Mail from Thorncombe via Chard to Milan, 1831
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The entire below was sent from Sadborow Hall, Thorncombe to Milan in May
1831, taking 12 days to arrive. It first went in the Chard Penny Post
(Thorncom...
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Robert Burns first day postmarks - and some others
There's not much you can do for a commemorative postmark on Robert Burns apart from using his portrait, and so in the 15 postmarks we have added to the Burns webpage today, six of them show the man, one a thistle, one a mouse - but the official Edinburgh Bureau postmark shows a haggis!





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concorde,
Robert Burns,
Scotland,
special postmarks
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