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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None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
The stone was erected on the base of one of Baird's television masts. Our picture is taken from the History of Kingsbury Manor website wh...
From the modern information board: "This garden covers the site of the church of St Olave, destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire of London....
June 2016: We were astonished to see that not only had this plaque gone but the entire run of buildings has evaporated into thin air. The...
London County Council John Burns, 1858-1943, statesman, lived here.
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