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The Hoy Express
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The Hoy Express

A Reliable Series card sent from Kirkwall on April 16th 1903 to a lady in Anstruther. The 'Hoy Express' started in 1898 when a postal delivery service was set up, linking Hoy's post office at Linksness with the remote township of Rackwick.
Picture added on 05 April 2007
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