| Sir | ||
| lordmear | = | The Lord Mayor of London |
| of London | Mansion House | |
| manchouse | ||
| Mr. Rosenheim | ||
| 21 Rusſelstreet | = | 21 Russell Street |
| Komerseldok | Commercial Dock | |
| Michael Kelly | ||
| Little elfet | = | St. Nicholas |
| Sir Nicolas Dusty | Industrial School | |
| School | Little Ilford | |
| Tom Jenkins | ||
| Haselbeach | = | Haselbeach |
| in no Jamtshere | Northamptonshire | |
| Mr. Wallace | = | Messrs. Wallis & Co. |
| Drapers | Drapers | |
| Iobin | High Holborn | |
| Ferar & Son | = | H. B. Fearon & Son |
| Obanvidock | Holborn Viaduct |
Then there are instances of extraordinary abbreviations in addresses. For instance:—
| Messrs. CSSA | = | Civil Service Supply Association |
| Qvst | Queen Victoria Street |
People, too, sometimes address their parcels with word pictures instead of written characters, and of course the funny man who sends a parcel is also in evidence.
Messrs. Parsons & Co.
Cocks and Hens
London, E.,
which is obviously intended for Poultry, E.C.
Of insufficiently addressed parcels there are a great number, and the difficulties with these are not lessened by the number of towns bearing the same name. For instance, there are as many as 24 places in the United Kingdom alone bearing the name of Newton, 12 named Milton, 16 Middleton, 20 Newtown, 12 Newport, 9 Mount Pleasant, and so on.