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Aurata clypeo salteria nigra Deringi

Dering, Edward, Sir, 1st Baronet, of Surrenden Dering (1598 - 1644) (Stamp 3)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A saltire (Dering) 2 & 3. A fess in chief three roundels (Dering, augmentation of honour) in honour point the hand of Ulster Motto AVRATA CLYPEO SALTERIA NIGRA DERINGI
Heraldic Charges: 

Auspicio regis et senatus Angliæ

East India Company (Stamp 2)

East India Company (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross in the dexter chief an escutcheon France and England quarterly surmounted by a royal crown Supporters Two lions rampant gardant holding banners of the St George’s Cross Crest A lion rampant gardant holding an imperial crown Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ
Heraldic Charges: 

East India Company (Stamp 3)

Dimensions:
Arms A cross in the dexter chief an escutcheon France and England quarterly surmounted by a royal crown Supporters Two lions rampant gardant holding banners of the St George’s Cross Crest A lion rampant gardant holding an imperial crown Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ
Heraldic Charges: 

East India Company (Stamp 4)

East India Company (Stamp 4)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross in the dexter chief an escutcheon France and England quarterly surmounted by a royal crown Supporters Two lions rampant gardant holding banners of the St George’s Cross Crest A lion rampant gardant holding an imperial crown Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ
Heraldic Charges: 

East India Company (Stamp 5)

East India Company (Stamp 5)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross in the dexter chief an escutcheon France and England quarterly surmounted by a royal crown Supporters Two lions rampant gardant holding banners of the St George’s Cross Crest A lion rampant gardant holding an imperial crown Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ
Heraldic Charges: 

East India Company (Stamp 6)

East India Company (Stamp 6)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross in the dexter chief an escutcheon France and England quarterly surmounted by a royal crown Supporters Two lions rampant gardant holding banners of the St George’s Cross Crest A lion rampant gardant holding an imperial crown Helmet of an Esquire Motto AUSPICIO REGIS ET SENATUS ANGLIÆ
Heraldic Charges: 

Aut nunquam tentes aut perfice

Sackville, Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset (1638 - 1706) (Stamp 1)

Sackville, Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset (1638 - 1706) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly or and gules overall a bend vair Coronet of an Earl Supporters Two leopards Motto AUT NVNQVAM TENTES AUT PERFICE Order of the Garter
Heraldic Charges: 

Sackville, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688 - 1765) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly or and gules overall a bend vair Crest out of a ducal coronet an estoile Coronet of a Duke Helmet of a peer Supporters Two leopards Motto AUT NUNQUAM TENTES AUT PERFICE Order of the Garter
Heraldic Charges: 

Avancez

Chalmers, Matthew (Stamp 1)

Chalmers, Matthew (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Crest A lion’s head erased Motto AVANCEZ
Heraldic Charges: 

Avant

Stuart, John, Sir, 3rd Baronet (1714 - 1796) (Stamp 1)

Stuart, John, Sir, 3rd Baronet (1714 - 1796) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Crest A hand holding a sword Motto AVANT
Heraldic Charges: 

Avise la fin

Clark-Kennedy, Alexander William Maxwell (1851 - 1894) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Crests 1. A demi-military man holding in his dexter hand a sword, in his sinister a flag on which is written “L’EMPEREUR NAPOLEON AU 105 REGIMENT D’INFANT DE LIGNE”. 2. A dolphin embowed Monogram A W M C K Motto AVISE LA FIN Legend KNOCKGRAY
Heraldic Charges: 

Avito viret honore

Montagu-Stuart Wortley-Mackenzie, Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827 - 1899) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Azure a stag's head caboshed above two branches of laurel (Mackenzie of Rosehaugh) 2. On a bend gules between six martlets three bezants [roundels] on a canton or a fess checky within a double tressure flory counterflory (Wortley) 3. Or a fess checky within a double tressure flory counterflory (Stuart, Earl of Bute) Coronet of an Earl Motto • AVITO • • VIRET • • HONORE •
Heraldic Charges: 

Stuart, William (1798 - 1874) (Stamp 1)

Stuart, William (1798 - 1874) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Or a fess checky azure and argent within a double tressure flory counterflory gules Crest A demi lion Mottoes NOBILIS IRA AVITO VIRET HONORE
Heraldic Charges: 

Bart sylva subit aspera

Paddy, William, Sir (1554 - 1635) (Stamp 1)

Paddy, William, Sir (1554 - 1635) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Two dragons rampant wings extended between them a tree Crest A demi-lion Helmet of an Esquire Motto BART SYLVA SVBIT ASPERA
Heraldic Charges: 

Be mind full

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 2)

