Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 250 to 299)

250 Devonport

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[OB] plate 62, cancelled with black numeral (250 Devonport).

[FL] cancelled with black numeral (250 Devonport)

[PA-PB] pair, plate 60, cancelled with
 a single black numeral (250 Devonport)
Contrary to regulations

[BH-DK] block of twelve, plate 102,
cancelled with blue/black (mixed inks) numerals (250 Devonport).
 

[DA-DB] pair plate 3, cancelled with red maltese crosses
on entire from Devonport to Plymouth dated 19 July 1840.
 

251 St Germans

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

252 Torpoint

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[II] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(252 Torpoint)

253 Dewsbury

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[FE] plate 78, cancelled with black numeral (253 Dewsbury).

[QH] plate 68, cancelled with black numeral (253 Dewsbury).

[GB] plate 79, cancelled
with black numeral
(253 Dewsbury).

[PA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(253 Dewsbury)

254 Diss

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

255 Doncaster

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RA] plate 58, cancelled with black numeral (255 Doncaster).

[RK] plate 50, cancelled with black numeral (255 Doncaster).

[MB] plate 57, cancelled with black numeral (255 Doncaster).

[AD] plate 63, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(255 Doncaster)

[DK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(255 Doncaster)

256 Dorchester

Dorset

Earliest recorded use :

[IB] plate 64, from Dorchester to Sherborne dated 27 May 1846,
cancelled with black 256 numeral of Dorchester.
 

[LI] plate 24, on envelope from Dorchester to Yeovil dated 16 Aug 1842, cancelled
solely with a Dorchester CDS

[QC] plate 18, cancelled with
a black Dorchester CDS
(26 May 1842)

[EF] plate 47, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(256 Dorchester)

[CC] from Dorchester to London, dated 14 May 1842,
cancelled with a black Dorchester datestamp

[EI-EL] strip of four, plate 19, cancelled with
two black datestamps of Dorchester (24 August 1842)

257 Dorking

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[QH] on large piece dated 14 November 1848 from Dorking to Reigate cancelled
 with a black numeral (257 Dorking).
 

[?H] plate 153, from Dorking to Newport, dated 19 October 1860,
cancelled with a black duplex (257 Dorking)
late usage of an imperforate stamp

258 Dover

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[SF] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (258 Dover).

[NC] plate 164, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(258 Dover)

[GB] plate 121, cancelled with
a blue datestamp
Dover [e]

[IB] plate 161, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(258 Dover)

259 Walmer

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[NK] plate 62, on entire from Walmer to London dated 25 September 1846,
cancelled with brown 259 numeral (Walmer).
 

260 Downham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[IK] on large piece to Norwich dated (internally) 16 September 1844,
cancelled with black 260 numeral of Downham.
 

261 Driffield

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[OA-OB] pair, cancelled with
black numerals (261 Driffield)

[FA] plate 3, cancelled with black numeral (261 Driffield).

[QA] plate 76, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(261 Driffield)

262 Droitwich

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[LE] plate 2, cancelled with black numeral (262 Droitwich)

263 Dudley

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[JG] plate 113, cancelled
with a blue numeral
(263 Dudley).

[TJ] plate 78, cancelled with
 a black Dudley datestamp
(13 January 1849)

264 Dunchurch

Warwickshire

Earliest recorded use :

265 Dunmow

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[IB] plate 97, cancelled with black numeral (265 Dunmow).

[SC] plate 98, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(265 Dunmow)

[RC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(265 Dunmow)

266 Dunstable

Bedfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CE] plate 102, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(266 Dunstable)

267 Durham

Durham

Earliest recorded use :

[DB-EC] plate 93, block of four, cancelled
with four black numerals (267 Durham).

[HA] plate 81, cancelled with black numeral (267 Durham).

[QA] plate 4, cancelled with
black numeral (267 Durham)

[KC] plate 6, from Durham to Hartlepool dated 11 February 1841,
cancelled with a red maltese cross.

Late use of red maltese cross
 

[CD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(267 Durham)

268 Seaham

Durham

Earliest recorded use :

[CJ] plate 159, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(268 Seaham)

269 Dursley

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[MD] plate 36

270 Berkeley

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[TB] plate 48, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(270 Berkley)

271 Eastbourne

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[CF-DF] plate 43, vertical pair cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with a single  black numeral (271 Eastborne).

