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A cruce salus

De Burgo, John Allan, Sir (1839)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Or a cross gules in the dexter canton a lion rampant Crest A cat a mountain sejant Motto A CRUCE SALUS
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A Deo et rege

Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington  (1753 - 1829) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules a crescent for difference Coronet of an Earl Motto A DEO ET REGE
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Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington  (1753 - 1829) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules (Stanhope) on an escutcheon of pretence A chevron within a double tressure flory counterflory (Fleming) Coronet of an Earl Motto A DEO ET REGE
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Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl of Harrington  (1753 - 1829) (Stamp 3)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules a crescent for difference Coronet of an Earl Motto A DEO ET REGE
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Stanhope, Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington  (1780 - 1851) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules a crescent for difference Coronet of an Earl Motto • a deo • et rege •
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Stanhope, Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington  (1780 - 1851) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules a crescent for difference a label for cadency Supporters Dexter A talbot gardant and Sinister A wolf ermine each gorged with a chaplet of oak leaves and charged with a label Crest A tower a demi lion issuing from the battlements holding a grenade fired Helmet of an Esquire Coronet of a Viscount Motto A DEO ET REGE
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Stanhope, Edwyn Francis, Sir, 2nd Baronet (1793 - 1874) (Stamp 1)
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Crest Out of a tower a demi lion crowned holding a grenade fired Motto A + DEO + ET + REGE Monogram E F S
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Stanhope, George Philip Cecil Arthur, 7th Earl of Chesterfield (1831 - 1871) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules Coronet of a Viscount Motto A • DEO ET • REGE
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Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805 - 1875) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules a crescent for difference Coronet of an Earl Motto A DEO ET REGE
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Stanhope, Philip, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1633 - 1713) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly ermine and gules Supporters Dexter A wolf ducally crowned and Sinister A talbot ermine Crest Out of a tower a demi lion crowned holding a grenade fired Helmet of a peer Coronet of an Earl Motto A DEO ET REGE
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A humo sto spe

Hope, Thomas, Sir (1573-1646)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms A chevron between three bezants [roundels] Motto A HVMO STO SPE Legend D THOMAS HOPEVS
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A ma puissance

Grey, Harry, 4th Earl of Stamford (1715 - 1768) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Barry of six Supporters Two unicorns ermine Coronet of an Earl Motto A MA PUISSANCE
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Ab obice sævior

Galbraith, George Lyell (1882)  (Stamp 1)
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Crest A bear’s head couped and muzzled Motto AB OBICE SÆVIOR
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Galbraith, George Lyell (1882)  (Stamp 2)
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Crest A bear’s head couped and muzzled Motto AB OBICE SÆVIOR
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Accipe crucem

Gibbons, Benjamin (1824-1912)  (Stamp 1)
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Crest a demi-lion regardant holding an escallop and gorged with a collar from which hangs an escutcheon charged with a cross potent Motto ACCIPE CRUCEM
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Ad alta

Bartholomew, John (1747-1824)   (Stamp 1)
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Crest A demi-goat salient gorged with a wreath of laurel Motto AD ALTA
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Addit frena feris

Milner, William Mordaunt Sturt, Sir, 4th Baronet (1779 - 1855) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Per pale or and sable a chevron between three horses bits counterchanged (Milner) 2 & 3. Argent a chevron between three estoiles sable (Mordaunt) in fess point the hand of Ulster; impaling 1. Argent two bends wavy sable on a chief gules three bezants (Clements) 2. Azure a cross moline argent (Bentinck) Crest A pegasus head and wings couped and bridled Motto ADDIT FRENA FERIS
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Adveniat

Durie, Andrew, Bishop of Galloway (1492-1558)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms A chevron between three crescents Mitre of a Bishop Motto ADVENIAT Legend + ANDREAS DURII EPISCOPVS CANDIDE CASE 1554
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Advocatorum biblioteca

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Device The face of Apollo surrounded by the sun's rays, the whole encircled with a bough of laurel Legend ADVOCATORUM BIBLIOTHECA
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Age quod agis

Blundell, Henry (1724 - 1810) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A squirrel sejant eating a nut Motto AGE QUOD AGIS Initials H B
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Agincourt

