Below is a small selection of postmarks of Shrewsbury

      I hope some of our members will expand on this section providing scans of other known items or earlier / later known dates of use

      If you have a postmark where only part of the inscription is visible then try the POSTMARK DATA-BASE where you can enter the visible letters and get a list of possible solutions. Should you encounter a postmark not listed then please send a picture to the webmaster using the link above and I will endevour to identify it and add it to the listings

	Comments	Known usage (Date range)
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	Name at top. Single arc at base with milage number. Date in two lines MM DD / YYYY A better quality picture of this mark is required	July 1828 October 1828
	Name at top. Single arc at base without milage number. Date in two lines MM (D)D / YYYY A better quality picture of this mark is required	1837
	Name at top. Double arc at base. Date in two lines MM DD / YYYY A better quality picture of this mark is required	22nd October 1839
	Name at top in serifed leters. Double arc at base Date in two lines MM DD / YYYY. Code letter at base	18th May 1845
	Spoon type. Name enclosed in full circle. Date in two lines DD MM / YYYY Code letter and number at base	25th June 1857 10th August 1857
Spoon type as illustrated above	Code D1 at base	10th August 1857
Spoon type as illustrated above	Code D2 at base	25th June 1857