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

LONDON DISTRICT. 53
Burlington House.
Edgware Road (South).
Langham Place (Hotel).
London Street (Paddington).
Notting Hill, Archer Street.
„ High Street.
WESTERN DISTRICT.
Oxford Street.
Piccadilly Circus.
Spring Street (Paddington).
South Audley Street.
Westbourne Grove (Paddington).
Young Street.
WEST CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Charing Cross.
Covent Garden.
Strand.
Holborn, No. 20.
Lincoln's Inn.
About 1873, with a view to giving an earlier morning delivery to the outlying London
Districts, a large extension of the District sorting offices took place within what was
termed the inner Suburban Division. The following are types Of stamps in use at these
offices (Figs. 294-302) :—
Fig. 294. Poplar. Fig. 205. Clapton. Fig. 296. Fig. 297.
Fig. 298. In some types a line is drawn between
the number and the letter, thus —
Fig.1299. This offlce'is No. 30B.
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LONDON. IV.E.
REGISTERED. C.
HOMERTOMEiFig.
300.
Fig. 301.