Bournemouth (GB)

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Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the county of Dorset, GB. It is located on the south coast of England directly to the east of the famous Jurassic Coast.

Post Office Timeline

1834	Penny Post Office (No.2) under Poole	1 February 1851	Money Order Office	Febuary 1860	Barred numeral B60 issued	10 March 1862	Savings Bank
1864	HO / POST TOWN 1864	1870	Telegraph Office

Bournemouth Postmarks

1872

1890

1896

1898

1880's

1883

1889

1905

1906

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel Bournemouth-Poole 1963

Slogan cancel Bournemouth-Poole 1964

Sub & Branch Offices

Parkstone

Parkstone Single ring cancel 1901

Originally a County Sub-Post office in its own right Parkstone was encompassed by the city of Bournemouth as it enlarged.

Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" - which includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour.

The "Upper Parkstone Estate" was a significant area of land vested in the local authority by the Great Canford Award of 1831, but it was slow to develop into the bustling neighbourhood of today.

In January 1885 we find the earliest indication that a plot of land amounting to approximately 6 acres was to be set aside as a public open space in plans presented to the Council as a result of an invitation to a number of local architects for proposals laying out the Estate. But what is now known as "Alexandra Park" is essentially Edwardian in concept, having evolved over a period of some 30 years (1885 - 1915). The name dates from June 1906, the presumption being that it is named after Queen Alexandra, consort of the reigning Edward VII.

Poole

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Boscombe

Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth.

BOSCOMBE-BOURNEMOUTH in 1903

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Covers

1877 B60 cancellation.

1878 Bournemouth to Edinburgh, Scotland. B60 cancellation.

1888 Bournemouth to Falsgrave, Scarborough. B60 cancellation.

1881 Bournemouth to London E.C. (front)

1881 Bournemouth to London E.C. (back)

1883 Pimlico, London S.W. to Bournemouth (front) Registered cancel S.W.D.O.

1883 Pimlico, London S.W. to Bournemouth (back)

1889 Brussels 5 to Bournemouth, GB (front)

1889 Brussels 5 to Bournemouth, GB (back)

1896 Bournemouth to London S.W. (front)

1896 Bournemouth to London S.W. (back)

1896 Boscombe, Bournemouth to London E.C. Boscombe is a neighborhood of Bournemouth.

Cards & Other

1895 Bournemouth to Colchester

1952 Bournemouth Hants International Reply Coupon Type Im8 (Identified by the last line in the text box: !"Value in India and Pakistan is 2 ½ Annas").

1898 Bournemouth to Hadersleben, Germany (nowadays in Denmark)

1898 Bournemouth to Berlin, Germany