tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post6282766936270573396..comments2024-03-27T16:36:22.976+00:00Comments on Norvic Philatelics Blog: Local Handstamps for Windmills and Watermills stamp issueIan - Norvichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-59975827058897221792017-06-24T07:16:27.932+01:002017-06-24T07:16:27.932+01:00Thank you for this extra information John.
I'...Thank you for this extra information John.<br /><br />I'm sure if you sent your cover to the press office it would be replaced. The mail is supposed to be segregated so that it doesn't get the machine cancel in Belfast. Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-51247444712251604452017-06-23T22:33:47.666+01:002017-06-23T22:33:47.666+01:00The Ballycopeland postbox is indeed located in Ash...The Ballycopeland postbox is indeed located in Ashley Park, Millisle (Co. Down). The Mill Caravan Park is nearby but the postbox is not there, it's at the road junction where Ashley Park meets the Moss Road (B172). Moss Road is the direct route from Millisle to go to Ballycopeland Windmill. The postbox can be seen on Google's Street View - an EIIR lamp box on a modern black metal post. There's a more interesting VR wallbox along Windmill Road (off the Moss Road) that is actually a little nearer to the windmill than Ashley Park - but in a more rural location.<br />A handstamp obtained by posting at Ashley Park has been returned with the addition of a wavy line machine cancellation on top of it. The handstamp is barely readable and must have been applied by someone with no knowledge or experience of philatelic handstamping.<br />The Ashley Park postbox has no notice or indication of any kind of its special five-day status.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-23286103044924108102017-06-22T16:43:38.379+01:002017-06-22T16:43:38.379+01:00I have got my mum to get me a New Abbey Corn mill ...I have got my mum to get me a New Abbey Corn mill stamp on a New Abbey Corn mill postcard and hopefully the special cancellation by posting it in the New Abbey box today. I will forward an image when it arrives.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17379640676893125868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-61711213061065460122017-06-22T08:39:44.807+01:002017-06-22T08:39:44.807+01:00Thank you John.
Also The Stoke Sentinal (includ...Thank you John. <br /><br />Also The Stoke Sentinal (includes old photo of Cheddleton mill): http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/historic-cheddleton-mill-features-on-new-royal-mail-stamp/story-30400648-detail/story.html<br /><br />The (Sussex?) Argus mentions the handstamp but not where - http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15360621.Windmill_makes_its_mark_in_the_Royal_Mail/<br /><br /><br /><br />Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-87095272904191234512017-06-21T23:48:50.995+01:002017-06-21T23:48:50.995+01:00Kent Online mentions the location of the postbox f...Kent Online mentions the location of the postbox for Woodchurch Windmill - http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tenterden/news/kent-windmill-in-stamp-set-127505/<br />Johnnoreply@blogger.com