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Scottish Additional Halfpenny Mail Tax marks. These marks were introduced in 1813 following the partial repeal of an Act of Parliament which had granted exemption of toll charges for mail coaches. With mail coaches being charged tolls in Scotland the Post Office responded by levying an extra halfpenny on all letters carried by mail coach in Scotland. The tax was abolished on 5th December 1839 with the introduction of Uniform Fourpenny Postage.
;) | 1817 (13 Dec) GLASGOW boxed ADD ½ mark on cover to Edinburgh. (H/S 63). Scarce Add Half mark. | £25.00 |
;) | 1825 (20 Mar) PAISLEY boxed 'Add! ½' (H/S 112) on cover from Ayr to Paisley. Ayr, Glasgow and Paisley ds's on reverse. A scarce Scottish additional half mark. | £35.00 |
;) ;) | 1825 (1 Feb) PAISLEY boxed Add! ½ on EL to Edinburgh. (H/S 112). Fine. Very scarce Additional Half mark. | £60.00 |
;) | 1827 (15 May) EDINBURGH unboxed Add! ½ (H/S14) on EL with scarce KIRRIEMUIR 410 - E mileage mark and Edinburgh cds on reverse. | £12.00 |
;) | 1828 (31 May) ROTHSAY boxed Add! ½ on EL to Edinburgh. (H/S 120). Opens out well for display. | £65.00 |
;) ;) | 1830 (20 May) STIRLING unboxed Add! ½ in green on EL to Edinburgh. (H/S 124). Scarcer coloured strike of Scottish Add Half. | £35.00 |
;) ;) | 1832 (19 Sep) GLASGOW Add! ½ in blue (H/S67) on cover to Oban with fine two line OBAN PENNY POST. Filing creases. Only found used in blue for two months. | £32.00 |
;) ;) | 1832 (28 Mar) BERWICK Add ½ in green (H/S158). MORPETH, Edinburgh and GLASGOW cds b/stamps. | £22.00 |
;) | 1833 GLASGOW unboxed Add! ½ on cover to Edinburgh. (H/S 67) Fine. | £7.00 |
;) | 1834 (circa) NEWBURGH boxed ½ on EL to Perth. (H/S 106). Undated cover but with pencil date of 1834 which I suspect was added when contents were excised. | £35.00 |
;) ;) | 1835 COLDSTREAM 'Add! ½' mark (H/S 43) on entire letter to Edinburgh. Also COLDSTREAM s/l h/s both struck in red. This Scottish Additional half mark very scarce struck in red. | £30.00 |
;) | 1835 (28 Dec) GALASHIELDS h/s (S1) on EL to Melrose, rated 4d. Fine. No additional halfpenny as this letter not carried by mailcoach. | £7.00 |
;) | 1836 (10 Dec) DUMFRIES boxed ½ (H/S 51). Also Dumfries ds and Paisley receiving mark. The E.K.D. | £20.00 |
;) | 1836 BALLANTRAE boxed ½ on EL to Stranraer (H/S35) also BALLANTRAE PENNY POST h/s. A late use of this hand stamp showing the frame almost completely worn away. | £40.00 |
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;) ;) | 1837 (24 Nov) KIRKCUDBRIGHT boxed ½ (H/S 93) on EL to Castle Douglas. KIRKCUDBRIGHT straight line on reverse. Clean. | £35.00 |
;) | 1837 (4 May) DUBLIN unboxed Add! ½ (H/S177) on EL to Edinburgh. The h/s overwritten by 3/- rate mark. | £75.00 |
;) | 1837 (13 Jly) LONDON boxed ½ in dirty green (H/S151) on EL to Melrose. Clean | £6.00 |
;) ;) | 1837 EL with boxed STRATHAVEN h/s and Glasgow cds. Unusual rate mark with the '5' and '½'separate. | £7.00 |
;) | 1837 (10 Jun) AYR boxed '½' (H/S33) on EL to Gilbert McNab in Ayr from Wheelerfield, Jamaica with faint KINGSTON cds. Rated 2/5½d. Long interesting letter re sugar estate mentions special magistrate from Manchioneal, 'a demon of mischief,' for getting the apprentices to demand more money for taking off the crops. | £45.00 |
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STITT DIBDEN W.G. The Additional Half Penny Mail Tax 1813-1839. Postal History Society 1963 77pp. 1st ltd. ed. of 200 copies. Very fine in fine original card covers. Scarce.
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STITT DIBDEN W.G. The Additional Half Penny Mail Tax 1813-1839. Postal History Society 1963 77pp. 1st ltd. ed. of 200 copies. Very fine in fine original card covers. Scarce.
£24
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