Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Barred Numeral Cancellations (London Inland Office)
Contrary to Regulations


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The practice of applying a single cancellation across a pair of stamps or too few cancellations on larger multiples, whilst still rare, continued into the barred numeral era.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 50 BB  LD

[BB, LD] two singles, plate 50, from London to Alnwick dated 4 December 1844, cancelled
with a single black London Inland 4 numeral.

 

Plate 57 IH-II
MF-MG

[IH-II] plate 57, pair cancelled
with a single London Inland 1 numeral.

 

[MF-MG] pair, cancelled with
 a single black London numeral (Inland 7)

Plate 4 EC-EF

[EC-EF] plate 4, strip of four, cancelled
 with three black London Inland 13 numerals.

 


Additional items not in display

BD-BE

[BD-BE] pair, from London to Derby, dated 24 April 1845,
cancelled with a single London numeral (Inland 7)
Contrary to Regulations
 

FI-FK
Plate 95 RF-RG

[FJ-FK] pair, cancelled with
 a single black London numeral (Inland 4)
Contrary to Regulations
 

[RF-RG] pair, plate 95, cancelled with
 a single black London numeral (Inland 28)
Contrary to regulations

Plate 4 RA-RD

[RA-RD] strip of four from London to Coln (Cologne), dated 15 June 1854,
cancelled with three black London numerals (Inland 40)
Contrary to Regulations