Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Multiple Strikes of the Obliterator


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Multiple strikes of the Maltese cross obliterator are sometimes, mistakenly, referred to as “cancelled contrary to regulations”; the only stipulation was that each stamp was to be cancelled to prevent its re-use and there was no limitation on how many strikes this was to take.  Examples cancelled in this manner are simply eye-catching anomalies.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 9 Red GB

[GB] in red, to Enniskillen dated 28 February 1841,
 cancelled with two black Maltese crosses

 

Plate 25 HC

[HC] on entire sent from Ashton to Warrington dated 24 December 1842,
 cancelled with two strikes of a black maltese cross.
Handstruck Ashton Penny Post in red