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A Piece of By Rev. J. Raymond Corbett Scottish Postal History Fig. 1. Local letter Manor to Peebles, dated January 19, 1856, shows One Penny Red tied by Peebles ‘279’ cancel. Fig. 2. Shows boxed MANOR name stamp. GET ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON CANADIAN PHILATELY Nearly half our members come from the other side of the pond. They enjoy our quarterly award-winning magazine, Maple Leaves. Some of them come to our annual convention Are you missing out? For a complimentary copy of Maple Leaves and further information write to the Secretary: John Wright, 12 Milchester House, Staveley Road, Meads, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 7JX UK SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN CANADA I believe it rarely happens that a stamp article brings to light information about one’s own family history. However, this is what happened in an article in a recent issue of the Scottish Post, the journal of the Scottish Postal History Society. The article in question was about the Post Office in the small village of Manor (pronounced May-nor by the locals) located about five miles S.W. from the county town of Peebles in the borders of Scotland. In 1861 the population was 247. The post office opened in 1851 and a boxed name stamp was introduced the same year known philatelically as type D1 (sans serif capitals in oblong frame). An example was illustrated in the article, but the one shown here is from my own collection (Figs. 1 and 2). Manor was served by a messenger from Peebles six days a week to pick up the mail which was carried back to the main post office in Peebles for cancellation. The original post office in Manor was closed in 1861. The Postmaster was a John Horsburgh who was also the blacksmith. His salary as Postmaster was £3 a year. The post office, of course, was his home which is still standing – now an estate office of the Duke of Lothian. The smithy, too, is still there, although in ruins. I know the name well because John Horsburgh was my great-great grandfather. But what I did not know until I read the article was that he was the first Postmaster in Manor. I doubt he could ever imagine, on the 19th of January, 1856, when he applied the Manor name stamp on a letter to Peebles that one day it would end up in Canada in the hands of his great-great grandson. 142 May - June / Mai - Juin 2004
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