Oxford and Cambridge college stamps
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From 1871 to 1886 certain Oxford and Cambridge colleges issued their own stamps to be sold to members of the college so that they could pre-pay the cost of a college messenger delivering their mail.
The practice was stopped in 1886 by the General Post Office as it was decided that it was in contravention of its monopoly.
Issuers[edit]
The colleges which issued the stamps were:
Oxford[edit]
- Keble 1871#[1]
- Merton 1876#
- Hertford 1879#
- Lincoln 1877
- Exeter 1882#
- St John's 1884
- All Souls 1884
- Balliol 1885 (Printed but never issued)
Cambridge[edit]
Postal stationery[edit]
Postal stationery was also used by some of the colleges listed above (post cards, envelopes) which were impressed with a pre-paid stamp. This is denoted by # above and in some cases postal stationery was in use for several years before stamps came into use, for instance at Hertford College.
References[edit]
- ^ "The Oxford College Stamps" by Prof. Arthur S. Napier in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, Vol. 4, No. 42, 30 December 1893, pp. 120-123.
Further reading[edit]
- Sigee, David. University mails of Oxford and Cambridge 1490-1900
- Lister, Raymond. College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge
- Hayman. The College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge