) small circle

3 DUBLIN parcels

Cheers,

Honza

Rackrunner · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:04:36 am

Allan
I am having a little trouble finding out where this 495 Field Post Office was used, maybe someone can help out?

I cannot find it in my new Collect British Postmark book...

Not sure if you have an image, so here is one.

Thank
Paul

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:27:21 am

I am not a postmark collector, but I saw a reference to BFPO 495 NP 1005 Den Helder, Holland. Does that help?

honza · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 04:01:57 am

Ahoj Allan!

My five for tonight:-

1 DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN for packets

2 BFPS 1229 Battle of Culloden

3 BFPS 1213 Battle of Blenheim

4 BFPS 1211 Rorke's Drift

5 BFPS 1207 25th Anniversary of VE Day

Cheers,

Honza

joelk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 21:10:31 pm

As member HalfpennyYellow had implicitly suggested, I'm posting this one from a lot I just sold on the Board:

Milford Haven

Micky · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 17:04:02 pm

Hi, I have been giving a helping hand from honza who has directed me to this topic to share a cancel that may be in need.

Micky

norvic · **Posted:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 18:40:16 pm

Micky wrote:

Hi, I have been giving a helping hand from honza who has directed me to this topic to share a cancel that may be in need.

GOBOWEN / OSWESTRY SHROPSHIRE 1960 double-ring handstamp.

Micky

Welcome Micky - so that we and google can find images, a description is essential !


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