British Mileage marks.

British Mileage Marks — Scotland.

Dumfries had a mileage mark in 1802 which was similar to the English type of the town name with a boxed mileage underneath. The DUMFRIES 341 with boxed mileage illustrated below is dated 25th December 1803

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The first widely used type did not seem to appear until 1804 and it was a circular mark with the town name in the upper part of the circle, the mileage underlined in the centre and the code letter for the 'route' at the bottom.
The two examples below are GATEHOUSE 374 D the 'D' showing that it was routed via Dumfries and INVERNESS 651 E the 'E' for routing via Edinburgh.

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Inverness
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In 1811 another widely used type appeared. This was a framed mark with the town name above the mileage, a dash and the code letter for the route used. The HADDINGTON 370 — B illustrated shows the route travelled was via Berwick.

Haddington 370 — B
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This LOCKERBY 327 — C mark shows the route was via Carlisle.

Lockerby 327 — C 1827
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This type of mark is also known unframed as in the KELSO 363 — B one illustrated below.

KELSO 363 — B 1827
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Glasgow and Inverness introduced double-ring dated mileage marks soon after the types above. The town, mileage and code were in the outer ring and the date in the centre as illustrated by the GLASGOW 405 — G A15 SEP 1820 and the INVERNESS 637 — E types shown below.

GLASGOW 405 — G A15 SEP 1820
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GLASGOW 405 — G A15 SEP 1820
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