Bishop, Henry

Henry Bishop
Henry Bishop
	English Henry Bishop
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Hanfield , West Sussex , England
Date of death
Place of death	England
A country	;
Occupation	England (1660-1663)
Father	Thomas Bishop
Spouse	Elizabeth Plumley

Henry BISHOP In 1661, he first used the stamp to fix the route and time (duration) of sending letters ^[4] .

Origin and family

He came from the Yorkshire Bishopps family ( Bisshopps ), was the third son of Sir Thomas Bishop ( Thomas Bisshopp ), a knight from Hanfield. He was married to Lady Elizabeth Plumley ( Elizabeth Plumley , or Plumleigh ) ^[2] .

Biography

Bishop

The first postmark in the world was introduced by Bishop during his tenure as general postmaster of England. It was a simple round stamp with a diameter of 13 mm , divided by one horizontal line into two halves: on one with two Latin letters the month was indicated, on the other - on the day (day of the month) of departure ^[3] ^[5] . Bishop's oldest known stamp is ^MA / ₁₇ . He marked the letter of incoming correspondence, which was delivered to London on May 17, 1661, and sent from Yarmouth on May 15, 1661 ^[5] .

Bishop's Payment Stamp April ¹⁷ ( ¹⁷ / _AP )

Since 1673, a stamp with a diameter of 14 mm began to be used. The date on it, as a rule, was indicated at the top, and the month at the bottom.

Under Bishop, postage stamps also appeared, including an indication of the amount to be received from the recipient of the letter (for example, “ ^D / ₉ ” - 9 pence ^[6] , “ ^S / ₁ ” - 1 shilling ^[7] ). Similar stamps were used in London , Edinburgh , Dublin , India and the English colonies in North America ^[8] .

In addition, during the time of Bishop, the first advertising postmark appeared, the text of which read ^[8] :

Mail for all of Kent leaves every evening from Round House to Love Lane and arrives every morning.
Original text
The post for all Kent goes every night from the Rovnd Hovse in Love Lane & comes every morning

In almost unchanged form, Bishop's postal stamps lasted until 1788 ^[3] .

Bishop's postmarks are found in paintings by artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, created in the manner of trompley .
In a still life of c. (C. 1696), with a picture of a correspondence board, a letter is printed ( in the center ), marked with a Bishop stamp with the date November 25

Notes

↑ Other spellings of his last name found are Bishopp , Bisshopp .
↑ ¹ ² Hyde JW The Post in Grant and Farm. - L .: Adam & Charles Black, 1894. - P. 249-266. (English) (Retrieved September 12, 2010)
↑ ¹ ² ³ Davydov P.G. Bishop, Henry (Neopr.) . Famous people: Personalities of mail and philately . Smolensk: World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (October 25, 2009). Date of treatment February 14, 2011. Archived on February 13, 2012.
↑ Bishop // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas, P. F. Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K. Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988 .-- 320 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 21, 2010)
↑ ¹ ² Bishop's Stamps // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas, P. F. Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988 .-- 320 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 21, 2010)
↑ The letter D or d is the abbreviation of the word denier (from the name of the Roman coin lat. Denarius - denarius ), which denoted pence on postmarks and subsequently on UK postage stamps .
↑ 1 shilling = 12 pence.
↑ ¹ ² Kisin B. M. Country Philately / Ed. V. Nezdvetsky. - M .: Enlightenment , 1969. - S. 51. - 240 p. - 100,000 copies. (Retrieved July 15, 2016)

Literature

Bishop, Henry // Philatelic Dictionary / V. Grallert, V. Grushke; Abbr. per. with him. Yu. M. Sokolova and E.P. Sashenkova. - M .: Communication, 1977 .-- S. 14. - 271 p. - 63,000 copies.
Bishop's stamp // Philatelic Dictionary / V. Gralert, V. Grushke; Abbr. per. with him. Yu. M. Sokolova and E.P. Sashenkova. - M .: Communication, 1977. - S. 14-15. - 271 p. - 63,000 copies.
Bishop, Henry // Tyler LG Encyclopedia of Virginia Genealogy. - New York, NY, USA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. - Vol. I. - P. 186. (English) (Retrieved September 12, 2010)

Links

Novoselov V. A. Chapter 12. The history of postal stamps. A brief history of postmarks (neopr.) . Acquaintance with philately: The world of philately . Smolensk: World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (January 1, 2000). - EBook. Date of treatment July 21, 2010. Archived on February 13, 2012.
Shanahan, Eunice. Bishop marks . Letters from the Past. Postal History . EARS Leisurewrite; Eunice and Ron Shanahan (1999). Date of treatment July 21, 2010. Archived on February 13, 2012.
Shanahan, Eunice and Ron. Chapter 3. Before the Penny Black . Letters from the Past. Postal History . The Regency Collection. - “Before the Black Penny ” - a chapter from the e-book, authors - Eunice and Ron Shanahan (Australia). Date of treatment July 21, 2010. Archived on February 13, 2012.

[1] Other spellings of his last name found are Bishopp , Bisshopp .

[Hyde-2] ¹ ² Hyde JW The Post in Grant and Farm. - L .: Adam & Charles Black, 1894. - P. 249-266. (English) (Retrieved September 12, 2010)

[Давыдов-3] ¹ ² ³ Davydov P.G. Bishop, Henry (Neopr.) . Famous people: Personalities of mail and philately . Smolensk: World m @ rock; Union of Philatelists of Russia (October 25, 2009). Date of treatment February 14, 2011. Archived on February 13, 2012.

[4] Bishop // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas, P. F. Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K. Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988 .-- 320 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 21, 2010)

[academic2991-5] ¹ ² Bishop's Stamps // Large Philatelic Dictionary / N. I. Vladinets, L. I. Ilyichev, I. Ya. Levitas, P. F. Mazur, I. N. Merkulov, I. A. Morosanov, Yu. K Myakota, S. A. Panasyan, Yu. M. Rudnikov, M. B. Slutsky, V. A. Jacobs; under the general. ed. N.I. Vladinets and V.A. Jacobs. - M .: Radio and communications, 1988 .-- 320 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-256-00175-2 . (Retrieved July 21, 2010)

[6] The letter D or d is the abbreviation of the word denier (from the name of the Roman coin lat. Denarius - denarius ), which denoted pence on postmarks and subsequently on UK postage stamps .

[7] 1 shilling = 12 pence.

[Kisin-8] ¹ ² Kisin B. M. Country Philately / Ed. V. Nezdvetsky. - M .: Enlightenment , 1969. - S. 51. - 240 p. - 100,000 copies. (Retrieved July 15, 2016)