Twopenny Post — Paid marks — undated — Receiving Houses
This postmark was introduced in 1802 and was used till the introduction of Uniform Penny Post in 1840. Although it showed 2d it gave no indication that it was in fact the Twopenny Post. It was also applied in black ink, yet paid marks were usually applied in red. The second stamp on the letter applied in red ink by the Chief Office was of the new type introduced in 1836 of the same type as the unpaid stamp introduced at that time — they were octagonal instead of oval, and the lettering was in 3 lines in the centre with the times at the side. In this example it is 4 Eg.4 at each side of the date.
click here for details	Oxford St. W. O. This was one of the Receiving houses under the Westminster Office, which appeared in the Town Lists of 1828 and 1837. The letter is addressed to Christopher Hodgson Esq, Bounty Officer, Westminster Abbey, and the sender indicated at the bottom left corner that the 2d p.p. had been paid
click here for details	Old Broad St. 1py P.Paid, 1840 This is an unusual one, as this particular stamp was introduced and in use from 1806, for the prepayment of newspapers to or from the Town to the Country area of the Twopenny Post. Naturally, very few examples have survived in that form. This letter of August 21st 1840, (shortly after the introduction of the Uniform Penny Postage), was no longer chargeable at the old twopenny rate, but it was still handled by the Twopenny Post, and this was one of the Receiving Houses, in the Town lists from the beginning in 1793, right through to the 1839 list. The name stamp was not dated, but the Chief Office applied the date and time stamp, in this case 4 Eg 4 AP 21 1840 . It is incompletely struck, but the letter itself is dated — see illustration.
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