Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 450 to 499)

450 Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GC] plate 45, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(450 Leighton Buzzard)

451 Lewes

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[CH] plate 44, cancelled with black numeral (451 Lewes).

[PF] plate 49, cancelled
with black numeral
(451 Lewes).

[LD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(451 Lewes)

[BF] plate 67, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(451 Lewes)

[CD] plate 42, from Lewes to Tunbridge, dated 3 October 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (451 Lewes).
 

[SE-SH] strip of four, plate 107, cancelled with
two black numerals (451 Lewes)
Contrary to regulations
 

452 Newhaven

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[RA] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(452 Newhaven)

453 Seaford

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[FI] plate 63, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(453 Seaford)

454 Leominster

Herefordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CA] plate 55, cancelled with black numeral (454 Leominster).

455 Pembridge

Herefordshire

Earliest recorded use :

456 Shobden

Herefordshire

Earliest recorded use :

457 Lichfield

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[BG] plate 47, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(457 Lichfield)

458 Lincoln

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QG] cancelled with black numeral (458 Lincoln).

[HK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(458 Lincoln)

459 Kirton Lindsey

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TG] plate 33, on letter to Derby dated 7 May 1844,
cancelled by a black numeral (459 Kirton Lindsey).
 

460 Wragby

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QI] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(460 Wragby)

461 Linton

Cambridgeshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TK] plate 76, cancelled with black numeral (461 Linton).

462 Liphook

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

463 Liskeard

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[MD] plate 109, cancelled with black numeral (463 Liskeard).

[DC] cancelled
with a black numeral
(463 Liskeard).

[TE] plate 94, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(463 Liskeard)

[BD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(463 Liskeard)

464 Looe

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

465 Polperro

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[MF] plate 46, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(465 Polperro)

466 Liverpool

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[BE] from Liverpool to Newtown, dated 30 April 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross
Last day of use of the Maltese Cross

[MG] plate 45, on large dated piece from Liverpool to Lancaster, dated 1 May 1844,
cancelled by black 466 numeral (Liverpool).
First day of numeral cancellations in England and Wales.
 

[RB] plate 44

[DH] plate 95, cancelled with black numeral (466 Liverpool).

[MA & AK] plate 47, two singles on piece, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single black numeral (466 Liverpool).

[TI-TL] plate 51, strip of four, cancelled with
four black numerals (466 Liverpool).

[RF] plate 100, cancelled with black numeral (466 Liverpool).

[MK] plate 4, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(466 Liverpool)

[AD-AE] marginal pair, plate 98, cancelled with
 black numerals (466 Liverpool)

[FH-FK] plate 3, strip of 4,
cancelled with black numeral (466 Liverpool).

[GB-GJ] plate 3, strip of nine, cancelled with nine black numerals (466 Liverpool)
(GC GD GG GI with guide line in upper right corner. GD with double letter D).

[DK] plate 41, from Liverpool to Mountmellick dated 17 May 1844,
cancelled with black numeral (466 Liverpool).
 

[EK] plate 175, on piece cancelled with
a black Liverpool spoon
dated 30 March 1854

[FG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(466 Liverpool)

[IF] plate 124, cancelled with
 a blue datestamp
(Liverpool 12 March 1852) [e]

[TJ-TK] pair, plate 8, from Liverpool to Manchester, dated 6 January 1841,
cancelled with dark orange Maltese crosses

[HF] plate 19, from Liverpool to Hamburg, dated 16 November 1842,
cancelled solely with a red boxed “Paid At | Liverpool” [e]

Also has red London Tombstone dated 17 November and arrival datestamp (21 November) on reverse
1/- in manuscript denoting the double rate - the 1d red paying the late fee
ex Durham (Alcock) 1994

This is the only recorded example of this cancellation on a 1d red

[EC] from Liverpool to London, dated ,30 June 1854
cancelled with a black spoon duplex (466 Liverpool)

[GJ-HL] block of six, plate 45, cancelled with
black numerals (466 Liverpool)

[KF-KJ] strip of five, plate 166, cancelled with
four black numerals (466 Liverpool)
Contrary to Regulations

[SJ-SK] pair, plate 83, cancelled with
black numerals (466 Liverpool)

[NJ-NK] pair, plate 142, cancelled with
black numerals (466 Liverpool)

[JB] plate 169, cancelled with
 a Liverpool spoon
(31 March 1854)

[OG] plate 26, cancelled with
 a Liverpool diamond Late Fee
[e]

[PD] plate 9, from Liverpool to Elgin, dated 13 September 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross, and, upon arrival
a Kelso rectangular datestamp (15 September 1841)

473 Long Stratton

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[EG] plate 112, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(473 Long Stratton)

474 Lostwithiel

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[RK] on cover from Lostwithiel to Fowey dated 17 August 1842,
cancelled with a blue maltese cross.
 

[DE] plate 120, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(474 Lostwithiel)

475 Loughborough

Leicestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[PG] plate 93, cancelled with black numeral (475 Loughborough).

[TE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(475 Loughborough)

[GE] plate 42, on entire to Leicester dated 16 May 1844
cancelled by a black numeral (475 Loughborough).
 

476 Montsorrel

Leicestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[HE] plate 58, cancelled
with black numeral
(476 Mountsorrel).

477 Louth

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[JL] plate 3, cancelled
with black numeral
(477 Louth).

