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Outer 1879 Edinburgh to Aberdour then Burntisland, with 1d red star pl 215 letters RD tied by Edinburgh duplex cancel 131 code 4N dated JU 12 79. Arrival backstamp Aberdour dated JU 13 79, then redirected to "Shore Road House" with a further backstamp of Burntisland dated JU 14 79. A nice piece with some lovely postmarks!
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Outer 1855 Norwich to Derby with 1d red Star tied by sideways duplex cancel of Norwich 575 dated DE 22 1855. Backstamped by DERBY CDS dated DE 24 55, plus ROCKLAND double rim CDS in bluish ink. Rockland appears to be the sending post office, but has then been forwarded to Norwich to be cancelled. Interesting piece, some of the writing on the outside of the envelope seems to refer to parties in a deceased estate