Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Barred Numeral Cancellations (Irish Post Towns)
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 78 NK-NL
Plate 4 FK-FL

[NK-NL] plate 78, inscriptional pair, cancelled with single Irish black numeral (10 Arklow).
 

[FK-FL] plate 4, pair, cancelled
 with single Irish black numeral
(62 Belfast - split)
 

Plate 23 DJ-DK

[DJ-DK] plate 23, pair on entire from Ballina to Dublin dated 3 Dec 1848, cancelled
with a single black Irish numeral (29 Ballina).

 

Plate 121 OA-PC
Plate 4 SD-TE

[OA-PC] block of six, plate 121, cancelled
 with three black Irish numerals (186 Dublin)

[SD-TE] plate 4, block of 4, cancelled
 with two black Irish numerals (186 Dublin).
Part of reversed “postage” marginal watermark [e]
 


Plate 55 BD-BE
Plate 125 GE-GF

[BD-BE] pair, plate 55, cancelled
with a single black Irish numeral
(156 Cork).
 

[GE-GF] plate 125, pair (strong Ivory Heads) cancelled, with a single black Irish numeral (271 Killaloe)

PK PH

[PK and PH] two singles on entire dated 7 Mar 1846 from Kanturk to Devonport, cancelled
with a single black Irish numeral (257 Kanturk)

 

Plate 122 TK-TL
Plate 150 BA-BB

[TK-TL] plate 122, pair (watermark inverted) cancelled,
with a single black Irish numeral (345 Mullingar) [e].

 

[BA-BB] plate 150, pair, cancelled
 with single Irish black numeral (349 Nenagh).


Additional items not in display

SA-SB
HH-HI

[SA-SB] pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single Irish black numeral (157 Cove).

[HH-HI] pair on thicker lavender paper, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single Irish black numeral (345 Mullingar).
 

Plate 129 JH-JI
OB and MC

[JH-JI] plate 129, pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single Irish black numeral (186 Dublin).

[OB and MC] two singles on piece, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single Irish black numeral (186 Dublin).
 

Plate 76 LH-LI
Plate 130 DF-EG

[LH-LI] pair, plate 76, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with black Irish numeral (57 Banagher).
 

Plate 95 DC-DD

[DC-DD] pair, plate 95, cancelled with
 a single black Irish numeral (186 Dublin)
Contrary to regulations
 

[DF-EG] plate 130, block of four, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with a single black Irish numeral (345 Mullingar).

Plate 71 AA-AL

[AA-AL] strip of eight and two pairs (the whole row) plate 71,
from Moate to New York dated 26 May 1847, cancelled with
six strikes of the 331 Irish numeral of Moate in turquoise-green.
Contrary to Regulations
Liverpool transit datestamp of 27 May 1847 on reverse
 

Plate 144 FG EL

[FG and EL] two singles, plate 144, from Dublin to Bridgewater, dated 4 April 1853,
 cancelled with a single black Irish numeral (186 Dublin).
Contrary to Regulations
 

Plate 4 KI-KJ
QI-QJ

[KI-KJ] pair, plate 4, cancelled with
 a single black Irish numeral (186 Dublin)
Contrary to regulations
 

[QI-QJ] cancelled with
 a single black Irish numeral (223 Fivemiletown)

Plate 4 IB-IL

[IB-IL] strip of eleven, plate 4, from Belfast to Dublin, dated 22 May 1854,
cancelled with six black Irish numerals (62 Belfast - split)
Contrary to regulations
 

Plate 170 CA-CF

[CA-CF] strip of six, plate 170, cancelled with
three black Irish numerals (186 Dublin)
Contrary to regulations
 

Plate 4 DC-DD
Plate 166 KC-KD

[DC-DD] plate 4, cancelled with
 a single black Irish numeral (186 Dublin)
Contrary to Regulations
 

[KC-KD] pair, plate 166, cancelled with
 a single black Irish numeral (62 Belfast)
Contrary to Regulations

Plate 98 KI-KJ

 

 

 

 

[KI-KJ] plate 98, pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with a single black Irish numeral (186 Dublin).