[RH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(477 Louth)

[DE] plate 92, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(477 Louth)

478 Lowestoft

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[DI] plate 4, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(478 Lowestoft)

[HB] plate 169, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(478 Lowestoft)

[NC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(478 Lowestoft)

479 Ludlow

Salop

Earliest recorded use :

[SJ] on entire to Ludlow dated 21 March 1852,
cancelled with a blue 479 numeral of Ludlow.
 

[QI] on entire from Ludlow to Leominster dated 21 June 1852,
cancelled with a blue 479 numeral of Ludlow.
 

[EL] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(479 Ludlow)

[SJ] plate 75, cancelled with
 a black Ludlow datestamp
(14 July 1848)

[GD-HE] block of four, cancelled with
blue numerals (479 Ludlow)

[DE] plate 10, cancelled with
 a black datestamp
(Ludlow)
ex Stewart

[EE] plate 110, from Ludlow to Much Wenlock, dated 19 April 1851,
cancelled with a blue numeral (479 Ludlow)
and then, on arrival, a Much Wenlock datestamp (20 April)
 

481 Leintwardine

Herefordshire

Earliest recorded use :

482 Luton

Bedfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[AH] plate 57, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(482 Luton)

483 Lutterworth

Leicestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[NK] cancelled with black numeral (483 Lutterworth).

484 Lyme

Dorset

Earliest recorded use :

[CE] cancelled with
a black Lyme datestamp
(30 May 1842)

[CL] plate 22, cancelled with
a black Lyme CDS [c]

485 Lymington

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[AE-BF] plate 86, block of 4, cancelled with
black numerals (485 Lymington).

[SH] plate 88, cancelled with black numeral (485 Lymington).

[ML] plate 96, cancelled with black numeral (485 Lymington).

486 Yarmouth

Isle of Wight

Earliest recorded use :

[FI] plate 88, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(486 Yarmouth)

[JJ] plate 61, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(486 Yarmouth)

487 Lyndhurst

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TG] plate 150, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(487 Lyndhurst)

[FL] plate 56, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(487 Lyndhurst)

488 Lynn

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[PG-PJ, OE, OF, ?H] from Lynn to Great Yarmouth, dated 15 November 1850,
cancelled with black numerals (488 Lynn)
Registered with the fee (6d) paid in stamps

[ME] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(488 Lynn)

489 Burnham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[GL] plate 58, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(489 Burnham)

490 Holkham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[JI] plate 171, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(490 Holkham)

491 Macclesfield

Cheshire

Earliest recorded use :

[LC] plate 94, cancelled with black numeral (491 Macclesfield).

[IC] plate 96, cancelled with black numeral (491 Macclesfield).

[LC] plate 116, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(491 Macclesfield)

492 Maidenhead

Berkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[AC] from Maidenhead to White Waltham, dated 15 September 1845,
cancelled with a black numeral (492 Maidenhead)

[BK] plate 163, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(492 Maidenhead)

[RK] plate 75, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(492 Maidenhead)

[EG] from Maidenhead to London, dated 9 March 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross
also has Burnham Penny Post

493 Maidstone

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[QD] plate 3, cancelled with black numeral (493 Maidstone).

[EE] plate 87, cancelled with black numeral (493 Maidstone)

[EG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(493 Maidstone)

[FG-FI] strip of three, cancelled
with blue numerals (493 Maidstone).

[FK-FL] pair, cancelled
with blue numerals (493 Maidstone).

494 Maldon

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[JJ] plate 109, cancelled with black numeral (494 Maldon).

[GL] cancelled with black numeral (494 Maldon).

[EC] plate 68, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(494 Maldon)

[BL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(494 Maldon)

[CJ-CK] pair, plate 56, cancelled with
 black numerals (494 Maldon)

495 Malton

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

496 Sledmere

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

497 Malvern

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

498 Manchester

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[KB] plate 70, cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[SF] plate 104, cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[TH] plate 78, cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[BI] plate 92, cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[LG-LJ] plate 85, strip of 4, cancelled with
black numerals (498 Manchester).

[PC] plate 147, cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[?A] cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[CK] cancelled with black numeral (498 Manchester)

[LB] plate 144, cancelled
with a blue-black numeral
(498 Manchester).

2d blue [BC] plate 3 on wrapper to London dated 10 May 1844
cancelled  by a black numeral (498 Manchester).
 

[RB] plate 154, cancelled
with black numeral (498 Manchester).

[KE-KF] pair, cancelled with
Manchester spoons, dated 20 March 1854.

[KK] plate 66, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[PA-PF] strip of six, plate 4, from Manchester to New York State, dated 31 January 1851,
cancelled with black numerals (498 Manchester)
Also has “BR PACKET/16/B/PAID” and “5/CENTS” due handstamps in red
 

[CJ] plate 164, cancelled with
 a black Manchester spoon
(18 April 1854)

[CJ] plate 112, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[GJ] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[IG] plate 167, on piece cancelled with
a black Manchester spoon
 dated 18 April 1854 [e]

[EL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[FJ] plate 3, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[PI-PL] plate 38, from Manchester to Dundee, dated 23 November 1843,
cancelled with black Maltese crosses
 

[DH] from Manchester to Amstredam, dated 10 August 1852,
cancelled with a blue numeral (498 Manchester)
 

[AF] plate 17, from Mytholmroyd to Todmorden, dated 2 February 1842,
cancelled with a pen manuscript [e]

[TF] plate 94, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(498 Manchester)

[AK-AL] plate 1, cancelled with
black Maltese crosses
(Manchester “Fishtail”)
ex Mayflower

499 Glossop

Derbyshire

Earliest recorded use :

[HA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(499 Glossop)

[NH] plate 89, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(499 Glossop)

[OE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(499 Glossop)