18/19TH CENTURY BISHOP MARKS; Range with 1752 EL to London with Edinburgh & London Bishop marks on rear, 1763 lengthy EL (contents ref. On our passage from Martinique to Guadeloupe we chaced [sic]....a sloop laden with sugar, she had 8 Spaniards on bd and three English men. The Spaniards cut the sloop out of a Bay in Martinique a few days before) to Crieff with "PORTS/MOUTH" h.s. and Edinburgh Bishop mark on rear applied in transit, 1771 printed EL to Inverness ex Edinburgh, rated '3'(?), deleted and re-rated '4'(d) on rear and rear also endorsed 'Dead' and a Bishop mark on the lower flap, 1799 EL to Glasgow with "TAIN" (Reversed "N") h.s. and Bishop mark on front applied in transit, 1799 local EL with Bishop mark and double-ring "4/PP/OCLOCK" h.s. on front, 1806 EL to Falkirk with Edinburgh Bishop mark on front (Auckland type E6) and rated '5'(d) and other similar examples. (53 covers) Cross Reference: INVERNESS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, FRENCH COLONIES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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19th CENTURY EDINBURGH & OFFICES PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS MAIL; Range with 1804 turned EL to Edinburgh with double-ring "ONE/PP/O.CLOCK" h.s. on front and readdressed to Perth, with framed "PENNY P.UNPAID" h.s. on front, 1806 EL to Edinburgh with framed "LEITH.PENNY/POST UNPAID" h.s. on front, 1807 local EL with Edinburgh d.s. and circular "6/EVENING" h.s. on front, 1819 local EL rated '1'(d) with framed "DUKE STREET/P.P.O" h.s. on front, 1820 reduced E to Leith ex Edinburgh pre-paid '1'(d), redirected back to Edinburgh with framed "POST/PAID" h.s. in Green and believed the only example in this colour, 1820 EL to Lauder with framed "PRESTONPANS/P.P.O/UNPAID" h.s. on front, 1821 EL to George Street with framed "LEITH WALK/P.P.O. UNPAID" h.s. on front, 1826 printed EL to St Andrew's Sq. with framed "HANOVER/STREET" and large bold "1" h.s. on front, 1834/35 E/EL to Edinburgh ex Leith with "2" h.s. in Blue on front, 1840 printed EL's to Perth or Ayr with Edinburgh large numeral "2" d.s. , 1840 E to Paisley with Edinburgh Paid d.s. and framed "PAID/1d EXTRA" h.s. on front, 1842 EL to Castle Street with "MORE/TO PAY" h.s. on front and rated '2'(d), 1889 printed local EL to Hanover St with "PAID ½" d.s. and other related examples. (91 covers) Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)
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EDINBURGH UNIFORM PENNY POST '2' MARK; 29 Jan. 1840 printed EL (small faults; medical report) to Edinburgh with v.fine fancy dated Edinburgh "2" d.s. mark on front. Uncommon and early use of this mark. Exhibition quality. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)
