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Latest update from the fabulous British Postal Museum and Archive, who have been doing some digging: "Another means of sending items by post was by the use of 'business pouches'. These were lockable (originally leather) pouches with slots into which labels could be inserted, one to show the address and another for postage. The postage labels were often turned and reused. If these pouches were to be returned to one central source, there would be either a return address fixed to the pouch (which would be covered up by an outward address label), or the outward address label could have a printed return address on the back. It is possible such pouches may have been included in the 'HVP' service as a number of stamped labels bearing bank handstamps used in the 1960s, showing meter labels on dispatch and stamps on the reverse for return, have been seen bearing postage rates which equate to HVP rates. It is not known when the use of pouches ceased. Most likely these may have contained documents rather than banknotes. New Universal Stores - which was the department stores division of Great Universal Stores - used them for sending trading details and receipts from the individual stores to HO." Maria Sienkiewicz | Group Archivist | Barclays Group Archives Tel +44 (0)161 946 3036 | Int 2880 3036 | Fax +44 (0)161 946 0226 | Email [log in to unmask] Barclays Group Archives, Dallimore Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9JA (internal mailvan 49) Discover more about the history of Barclays at http://group.barclays.com/about-barclays/about-us#barclays-history From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sienkiewicz, Maria : Group Archives Sent: 10 April 2014 13:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Stamps We've received an enquiry which has us stumped and I wondered if anyone else could help? The enquirer (a stamp collector) has cards and items of blank bank stationery upon which have been placed postage stamps and frank marks. The postage stamps have been stamped by the post office, but we don't see how they could have gone through the post because the cards have no address on them. The examples the enquirer has sent us date from the 1970s. I've been in touch with British Postal Museum and Archive and they have suggested the stamps could have been used as a form of payment, so would have been stamped by the post office to cancel them. However, they are not sure. One other theory we came up with is that they were created as samples of some sort? Has anyone come across anything similar, or have any ideas as to what they might have been for? I can send scans to anyone who wants to see the items. Thanks, Maria Maria Sienkiewicz | Group Archivist | Barclays Group Archives Tel +44 (0)161 946 3036 | Int 2880 3036 | Fax +44 (0)161 946 0226 | Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Barclays Group Archives, Dallimore Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9JA (internal mailvan 49) Discover more about the history of Barclays at http://group.barclays.com/about-barclays/about-us#barclays-history This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group. Barclays Bank PLC.Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167). Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Barclays Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register No. 122702). Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra