Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 1666. Here were struck in 1661 the first postmarks in the world.
{There is then a symbol about the size of a capital letter: a circle divided with a horizontal line with "AP" in the top half and "19" in the lower half. This is the post mark for 19th April the date postmarks were first used.}
The Corporation of the City of London
EC2, Prince's Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
General Letter Office
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Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
General Letter Office
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The plaque was erected on the initiative of Sir Alfred Bossom MP, then president of the Anglo-Texan Society. It was unveiled by former Te...
Why, you ask, is this plaque attached to a low, free-standing, purpose-built pillar thing rather than to the building? Because the build...
Plaque unveiled by Roger Draper, Chief Executive of the Lawn Tennis Association.
The Listing entry gives: "Artists' studios, now flats. 1885-6 with 1891 Annexe. John C P Higgs and Frank Rudkin, architects. Red Brick wi...
In the picture you can see the plaque: between the two green flags, level with their lower edges.
