Gravesend (GB) Perry Street

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Perry Street was open by 1844. It became a Money Order & Savings Bank office 1 October 1885 and transferred from a rural office to a town sub office 1 August 1888. On 1 May 1905 it became a telegraph office, code GPC. It was temporarily closed 3 June to 30 July 1998.

Postcard (1905 or after).

Type	Proofed	Earliest date	Latest date
UDDA in blue	9 August 1844	9 Oct 1845	25 Jan 1859
Single circle, code B, 23mm		31 Mar 1891	27 Dec 1901
Single circle, code F, 23mm		1 Feb 1893

UDDA in blue on 9 October 1848 envelope to Ripon, paid 1d in cash.

C.d.s. reading PERRY-ST / GRAVESEND with code, 23.5mm.

C.d.s code A on a postcard within Gravesend, 19 October 1893. The message is a request to play for Gravesend and Northfleet RFC against Charybdis Wanderers.

C.d.s code B on a Parcel Post label dated 27 December 1901. This is also recorded on piece, 31 March 1891.

Modern style c.d.s. reading Perry Street Gravesend Kent at top and code 3 at bottom. Star above date. 1 at the bottom seen on a certificate of posting 23 May 1967. A strike on a Valeur Déclarée cover of 12 October 1996 shows code 2 below. 4 below he date appears on a 29 August 1969 certificate of posting.

Modern c.d.s. on certificate of posting, 13 December 1978.

self inking datestamp on certificate of posting, 19 December 2005.

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