Through the years offices have opened and closed and postal markings changed until finally the indignity of a Glasgow postmark on mail originating in Carrick has brought us up to date. Maybole had five village sub offices, Girvan two and Ballantrae had two. The illustrations below are of Maybole only but the complete display runs to hundreds of sheets. The letter has no postal markings. Maybole 3 - Letter from A Ferguson of Kilkerran, on 29 August 1778, to Thomas Stewart, secretary of the Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Letter carries no postal rate markings.
Maybole 2 - Letter from John Bryce to Ayr on 27 February 1769. The script 2 is for the single letter rate under 50 miles by the 1711 act. Maybole 4 - Letter from Mary Benning of Machramore, on 12 June 1808, to T McLellan at Ayr. Script 4 for single rate less than 15 miles. Maybole 5 - Letter from N Blair of Blairquhan nr Straiton to Mr Agnew of Stewarton.