Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Bristol Manuscript Marks

A little more Bristol here, with a selection of manuscript marks written on covers as the Offices under Bristol have tried to deliver them.  This first example from 1861 has a manuscript "Westbury" added to clarify the address, while the second cover from 1905 has a perhaps sarcastic "Try Henbury", that being what the address on the envelope reads.

This envelope, from London and addressed to "Montpellier" in May 1870 has been to Cheltenham and Bristol before being routed to France.

It is not clear if this cover posted from York in May 1889 and addressed to Major Maclean ever found him.  En route it went to Clifton.

In November 1894 the addressee of this cover was "Not Known".

The addressee, K. Savill was also "Not Known" at Redland, Bristol on this cover from India.

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