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G.P.O. Circular Date Stamps



                                                pre-stamp postal mark

                                                      I










                                                       25mm. diameter

                                                     in use as late as 1887




                                             contemporary postal  marks



                             type GP0-1                 type GP0-2                 type GP0-3










                           20mm. diameter             19mm. diameter             21 mm. diameter
                      not known on  postage stamps   number "1" above date     "A" to "D" above date
                                                    e.d.k.  - 25 Jun. 1863      e.d.k. - 2 Aug. 1879
                                                     l.d.k. - 9 Jan.  1878      l.d.k. - 14 Jui.  1892




                                          Parish Circular Date Stamps




                       type "1"                       type "2"                        type "2"
                                                                        Parish             e.d.k.    l.d.k.
                                                                        "2" (Christchurch)  JN/21/73  MR/23/86
                                                                        "3" (St.  Philip)   DE/30/75  DE/23/01
                                                                        "4" (St.  George)   MR/16/72  AU/24/86
                                                                        "5" (St.  John)   JA/15/84  JA/10/87
                                                                        "6" (St.  Joseph)   NO/29183  JN/2/86
                                                                        "7" (St.  James)   JA/9/84  AU/11 /86
                                                   19mm. diameter       "8" (St.  Thomas)   AP/1 8/84  AU/16/86
                    20mm. diameter                (used in 3, 6, 7, 11)   "9" (St.  Andrew)
            Parish  number sideways in  3rd line   21 mm. diameter      "1 0" (St.  Peter)   MR/21 /68  SP/9/86
              not known on  postage stamps       (used  in 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)   "11 " (St.  Lucy)   AP/26/67  MY/20/86
                                               Parish  number above date










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