Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Black Maltese Cross - Contrary to Regulations


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Usage on Pairs of Stamps
 

The practice of applying a single cancellation across two stamps, whilst still rare, continued throughout the entire Maltese cross period.
 

Plate 1 HF-HG
Plate 3 MC-MD

[HF-HG] pair, plate 1, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross

 

[MC-MD] pair, plate 3, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross

Plate 1b red QG-QH
Plate 5 KB-KC

[QG-QH] pair, plate 1b in red, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross [e]

 

[KB-KC] pair, plate 5 in red , cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

Plate 12 GA-GB

[GA-GB] pair, plate 12, from Harleston to Bungay dated 12 November 1841,
 cancelled with a single black Maltese cross

 


Plate 11 TA-TB
Plate 13 KF-KG

[TA-TB] pair, plate 11 in red, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

 

[KF-KG] pair, plate 13, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

Plate 24 MJ-MK
Plate 28 FB-FC

[MJ-MK] pair, plate 24, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

 

[FB-FC] pair, plate 28, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

Plate 21 HA-HB

[HA-HB] pair, plate 21, from Airdrie to Edinburgh, dated 14 December 1842,
cancelled with a single black Maltese cross

 


[NE, IL, IK, JL] four singles, plate 21, from Sherborne to Dorchester, dated 9 September 1841,
 cancelled with two black Maltese crosses
Reduced to 80%
 


Usage on larger multiples
 

 

 

Examples consisting of larger multiples are very rarely seen.
 

Plate 31 QF-QJ

[QF-QJ] strip of five, plate 31, cancelled with
 three black Maltese crosses

 

Plate 2 KD JE-JF

[KD] plate 2 plus [JE-JF] pair, cancelled with
two black Maltese crosses

 

Plate 36 PG-PJ

[PG-PJ] strip of four, plate 36, from Ilchester to Dulverton, dated 2 December 1843,
cancelled with two black Maltese crosses

 


Additional items - not in display

 

 

Plate 3 DD-DE
Plate 3 FB-FC

[DD-DE] pair, plate 3, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross

[similar to the debris filled cross of Biggleswade]
 

[FB-FC] pair, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross

Plate 28 RA-RB
Plate 36 RJ-RK

[RA-RB] pair, plate 28, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

 

[RJ-RK] pair, plate 36, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross

Plate 29 HJ-HK
Plate 3 EE-EG

[HJ-HK] pair, plate 29, cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross

 

[EE-EG] strip of three, plate 3, cancelled with
two black Maltese crosses

Plate 21 LJ QJ

[LJ and QJ] two singles, plate 21, from London to Alnwick, dated 6 December 1842,
cancelled with a single black Maltese cross

 

Plate 26 Four singles

Four singles, plate 26, on entire from Perth to Southwell (Notts), dated 9 December 1842,
cancelled with three black Maltese crosses of Perth

 

Plate 3 FH-FI

[FH-FI] pair, plate 3, on a large dated piece from Rugby to Warwick, dated 13 March 1844,
cancelled by a single black Maltese cross of Rugby

 

Plate 20 CG-CH

[CG-CH] pair, plate 20, from Dumfries to Langholm, dated 25 March 1843,
cancelled with a single blackMaltese cross