Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 300 to 349)

300 Ferrybridge

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[IB-IC] pair, cancelled with
 black numerals (300 Ferrybridge)

[LH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(300 Ferrybridge)

301 Feversham

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[LK] plate 88, cancelled with
a black numeral
(301 Faversham)

[IC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(301 Faversham)

302 Folkingham

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

303 Folkestone

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[TI] plate 4, cancelled with black numeral
(303 Folkestone).

[PF] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(303 Folkestone)

[JL] plate 2, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(303 Folkestone)

[II] plate 58, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(303 Folkestone)

[GA] plate 99, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(303 Folkestone)

304 Fordingbridge

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

305 Fowey

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

306 Frome

Somerset

Earliest recorded use :

[LE] on envelope from Frome to Bath dated 18 January 1851,
cancelled with a blue 306 numeral of Frome.
 

[BE] plate 105, cancelled
with blue numeral
(306 Frome).

[DC] plate 95, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(306 Frome)

[?I] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(306 Frome)

[QL] plate 101, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(306 Frome)

[MD] plate 86, on mourning envelope from Frome to London, dated 11 July 1849,
cancelled with a black numeral (306 Frome).
 

307 Gainsborough

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[SD] plate 36, cancelled with black numeral (307 Gainsborough).

[TK] plate 79, cancelled with black numeral (307 Gainsborough).

[CC] cancelled with black numeral (307 Gainsborough).

[HH] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (307 Gainsborough).

[KC] plate 68, cancelled with black numeral (307 Gainsborough).

[JC] plate 89, cancelled
with black numeral
(307 Gainsborough).

[MG] plate 4, cancelled
with a black numeral
(307 Gainsborough).

[PJ] plate 96, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(307 Gainsborough)

[LL] plate 73, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(307 Gainsborough)

308 Garstang

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[BD] plate 71, from Garstang to London dated 27 February 1847,
cancelled with black 308 numeral of Garstang.
 

[SA] plate 108, cancelled with blue numeral (308 Garstang).

309 Gateshead

Durham

Earliest recorded use :

[JE-JF] pair on large piece (28 June 1851) from Gateshead, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with a single black numeral (309 Gateshead).
 

[DA-DF] plate 3 strip of six on entire from Gateshead to New Zealand dated 29 December 1847,
cancelled with six black 309 numerals of Gateshead.
Auckland, New Zealand transit stamp of 7 November 1848,
Wellington arrival datestamp of 27 November 1848
by mail H.M.S. Acheron, Dec 30 1847
 

[RC] plate 60, cancelled with black numeral (309 Gateshead)

[BC] cancelled solely with
 Jarrow Penny Post in red

[BF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(309 Gateshead)

[TB] plate 3, from Gateshead to Barnard Castle, dated 25 October 1840,
cancelled with a brown Maltese cross

[LA-LB] pair, plate 97, cancelled with
 a single black numeral (309 Gateshead)
Contrary to Regulations

310 Gerrards Cross

Buckinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

311 Glastonbury

Somerset

Earliest recorded use :

312 Gloucester

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[JH] cancelled with black numeral (312 Gloucester).

[GE] plate 96, cancelled with black numeral (312 Gloucester).

[FK] plate 156, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(312 Gloucester)

[QG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(312 Gloucester)

313 Lea

Herefordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RH] on wrapper to Exeter dated 3 May 1844,
cancelled by a black numeral (313 Lea).

[SD] plate 109, cancelled with black numeral (313 Lea).

[CJ] plate 47, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(313 Lea)

314 Painswick

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

315 Thornbury

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[AB] cancelled
with a black numeral
(315 Thornbury).

[DE] plate 89, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(315 Thornbury)

316 Godalming

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[HE] plate 93, cancelled with black numeral (316 Godalming).

[CC] plate 132, cancelled
with a black numeral
(316 Godalming).

[EE] plate 52, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(316 Godalming)

317 Godstone

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

318 Bletchingley

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[RI] on wrapper to East Grinstead dated (internally) 1 May 1844,
cancelled the a black numeral (318 Bletchingly).

The rear bears strikes of the undated circle of Bletchingly and Godstone date-stamp of 2 May 1844.
The arrival date-stamp of East Grinstead is dated 3 May 1844.

319 Goole

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RD] cancelled with black numeral (319 Goole).

[HB-HD] plate 63, strip of three, cancelled with
three blue numerals (319 Goole).

[HJ] cancelled with blue numeral (319 Goole).

[LH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(319 Goole)

320 Gosport

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TA-TF] plate 41, strip of 6, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with five black numerals (320 Gosport).

[SL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(320 Gosport)

[KA] plate 86, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(320 Gosport)

321 Grantham

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[SF] plate 65, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(321 Grantham)

[EB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(321 Grantham)

322 Gravesend

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[MF] plate 79, cancelled with black numeral (322 Gravesend).

