Sherlock Holmes (and related) postmarks based on a list prepared by Mac Yerkes covers (Have one not shown below? A better image? Please email.) postmark country date description Great Britain 29 Apr 1986 First Concorde Flight Indianapolis - London British airways (profile of Holmes facing left) USA (Westport CT) 06880 24 Jul 1993 The Great Race Station (fox as Holmes with magnifier) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Autumn Stampex London SW1 Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 First Day of Issue London (deerstalker) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes S. H. 221B Baker Street London NW1 Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Radio Times The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Baker Street London NW1 Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Baker St London NW1 Granada Television (221B door) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Hound of the Baskervilles Black Dog Crediton • Devon (hound) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Strand London WC2 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ACD Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Sherlock Holmes Granada TV Manchester Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Burial Place of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Minstead Lyndhurst Hants Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Arthur Conan Doyle Society ACD Penyffordd Chester Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 First Day of Issue British Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh (red, silhouette facing left) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Sherlock Holmes Baker Street London NW1 (silhouette with magnifier facing left) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Arthur Conan Doyle Society Chester (silhouette of Doyle facing left) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Sherlock Holmes Museum 221b Baker St. London NW1 (silhouette facing right) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Where Watson Met Holmes St. Bartholomew's Hospital London EC1 Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Baker Street Post Office London W1 Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 First Day of Issue 221B Baker Street London NW1 (address sign, in red) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 Windlesham Manor Crowborough (Holmes and Doyle) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Sherlock Holmes Society London (deerstalker and pipe) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 POID Bicentenary 1793 - 1993 London EC (Post Office Investigation Department Holmes facing left inside magnifier) Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 The Sherlock Holmes Memorabilia Company Great Britain 12 Oct 1993 A Venture to Promote the Life and Work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Conan Doyle Establishment Crowborough E. Sussex USA (Long Beach, CA) 90815 8 Jan 1994 Honoring Arthur Conan Doyle Creator of Sherlock Holmes Stamp Expo / Station Great Britain 1 Apr 1994 The Return of Sherlock Holmes Park Lane London (deerstalker, magnifier, pipe, not first day) Great Britain 5 May 1995 Sherlock Holmes 221B Baker Street London (silhouette facing right, not first day) USA (Syracuse, NY) 13220 20 Apr 1996 The Mycroft Holmes Society of Syracuse 25 Years - 1971-1996 Baker Street Station Guernsey 6 Nov 1996 Guernsey Post Office (Holmes and hound) Guernsey 6 Nov 1996 Guernsey Post Office (Holmes and gull) USA (Anaheim, CA) 92802 9 May 1997 Honoring Arthur Conan Doyle Creator of Sherlock Holmes Stamp Expo / Station Great Britain 13 May 1997 Hound of the Baskervilles Princetown Devon (hound face) Great Britain 13 May 1997 The Sherlock Holmes Museum 221B Baker Street (silhouette with magnifier facing left) Great Britain 13 May 1997 The Hound of the Baskervilles Baker Street (silhouette facing left) Great Britain 13 May 1997 The Sherlock Holmes Society of London Baker Street USA (Tryon, NC) 28782 4-7 Nov 1999 Sherlock Holmes Festival Centennial Station Honoring William Gillette USA (Tryon, NC) 28782 10 Nov 2005 Sherlock Holmes Festival Station Honoring William Gillette USA (S. Glen Falls, NY) 12803 17 Nov 2007 GlenPex Sta. Famous Authors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Fenimore Cooper USA (Clifton Park, NY) 12065 5 Apr 2008 Clif-Pex 2008 Sta. 120th Anniversary Adventure of the Yellow Face USA (Voorheesville, NY) 12186 7 Dec 2008 100th Meeting Station Altamont's Agents* BSI *Founded August 17, 1979 Baker Street Irregulars (Please contact Mac Yerkes if you have any to trade.) Thanks, Mac! Meschede Germany August 30, 2000 Sherlock Holmes image on meter strip Arnsberg Germany May 15, 2001 Sherlock Holmes image on meter strip Itsehoe Germany September 16, 2003 Sherlock Holmes image on meter strip Thanks to Peter Würfel in Münster, Germany for these German Sherlock Holmes postage meter strips. See his Pegasus pages for the thematic group "Literature / Theatre / Fairy tales"

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