Postal Markings
Mail posted during the fourpenny post period were marked with a figure 4 applied either in manuscript, or with a handstamp that were issued to a limited number of cities in Great Britain and Ireland. No handstamp has been recorded for London, even though Dublin Glasgow and Edinburgh were issued with handstamps. Some towns appear to have obtained their handstamps from unofficial sources.
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