Great Britain - Cancellation ID Requested

Hi guys,

I picked this up at the local stamp show. I was wondering if someone knew the nature of this cancellation.



Thanks!

That's a Lombard Street cancellation. The London Lombard St post office used to serve the central area of the city.

It is a duplex cancel. You can just see the 'cancel' part in the top right corner.
I think the L1 denotes a late fee.

Lombard Street Head Office London East Central.

This Post Office first opened in 1678

Eventually transferred to St Martin LeGrand
and Lombard street was demolished.


Lombard Street Duplex on 10 shilling:



Lombard Street Duplex on a "half a crown" value


Lombard street (later Branch Office) East central CDS
1905 cancel (HB PERFIN )



The Original Lombard Street:

BTW: Thanks Anthony for identifying the "L1" late fee code,
unknown by me prior.

and is the St Matins le Grand building the one that was demolished and replaced by the one outside of which Sir Rowland Hill statue now stands?

Thanks to all. Great info. I will have to learn more about late fees.

Unsure here Anthony,
and books packed away at moment.

So I did a bit of brushing up and I have discovered the following: Late fee cancellations (in some countries there were late fee stamps) were used in various contries to denote a surcharge paid to deliver postal items after the last the post office had closed the outgoing mail for the day. It remains for me to find out what the late fee rate was at the time this particular stamp was used (my guess would be 1.5d).

Gee, smauggie, I would very much doubt it,
late fees were just a few pence IIRC.


Late Fee markings:
Australia and Panama

Australia's late fee max was 5d in 1960

Hi Rod,

Isn't 1.5d the same thing as 1.5 pence (pre decimal)? Not sure what IIRC is.

Ahhhhh! I see,
I thought you were saying 1 shilling and 5d

Yes a penny hapenny seems about right.

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly

Thank you!

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My eyes keep going back to that stamp. She sure is pretty with her peppermint stripes and mint green center. Looks like a piece of candy.

Late Fees..an Australian perspective, for those interested

http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/a...tralia-1963/

Smauggie, I like these British "candy" Issues :)
In my opinion, this was the golden age of GB philately
from the first few awkward steps of the Penny Black,
to these when confidence and design and colour took hold.
Attractive stamps with great postmarks, a philatelic feast.

Some more candy.











Mmm. Butterscotch

Turmeric sprang to mind