[DC] plate 93, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(322 Gravesend)

[OG] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(322 Gravesend)

323 Grimsby

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NB] plate 94, cancelled with black numeral (323 Grimsby).

[OL] plate 86, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(323 Grimsby)

325 Guildford

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[IE] plate 69, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(325 Guildford)

[QG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(325 Guildford)

326 Guisborough

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

327 Greta Bridge

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[IH-II] pair, plate 62, cancelled with
 blue numerals
(327 Greta Bridge)

[FG] plate 69, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(327 Greta Bridge)

328 Hadleigh

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[IH] plate 80, on piece cancelled with blue numeral (328 Hadleigh). [cert]

[RF] cancelled with blue numeral (328 Hadleigh).

[FE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(328 Hadleigh)

329 Halesworth

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[ML] plate 112, cancelled with black numeral (329 Halesworth)

[HE] plate 158, cancelled with black numeral (329 Halesworth).

[LG] plate 84, cancelled
with a black numeral
(329 Halesworth).

[TF] plate 4 cancelled with
 a black numeral
(329 Halesworth)

[SG] plate 165, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(329 Halesworth)

330 Halifax

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[BE-BH] plate 4 strip of four from Halifax to New Zealand dated 6 September 1853,
cancelled with four black 330 numerals of Halifax.
per “Northfleet”, London Ship Letter datestamp (7 September 1853).
Wellington, New Zealand arrival datestamp of 14 December 1853.
 

[DA] on entire from Halifax to London dated 30 March 1844,
cancelled with a black maltese cross.
 

331 Sowerby Bridge

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(331 Sowerby Bridge)

[LA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(331 Sowerby Bridge)

332 Todmorden

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[IC] plate 38, cancelled with black numeral (332 Todmorden).

[BL] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(332 Todmoreden)

[HA] plate 1b, from Todmorden to Halifax, dated 14 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross
also has Todmorden Penny Post struck in red
Late use of the red Maltese Cross
 

[KE] plate 2, from Todmorden to Danby, dated 24 July 1840,
cancelled with an orange-red Maltese cross

Also has Todmorden Penny Post in red

333 Northowram

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

334 Halstead

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[EI-EK] strip of three, plate 49, cancelled with black numerals (334 Halstead).
 

[PC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(334 Halstead)

335 Haverhill

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

336 Harleston

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[TF-TG] plate 136, pair cancelled,
contrary to regulations
with a single black numeral (336 Harleston).

[EG-EI] strip of three, plate 3, cancelled with
 a two black numerals (336 Harleston)
Contrary to regulations

[GA-GB] plate 12, pair on a wrapper from Harleston to Bungay
dated 12 November 1841, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 by a single black maltese cross.
 

337 Harlow

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[IK] plate 93, cancelled with black numeral (337 Harlow).

[RC] plate 118, cancelled with black numeral (337 Harlow).

338 Harrogate

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NK] plate 95, cancelled with black numeral (338 Harrogate)

[SH] plate 60, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(338 Harrogate)

[QA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(338 Harrogate)
with side bars

[HA] from Harrogate to Skipton, dated 3 June 1851,
cancelled with a black numeral (338 Harrogate)

339 Hartfordbridge

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GC] plate 25, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(339 Hartford Bridge)

340 Harwich

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[RE] plate 118, cancelled with black numeral (340 Harwich).

[OL] plate 106, cancelled
with a blue numeral
(340 Harwich).

[CG] cancelled
with blue numeral
(340 Harwich).

[CE] plate 60, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(340 Harwich)

[RK] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(340 Harwich)

[IH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(340 Harwich)

[HH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(340 Harwich)

341 Haslemere

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[CD] from Haslemere to London dated 20 June 1850,
cancelled with black 341 numeral of Haslemere.
 

[OG] plate 57, cancelled
with a black numeral
(341 Haslemere).

342 Hastings

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[SG-SI] plate 3, strip of three, cancelled with
three black numerals (342 Hastings)
(SG with shifted transfer).

[IK] plate 48, cancelled
with a black numeral
(342 Hastings).

[MB] plate 4, cancelled
with black numeral
(342 Hastings).

[EE] from Hastings to London dated 2 July 1847,
cancelled by blue 342 numeral of Hastings.
 

[JG] plate 36, from Hastings to Battle, dated 6 May 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (342 Hastings)
Earliest recorded usage of this numeral

343 Hatfield

Hertfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[SA] on envelope to Hailey Bury dated 22 December 1851,
cancelled with a blue 343 numeral of Hatfield.
 

[PL] cancelled
with a black numeral
(343 Hatfield).

344 Havant

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GH] plate 98, cancelled with black numeral (344 Havant).

[KD] plate 112, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(344 Havant)

346 Hawes

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[II] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(346 Hawes)

[SK] plate 4, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(346 Hawes)