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

COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND WALES. 83
In 1857 it was decided to put both types out of use, and to introduce a neat type of
circular stamp, which was to be substituted for the old type as new stamps were
required (Figs. 520-522).
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Fig. 520. Fig. 521. Fig. 522.
In 1859 an important change was made, when it was decided that certain offices ot
a small class, where undated stamps were in use, should not be supplied with obliteration
stamps or double stamps, and where such had been supplied they were to be withdrawn.
In May, i860, the practice of stamping letters at town Receiving Offices, and all
other offices not money-order offices, was abolished as unnecessary. The reason given
for this decision was that a large number of letters posted in pillar and road boxes
already bore no stamp, and no difficulty arose from such an arrangement.
Figs. 523-528 are types of marks to be found in use at various offices. There are
many types of the ' Too Late " stamps.
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Fig. 525.
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Fig. 526.
Fig. 527. Fig. 52S.
A wheel hand obhterating stamp, known as the " Rotary," was in use at Manchester
(Fig. 529), and also a neat " Paid" stamp (Fig. 530).
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Fig. 629. Fig. 530.
The " Pearson Hill " machine stamps were introduced into the country post offices
early in the sixties. These stamps, although differing in the types of date-marks, will be
readily recognized by the types of the obliterating mark (see Figs. 531-535)-