Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 150 to 199)


 

 

This pages illustrate stamps and covers that are identifiable as originating from towns allocated a barred numeral cancellation in preparation for their introduction on 1 May 1844.
 

150 Burnley

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MI

 

 

 

[MI] cancelled with black numeral (150 Burnley).

 

 

 


151 Colne

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 64 KL
BL

 

 

[KL] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(151 Colne)

[BL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(151 Colne)

 

 


152 Burton on Trent

Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA
Plate 3 TC-TE
AB

[CA] cancelled with black numeral (152 Burton on Trent)

[TC-TE] strip of three, plate 3, cancelled with
 black numerals (152 Burton on Trent)

[AB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(152 Burton on Trent)

Plate 4 PA-PC

 

 

 

 

[PA-PC] strip of three, plate 4, cancelled with
black numerals (152 Burton on Trent)

 

 

 

 


153 Burton

Westmoreland

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


154 Bury

Lancashire

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 67 MG
Plate 166 AK
AL

 

[MG] plate 67, cancelled
with black numeral
(154 Bury).

[AK] plate 166, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(154 Bury)

[AL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(154 Bury)

 


155 Buxton

Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 4 ND-NE
Plate 78 CJ

 

[GJ-GK] pair plate 4, cancelled with
black numerals (155 Buxton).

[CJ] plate 78, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(155 Buxton)

 


156 Chapel le Frith

Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


157 Calne

Wiltshire

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 59 SC
Plate 92 GG
Plate 76 MH

 

[SC] plate 59, cancelled
with black numeral
(157 Calne).

[GG] plate 92, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(157 Calne)

[MH] plate 76, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(157 Calne)

 


158 Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DB
Plate 31 JL
Plate 93 BD
Plate 3 AC

[DB] cancelled with black numeral (158 Cambridge).

[JL] plate 31, on dated prece (23 May 1844)
cancelled with black numeral (158 Cambridge).

[BD] plate 93, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(158 Cambridge)

[AC] plate 3, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(158 Cambridge)

Plate 41 JK

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JK] plate 141, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(158 Cambridge)

 

 

 

 

 

 


159 Chard

Somerset

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 106 NB
Plate 164 ND
Plate 69 AD
Plate 89 BI

[NB] plate 106, cancelled with black numeral (159 Chard).

[ND] plate 164, cancelled with black numeral (159 Chard).

[AD] plate 69, cancelled
with black numeral
(159 Chard).

[BI] plate 89, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(159 Chard)

Plate 24 LC
FC
Plate 24 TD
PE

[LC] plate 24, cancelled with
 a black Chard datestamp
(27 September 1842)

[FC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(159 Chard)

[TD] plate 24, cancelled with
 a black Chard datestamp
(1842)

[PE] cancelled with
 a Chard datestamp
(6 October ????)

Plate 4 BI

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BI] plate 4, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(159 Chard)

 

 

 

 

 

 


160 Camelford

Cornwall

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 170 QB

 

 

 

[QB] plate 170, cancelled
with a black numeral
(160 Camelford).

 

 

 


161 Five Lanes

Cornwall

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 162 Cardiff - see Wales

 163 Pontypridd - see Wales

 164 Cardigan - see Wales

165 Carlisle

Cumberland

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 3 RA-SA
Plate 167 CF
Plate 3 QA-QC

[CF] plate 167, cancelled with black numeral (165 Carlisle).

[QA-QC] strip of three, cancelled with
black numerals (165 Carlisle)
[QC in state 4].

SE
Plate 84 TG
KH

[RA-SA] plate 3, cancelled
with black numerals
(165 Carlisle).

[SE] cancelled with black numeral (165 Carlisle)

[TG] plate 84, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(165 Carlisle)

[KH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(165 Carlisle)

IF

[IF] from Longtown to Ecclesfechan dated 6 July 1845,
cancelled with a black maltese cross.


166 Haltwhistle

Northumberland

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 68 TA
Plate 149 MF

 

 

[TA] plate 68, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(166 Haltwhistle)

[MF] plate 149, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(166 Haltwhistle)

 

 


 167 Carmarthen - see Wales

 168 Kidwelly - see Wales

 169 was not allocated in 1844

 170 Newcastle-Emlyn - see Wales

171 Chalford

Gloucestershire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


172 Minchinhampton

Gloucestershire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


173 Chatham

Kent

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 37 NK
Plate 66 EH
SD
Plate 91 CG

[NK] plate 37, cancelled with black numeral (173 Chatham).

