Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Early Bath manuscript marks

This set of three entires all have manuscript marks, starting with this first entire from 1787 which has a manuscript "Missent to Bath" in (faded) red.  The entire is addressed to Bute in Scotland and went to Bath instead.

This next entire from 1800 has a black manuscript "Missent" and a faded red "Retn from Bath" as it was redirected to Harrogate.  Mail to Bath often had to be redirected as people coming to take the waters moved on, in this case to another spa town.

This entire from 1807 has a red manuscript "Retd from Bath" as it was redirected back to London.  It was charged 1/4d, twice the 8d charge for London to Bath.

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