[OK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(271 Eastbourne)

272 East Grinstead

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[SJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(272 East Grinstead)

273 Eccleshall

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[MH] plate 92, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(273 Eccleshall)

[CJ] plate 63, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(273 Eccleshall)

274 Ellesmere

Salop

Earliest recorded use :

[HH] plate 40, on envelope from Ellesmere to Great Ness dated 14 May 1844
cancelled with a black numeral (274 Ellesmere).
 

275 Ely

Cambridgeshire

Earliest recorded use :

[OH] cancelled with black numeral (275 Ely).

[KA-KC] strip of three, plate 4, cancelled with
black numerals (275 Ely)

[GA] plate 46, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(275 Ely)

[RE] plate 87, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(275 Ely)

[KJ-KL] strip of three, plate 3, cancelled with
black numerals (275 Ely)

277 Emsworth

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QD] plate 96, cancelled with black numeral (277 Emsworth).

[CC] plate 87, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(277 Emsworth)

278 Enstone

Oxfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

279 Epping

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[EL] plate 88, cancelled with black numeral (279 Epping).

280 Epsom

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[IG] plate 97, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(280 Epsom)

[GB] plate 43, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(280 Epsom)

281 Ermebridge

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

282 Modbury

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

283 Esher

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[GL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(283 Esher)

[TG] plate 116, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(283 Esher)

284 Evesham

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[DI] plate 45, cancelled with black numeral (284 Evesham).

[SI] plate 81, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(284 Evesham)

285 Exeter

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[AA-BJ] plate 4, block of 21, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with twelve black 285 numerals of Exeter
(AA-AF and AI in state one, AB-AD with wear to stars, BH with spectale variety) [reduced 80%].
 

[FJ-GJ] vertical pair, plate 2, on large piece, dated 10 August 1842,
cancelled with two Exeter Bag Seals
 

[LJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(285 Exeter)

[RG] from Otterton to Exeter via Sidmouth, dated 11 July 1843,
cancelled with blue-black Maltese crosses
Also has Otterton Penny Post in blue
 

286 Exmouth

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[KC] plate 73, cancelled with black numeral (286 Exmouth).

[QG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(286 Exmouth)

287 Eye

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[RJ] plate 137, cancelled with black numeral (287 Eye)

[PH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(287 Eye)

288 Fakenham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[GJ] plate 77, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(288 Fakenham)

[ED] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(288 Fakenham)

[DL] plate 70, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(288 Fakingham)

289 Walsingham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[B?] on piece, cancelled with black numeral (289 Walsingham)

[EE] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (289 Walsingham)

[LL] plate 97, cancelled
with a black numeral
(289 Walsingham).

[SI] plate 76, cancelled with
blue Walsingham datestamps

[MH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(289 Walsingham)

290 Falmouth

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[HE-HF] pair, plate 3, cancelled with
 a single black numeral (290 Falmouth)
Contrary to regulations

[LF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(290 Falmouth)

291 Fareham

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[JD] plate 92, cancelled with black numeral (291 Fareham).

[CI] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(291 Fareham)

[TJ] plate 61, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(291 Fareham)

[QI] plate 88, from Fareham to Lymington dated 8 October 1849,
cancelled with a blue numeral (291 Fareham).
 

292 Farnham

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[PH] plate 59, cancelled
with black numeral
(292 Farnham).

[DE] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(292 Farnham)

[EB-EC] pair, plate 130, cancelled with
black numerals (292 Farnham)

293 Faringdon

Berkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[LH] plate 75, cancelled with blue/black numeral (293 Faringdon).

[QJ] plate 101, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(293 Farringdon)

[BG] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(293 Farringdon)

[PH-QH] vertical pair, plate 147, cancelled with a single black numeral
(293 Farringdon)
Contrary to Regulations

294 Fairford

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[BK-BL] pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single black numeral (294 Fairford).

[FC] plate 93, cancelled with black numeral (294 Fairford).

[DD] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(294 Fairford)

[CA] plate 164, from Fairford to Winchester dated 31 January 1854,
cancelled with black 294 numeral of Fairford.
 

295 Highworth

Wiltshire

Earliest recorded use :

296 Lechlade

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[AJ] cancelled with black numeral (296 Lechlade).

297 Fazeley

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[LG] cancelled with blue numeral (297 Fazeley).

298 Felton

Northumberland

Earliest recorded use :

299 Fenny Stratford

Buckinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :