The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876 - John Hendy (1909)

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Fig. 739. Fig. 740.
The postmarks of the minor offices, the majority of which had previously been
known as County Penny Posts, were nearly all of a straight type (Figs. 741-751), most
of them impressed in blue or green inks of various shades. These offices became known
BAL LYE ASTON
BELFAST
Fig. 741.
GROOMSPrmT-—
Crawfordshurn
Fig. 742.
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Fig. 743. Fig. 744.
GRfEN ISLAND
BELFAST
Fig. 746.
BALLYMACARRin:r
Fig. 74S.
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Derri
Fig. 747. Fig. 748.
Fig. 749. Fig. 760. Fig. 751.-
as Receiving Houses, and were greatly extended as "guarantee" posts, the definition of
which posts has been explained in the previous volume. Shortly after the introduction
of the Uniform Penny Post, owing to the large increase of correspondence, the local
post (Penny and Twopenny Posts) accommodation of Dublin and its environs was
generally improved, additional and free deliveries being given to such outlying districts
as Clontarf, Drumcondra, Finglass, Raheny, Milltown, Dundrum, Rathfarnham, Templeogue,
Chapelizod, Castleknock, Leixlip, and even as far as Maynooth. The Lettercarriers
to these districts were conveyed in cars from the Chief Office in Dublin to the
commencement of their walks.