British Postmark Database

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 03:43:18 am

Leeds
Black boxed cachet "Found At Leeds Without A Cover 447"

On an envelope with a Leeds Taxing Officer mark applied on 5 February 1982.

Taxing Officer / Leeds
5 February 1982. Single circle handstamp with "1" over date.
20 June 1983. Single circle handstamp with "1" over date.

locakart · **Posted:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 09:44:15 am

Liverpool / - C -
28 March 1983. 7 wavy lines

Liverpool / - G.1 -
26 November 1969. "Liverpool city of change & challenge"

London / - 73 -
19 May 1982. 7 wavy lines with "- C -" over date

London IS MLO / - J -
24 February 1990. 7 wavy lines machine cancellation in red.

Royal Mail / London South
26 October 2000. Single circle handstamp with "No. 51" over date and time below date

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 00:42:29 am

locakart wrote:

LS (= Leeds)
21 July 2001. Inkjet arrows, "LS", date and serial number

This is another instance where a postal marking is not a cancellation.

Although modern inkjet postmarks may be found on the back of envelopes, this type on the back is from the automatic OCR process (Collect British Postmarks section 27)

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 00:44:41 am

locakart wrote:

London / - 73 -
19 May 1982. 7 wavy lines with "- C -" over date

Mis-sort mark, Collect British Postmarks, p187. 73 = West Central District Office

locakart · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 00:59:55 am

norvic wrote:

locakart wrote:

LS (= Leeds)
21 July 2001. Inkjet arrows, "LS", date and serial number

This is another instance where a postal marking is not a cancellation.

Although modern inkjet postmarks may be found on the back of envelopes, this type on the back is from the automatic OCR process (Collect British Postmarks section 27)

As I must have said somewhere, I knew very little about postmarks / cancellations / postal markings so am putting everything I can find up for use on the database. And finding a lot more out about them so that I now know a little rather than very little...

Not having a copy of Collect British Postmarks to reference, I presume that OCR = Optical Character Recognition or something similar.

Is the LS = Leeds as I surmised - that's where the envelope was both posted to and from - or is the LS a chance combination or does it mean something else?

norvic · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 01:03:12 am

I'm pretty sure LS will mean the area of posting, though not the delivery area. The arrows are for alignment and have no meaning.

locakart · **Posted:** Wed Apr 25, 2012 01:15:18 am

norvic wrote:

I'm pretty sure LS will mean the area of posting, though not the delivery area. The arrows are for alignment and have no meaning.

Thanks for the information. Something else I have learned about British postmarks, which turn out to be a lot more interesting than Leaders of the World stamps. :!:

That's of course more interesting for me. Chacun à son goût.

locakart · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 20:29:06 pm

Some London postmarks.

London. S.W.1. / - C -
8 August 1969. 7 wavy lines
22 July 1970. 7 wavy lines

London S.W.1. / - C -
30 November 1981. "Remember to use the Post Code".
"London" no longer has a stop after it as it had in the earlier wavy lines postmarks.

London S.W.1. / - C -
2 December 1981. "A Happy Christmas The Post Office"

London S.W.1. / - C -
5 January 1982. "Remember to use the Post Code"

London S.W.1. / - C -
10 February 1982. "Scouts help others The year of the scout 1907 - 1982"

locakart · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 20:43:22 pm

London S.W.1. / - D -
18 May 1982. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

London S.W.1. / - F -
1 February 1982. 7 wavy lines

With a label for First Class use rather than the usual hand stamped or printed boxed "1".

London. S.W.1 / Gt. Britain. E
12 July 1950. Red machine mark "Official Paid" set vertically within 7 wavy lines.
This postmark has a stop after "London" but NO stop after "S.W.1".

locakart · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 20:56:40 pm

Some more London paid marks in red ink.

London / Gt. Britain.B
2 July 1947. Red ink "Official Paid" set vertically within 7 wavy lines

This is on a large Air Ministry envelope which contained my late uncle's invitation to an award ceremony.

