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GB Queen Victoria FB And Wdo Cancels

 
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Posted 03/10/2011   8:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add mhc99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I recently went through my old GB QV stamps and noticed four that were cancelled with FB and another one cancelled with what appears to be WDO. Can anyone shed some light on what these cancels mean and possibly where they were applied?










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Posted 03/10/2011   9:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Based on Rod's training, I would say he WDO looks like a rubber parcel cancel.
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Posted 03/10/2011   9:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I believe the FB are "Foreign Branch" for international mail. I think there was a recent thread about these.
Edit: https://goscf.com/t/12242&SearchTerms=bureau
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Edited by Russ - 03/10/2011 9:42 pm
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Posted 03/10/2011   10:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mhc99 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Russ, thanks for the info and link that cleared up my confusion about FB.

Does anyone know what "WDO" means?
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Posted 03/10/2011   11:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Nice going Smauggie!

yes, a GB 2-ring rubber parcel cancel...."W.D.O" is a mystery.

Probably London, something like Western Despatch Office.
A nice example for research.

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Posted 03/11/2011   12:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Not saying this is it, but there is a Western District Office that formed a part of London's old post office rail system:



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Posted 03/11/2011   01:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Puzzler to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Excellent map Cjd, where does one find such treasures?
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Posted 03/11/2011   03:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
SCF delivers yet again,
I have snatched the scan and scarpered off into the night.

I'll go western district office.
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Posted 03/11/2011   10:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Cjd to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
where does one find such treasures?


Why, SCF, of course.

I know I didn't scan it (I don't have a hard copy, and it is a GIF), so I picked it up somewhere off the internet. I must have renamed it (though I don't typically use underscores), because Google couldn't find the file name.

I wonder if Collect British Postmarks discusses marks for the London underground mail train system? The system looks pretty limited in scope, geographically. Perhaps an interesting little sideline...a page with the map surrounded by stamps from some/all of the stations?
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Posted 03/11/2011   11:01 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mhc99 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone who contributed to this post. I really am impressed with the knowledge and helpfulness of SCF members. By the way, I checked in my glassines and found another FB cancel but this time it appears be inside a triangle.



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Edited by mhc99 - 03/11/2011 11:41 am
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Posted 03/25/2019   7:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Osburgh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is GV cover to add to the samples

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Posted 03/25/2019   9:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice,
you can see the impression of the knurled advancing wheel, to take the cover through the machine.

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Posted 03/26/2019   02:45 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bobby De La Rue to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
WDO is Western District Office.

The triangular marking was used on circulars, the giveaway being the ½d rate.
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