Caerdydd (the Welsh name of the city) derives from the earlier Welsh form Caerdyf. The change from -dyf to -dydd shows the colloquial alteration of Welsh f [v] and dd [ð], and was perhaps also driven by folk etymology (dydd is Welsh for 'day' whereas dyf has no obvious meaning). This sound change had probably first occurred in the Middle Ages; both forms were current in the Tudor period. King Edward VII granted Cardiff city status on 28 October 1905, and the city acquired a Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1916. King Edward VII granted Cardiff city status on 28 October 1905, and the city acquired a Roman Catholic Cathedral in 1916. In subsequent years an increasing number of national institutions were located in the city, including the National Museum of Wales, Welsh National War Memorial, and the University of Wales Registry Building—however, it was denied the National Library of Wales, partly because the library's founder, Sir John Williams, considered Cardiff to have "a non-Welsh population".

Cardiff Office Postmarks

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Town by 1659 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Numeral 162 allocated 1844 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Telegraph Office 1870. Code used = CF	City Of Cardiff 45 - 46 Queens Arcade, Queen Street, Cardiff from 1994	No Change

CARDIFF Horseshoe cancel 1796 to Wesminster, London. 1/- rated cover.

CARDIFF 1 single ring handstamp on registered FDC with block of 4 corner marginal £1 Brown KGVI on Festival of Britain cover. Registered label Cardiff 88 (N.B. Philatelic usage.)

CARDIFF 1 & 2 cancels using the * time-codes

CARDIFF 5 square circle cancel using the AM/PM time-codes

1960 CARDIFF A WORLD REFUGEE YEAR Slogan used on Foreign mail.

Receiving postmark at the back of a wrapper.

CARDIFF J in 1976.

CARDIFF L coded 162 Duplex of 1885 6d cover to East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Krag Machines

(See: Note below Bute Docks Office.)

CARDIFF PAQUEBOT Straightline Sept 1911

A Hand driven Krag machine was in use at Cardiff 1912-15 it has a distinctive 'dotted cross' after CARDIFF. O.H.M.S. cover to Newport, from Cardiff Engineering Department.

CARDIFF PAQUEBOT July 1914

Cardiff Docks, Sub Office and Branch Office Postmarks

An important feature of Cardiff was the rise in dockyards and the industry brought lots of post with it. Offices were set up specifically to handle the increased volume of mail. After a brief post-war boom, Cardiff docks entered a prolonged decline in the interwar period. By 1936, their trade was less than half its value in 1913, reflecting the slump in demand for Welsh coal. Bomb damage during the Cardiff Blitz in World War II included the devastation of Llandaff Cathedral, and in the immediate postwar years the city's link with the Bute family came to an end. The city was proclaimed capital city of Wales on 20 December 1955.

CARDIFF DOCKS cancel 1891 on 4 x 5/- Crimson Rose.

City Hall

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
	Town Sub Office under Cardiff May 1912 Money Order Office, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code used = ZCV. Closed 1964 or 1965

A short lived Sub-Office lasting from 1912-1968

CITY HALL B.O. CARDIFF parcel cancel 1945

Bute Docks

Bute Docks B.O. Cardiff Double circle 3 on PC in the shape of a suitcase, with the stamp and address on an attached label. The card opens up to reveal 24 colour images of South wales. Printed in Germany. 1910 sent locally.

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Office under Cardiff 19 January 1847 Money Order Office 27 July 1854 Savings Bank 9 December 1861 Numeral D57 issued 1868 Telegraph Office 1870. Code used = CBV Numeral 162 Duplex issued 3 January 1879	Changed from Branch Office to Town Sub Office 8 June 1984

A sub-office set up to cope with mail from the dockyard companies and associated business within Bute Docks.
It is thought that there was no Krag machine at Bute Docks, for cancelling large volume of ship mail. It is likely they were done at Westgate Street, Cardiff and used on mail landed at Fishguard from the Transatlantic liners. (See: Cardiff Office Krag machine above.)
Its modern name is Bute East Dock as the Bute West dock was reclaimed for land in the 20th century the development is now called Atlantic Wharf.

GB Postal card sent from Bute Docks Cardiff to Germany 1882	GB Cover sent from Bute Docks Cardiff to Bordeaux, France
CARDIFF BUTE DKS 1917 roller cancel	Only known copy of a Universal Machine CBV triangle Printed Matter postmark CBV = Cardiff Bute Docks code
CARDIFF BUTE DOCKS REGISTERED on cover to Turin Italy, transit London 23 Hooded Cancel code W in Brown ink. Torino registration boxed receiving mark.	CARDIFF BUTE DOCKS REGISTERED on cover to Turin Italy reverse.
1877 CARDIFF BUTE DOCKS Postal card to Liverpool.	1877 CARDIFF BUTE DOCKS Postal card to Liverpool reverse

East Dock / Cardiff Docks

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Money Order Office, Savings Bank and Telegraph Office 1 May 1874 Duplex 162 issued 1874 & 1880 Closed 30 March 1895

A branch-office set up to cope with mail from the dockyard companies and associated business within the East Dock area.
The area later became known just as the Cardiff Docks.
Cardiff Docks office also served as the Telegraph Office for the area of the docks.

