I noticed on ebay that there is an Ordnance Survey Limited Edition One-Inch Seventh Series for sale item 3767480738. It isnt too late to add your ...
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iain taylor
mapman@...
Dec 8, 2004 2:30 pm
Interesting, Pete! I wonder what was the OS price in 1991? How would a complete set of flat, last states (were these ever verified?) of the Seventh compared...
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iain taylor
mapman@...
Dec 8, 2004 2:50 pm
Further to news of this offering, I am wondering if anyone can tell how it is possible to match cover types to states (revisions?) of the OS Seventh Series? ...
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pstubbs@...
Dec 8, 2004 3:12 pm
Iain, ... I have a feeling it was around the £500 pound mark. I think some bought them as investments. They were the last states and there was a booklet...
If anyone wants the information contained in the Limited Edition set at a reasonable price, I would recommend they purchase 'The Railways of Great Britain - a...
The summary lists have been updated and may be found at _http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm_ (http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm) as usual. Lez...
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Gtcornell@...
Dec 8, 2004 11:06 pm
... by ... The 1991 price was £850. And I regret that £1000 will not be enough to secure this particular set - the opening bid is £1000, but the reserve...
... Can't imagine anybody buying the set to actually look at - that would be like drinking your napoleon brandy. Anyway, it's the *starting* price that is...
Can someone explain to me the point of a reserve which is higher than the lowest acceptable bid? If you won't sell at £1,000, what is the point of putting...
Psychology, you might be prepared to bid up to say £2000, but be unprepared to open the bidding at that price. It isn't peculiar to ebay, attend any auction,...
Ian Taylor asks: I am wondering if anyone can tell how it is possible to match cover types to states (revisions?) of the OS Seventh Series? With the Seventh...
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pstubbs@...
Dec 12, 2004 1:45 pm
The reserve on the Ordnance Survey Limited Edition One-Inch Seventh Series item 3767480738 has gone but the minimum bid is now £1200. Still no bids yet. Im...
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pstubbs@...
Dec 14, 2004 8:05 am
... Thanks Pete Stubbs CCS webmaster I'm chairman of Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society. I've just been asked the following question for a quiz...
I suspect the zero feedback rating given the value of the auction would have had a lot to do with it. I thought twice before bidding. As a regular eBay user, I...
I've only rcecently noticed that finger posts (direction indicators) in Dorset usually have the OS grid reference on them. This is either a metal-cast circle,...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Dec 22, 2004 3:05 pm
This was also done in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but very few seem to survive. I had some difficulty in finding a presentable one to photograph! This...
Hello Everyone, A couple of days ago I came up with an idea for a new site: http://www.mapping.org.uk The site will hopefully become a knowledge base of...
I have a few contributed photographs for my website showing finger posts (direction posts, guideposts or whatever name you wish to give them) with their grid...
Glad to hear you're out of hospital, Tony. Have dipped in to your web site occasionally - milestone are another curiosity like trigs, well-mapped by the OS,...
JVN noted earlier: << Latest "Sheetlines" arrived and within a few minutes I noted an error. No clues except see the anotation on the map on page 6. (Lez...
Lez, Thanks for putting me out of my misery. As Sheetlines editor I have spent Boxing Day worrying about two questions: 1. What was the mistake that I had...
As many will know, the term 'road used as public path' ('RUPP') which appears on definitive maps of public rights of way and hence on OS 1:25000 and 1:50000...
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Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Dec 29, 2004 9:30 am
The answers to your question on representation of RoW on early OS one-inch maps are to be found in my paper 'Ordnance Survey and the Definitive Map of Public...
I am sure all CCS members will have been delighted to have seen that our Chairman has been appointed OBE in the New Year"s Honours List. Congratulations and...
