Having moved to London, the stationery with the vignette of the Bath office fell out of use. This eample is from March 1899.
The Company traded less and less in the 20th century, with the 'Monthly Circular' stopping in 1923.
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Sunday, 8 October 2017
Alfred Smith & Son, now in London
This next cover is again from the transition period when the company is using up old postal stationery, with Bath crossed out and replaced with London. It was used in April 1897.
Having moved to London, the stationery with the vignette of the Bath office fell out of use. This eample is from March 1899.
The Company traded less and less in the 20th century, with the 'Monthly Circular' stopping in 1923.
Having moved to London, the stationery with the vignette of the Bath office fell out of use. This eample is from March 1899.
The Company traded less and less in the 20th century, with the 'Monthly Circular' stopping in 1923.
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Alfred Smith & Co., Foreign Stamp Importers (3)
From 1892 to 1897 Alfred Smith & Co. were using envelopes with a coloured vignette of their office in Bath, starting with a vignette in red. These two are from September and November 1893.
The next colour was green, though the top one is either olive green or grey. The top cover is from April 1894 and the bottom one from March 1895. The company is now Alfred Smith & Son.
These next two covers are both dated 24th April 1896.
The next cover is from March 1896 and Alfred Smith & Son are now Dealers in Postage Stamps for Collections, and have the Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular. The bottom cover from January 1897 shows the move of the premises to London.
The next colour was green, though the top one is either olive green or grey. The top cover is from April 1894 and the bottom one from March 1895. The company is now Alfred Smith & Son.
These next two covers are both dated 24th April 1896.
The next cover is from March 1896 and Alfred Smith & Son are now Dealers in Postage Stamps for Collections, and have the Alfred Smith & Son's Monthly Circular. The bottom cover from January 1897 shows the move of the premises to London.
Sunday, 1 October 2017
Alfred Smith & Co., Foreign Stamp Importers (2)
Continuing with Alfred Smith of Bath, here are some more envelopes with embossed stamps. These have red printing on the envelopes rather than green, and are embossed with different values.
Alfred Smith did not always use embossed stamps - this front below from an envelope to USA has an "Alfred Smith & Co., Bath" label with a scattering of eleven halfpenny stamps, dated October 1893.
Alfred Smith did not always use embossed stamps - this front below from an envelope to USA has an "Alfred Smith & Co., Bath" label with a scattering of eleven halfpenny stamps, dated October 1893.
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Alfred Smith & Co., Foreign Stamp Importers
The next few posts contain a series of items associated with Alfred Smith of Bath. A number of them are quite colourful. I'm not sure whether to categorise them as Commercial mail or Philatelic mail as they are both !
This first item is a plain One Penny UPU postcard, with a framed "Alfred Smith & Co." handstamp on the reverse, dated 13th January 1891.
Alfred Smith initially traded with his brother Henry Stafford Smith, going his own way from 1866 when his brother moved from Bath to Brighton.
From 1892 Alfred Smith & Co. traded as Foreign Stamp Importers, using embossed envelopes. These two examples are from April 1892.
This first item is a plain One Penny UPU postcard, with a framed "Alfred Smith & Co." handstamp on the reverse, dated 13th January 1891.
Alfred Smith initially traded with his brother Henry Stafford Smith, going his own way from 1866 when his brother moved from Bath to Brighton.
From 1892 Alfred Smith & Co. traded as Foreign Stamp Importers, using embossed envelopes. These two examples are from April 1892.
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