Aberdeen (GB)

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Aberdeen (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [ˈopər ˈʝɛhɪn]) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen itself and 228,990 for the local authority area. Nicknames include the Granite City, the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which can sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s, other nicknames have been the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe. The area around Aberdeen has been settled since at least 8,000 years ago, when prehistoric villages lay around the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don. The city has a long, sandy coastline and a marine climate. Aberdeen received Royal Burgh status from David I of Scotland (1124–53), transforming the city economically. The city's two universities, the University of Aberdeen, founded in 1495, and Robert Gordon University, which was awarded university status in 1992, make Aberdeen the educational centre of the north-east. The traditional industries of fishing, paper-making, shipbuilding, and textiles have been overtaken by the oil industry and Aberdeen's seaport. Aberdeen Heliport is one of the busiest commercial heliports in the world and the seaport is the largest in the north-east of Scotland. Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition a record-breaking ten times, and hosts the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, a major international event which attracts up to 1000 of the most talented young performing arts companies. In 2012, Mercer named Aberdeen the 56th most liveable city in the World, as well as the fourth most liveable city in Britain. In 2012, HSBC named Aberdeen as a leading business hub and one of eight 'super cities' spearheading the UK's economy, marking it as the only city in Scotland to receive this accolade.

In the list of 1844 Aberdeen was allocated the number 1 Scottish numeral cancel.

Postmark Examples

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Post Town June 1667 Money Order Office 1 October 1792 Numeral 1 allocated 1844 Savings Bank 17 February 1862 Telegraph Office 1870. Code used AB	Public counter replaced by ‘Union Street BO’ 14 November 1988

Postmarks Aberdeen

Aberdeen 1905

Cards and Covers

Aberdeen to London 23 Dec 1839 unpaid with "4" handstamp

backside rectangular date stamp Aberdeen date postmarks Edinburgh and London

Aberdeen 21 Apr 1840 with "1" for Uniform Penny Post and "Paid at Aberdeen"

backside with rectangular Aberdeen date postmark

Aberdeen to Insch 30 Aug 1856, 1d Red Die II Plate 27 C8 duplex cancel

Aberdeen to Edinburgh 30 Aug 1862, underrated - more to pay 2, 1d Red Die II Plate 27

Sub-Office Postmarks

Mount Street

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
	Post Office 1 September 1952 - ex ‘Rosemount’	Closed 10 September 2008

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Woodside

Pre-stamp to 1899	1900-1999	2000-Present
Penny Post Office of Aberdeen 11 March 1829 - Recieving House No.2 Money Order Office 2 April 1866 Savings Bank 2 July 1866 Telegraph Office 1870. Code used WRX RSO 1881 Under Aberdeen 8 March 1898	Post Town 1 September 1909 TSO under Aberdeen 1 May 1929

WOODSIDE ABERDEEN (WRX) Parcel Post