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thenewsfighter
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Postmarkings
Hi i was sent a letter from irvine in ayrshire scotland to me in Glasgow scotland but the postmark says just Glasgow,does that mean that the letter was posted in Glasgow and iv been lied to by my Boyfriend please help thank you. Linda G
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thenewsfighter
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Help with postmarkings please!
Hi i was posted a letter the sender said they sent it from Irvine in Scotland to me in Glasgow Scotland,around 40miles away the postmark on the letter i got says Glasgow tho does that mean that person has lied and that they posted it in Glasgow not Irvine?? Please help
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clashcityrocker
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
Probably yes.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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DGP1
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Re: Postmarkings
It was processed in Glasgow, I would assume that all mail from the area goes there to be processed (and franked) and then sent on it's way.
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Postmarkings
Irvine has a Kilmarnock postcode (KA10,KA11) but all such KA mail is probably sent straight to the Glasgow mail centre, Irvine being a wee thirty miles from Glasgow, so your boyfriend most likely was where he said he was. 
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
Irvine has a Kilmarnock postcode (KA10,KA11) but all such KA mail is probably sent straight to the Glasgow mail centre, Irvine being a wee thirty miles from Glasgow, so your boyfriend most likely was where he said he was
but you can never be too sure
but you can never be too sure
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fishtank
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
When the trust goes....

good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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DGP1
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
I believe everything my DOM tells me because I trust him so muchfishtank wrote:When the trust goes....![]()
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IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
Irvines mail is taken to glasgow for processing as well as most mail on west coast of scotland, hence the glasgow post mark, so it probably was posted in irvine unfortunately no way to know for sure!
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fishtank
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
Yes there is......zx135 wrote:so it probably was posted in irvine unfortunately no way to know for sure!

good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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POSTMAN
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
fishtank wrote:Yes there is......zx135 wrote:so it probably was posted in irvine unfortunately no way to know for sure!![]()
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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thenewsfighter
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
Thank you kinda puts mind at ease what im going to do is get them to send a photo through post from irvine to see if it has same postmark if it say irvine or girdle toll then someones in the s**t lol
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sodiium
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Re: Postmarkings
He wasnt in Irvine, he was with me in Glasgow
Dont tell my missus
Dont tell my missus
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BT2010
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Re: Help with postmarkings please!
it will be franked at a mail centre, not a delivery office or post office.
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Donk
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Re: Postmarkings
The answers are correct thenewsfighter (except sodiium's
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All the mail from the PA, KA & ML (and FK I think) areas are sent to Glasgow Mail Centre for processing and would bear a Glasgow postmark.
All the mail from the PA, KA & ML (and FK I think) areas are sent to Glasgow Mail Centre for processing and would bear a Glasgow postmark.