Wodehouse, John, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826 - 1902) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Sable a chevron or goutty de sang between three cinquefoils Supporters Two wodehouses, or wild men, wreathed about the loins holding clubs over their shoulders Crest An arm erect holding a club in bend sinister Coronet of a Baron Motto AGINCOURT
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All worship be to God only

Fishmongers Company of London (Stamp 1)
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Arms Three dolphins naiant in pale crowned between two pairs of stockfish hauriant on each side in saltire over the mouth of each a crown on a chief three pairs of keys of St. Peter Supporters Dexter a merman armed holding a falchion Sinister a mermaid holding a mirror Crest Two arms embowed vested and cuffed holding an imperial crown Motto ALL WORSHIP BE TO GOD ONLY
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Alla ta hara

Mildmay, Charles, 18th Baron Fitzwalter  (1670 - 1728) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1. Three lions rampant (Mildmay) 2. Three bars gemelles over all a lion rampant (Fairfax) 3. A bend engrailed (Ratcliffe) 4. A fess between two chevrons (Fitzwalter) impaling Three battering rams barways in pale (Bertie) Supporters Two lions gardant wearing chapeaux Crest A lion rampant gardant Coronet of a Baron Motto ALLA TA HARA
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Alta cernens non defi

Hamilton, Gavin (1515-1571)   (Stamp 1)
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Arms Three cinquefoils Crozier of an Abbot Motto ALTA CERNENS NON DEFI Legend + GAVINVS COMENDATARIVS DE KILVYNVING 1554
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Alte volo

Unidentified Stamp
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Arms Ermine an Eagle displayed between two flaunches or on a chief engrailed sable a trefoil slipped between two crosses patty or Crest In front of a demi eagle a trefoil slipped between two crosses patty fitchy Helmet of an Esquire Motto ALTE VOLO
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There are no traces of the arms, crest, or motto of this stamp in the various reference sources.
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Altera merces

Maclean, Alexander (1791-1876)  (Stamp 1)
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Crest A branch of cypress and a claymore [sword] in saltire surmounted by a battleaxe in pale Motto ALTERA MERCES
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Altius ibunt qui ad summa nituntur

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Arms azure a pheon within a bordure argent bezanty Crest an eagle’s head erased ducally gorged holding a pheon in its beak Motto Altius ibunt qui ad summa nituntur
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Altius ibunt qui ad summa nituntur

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Arms Azure a pheon within a bordure argent bezanty Crest an eagle’s head erased ducally gorged holding a pheon in its beak Motto Altius ibunt qui ad summa nituntur
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Amantes Ardua Dumos

Thornhill, Bache (1747 - 1830) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Gules two bars gemelles argent a chief argent charged with a mascle for difference (Thornhill) 2 & 3. Or a lion rampant regardant pean within a bordure sable bezanty (Bache) Crest On a mount a tree charged with a mascle Helmet of an Esquire Motto Amantes Ardua Dumos
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Amo

Scott, Francis, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch  (1626 - 1651) (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a bend a mullet between two crescents Supporters Two women richly attired in antique robes Crest A stag trippant Helmet of a peer Coronet of an Earl Motto AMO Initials F E B
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Scott, Francis, 2nd Earl of Buccleuch  (1626 - 1651) (Stamp 3)
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Crest A stag trippant Motto AMO
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Aperto vivere voto

Finch, Heneage, 4th Earl of Aylesford  (1751 - 1812) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Argent a chevron between three griffins passant sable Supporters Dexter A griffin and Sinister A lion ducally gorged Coronet of an Earl Motto APERTO VIVERE VOTO
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Appetitus rationi pareat

Fitzwilliam, Charles William Wentworth, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam  (1786 - 1857) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Lozengy argent and gules (Fitzwilliam) 2 & 3. Sable a chevron between three leopards faces or (Wentworth) impaling A lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory (Dundas) Supporters Two savage men wreathed about the heads and waists with leaves and carrying clubs in their exterior hands Crests 1. Out of a ducal coronet a panache of five ostrich feathers 2. A griffin statant ducally gorged Coronet of a Viscount Motto APPETITUS RATIONI PAREAT
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Fitzwilliam, Charles William Wentworth, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam  (1786 - 1857) (Stamp 2)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Lozengy argent and gules (Fitzwilliam) 2 & 3. Sable a chevron between three leopards faces or (Wentworth) impaling A lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory (Dundas) Supporters Two savage men wreathed about the heads and waists with leaves and carrying clubs in their exterior hands Crests 1. Out of a ducal coronet a panache of five ostrich feathers 2. A griffin statant ducally gorged Coronet of an Earl Motto APPETITUS RATIONI PAREAT
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Armat et ornat

