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Items of Interest
Cardiff Postmarks
 Prestamp entire two line CAR/DIFF 1746
Rated 6d (in script) to Pontypool
Handstamp used April 1730 to November 1758
 Prestamp entire CARDIFF 1782
Rated 4d (in script) to London
Handstamp used December 1779 to June 1789
 Prestamp front with Serpentine Cardiff 1793
Triple circle Free mark FE 4 93 (in Red)
(Mail to and from Members of Parliament bore no charge
Item rated 6d to London ~ crossed out)
Handstamp used 1793 to 1795
 Prestamp entire with Straight Line Cardiff 1794
Rated 5d (in script) to Haverfordwest
Manuscript date inside 23 April 1794
 Prestamp cover with Horseshoe Cardiff 1799
Rated 3d (in script) to Newport
Handstamp used 1796 to 1800
 Cardiff 1801 Straight Line 163 Boxed Mileage
rated 6d to Monmouth
Handstamp used 1796 to 1800
 Cardiff 1803 Straight Line 163 Boxed Mileage to
Agt Monmothshire Canal Compy Navigation House -Newport
Rated 3d (in script) to Newport
Handstamp used 1803 to 1808
 Entire with Cardiff Circular Dated Mileage mark 1813
Rated 4d (in script) to Newport
 Free Front with Cardiff Circular Dated Mileage mark 1817
Datestamp used 1813 to 1825
 1829 entire from Taibach to Cirencester via Cardiff
Circular Dated mark (Red) mileage 163 removed, rate 9d
 Cardiff July 9th 1840 Double Arc and Red Maltese Cross
Plate 1a Penny Black
 Cardiff April 20 1841 Double Arc and Black Maltese Cross
Plate 5 Penny Black
 Cardiff 1841 One Penny Black 'Mulready' Letter sheet
Forme 1 Stereo A47 with two Black Maltese Crosses
 Entire to Paris with Cardiff Circular Double Arc mark 1852 in Blue
 Envelope with Cardiff Sideways Duplex postmark 1856
 Entire to Bradford with Cardiff Sideways Duplex postmark 1857
 Entire to Hamburg with a pair of 6d stamps
Cardiff Duplex postmark 1861
marks of this type were used from 1858 until 1900's
 Entire to Cote Du Nord with pair of 3d Rose-red Plate 7
Cardiff Duplex postmark 1872
 Entire with Cardiff Duplex postmark 1872
 Cardiff Dulpex postmark JY 15 (18) 85, 6d rate to Australia
Melbourne receiving mark AU 24 (18) 85
 Envelope with Squared Circle Cardiff postmarks 1897 -
marks of this type were used from 1881 until 1904
 Postcard with Cardiff Double Circle postmark 1911
various forms from 1899
 FEED THE GUNS/WITH WAR BONDS
Cardiff Slogan postmark 1918 on envelope
Slogan Postmarks were first used during 1917/18
they encouraged the buying of War Bonds
 THE TELEPHONE/SAVES/TIME AND MONEY
Cardiff Slogan postmark 1933 on Thunderstorm Report card
The first Telephone slogan appeared in 1926
a full scale campaign was undertaken from 1931 to 1933
 GROW MORE FOOD/DIG FOR VICTORY
Cardiff Slogan postmark 1939 on envelope to Denmark
WWII Slogan Postmarks were combined with poster campaigns
home produced food was vital due to shipping blockades
 SAVE YOUR/WASTE PAPER/FOR SALVAGE
Cardiff Slogan postmark 1948 on Recycled Map Envelope
Post war austerity meant that recycling was a necessity
Covers of Cardiff Philatelic Society members.
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