Glasgow Postmark ID Please

P.S. The filing information that the letter was received on 1st December (and postmark 29th November) would indicate that there was no Sunday delivery and that the next delivery was on the Monday and that therefore the 29th November was a Saturday.

On the last map that 'aryeh' provided, the town 'Eyemouth' that is being discussed is spelt "Eymouth". Was this a spelling mistake with the map maker or has its name been changed?

Scotzm: November 29th, 1845 was a Monday.

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Re place-names with variation in spelling...
http://www.spns.org.uk/oldnotes4.html

scroll down to SPELLING VARIATIONS and among them you can see EYMOUTH and EYEMOUTH

Mr GOOGLE says 29th November 1845 was a Saturday

Thanks guys for the excellent help I could not read that boxed postmark clearly so guessed Plymouth. Your correct it is Eyemouth. I tried to correct the listing but someone bid on 51 of my items including this one. That means ebay won't let me correct the title or description. I have added a note at the very bottom to say its Eyemouth. Would be good to have a look at some of my other QV covers listed to make sure I haven't made any further errors.

About deliveries at Edinburgh I can only add that they were 5, the last started at 6pm.

So too early for the letter showed.

On Sunday the delivery took place from 7-30am to 9am and from 4pm to 5pm BUT to persons calling at the Office only.

So now the note of 1 December makes perfect sense, so thanks scotzm for pointing out that!

It's amazing how many info can be deduced from a "simple" letter bearing a 1d red!

"It's amazing how many info can be deduced from a "simple" letter bearing a 1d red!"

I agree and it gives us a look into how life was one hundred and seventy years ago... the day when the letter was posted, coach times, coach routes, recipient address, recipient profession, how streets and towns/cities looked at that time, delivery route and date... more research might actually find the name of the postman ... all that and more probably adds little to the monetary value of the cover but the philatelic value is enhanced greatly and we all learn a little bit more.

Is researching these old letters with 1d red stamps on them more fun than collecting loose 1d red stamps?

duncanvr,

your ebay shop contains many interesting letter.

And time permitting I'd like to add some comments, not necessarily corrections.

I post here but maybe a new topic could be created, I don't know.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1822-WRAP...201584902696

1822 WRAPPER LIEUTENANT ROCH TO LONDON MARINE AGENSTS SOUTHAMPTON SHIP LETTER


>1/5d RATE CORRECT RATE TO BE COMING FROM FRANCE BUT NO SIGN OF ORIGIN.

The charge of 1/5 ( 17d ) was calculated as:
- 8d, incoming ship letter
- 9d, inland rate Southampton - London

The main reason you will find the name of the city inside the ship letter postmark was to allow the postmaster to calculate the inland rate.

Hi aryeh if you list some images from my shop please also include my full ebay title so I can check each one. I list hundreds of old letters and stamped letters / covers from week to week I like the ones all before ww2. Prestamps are interesting to. You could post a new topic lets look at these fasinating letters in duncanvrs ebay shop:) Then post scans one at a time and comments:)

Is researching these old letters with 1d red stamps on them more fun than collecting loose 1d red stamps?

I absolutely agree.

And this is an example of a letter I bought some years ago:

https://letterstamper.wordpress.com...ree-sisters/

Philately and postal history only helped to trace an history of people !

p.s.
I just added a direct link and the description of your letter on my prev post.

Wow great research in your link.

I gave away loose stamps years ago in place of postal history theres just so many interesting infos you can find from an old letter or cover with or without a stamp on it.