1871: ½ d. pale lilac postal stationery card, reply part, a used
example, sent from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, 22 August 1871, cancelled
by
1871: ½ d. pale lilac postal stationery card, reply part, a used
example, sent from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, 22 August 1871, cancelled
by the Edinburgh Bullet Experimental cancellation, showing a 3mm.
diameter punch hole. Rare. One of five recorded examples.
Reference: 'Sloper Experimental Cancellations' by Rosemary Smith &
Maurice Harp, The Perfin Society, page 13