London W C. / 1st / Gt. Britain
19 May 1982. Red single circle hand stamp. There is something between "1st" and the date and what might be something between the date and "Gt. Britain", but they are both as illegible as the "Brita" of "Britain".

Official Paid / 12 / London W.C.
8 February 1982. Red single circle hand stamp

norvic · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 21:12:28 pm

locakart wrote:

Some more London paid marks in red ink.

London W C. / 1st / Gt. Britain
19 May 1982. Red single circle hand stamp. There is something between "1st" and the date and what might be something [PAID] between the date and "Gt. Britain", but they are both as illegible as the "Brita" of "Britain".

The other 'missing' element is probably a number.

locakart · **Posted:** Thu Apr 26, 2012 23:44:24 pm

Two Customs marks from Mount Pleasant in London.

Mount Pleasant / P.O. Customs / Depot / London / EC1A 1BB / C19
11 June 1991. Single circle handstamp

Royal Mail Mount Pleasant / 88 / Primary Customs Cleared
(2)0 September 2006. Single circle handstamp

On a Hong Kong CN22 Customs label

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 00:04:23 am

Londonderry
14 April 1997. 7 wavy lines

"While the city is more usually known as Derry, Londonderry is also used and remains the legal name." says Wikipedia. This is Londonderry in Northern Ireland not the village in North Yorkshire.

Manchester / - L -
30 September 1970. "Port of Manchester For Personal Service"

With a picture of a very large ship. The Ship Canal transformed Manchester from a landlocked city into a major sea port, at its height the third-busiest port in the United Kingdom.

Newcastle Upon Tyne / A
16 February 1982. 7 wavy lines

Northallerton / Yorkshire
29 April 1947. 7 wavy lines

This has the earlier Tudor Crown in the indicium. It was replaced in 1953 by the bowed arch St Edward's Crown.

Northallerton is a town with only 15,741 inhabitants. It is also the county town of North Yorkshire, the largest county in England.

Nottingham / - B -
17 March 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

With an OHMS Recorded Delivery etiquette from the Nottingham Land Registry Office.

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 02:03:33 am

A TPO mark

North East'n T.P.O. NT, Down / - 1 -
16 April 1968. Double circle hand stamp

Posted by my father in the box on the York-London train on 16 April 1968. He did not pay the extra fee for posting the card directly into the box on the train, so the card also got the following:

1D / 21-22 / 1 // To Pay / Posted In / T.P.O. / Late Fee / Not Paid.
16 April 1968. A hand stamped rectangular To Pay cachet.

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 02:17:29 am

- Portree - / Isle of Skye
15 August 1995. "Visit The Isle Of Skye"

Portree (Gaelic: Port Rìgh) is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides.

6 Portsmouth & / Isle of Wight
9 February 1982. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

Reading / - Berks -
8 February 1982. "Remember To Use The Postcode"
10 February 1982. "Remember To Use The Postcode"

Salisbury / Wilts
28 October 1981. "Today's Post Office in business to serve you"

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 03:01:50 am

Sevenoaks / - Kent -
28 January 1982. 7 wavy lines

Shepherds Bush / - W.12 -
10 December 1981. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

Shipton-By-Beningbrough / - York -
14 November 1973. Double circle hand stamp with "A" over date

This is an extension of the date for this village postmark.

Skipton / - Yorkshire -
12 January 1971. "Skipton Gateway To The Yorkshire Dales"

This is another date extension.

Slough / - Berks. -
1 December 1981. "A Happy Christmas The Post Office"

Slough / - Berks. -
5 February 1982. "Remember to use the Post Code"

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 03:07:42 am

Southampton / - (Star) -
10 April 1973. Single circle hand stamp with time under date.

This was used on an envelope which was underpaid, so it also got the following cachet:

2P / 723 // More To / Pay / Above.........Oz.
2p To Pay cachet in rectangular frame applied on 10 April 1973 in violet ink. 723 = Southampton.