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1. Or a stag’s head caboshed (Calder) 2. Gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell) 3. Argent a ship (Lorne) 4. Per fess azure and gules a cross or (Lort) impaling Quarterly 1 & 4. Barry of ten or and sable (Botevile) 2 & 3. Argent a lion rampant tail nowed and erect (Thynne) Supporters Dexter A lion rampant gardant and Sinister a hart Crest A swan crowned Helmet of a Peer Coronet of a Baron Motto BE MIND FULL
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Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 4)

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 4)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1. Or a stag’s head caboshed (Calder) 2. Gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell) 3. Argent a ship (Lorne) 4. Per fess azure and gules a cross or (Lort) Coronet of a Earl Motto be mind full
Heraldic Charges: 

Be mindfull

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 5)

Campbell , John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor (1790 - 1860) (Stamp 5)
Dimensions:
Monogram CC (addorsed) Coronet of an Earl Motto BE MINDFULL

Be trew

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 01)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 02)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 03)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 3)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 04)

Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bee fast

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 1)

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes bee fast / murus aeneas conscientia sana
Heraldic Charges: 

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 2)

Lumley-Savile, John, 8th Earl of Scarbrough (1788 - 1856) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Argent on a bend sable three owls of the field (Savile) 2 & 3. Argent a fess gules between three parrots (Lumley) Supporters Two parrots Crests 1. An owl (Savile) 2. A pelican in her piety wings addorsed (Lumley) Coronet of an Earl Mottoes BEE FAST / MURUS AENEAS CONSCIENTIA SANA
Heraldic Charges: 

Bon temps viendra

Bourchier, Rachel, Countess of Bath (1613 - 1680) (Stamp 1)

Bourchier, Rachel, Countess of Bath (1613 - 1680) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross engrailed between four water bougets (Bourchier) impaling Three dexter gauntlets (Fane) Coronet of a Countess Mottoes NON EST MORTALE QVOD OPTO BON TEMPS VIENDRA NE VILE FANDO [sic] SEMPER EADEM Legend EX DONO RACHAEL COMITISSAE BATHON : DOTARÆ AN DOM MDCL
Heraldic Charges: 

Bonis omnia in bonum mihi vita Christus ``

Johnson, George (Stamp 1)

Johnson, George (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms On a bend between two pairs of shackles three pheons issuant from a chief between two mascles a demi lion charged on the shoulder with a crescent for difference Monogram G J Motto ? BONIS ? OMNIA ? IN ? BONVM ? MIHI ? VITA ? CHRISTVS
Heraldic Charges: 

Bonitas regnabit

Oxford University (Stamp 1)

Oxford University (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
Heraldic Charges: 

Oxford University (Stamp 2)

Oxford University (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
Heraldic Charges: 

Oxford University (Stamp 3)

Oxford University (Stamp 3)
Dimensions:
Arms An open book with seven clasps inscribed with the words SAPI/ENT/IA ET // FOEL/ICIT/ATE between three ancient crowns Supporters A lion gardant and a pascal lamb holding a flag and a key Crest Sun rising in the clouds Mottoes DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO MEA BONITAS REGNABIT • VERITAS LIBERABIT
Heraldic Charges: 

Bonne esperaunce et droit en avant

Nugent-Grenville, George, 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown (1788 - 1850) (Stamp 1)

Nugent-Grenville, George, 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown (1788 - 1850) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Vert on a cross argent five torteaux [roundels] Coronet of a Baron Motto bonne esperaunce et droit en avant
Heraldic Charges: 

By it we live

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 01)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 02)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 03)

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 3)
Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

Bruce, Robert Tyndall Hamilton (1847 - 1899) (Stamp 04)

Dimensions:
Device Between four horses heads bridled erased two sacks in cross, thereon two monograms RTH and BRUCE within a motto BY IT WE LIVE, round the whole a square frame with the mottoes RIDE THRO and BE TREW (twice) in the corners R T H B. Above and below the frame scrolls incorporating thistles
Heraldic Charges: 

By my ancestors merit

Denis, Peter (1713 - 1778) (Stamp 1)

Dimensions:
Initial D Crest An arm in armour embowed holding a serpent Motto BY MY ANCESTORS MERIT
Possibilities for Identification: 
Not in Fairbairn’s Crests. Clements identifies the stamp as belonging to the Denis family. Burke’s General armory: Peter Denis – a hand grasping a snake, but not an arm in armour embowed
Heraldic Charges: 

By truthe & diligence

Lucy, George Hammond (1789 - 1845) (Stamp 1)

Lucy, George Hammond (1789 - 1845) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly of eight 1. Three luces hauriant between seven cross crosslets 2. A lion rampant crowned and double queued 3. An eagle displayed 4 A stag's head caboshed 5.Three bars overall on a bend three mullets 6. Billety of eight (three & five) a lion rampant crowned 7. A fess between six cross crosslets three and three 8. A cross between four martlets Initials G L Motto By truthe & diligence
Heraldic Charges: 

Candide et constanter

Coventry, George William, 7th Earl of Coventry (1758 - 1831) (Stamp 1)

Coventry, George William, 7th Earl of Coventry (1758 - 1831) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms A fess ermine between three crescents Crest A garb or fessways thereon a cock Helmet of a Knight or Baronet Motto CANDIDE ET CONSTANTER
Heraldic Charges: 

Coventry, George, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722 - 1809) (Stamp 1)

Coventry, George, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722 - 1809) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Azure a fess ermine between three crescents Crest A garb or fessways thereon a cock Motto CANDIDE ET CONSTANTER
Heraldic Charges: 

Carpe diem

Webster (Stamp 1)

Webster (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms A cross botonny between four mullets (Webster) impaling A chevron between three hands couped (Maynard?) Crest A dragon's head erased Helmet of an Esquire Motto CARPE DIEM
Heraldic Charges: 

Cassis tutissima virtus

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1st Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal (1767 - 1855) (Stamp 1)

Cholmondeley, Thomas, 1st Baron Delamere, of Vale Royal (1767 - 1855) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Gules two close helmets in base a garb Coronet of a Baron Motto CASSIS TVTISSIMA VIRTVS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cave canem

Cave, Raymond George (1932 - 2016) (Stamp 1)

Cave, Raymond George (1932-2016) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Fretty Crest A greyhound courant collared and charged with annulets Helmet of an Esquire Motto CAVE CANEM
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendo tutus

Cavendish, Henry, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1630 - 1691) (Stamp 2)

Cavendish, Henry, 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1630 - 1691) (Stamp 2)
Dimensions:
Arms Three stags heads caboshed a crescent for difference Crest A serpent nowed Supporters Dexter A bull ducally gorged, sinister a lion ducally crowned Helmet of a Peer Coronet of a Viscount Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonchire (1833 - 1908) (Stamp 1)

Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke of Devonchire (1833 - 1908) (Stamp 1)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly of eight 1. Three stags heads caboshed (Cavendish) 2 Three stirrups (Scudamore) 3. A chevron between ?? 4. A saltire engrailed on a chief three cinquefoils (Hardwick) 5. A fess (Keighley) 6. Per pale a chevron engrailed between three lions rampant 7. Per bend embattled (Boyle) 8. Checky a fess (Clifford) Crest A serpent entwined Supporters Two stags ducally gorged Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 01)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Sable three stags heads caboshed (Cavendish) 2. Per bend embattled argent and gules (Boyle) 3. Checky argent and azure a fess gules (Clifford) Supporters Two stags wreathed round the necks with garlands of roses Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 02)

Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Sable three stags heads caboshed (Cavendish) 2. Per bend embattled argent and gules (Boyle) 3. Checky argent and azure a fess gules (Clifford) Supporters Two stags wreathed round the necks with garlands of roses Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 03)

Dimensions:
Arms Three stags heads caboshed Supporters Two stags wreathed round the necks with garlands of roses Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TVTVS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 04)

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 4)
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. Sable three stags heads caboshed (Cavendish) 2. Per bend embattled argent and gules (Boyle) 3. Checky argent and azure a fess gules (Clifford) Supporters Two stags wreathed round the necks with garlands of roses Crest A serpent nowed Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 05)

Dimensions:
Arms Sable three stags heads caboshed Crest A serpent nowed Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TUTUS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858) (Stamp 07)

Dimensions:
Arms Three stags heads caboshed Coronet of a Duke Motto CAVENDO TVTVS
Heraldic Charges: 

Cavendish, William, 1st Duke Devonshire (1641 - 1707) (Stamp 1)

Cavendish, William, 1st Duke Devonshire (1641 - 1707) (Stamp v008)
Dimensions:
Arms Three stags heads caboshed Coronet of an Earl Supporters two stags Order of the Garter Motto CAVENDO TVTVS
Heraldic Charges: 

Ce que veult peult

Unidentified Stamp

Unidentified Stamp
Dimensions:
Arms Quarterly 1 & 4. A chevron gules between three escallops 2. Ermine a lion rampant between a fleur-de-lis and a mullet in chief 3. A lion couchant gardant in chief two swords in saltire on an escutcheon of pretence Quarterly 1 & 4 Ermine a millrind 2 & 3 Two bars in chief three [?] heads erased Crests 1. An escallop 2. A cock Helmets of a peer (2) Motto CE QUE VEULT PEULT
Possibilities for Identification: 
There is no trace of this stamp in the various reference sources. It remains a mystery.
Heraldic Charges: 

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