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Offline Sinann

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Postage Mark Completed
« on: Friday 08 May 15 10:43 BST (UK) »
Hi
I know this card was sent in 1916 as it's a 21st birthday postcard and I know it was sent to Ireland from somewhere in the UK but I don't know from where in the UK.
Unfortunately someone appears to have done a bit of stamp collecting and ripped most of the post mark away.
There isn't much to go on but has anyone any idea where it was posted, please.

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #1 on: Friday 08 May 15 10:52 BST (UK) »
Not sure if it is an R or an L after the B

I look forward to the resolution of this.

Meanwhile here is a link for you and others to a site which looks to be one that some may bookmark

http://philatelicweb.com/pmks/search11.php

No thanks needed but philately will get you somewhere  :)
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Son: Bull, Kneebone, Lehmann, Cronin, Fowler, Yates, Biglands, Rix, Carpenter, Pethick, Carrick, Male, London, Jacka, Tilbrook, Scott, Hampshire, Buckley

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 May 15 11:46 BST (UK) »
Blundellsands maybe?  It's 6 miles NW of Liverpool.

Harry.
Ballingall, Donaldson, Fulton, Gillespie, Ramsay, Walker - in Fife.
Bury - in Salford & Liverpool.
Jack - in Glasgow, Dunfermline & Dundee.
Bermingham/Birmingham - in Cork.
Eagle - in Norfolk, Edinburgh & Glasgow.

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #3 on: Friday 08 May 15 11:51 BST (UK) »
Pure guess Brunswick Liverpool.

Mike


Added. Not sure now,  the two place names are the best clue, but if it was going to Ireland the most visible stamp may just be an "in transit" stamp, that is, applied at Liverpool before it was transferred to the boat.

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #4 on: Friday 08 May 15 12:13 BST (UK) »
If it helps anyone, the postmarks of this same style that I have checked have the town or postal district written clockwise and the county or city written anti-clockwise.

Mike

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #5 on: Friday 08 May 15 12:43 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Henry7 on Friday 08 May 15 11:46 BST (UK)
Blundellsands maybe?  It's 6 miles NW of Liverpool.

Harry.
This could be it, it looks like a fairly good match on that site dgibbins02 linked to.

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #6 on: Friday 08 May 15 12:45 BST (UK) »
Quote from: mazi on Friday 08 May 15 11:51 BST (UK)
Added. Not sure now,  the two place names are the best clue, but if it was going to Ireland the most visible stamp may just be an "in transit" stamp, that is, applied at Liverpool before it was transferred to the boat.

That could put an end to figuring out where she was........
Oh well

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #7 on: Friday 08 May 15 13:07 BST (UK) »
 Maybe not I've had another look and I think the one we can see was applied first, with the least readable one on top.  If there was just one stamp on the card, stuck in the right place then the first strike may have missed the stamp and it's been overstruck to cancel the stamp.

Mike

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Re: Postage Mark
« Reply #8 on: Friday 08 May 15 13:10 BST (UK) »
I would go with Blundellsands, Liverpool.

The top bit looks like BL . . . . S.
And the bottom part looks like LI . . . . ?

Take a look at this example (sorry! It's on eBay!!):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2455-BLUNDELLSANDS-LIVERPOOL-Squared-Circle-Postmark-Cohen-Type-2nd-I-CT-/161681180361?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a4f306c9
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)
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