CARDIFF DOCKS 1884 2/6 Lilac

CARDIFF DOCKS T.O 1894 2/6 Lilac

CARDIFF DOCKS 1872 wing margin

Barry Dock

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Branch Post Office established 1 August 1890 Duplex numeral 162 issued Telegraph Office. Code used = CFK Renamed Barry B.O 1 July 1897

BARRY B.O. (GLAM) on 1d Lilac 1897.

Barry Dock B.O. used as a receiver.

A branch-office set up to cope with mail from the dockyard companies and associated business within Barry Docks.
The branch office ran under Cardiff control and had handstamps BARRY DOCK B.O. CARDIFF See also Barry (GB)

Canton Sub Office

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Town Sub Office under Cardiff January 1853 Money Order Office 1 January 1861 Savings Bank 10 March 1862 Telegraph Office 1870. Code used = CBT Replaced by Cowbridge Rd 1 January 1890 Re-established as Branch Office 1 December 1893 Money Order, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code used = CBT	Changed to a Modified Scale Payment Office 1990s'	Changed to a Main Office 5 August 2013

CANTON S.O. CARDIFF 1897

Roath Office

Another dockland office.

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
TSO under Cardiff. Money Order Office 1 April 1865 Savings Bank 1 July 1865 Money Order & Savings Bank discontinued 2 July 1866 Money Order & Savings Bank services re-established by 1871 Telegraph Office 31 July 1876. Code used REC Telegraph code used CBU 28 October 1884 Renamed ‘Castle Rd.,Roath’ 1 January 1890 Changed to BO 1 December 1894	Renamed ‘Roath’ again April 1906 Closed 1 February 1985

ROATH-CARDIFF Cancel codes 2 and 1

Castle Road Roath Office

Castle Road, Roath office, the road name has subsequently been changed to City Road.
It was a Sub office of Cardiff 1.

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Town Sub Office under Cardiff 1 January 1890 Money Order Office, Savings Bank & Telegraph Office. Code used = CBU Changed to a Branch Office 1 December 1894	Renamed ‘Roath’ 1906 (by at least March 1906)

CASTLE R^D ROATH B.O. CARDIFF Cancel code 2

CASTLE RD. ROATH B.O. CARDIFF 1

Bargoed Office

Bargoed (Welsh: Bargod) is a town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly and straddles the ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, with Bargoed originally lying within the old county of Glamorganshire whereas Aberbargoed was in the old county of Monmouthshire. 'Greater Bargoed', as defined by the local authority Caerphilly County Borough Council, consists of the towns of Bargoed, Aberbargoed and the village of Gilfach. Formerly under Newport Post Office

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Office under Newport, Money Order office by 1867 RSO (Mon) 1872 Under Cardiff 1878 Money Order Office & Savings Bank 1 October 1881 Telegraph Office 14 May 1895. Code used = QJA	Post Town 1 June 1932 Changed from a BO to a Modified Scale Payment Office 1990

BARGOED CARDIFF 1912

BARGOED CARDIFF 1904 and BARGOED 1905 single ring type examples

BARGOED CARDIFF Time coded 1929 Birmingham type.

Llanbradach

Llanbradach is a village in the Welsh county borough of Caerphilly, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, south Wales less than 3 miles north of the town of Caerphilly. It is mostly residential, and contains three pubs, a primary school, a small local shopping area, a recreation ground, a library, two doctor's surgeries, and a youth centre. Being a traditional long and narrow South Wales Valleys village, its potential for expansion is restricted by the river on its eastern side and the hillside to the west.

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present

LLANDBRADACH CARDIFF 1906

Sengenydd

Senghenydd (Welsh: Senghennydd) is a village in the Aber valley, roughly four miles north-west of the town of Caerphilly. Traditionally within the county of Glamorgan it is in the community of Aber Valley in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales.

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Office under Cardiff named 'Senghenith' 1 February 1895 Money Order Office & Savings Bank Telegraph Office 29 September 1896. Code used = XNH	Post Office named ‘Senghenydd' 1 October 1904 Under Caerphilly 1 June 1932	Relocated 20 May 2012 as Post Office Local

SENGENYDD CARDIFF 1908

Bedwas / Bedwas Bridge

1867 originally named Bedwas Bridge - PO under Cardiff. 1st April 1884 renamed to Bedwas.

20 August 1901 - Telegraph Office. Code used = QWY Also see: Newport 1924 & Caerphilly 1999

Bedwas 1906

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