Broun, Archibald (1816 - 1893) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Azure a fess vair between three fleurs de lys argent Crest A rose Helmet of an Esquire Motto ARMAT ET ORNAT
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Artis er artis hono

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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4 on a bend three mullets pierced 2 & 3 three horses heads couped (Slade) Crest A demi lion rampant double queued holding in each paw a fleur-de-lys Helmet of an Esquire Motto ARTIS ET ARTIS HONO Initials M S
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Astra castra

Lindsay, David, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres  (1586 - 1641) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Within a bordure semy of mullets Quarterly 1 & 4. A fess checky (Lindsay) 2 & 3. A lion rampant (Abernethy) Supporters Two lions sejant gardant collared Crest A tent ensigned with a pennon Helmet of a Peer Mottoes ASTRA CASTRA ; NVMEN LVMEN MVNIMEN Legend DAVID • DOMINVS • LYNDESAY • DE • BALCARRES
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Lindsay, David, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres  (1586 - 1641) (Stamp 2)
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Crest A tent semy of mullets ensigned with a pennon Motto ASTRA CASTRA
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Lindsay, James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford, 9th Earl of Balcarres  (1847 - 1913) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Gules a fess checky argent and azure Crest A tent ensigned with a pennant Coronet of a Baron Mottoes ASTRA CASTRA NUMEN LUMEN MUNIMEN
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At spes infracta

Hope, Charles, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (1681 - 1742) (Stamp 1)
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Arms On a chevron between three bezants [roundels] a laurel leaf slipped Coronet of an Earl Motto AT SPES INFRACTA
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At spes non fracta

Beresford-Hope, Alexander James Beresford (1820 - 1887) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A broken globe surmounted by a rainbow with clouds at each end Motto AT SPES NON FRACTA Monogram B H
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Hope, Henry Thomas (1808 - 1862) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Azure a chevron or between three bezants [roundels] Crest A broken globe under a rainbow with a cloud at each end Motto AT SPES NON FRACTA
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Hope, Thomas (1769-1831)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Azure a chevron or between three bezants [roundels] Crest A broken globe under a rainbow with a cloud at each end Motto AT SPES NON FRACTA
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Hope, Thomas (1769-1831)  (Stamp 2)
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Arms Azure a chevron or between three bezants [roundels] Crest A broken globe under a rainbow with a cloud at each end Motto AT SPES NON FRACTA
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Auctor pretiosa facit

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Arms A saltire engrailed between four roses Crest A lion passant gardant crowned Motto AUCTOR PRETIOSA FACIT
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Arms A saltire engrailed between four roses Crest A lion passant gardant crowned Motto AUCTOR PRETIOSA FACIT
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Audaces fortuna juvat

Ramsden, John William, Sir, 5th Baronet, of Byram (1831 - 1914) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A cubit arm in armour in pale holding a fleur-de-lys Motto AUDACES FORTUNA JUVAT Monogram J W R
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Audaces juvo

Buchanan, Francis Christian (1853 - 1920) (Stamp 1)
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Arms Or a lion rampant sable within a double tressure flory counterflory a bordure engrailed per pale azure and gules Crest A hand couped at the wrist holding a chapeau within a wreath of olive leaves Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUDACES JUVO Legend + F.C.BUCHANAN CLARINISH SIGILLUM +
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Audaciter

Euing, William (1788 - 1874) (Stamp 1)
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Crest A demi lion holding in its dexter paw an estoile of five points Motto AUDACITER
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Audentior ibo

Oliveira, Benjamin (1806-1865)  (Stamp 1)
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Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Gules on a mount an olive tree [vert] (Oliveira) 2 & 3. Azure five escallops in saltire three mullets in base fessways (Calheiros) Crest An olive tree Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUDENTIOR IBO Legend Benjamin Oliveira
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