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

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—30 THE POSTMARKS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FROM mO.medium of the post had at various times been suggested by interested parties. Forvarious reasons the Post Office officials had objected to any such proposal, but particularlyon the ground that if it became known that the Mail Coaches were the onlyconveyances carrying such valuable packages, they would become the sole object forplunder, either by collusion or direct attack, thereby endangering all other valuableproperty circulated by means of the post. It was also a matter of notoriety that manyBankers' parcels, containing property to an immense amount, had been stolen fromcoaches from time to time, and with all the Bankers' exertions for the safety of theirproperty, their agents were repeatedly plundered.On the nth September, 1822, a Banker's parcel was stolen from the Ipswich MailCoach, containing value to the amount of nearly forty thousand pounds of re-issuablebank notes, which were in the charge of a confidential clerk of the owners, who travelled asa passenger by the coach. A reward of five thousand pounds was offered for informationwhich would lead to the arrest of the perpetrators of the robbery, but nothing further washeard of the matter, so that it was surmised that the affair was the work of confederateswho travelled as passengers by the same coach. This robbery led Bankers and theirfriends in Parliament to commence a strenuous agitation, and using all their influencewith the Government of the time, they promoted, early in the year 1825, a Bill in Parliament" For the conveyance of packets containing re-issuable Country Bank notes bythe post from London, and for granting rates of postage for the conveyance of suchpackets." This Bill became an Act of Parliament (5 Geo. IV. c. 20). One of the regulationsfor the conveyance of Bankers' parcels through the post was that no packet wasto be conveyed under the provisions of the Act unless it exceeded six ounces in weight.The charge for such packets was one-fourth of the ordinary postage rate, viz :— the samecharge for an ounce as for a single letter rate, and the contents of the packets should benothing whatever but " Notes issued by Country Bankers under annual license, andpayable at the houses of their respective agents in London (and which notes shall havebeen paid by such agents in London) for conveyance by post within Great Britain to theBank in the place at which such notes were first issued ;and to no other place." Undera later Act (i Vic. c. 36) it was enacted "That every person who shall send or causeto be sent a Banker's parcel, wherein or upon the cover whereof there shall be writing orcommunication or anything other than negociable notes contrary to the Post Office lawsor the regulations of the Postmaster-General, shall forfeit ^100."All regulation as to the conveyance of such parcels was vested in the Postmaster-General, whose officers were, in cases of suspicion that anything was contained in thepackets, save and except re-issuable notes, empowered under the Act to detain and openthem, after notice in writing had been sent to the sender. Among the various regulationsmade in the chief office, London, for dealing with the receipt and dispatch of suchparcels, was that they were to be prepaid and marked with a peculiar stamp that " willbe different from any now in use, and will be of the following shape" ;Fig. 140.
REGISTERED LETTERS AND BANKERS' PARCELS. 31With the introduction of the uniform penny postage in 1840, the charge for Bankers'parcels was fixed at the same as ordinary letters, with this exception, that ordinarypackets were not permitted to exceed 16 ounces in weight, whereas there was no limit^/.i Cofixed for Bankers' parcels, and the latter for some years continued to be treated exceptionally,their treatment being much the same as registered letters. Fig. 149 shows atype of mark used in red ink upon a Banker's parcel addressed as above.
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Page 35 and 36: PAID LETTERS AND OFFICIAL CORRESPON
Page 37: REGISTERED LETTERS AND BANKERS' PAR
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Page 59 and 60: LONDON DISTRICT. 51The Maltese Cros
Page 61 and 62: LONDON DISTRICT. 53Burlington House
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Page 75 and 76: SHIP LETTERS. 67The Ship-Letter Off
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'COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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CHAPTER XIII.HOME PACKET SERVICE.Th
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HOME PACKET SERVICE. 89the insular
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HOME PACKET SERVICE, 91coasts of Sc
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HOME PACKET SERVICE93Shetlands.HILL
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HOME PACKET SERVICE. 95Lewis and Ha
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CHAPTER XIV.SCOTLAND,Scotland, whic
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;"SCOTLAND.99In Scotland for many y
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SCOTLAND.lolipf^Tx;><rif)OrX!»o^Fi
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SCOTLAND. 103Chief Office only with
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SCOTLAND. 105For letters posted aft
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SCOTLAND. 107Edinburgh (see Fig. 72
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IRELAND.log^ JA 171959.:$LFig. 739.
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IRELAND.IllAs regards this arrangem
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IRELAND. "3attention." This was don
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IRELAND. "5^.252_-^77.-Fij. 803. Fi
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IRELAND. 117This stamp was supersed
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—POSTAGE STAMPS. 119" Pendant Lab
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POSTAGE STAMPS. 121Rose paper, was
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———POSTAGE STAMPS. 123Applica
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POSTAGE STAMPS. 125great boon, as a
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CHAPTER XVII.CONCLUSION.From the ti
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX C.LIST OF OBLITERATION MAR
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APPENDIX E.Number of Postage Stamps
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THE STANLEY GIBBONSPhilatelic Handb
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No. 9.—The POSTAGE STAMPS, etc.,F
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The Mulready EnvelopeAnd its Carica
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