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Great Britain Queen Victoria to QEII Postal history, covers, entires, letters all posted items with postal markings postmarks and franking's also known as obliterations. The desired effect is to make sure the stamps are not re used.
Vast numbers of letters still get through the postal system. These are often illegally re used by soaking them off the envelopes.
Sending letters has been part of our social history for as many years as we learned to write. The very first postage stamp was issued in the reign of Queen Victoria which was the 1d one penny black stamp.
This was issued on the 6th May 1840. There were 12 plates used and can be found catalogued in The Stanley Gibbons Queen Victoria Concise Catalogue. The plates used were plate 1a to plate 11. Plate 11 being the rarest.
This was closely followed by the 1840 2d blue and shortly after in 1841 by the penny red. All these stamps were imperforated.
The majority of these were removed from the envelopes or entires and put into stamp collections.
The remainder were left on the covers and are known as postal history. This cover had the address stamp and postmark on the front plus on the reverse usually had a receiving postmark or backstamp. Also known today as franking or obliterations (postmark).
Early postal history is very desirable to collect and has far more of interest to the collector than stamps alone. These covers are rarer because not as many survived having the stamps removed.
Prior to the release of the first postage stamp all mail was sent in the same way but had various marks or notations on the front to denote the rate paid for that particular letter or entire. These covers are know as prestamp or stampless entires. However the stampless entire was still used well into the period after the issue of the penny black. There are many publications on this subject. And it is a vast area to cover.
There are many postal history societies throughout the UK. a few are listed below. Or just serch google.
Forces postal history society
Postal history society
Scottish postal history society
This was issued on the 6th May 1840. There were 12 plates used and can be found catalogued in The Stanley Gibbons Queen Victoria Concise Catalogue. The plates used were plate 1a to plate 11. Plate 11 being the rarest.
This was closely followed by the 1840 2d blue and shortly after in 1841 by the penny red. All these stamps were imperforated.
The majority of these were removed from the envelopes or entires and put into stamp collections.
The remainder were left on the covers and are known as postal history. This cover had the address stamp and postmark on the front plus on the reverse usually had a receiving postmark or backstamp. Also known today as franking or obliterations (postmark).
Early postal history is very desirable to collect and has far more of interest to the collector than stamps alone. These covers are rarer because not as many survived having the stamps removed.
Prior to the release of the first postage stamp all mail was sent in the same way but had various marks or notations on the front to denote the rate paid for that particular letter or entire. These covers are know as prestamp or stampless entires. However the stampless entire was still used well into the period after the issue of the penny black. There are many publications on this subject. And it is a vast area to cover.
There are many postal history societies throughout the UK. a few are listed below. Or just serch google.
Forces postal history society
Postal history society
Scottish postal history society
Other areas of interest for the postal history collectors are as listed below.
AIRMAILS. Letters sent via commercial aircraft.
BALLOON MAIL, Letters posted and carried by balloon
TIN CAN MAIL, Letters posted in sealed tin cans and floated by tide to their destination.
PAQUABOT, Posted at sea
CENSORED MAIL, Armed forces mail, sent during conflict including POOW prisoner of war and was usually censored..
PRE STAMP, Mail sent in the years prior to the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamp.
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BALLOON MAIL, Letters posted and carried by balloon
TIN CAN MAIL, Letters posted in sealed tin cans and floated by tide to their destination.
PAQUABOT, Posted at sea
CENSORED MAIL, Armed forces mail, sent during conflict including POOW prisoner of war and was usually censored..
PRE STAMP, Mail sent in the years prior to the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamp.
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