Wednesday 3 August 2011

Bath: deciphering another postal rate

Here is another entire with a straight-line "BATH" cancel:


I think I've got the markings right, but who knows ?

Added later:   On a further view I think the extra annotation is probably "9/2" rather than "2/6", possibly a date.

Correction:  This is another one I got wrong, not understanding that the charges for mail going via London altered after 1796.  Here is a revised write-up:

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