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 03:20:38 am

St. Albans / - Herts -
4 December 1981. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

Stoke-On-Trent. Staffs / B.3.
25 February 1977. "Stoke-On-Trent is a mechanised Letter Office Please Use Postcodes"

Talyllyn Railway / Towyn / Merioneth / Railway Company
Dateless violet single circle handstamp used on 29 May 1959

This is one of the Welsh private railway stamps with a private cancellation. It is on a card with "Forward to York Station to be posted on arrival" in manuscript.

It therefore also has a York postmark over a 3d Welsh regional definitive which has been cancelled previously with the Talyllyn Railway postmark.

York
30 May 1959. 7 wavy lines

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 03:26:46 am

Truro Mail Centre / Cornwall
29 March 2007. Single circle hand stamp

Twickenham
26 November 1981. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

Twickenham
19 February 1982. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

Wish they'd make their minds up whether it's "Postcode" or "Post Code". :roll:

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 03:46:30 am

Lots of stuff from Wakefield in West Yorkshire.

Wakefield Yorkshire / A
5 November 1971. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

Wakefield Yorkshire / A.
24 February 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"
This differs from the 1971 postmark as the "A" is narrower and has a stop after it. The 1971 postmark has a dash over the date, the 1972 postmark has the time over the date.

Wakefield Yorkshire / - A -
2 April 1973. 7 wavy lines.

Just to confuse us all :shock:

this one has the time over the date, but no stop after the "A". AND internal lines inside the circle.

Wakefield Yorkshire / A
1974 23 December. 7 wavy lines

And this one has a dash and no stop after the very faint "A", but no internal lines. It also has the year over the day and month. :!:

Wakefield West Yorkshire / A
12 January 1977. 7 wavy lines

After the local government reorganisation of 1974, so that Wakefield was now in West Yorkshire instead of the West Riding of Yorkshire. No stop after "A", time over date. Year in the 'right place'. No internal lines - no room for them anyway.

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 05:14:12 am

locakart wrote:

Wakefield Yorkshire / A.
24 February 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"
This differs from the 1971 postmark as the "A" is narrower and has a stop after it. The 1971 postmark has a dash over the date, the 1972 postmark has the time over the date.

At the time, 1st class mail had a time in the postmark, 2nd class had no time (--).
At Christmas (ie week or two before) the time tended to be dropped for all mail, to save stopping the machines to change it.

locakart · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 19:57:41 pm

More from Wakefield

Wakefield West Yorkshire / B
15 August 1977. 7 wavy lines

Wakefield Yorkshire / C.
With a stop after "C"
13 December 1971. "Remember to use the Post Code!"
4 February 1972. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

As Norvic pointed out in the previous post, the 1st class usage has a time and the 2nd class has a dash over the date.

Wakefield Yorkshire / C
The font in the town mark is significantly larger. There is NO stop after "C".
27 February 1974. 7 wavy lines
20 June 1974. 7 wavy lines

Wakefield West Yorkshire / C
25 February 1980. 7 wavy lines

norvic · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2012 21:19:08 pm

Snaffled from a website which had several FDCs with this postmark for sale. I would have had one but couldn't find enough to meet the minimum order for these cheap covers.

Ampleforth College / Yorks 21 NO 79 double ring with arcs, 'B' handstamp. Continued through to at least 1983, still using its own registered label.

locakart · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 01:48:21 am

A couple of additional Wakefield Yorkshire B's that turned up from another source.

Wakefield Yorkshire / B.
14 June 1973. 7 wavy lines
17 June 1974. 7 wavy lines

locakart · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 01:55:49 am

A postmark on a loose article label which was stuck onto the face of the envelope.

West Central Dist. Office / Opening Duty / A1 / R.L. Section
19 May 1982. Single circle hand stamp

And one which was on a Parcel Force card accompanying a damaged package.

Parcel Recovery Section / Yorkshire / Distribution Centre / Leeds
30 July 1996. Single circle hand stamp

locakart · **Posted:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 02:03:46 am

West Glamorgan / - 3 -
17 February 1977. "Lliw Valley Neath Swansea Afan Port Talbot"

All on a map of the County of West Glamorgan. The envelope is from the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Centre in Swansea. Now the DVLA - Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency - who send you the good news that your car tax is due.

Weybridge / - Surrey -
13 September 1971. 7 wavy lines

That's it for this lot - except for about a dozen postmarks from York which will follow later.

locakart · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 00:03:10 am

York postmarks - some of these are extensions of first and last dates.

York
2 July 1943. 7 wavy lines

York
27 July 1951. 7 wavy lines. Now with an inner line inside the circle.
1 August 1951. 7 wavy lines
23 May 1952. 7 wavy lines

Some more examples of the Tudor Crown used until 1953.

York
6 January 1971. "City of York 1900th Anniversary Celebrations Jan - Dec - 1971"

And this is the St Edward's Crown in a television screen shaped frame rather than a circle.

locakart · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 00:22:16 am

York
7 August 1972. "To preserve a heritage Historic Churches Trust"
21 August 1972. "To preserve a heritage Historic Churches Trust"

These are both on Canada Post envelopes which were forwarded on as the addressee had moved from York.

York
21 September 1972. 7 wavy lines. Time over date

This is another forwarded Canada Post envelope.

York
28 February 1973. 7 wavy lines. Dash over date

York
14 November 1973. "York Living History"

With a view of one of the city's bars and part of the city wall which still survives almost complete. Bars = Gates. Gates = Roads. Mickle = Big. Micklegate Bar is the Gate at the end of Mickle Road. York's Danish heritage.

Pub = Bar. York's modern day heritage of the famous Micklegate Pub Run. Much more interestingly for some, the York postmark is on a letter posted in what was then Western Samoa but is now just Samoa. How many days ago is a problem because of the movement of the International Date Line.

Micklegate Bar

locakart · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 04:26:17 am

Last two from York. :!:

York / - B3 -
3 May 1972. "York Races May 9th, 10th, 11th"

York CFC / - C1 -
17 March 1997. "Send a Card for Easter 30 March"

One for chicken and egg collectors.

locakart · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2012 06:34:10 am

And to finish this batch, a cover with multiple marks.

Sent in a Mexborough Grammar School envelope in March 1976 to Harlington. Harlington is a small village about 2 kilometres north of Mexborough.

But the letter seems to have been posted in Sheffield. There is a postmark:

Sheffield. 12 May 1976. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

If only they had thought to "Remember to use the Post Code!". Somebody thought it might be the Harlington near Bletchley in Bedfordshire. But it wasn't and has been sent on from Bedford:

Bedford 18 March 1976 "Remember to use the Post Code!"

If not Harlington in Bedfordshire, it might well be the Harlington which is part of Hayes and Harlington in Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Hillingdon).

But it was not:

"No Such Street/Place in ... ... ... ... ... ..." with "Hayes / Middlesex" inserted. Hand stamped cachet in violet

So it has been sent back with a boxed two line cachet hand stamped in violet:

"Undelivered For Reason Stated / Return to Sender"

It is now postmarked from Southall in Middlesex:

Southall / - Middlesex - 20 March 1976 with 7 wavy lines:

Bottom post mark here but there is also an offset:

It has gone round back to Southall, so somebody new has written "P.T.O." in blue pencil on the front and circle the Mexborough Grammar School badge on the back.

It has the been resent from Southall on 22 March 1976:

Top postmark now.

When it got back home to Mexborough, it has been opened. According to the lady I got this from, the contents were then put in a new envelope and sent properly addressed.

skilo54 · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 15:56:32 pm

Hi folks,

It's been a while..... :oops:

I hope you are all well! Quite the run you've been on Locakart, holy moly!

