The 19th Century Undated Double Arc Handstamps of the Guernsey and Jersey Sub-Post Offices Exhibitor: David Winnie These handstamps were issued to minor or receiving offices - who normally had no handstamps in the 1840s - so that the source of posting could be identified on letters. However, the adhesives had to be cancelled only at main Post Offices and the Postmaster General\'s 1853 rules required that the handstamp should only be applied to the back of letters. Class: Postal History Vermeil Entered in: CISS Annual Competition 2025
Guernsey Pre-Adhesive Stamp Postal History Exhibitor: Julian Bagwell There are several elements of Guernsey's postal history prior to the introduction of adhesive stamps. Some mail was carried privately, both before and after the first post office on the island opened in 1794. After then, mail was marked with cartouches and scrolls until the introduction of datestamps in 1830. For a period after 1840, mail without adhesive stamps was permitted and carried hand or stamped rate markings. The display shows examples from all there periods together with two rare items carrying Weymouth markings, applied to Guernsey mail that was otherwise unmarked, to distinguish it from ship mail. Class: Postal History Large Vermeil Entered in: CISS Annual Competition 2025