[EH] plate 66, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(173 Chatham)

[SD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(173 Chatham)

[CG] plate 91, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(173 Chatham)

Plate 63 BG
Plate 46 TL

 

 

 

 

[BG] plate 63, cancelled with
 a Chatham datestamp
(31 December 1845) [e]

[TL] plate 56, cancelled with
 a black datestamp
(Chatham 24 April 1845)

 

 

 

 


174 Chatteris

Cambridgeshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 156 BJ

 

 

 

[BJ] plate 156, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(174 Chatteris)

 

 

 


175 Cheadle

Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA

 

 

 

[DA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(175 Cheadle)

 

 

 


176 Chelmsford

Essex

 

 

 

Rarity

E

Earliest recorded use :

19 Jun 1844

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 53 G-EK

[EG-EK] plate 53, strip of five, cancelled with
black numerals (176 Chelmsford).
 

CE

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CE] cancelled with black numeral (176 Chelmsford).

 

 

 

 

 

 


177 Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 58 CJ
Plate 84 DF
Plate 56 EI
DL

[CJ] plate 58, cancelled with black numeral (177 Cheltenham).

[DF] plate 84, cancelled
with black numeral
(177 Cheltenham).

[EI] plate 56, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(177 Cheltenham)

[DL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(177 Cheltenham)

AD

[AD] from Cheltenham to Bourton on the Water dated 25 March 1845,
cancelled with black 177 numeral of Cheltenham.
 

??

[??] from Cheltenham to Ludlow, dated 13 May 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (177 Cheltenham)


 178 Chepstow - see Wales

179 Chertsey

Surrey

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 110 RF
Plate 78 SC
BH

 

[RF] plate 110, cancelled with black numeral (179 Chertsey).

[SC] plate 78, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(179 Chertsey)

[BH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(179 Chertsey)

 


180 Chester

Cheshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 78 LK
Plate 4 NE-NF
Plate 121 JH

[LK] plate 78, cancelled with black numeral (180 Chester).

[NE-NF] pair, plate 4, cancelled with
black numerals (180 Chester).

[JH] plate 121, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(180 Chester)

Plate 1b PC-PD

[PC-PD] pair, plate 1b from Chester to Manchester, dated 16 October 1840,
cancelled with black Maltese crosses

Unofficial early use of the black cross and the only such recorded usage from Chester
 

JE

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(180 Chester)

 

 

 

 

 

 


 181 Abergele - see Wales

 182 Hawarden - see Wales

 183 Mochdrai - see Wales

184 Neston

Cheshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 185 Northrop - see Wales

186 Chesterfield

Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FI

 

 

 

[FI] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(186 Chesterfield)

 

 

 


187 Stavely

Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


188 Chester le Street

Durham

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 62 PG

 

 

 

[PG] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(188 Chester-le-Street)

 

 

 


 189 was not allocated in 1844

190 Chichester

Sussex

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 46 TA
Plate 122 QA
Plate 79 RJ
Plate 45 MJ

[TA] plate 46, cancelled with black numeral (190 Chichester).

[QA] plate 122, cancelled
with a black numeral
(190 Chichester).

[RJ] plate 79, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(190 Chichester)

[MJ] plate 45, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(190 Chichester)


191 Chippenham

Wiltshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 43 LA
Plate 76 OC-OD
RJ

[LA] marginal plate 43, cancelled with black numeral (191 Chippenham) [cert].

[OC-OD] plate 76, pair cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with a single  black numeral (191 Chippenham).

[RJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(191 Chippenham)


192 Malmesbury

Wiltshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


193 Sodbury

Gloucestershire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 138 IE

 

 

 

[IE] plate 138, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(193 Sodbury)

 

 

 


194 Charmouth

Dorset

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB

[SE] plate 136, from Charmouth to Weymouth, dated 26 August 1852,
cancelled with a blue-green numeral (194 Charmouth) [e]
 


195 Chipping Norton

Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PE
EF-EG

 

[PE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(195 Chipping Norton)

[EF-EG] pair, cancelled with
black numerals (195 Chipping Norton)

 


 196 Chirk - see Wales

 197 Ruabon - see Wales

198 Chorley

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 199 was not allocated in 1844