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PeaceHavens is normally for the identification of 18/19th century
Russian Flax/Hemp Lead Bale Seals
by Ged Dodd, Director of the Project, however he has been
press-ganged into listing Post Office Seals.
Post Office
Seal Identification
For identification please
send large photos of your seal,
both sides, your name
and where
found to
jed.dodd@blueyonder.co.uk
or visit and join our
group The Lead
Bag Seal Identifier
This site has two pages
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for Page Two - Photos of Post Office Seals found to date
-History
of the Post Office
Oliver Cromwell establishing the General Post Office in 1657.
In the early 1700s, a letter could take weeks or months to reach its destination if it ever got there at all. In
1784, John Palmer of Bath introduced the first horse drawn mail
coach, which also carried paying passengers.
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here for
an overview of British Postal History
.
In the early days the parcels were chiefly packed in
wicker hampers with heavy fastenings, but the weight
and cost of these receptacles rendered it necessary
to find something lighter. Many experiments were
made, & at last a receptacle was adopted with a
wicker body and a canvas top, which required no
metal fastenings, as the
A stylised
version of the St Edward's Crown - probably post 1953
A Square Post Office
Letter Sack Seal found on the Thames Foreshore by Christine
Fernbank.
Types of Post Office Seals
Square Round
Eagle/Dolphin/Griffin
IDS ПЕЧАТЬ / C:ПБУГ П:АМTA
SEAL / ST PETERSBURG POST
blank
IDS ПОЧТАМТЪ 11 ОТА
С.ПЕТЕРБУРГЪ
St.Petersburg Post Office
IDS ТИФЛИСЪ
*ПОЧТОВ. ТЕЛЕГР. КОНТОР.
6
Tbilisi Post Office
(Georgia)
IDS
ЖИТОМIРЪ
*ПОЧТ. ТЕЛЕГР. КОНТОРA.
8
Zhytomyr Post Office
(Ukraine)
When railways were in their infancy part
of the journey
of a mail was sometimes performed by
coach and part
by train. At the point where
the railway began the
coach was placed on a truck,
coupled to the
train.
Bullion in large quantities landed at Falmouth by the mail packets for despatch over
land to London. It was
placed on wagons, which journeyed the whole distance to London at a walking pace
whilst guarded by soldiers.
Dolphin & Griffin
1708-1715 square square square square square square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 square square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Dolphin & Griffin 1708-1715 Dolphin & Griffin 1708-1715 Eagle
& Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Les Graydon square Les Graydon square Christine Fernbank square Christine Fernbank square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 square square square square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 diamond cut Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 square square square round square round - crown round - crown round - crown round - crown round - crown square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Dolphin & Griffin
1708-1715 Dolphin & Griffin
1708-1715 Dolphin & Griffin
1708-1715 Dolphin & Griffin
1708-1715 square 1876 square G.P.O ? square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 square square Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708 Eagle & Dolphin 1691-1708
Round Crown Seals with WD Arrow used on Ammunition boxes and Sacks. round - crown
Arrow 1 T round - crown
Arrow 1 T round - crown round - crown
T 1 Arrow round - crown
Arrow 1 T round - crown Arrow 11 T round - crown
Arrow 2 T round - crown
Arrow 8 T
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The arms are those of the joint post masters from
1691-1708,
Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Frankland.
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Charles
I opened up his royal mail to the public in 1635
canvas top was tied with
string and sealed with wax. The use of wax seals by the Post Office prior
to 1905 is confirmed by the following quote, "Even in the
heating of the wax used in sealing the mail bags electricity is
brought into use. The wax is placed in small copper pans which
rest on electrical hot plates." His Majesty's Mails by Edward
Bennet. The latest improvement
on this is the substitution of a leaden seal for the old
wax sealing.
Even this much lighter receptacle is considered too heavy &
costly for the conveyance of ordinary parcels, & canvas sacks of
extra durability are now being generally used
for the conveyance of parcels across London & to and from
provincial towns. Parcels of a fragile nature when sent by
railway are still packed in wicker receptacles for security. In 1911 the post office finally replaced wax seals used
in smaller post office regions with lead ones for sealing letter
and parcel sacks, although lead seals were probably used in the
larger post offices since Charles I. In 1916 they made the
seals thinner reducing the amount of lead by 19% thus saving
£1,770 per annum. The Post Office Controller of Stores supplied
the lead to the seal manufacturers directly. These manufacturers
were, Dunham White & Co Ltd., J.N.Lyons Ltd., The Lead Seal
Manufacturing Co. and Walkens, Parker & Co. Ltd. (ref. The
British Postal Museum & Archive)
1207
ПЕЧАТЬ C:П(ETEP)БУГ П(OЧ)АМTA
the Seal of St Petersburg
Postal Service
1982
(POST OFFICE dept 11)
S.PETERBURG
2037
(TIFLIS)
Modern day TBILISI
in GEORGIA
Post
& Telegraph Office
2137
(ZHYTOMIR in
modern Ukraine)
ВОЛЫНская.Губерния
VOLYN PROVINCE
Post
& Telegraph Office
ВОЛЫНская Г.уберния
is VOLYN Province
which
existed until 1925. However
since 1804 Zhytomyr was the main city in Volyn province.
Pictures
from Times Past
List of Towns
and Countries found to date
Town
Country
County
number
found by
notes
Baldock
England
Hertfordshire
PO 025
Nasher
Birmingham
England
West Midlands
PO 007
Allsopp
Birmingham
England
West Midlands
PO 008
Allsopp
Braintree
England
Essex
PO 069
Lesa Allen
Brechin
Scotland
Angus
PO 018
Darryl French
Brechin
Scotland
Angus
PO 064
Gavin Barnett
Castletown
Isle of Man
Castletown
PO 020
Peeler
Chichester
England
West Sussex
PO 045
SUSS-758286
Crewkerne
England
Somerset
PO 042
SOM-91C9A8
Crewkerne
England
Somerset
PO 043
SOM-921555
Dundee
Scotland
Angus
PO 048
Jim Solas
Edinburgh
Scotland
Lothian
PO 049
Jim Solas
Elmbridge
England
Surrey
PO 032
SUR-DCD5FS
Elmbridge
England
Surrey
PO 044
SUR-F47646
Elmbridge
England
Surrey
PO 038
SUR-865867
Elmbridge
England
Surrey
PO 039
SUR-C2001C
Elmbridge
England
Surrey
PO 040
SUR-DCD5F5
Eky
England
Cambridgeshire
PO 046
SF7333
Enniskillen
Northern Ireland
County Fermanagh
PO 001
Enniskillen
Northern Ireland
County Fermanagh
PO 002
Kensington -
South
England
Thames Foreshore
PO 012
Kensington -
South
England
Thames Foreshore
PO 012
Liverpool
England
Cheshire
PO 017
Paul Marshall
square
Nelson
England
Lancashire
PO 66
eBay
Nelson
England
Lancashire
PO 67
eBay
Oldbury
England
West Midlands
PO021
Allsopp
square
Portadown
Northern
Ireland
Derrycarne
PO 065
Ronnie Peters
Rotherham
England
South Yorkshire
PO 027
Goretex
square
Salisbury
England
South
Wiltshire
PO 031
WILT-AFD0C4
Eagle
& Dolphin 1691-1708
Saxmundham
England
Surrey
PO 009
Stephen Eves
square
Southampton
England
Hampshire
PO 003
Gary Smith
Southampton
England
Hampshire
PO 004
Gary Smith
Stafford
England
Staffordshire
PO 019
Allsopp
St Petersburg
Russia
St Petersburg
IDS1207
Lead Seal of St Petersburg Postal Service
St Edmundsbury
England
Suffolk
PO 033
SF-915043
St Marys
Scilly Isles
Scilly Isles
PO 023
Red Steve
Test Valley
England
Hampshire
PO 041
HAMP-878435
Tunbridge Wells
England
Kent
PO 010
Graham Clapham
Thames Foreshore
England
London
PO 047
Thames Mudlark
unknown
England
Yorkshire
PO 051
eBay
unknown
England
unknown
PO 005
Tattooed Detectorist
unknown
England
unknown
PO 006
Gary Smith
unknown
England
unknown
PO 011
Adam & Lisa
unknown
England
unknown
PO 013
Davejessex
unknown
England
unknown
PO 014
Davejessex
unknown
England
unknown
PO 015
Davejessex
unknown
England
unknown
PO 016
Davejessex
unknown
England
East Yorkshire
PO 022
DonnyDave
unknown
England
Yorkshire
PO 024
Angle/Ged
unknown
England
Essex
PO 026
Shaggy
unknown
England
North Yorkshire
PO 030
Ash
unknown
England
Wiltshire
PO 034
SimontheSearcher
unknown
England
unknown
PO 035
Adrian
unknown
UK
unknown
PO 052
Sarah Oliver
unknown
England
Sunderland
PO 028
Julie
unknown
England
Wiltshire
PO 036
SimontheSearcher
unknown
England
unknown (eBay)
PO 050
Ged Dodd
unknown
England
unknown
PO 053
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 054
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 056
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 057
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 058
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 059
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 060
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 061
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 062
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
PO 063
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
North Yorkshire
PO 068
Matt Bullimore
unknown
England
unknown
WD 01
Adam & Lisa
unknown
England
North Yorkshire
WD 02
PhilD
unknown
England
North Hertfordshire
WD 03
Nasher
Wetherby
England
North Yorkshire
WD 04
Bilox
unknown
England
unknown
WD 05
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
unknown
WD 06
Stuart F. Elton
unknown
England
Northampton
WD 07
Paul Atwo
unknown
England
unknown
WD 08
Kevin Lazio Pearce
Town
Country
County
number
found by
notes
Click here for an overview of British Postal History
Click here for list of British Post Offices built 1900 - 1919 with photos
Wikipedia General Post Office details
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