A few random additions from me for the database, a Downey fix for you all! :lol:

LITTLEBOROUGH
7:45PM
MR 28
12
1
(Ø=22.5mm)

skilo54 · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 16:00:33 pm

TOLLCROSS
1:30PM
JU 29
12
GLASGOW
(Ø=23.5mm)

skilo54 · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 16:02:32 pm

RYHOPE
C
AP 8
13
(Ø=20mm)

skilo54 · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2012 16:09:25 pm

COPTHORNE Bxx?
3:30 PM
AU 3
11
CRAWLEY
(Ø=25mm)

stampway · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 15:50:43 pm

stampway wrote:

Torrington

Hello folks,

:oops:

the cover above with Torrington postmark is a forged postal history by medley cover and stamps, yestoday Scott and Glen had pointed out this:
http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=35634

ZhangCheng :oops:

Machaggis52 · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 21:18:01 pm

tallanent wrote:

skilo54 wrote:

Ofe??haw.D.O.2, Manchester (sorry for the clarity)

I sure hope this is the sort of thing you are looking for and I haven't just nuked your thread! I am sure we could convince the mods to hit the big red delete button if need be.

Anyways, Good Luck with your Database tallanent!

Skilo54

Sure is the sort of thing I am looking for .... thanks again

The one shown with the uncertain name I have filed for later ... once I get a possitive ID on the place / office - I will add it in

All the extras with Manchester at the base are now in place ...

OPENSHAW I think. Google does come up with that name.

norvic · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 23:48:03 pm

locakart wrote:

Twickenham
26 November 1981. "Be properly addressed Postcode It"

Twickenham
19 February 1982. "Remember to use the Post Code!"

Wish they'd make their minds up whether it's "Postcode" or "Post Code". :roll:

I've only just noticed this comment. Originally it was "Postal Code"

That's one of the originals which was not resurrected for the 50th anniversary. Others were borrowed by Norwich from BPMA:

tallanent · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 13:31:10 pm

Machaggis52 wrote:

tallanent wrote:

skilo54 wrote:

Ofe??haw.D.O.2, Manchester (sorry for the clarity)

I sure hope this is the sort of thing you are looking for and I haven't just nuked your thread! I am sure we could convince the mods to hit the big red delete button if need be.

Anyways, Good Luck with your Database tallanent!

Skilo54

Sure is the sort of thing I am looking for .... thanks again

The one shown with the uncertain name I have filed for later ... once I get a possitive ID on the place / office - I will add it in

All the extras with Manchester at the base are now in place ...

OPENSHAW I think. Google does come up with that name.

I agree with Openshaw and the really silly thing is that the name was already listed in the database - which is what the darn thing was created for ... :oops:

Everything else to this point is now listed as well as a lot of information from a collection that I had access to for only a short period - hence the delay with the posts on here.

I hope that the updates and additional information make up for the delay and will continue adding more details in a day or so - as I need to give my fingers a rest

Many thanks to all who have posted

ALLAN

tallanent · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 13:20:49 pm

The following has just been listed in the database ...

Why is this important .... simply as it takes the total of illustrated items to over 60 percent

Without all the help that has been offered by members here - getting to this stage would have taken much longer - so once again I would like to say Thanks to everyone who has posted on this thread as well as to those who have sent items direct by email.

I still have many 100's of scans to work through which will expand details or add in new places / variations and this will be ongoing as I seem to be getting scans in faster than I can check and update the details -- but at least the project will not become static ..

An idea that has been suggested ...

Actually there are two suggestions - and I would like to hear what users here think ..

First -- the ability to search only machine roller postmarks or machine rollers with slogans.

Would this be useful?

If so this should be fairly simple to put in place.

Second -- the ability to log in and allow members to create a list of items they have in their collections. It was also suggested that this have the ability to add a user note to the selection.

I have no idea how I would put this in place -- but am willing to look into the problem if enough people wanted it

Look forward to any comments on these points or any other suggestions ...

