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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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The
obliteration
of
postage-labels
in
their
passage
through
the
post,
requires
a
passing
notice.
Different
countries
obliterate
their
stamps
variously
and
with
different
objects.
In
France
they
obliterate
with
a
hand-stamp
having
acute
prominences
in
it,
which,
when
thrown
on
the
stamp,
not
only
disfigures,
but
perforates
it
with
numerous
dots
placed
closely
together.
In
Holland,
the
word
"Franco"
is
imprinted
in
large
letters.
Some
countries,
e.
g.
Italy,
Austria,
and
Prussia,
mark
on
the
label
itself,
the
name
of
the
despatching
town,
together
with
the
date
of
despatch.
In
England,
the
purpose
of
the
defacement
marks
is
primarily
to
prevent
the
stamp
being
used
again.
It
also
serves
to
show--inasmuch
as
the
obliterating
stamp
of
every
British
Post-Office
is
consecutively
numbered--where
the
letter
was
posted,
in
the
event
of
the
other
dated
stamp
being
imperfectly
impressed.
For
this
purpose
the
British
Postal
Guide
gives
a
list
of
the
post-towns
and
the
official
number
of
each.
The
mark
of
St.
Martin's-le-Grand
is
a
changeable
figure
in
a
circle,
according
to
the
time
of
day
during
which
the
letter
has
been
posted
and
struck;
for
the
London
district
offices,
we
have
the
initials
of
the
district,
and
the
number
of
the
office
given
in
an
oval.
The
figures
in
England
are
surrounded
by
lines
forming
a
circle;
in
Scotland
by
three
lines
at
the
top
and
three
at
the
bottom
of
them;
in
Ireland
the
lines
surround
the
figures
of
the
particular
office
in
a
diamond
shape.
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