BSG.BS.02191
BSGBS02191

BSG.BS.02191 — Post Office GPO Round, Eagle & Dolphin Seal, 1691-1708

Post Office GPO Round, Eagle & Dolphin Seal, 1691-1708, Image by StuE, Found by Angel / Ged.

Found in Yorkshire, 20mm, 10.3g.

Crown above G.POST, Tudor rose beneath // eagle displayed and dolphin enbowed (two saltires in chief) in separate ovals that terminate in ornate scroll work above and to a much lesser extent below, three leaf design at the base, all in a rope border.

The arms are those of the joint post masters from 1691-1708, Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Frankland. See Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.