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

PAID LETTERS AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. 27
Other and smaller types of " Paid " stamps were introduced later, the single rim
being used on the morning duty, and the double in the evening (Figs. 134-140).
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Fig, 134. Fig. 135. Fig. 136.
Fig. 137.
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Fig. ISS. Fig. 130.
Figs. 134-140.
General Paid Stamps.
Fig. 140.
[Note.—With reference to what is stated, on page 25, as to the existence of used
copies of the Penny " V.R.", it seems well to add that there is no doubt that a few copies
did pass through the post on letters at an early date. Copies of this and of the ordinary
id. and 2d. stamps were distributed as specimens, without being marked in any way to
prevent their use upon letters, and copies of the " v.R." could easily be used by postal
officials, or others into whose hands they might fall. They were not, of course, officially
"allowed to circulate," but some of them did so ; and no one at that time had any object
in getting them surreptitiously postmarked.—E. B. Evan.S.]