ALLAN

tallanent · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 09:34:25 am

tallanent wrote:

An idea that has been suggested ...

Actually there are two suggestions - and I would like to hear what users here think ..

First -- the ability to search only machine roller postmarks or machine rollers with slogans.

Would this be useful?

If so this should be fairly simple to put in place.

Look forward to any comments on these points or any other suggestions ...

I have recieved some emails regarding this point and the general view was that the machine rollers with wavey or straight bars were just as easy to seach as any other postmark.

The problems, (it was suggested), would be encountered where it was known that the section to be searched for was part of a slogan - and in these cases all the other search results would make finding a match more time consuming.

With these points taken in, I have added another seach box at the bottom of the main page where the results are limited to only the slogan machines.

I hope this aids anyone who is seaching for these types of items

ALLAN

Xopher · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:25:16 am

Hello Allan - further to your email this morning (thanks!), I thought I would test the water here!

I visited Trenchard Lines, the Army camp at Upavon, Wilts, on 29 February and the postmistress had in her box not only the current mark but the previous mark when it was an RAF station. The mark is (hopefully) below. It was in use until 6 September 1993 when the base was transferred from the RAF to the Army. It has therefore not been used since, but she assembled it with the date I was there, 29 FE 12, so don't think that is evidence of contemporary use!

R.A.F. STATION UPAVON PEWSEY / WILTS

tallanent · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:41:21 am

Xopher wrote:

Hello Allan - further to your email this morning (thanks!), I thought I would test the water here!

Welcome aboard ....

Xopher wrote:

I visited Trenchard Lines, the Army camp at Upavon, Wilts, on 29 February and the postmistress had in her box not only the current mark but the previous mark when it was an RAF station. The mark is (hopefully) below. It was in use until 6 September 1993 when the base was transferred from the RAF to the Army. It has therefore not been used since, but she assembled it with the date I was there, 29 FE 12, so don't think that is evidence of contemporary use!

R.A.F. STATION UPAVON PEWSEY / WILTS

This mark has been added with the details to show that this was stamped to favour at the date.

They may have done this on other occasions - so having the details there at least lets people know the in / out of real use periods ...

ALLAN

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:43:25 am

Royal Mail / Nottingham / Mail Centre 6 wavy lines and slogan machine cancellation Please remember / to write the / postcode clearly / www.royalmail.com
29 February 2012

Xopher · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:47:29 am

tallanent wrote:

...This mark has been added with the details to show that this was stamped to favour at the date.

They may have done this on other occasions - so having the details there at least lets people know the in / out of real use periods ...

ALLAN

From what she said, I think it's unlikely it has been assembled since the day it transferred! I had to phone in advance to make arrangements to visit because obviously there are security checks so I had to be an expected visitor. She has been postmistress for about 18 years and she was very dubious whether the thing would even fit the wooden handle!

tallanent · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:48:44 am

Thanks Matt

The inkjet slogan now listed

ALLAN

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:53:16 am

Here are some others (random order)

Royal Mail Nottingham Mail Centre 6 wavy lines
25 February 2012

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 00:57:19 am

PRIORITY SERVICES / DEVON & EXTER 36mm single ring
10 April 2012

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 01:01:07 am

Royal Mail / South East Anglia / Mail Centre 6 wavy lines and slogan machine cancellation Please remember / to write the / postcode clearly / www.royalmail.com
16 April 2012

Xopher · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 01:03:26 am

This was posted to my parents, erroneously without a stamp, two days before Christmas in 1981 (when I was 5!).
However, the '1981' plug was inserted upside-down so it appears to have been posted in 1861.

BOURNEMOUTH POOLE / A 23 DEC [1981]1861

COLLECT BRITISH STAMPS, WORLDS GREATEST HOBBY

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 01:05:24 am

EDINGURGH / CFC4 with 7 wavy lines
2 April 2012


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