Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 50 to 99)

50 Barnstaple

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[PC] cancelled with black numeral (50 Barnstaple).

[LK] plate 90, cancelled
with a black numeral
(50 Barnstaple).

[JA-JC] strip of three, cancelled with
 two black numerals (50 Barnstaple)
Contrary to regulations

[BI] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(50 Barnstaple)

[EB] plate 61, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(50 Barnstaple)

51 Barton on Humber

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[DJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(51 Barton on Humber)

[BC] plate 87, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(51 Barton on Humber)

[LD] plate 61, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(51 Barton on Humber)

[QJ] plate 69, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(51 Barton on Humber)

[?B] from Barton on Humber to London, dated 1 July 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (51 Barton on Humber)

52 Basingstoke

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RK] plate 50, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(52 Basingstoke)

[BB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(52 Basingstoke)

[RC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(52 Basingstoke)

53 Bath

Somerset

Earliest recorded use :

[EB] plate 39, cancelled by black numeral (53 Bath)
on folded lettersheet from Bath to Cheltenham, dated 1 May 1844.
First day of numeral cancellations in England and Wales.
 

[BK] plate 152, from Bath to Wivelscombe, dated 3 December 1852,
cancelled with a black numeral (53 Bath)

[EA] plate 95, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(53 Bath)

54 Battle

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[EH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(54 Battle)

[FF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(54 Battle)

[GA-HC] block of six, plate 78, cancelled with
black numerals (54 Battle)

55 Bawtry

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GA-GC] marginal strip of three, plate 111, cancelled
with black numerals (55 Bawtry).

[KK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(55 Bawtry)

[OI-OL] strip of four, plate 116, cancelled with
black numerals (55 Bawtry)

56 Gringley

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

57 Beaconsfield

Buckinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[FJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(57 Beaconsfield)

59 Beccles

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[LB-MC] plate 96, block of 4, cancelled with
black numerals (59 Beccles).

[RB] plate 41, cancelled with black numeral (59 Beccles).

[PE] plate 52, cancelled
with a black numeral
(59 Beccles).

[HC] plate 85, cancelled with
 a blue black numeral
(59 Beccles)

[GL] plate 83, from Beccles to London, dated 1 June 1849,
cancelled with a blue numeral (59 Beccles)

60 Bedale

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QB-QD] plate 3, cancelled
with black numerals
(60 Bedale).

[ED] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(60 Bedale)

[EG] plate 46, from Askrigg to Kirkby Lonsdale, dated 23 May 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (60 Bedale)

[QG] from Leyburn to West Witton, dated 10 March 1852,
cancelled on arrival with a blue West Witton undated circle

61 Bedford

Bedfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[MH-MI] plate 46, pair, cancelled with
black numerals (61 Bedford)

[OJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(61 Bedford)

[ND] plate 56, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(61 Bedford)

[TJ] plate 69, from Bedford to Leicester dated 11 September 1847,
cancelled with black 61 numeral of Bedford.
 

[SI] plate 69, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(61 Bedford)

[HB-IB] vertical pair, plate 111, cancelled with
 black numerals (61 Bedford)

62 Belford

Northumberland

Earliest recorded use :

63 Wooler

Northumberland

Earliest recorded use :

64 Belper

Derbyshire

Earliest recorded use :

65 Berkhempstead

Hertfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CB] cancelled
with a black numeral
(65 Berkhempstead).

[IJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(65 Berkhamstead)

66 Berwick

Northumberland

Earliest recorded use :

[SK] plate 127, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(66 Berwick)

[AD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(66 Berwick)

[HA-HD] strip of four, plate 45, from Berwick to Dewsbury, dated 11 January 1845,
cancelled with black numerals (66 Berwick)

67 Beverley

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[II] plate 142, cancelled with black numeral (67 Beverley).

[PA] plate 59, cancelled with black numeral (67 Beverley).

[OC] plate 57, cancelled
with a black numeral
(67 Beverley).

[HJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(67 Beverley)

[RH] plate 41, from Beverley to Louth, dated 29 April 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross

68 Bewdley

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[AI] plate 50, cancelled with blue numeral (68 Bewdley).

[DE] plate 47, cancelled with black numeral (68 Bewdley)

[OB] plate 98, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(68 Bewdley)

[TE] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(68 Bewdley)

[LE-LF] pair, plate 87, from Cleobury to Bewdley, undated,
cancelled with blue numerals (68 Bewdley)
Also has Cleobury Penny Post on reverse
 

[TG-TH] pair, plate 55, from Cleobury to Bewdley, dated 30 July 1845,
cancelled with black numerals (68 Bewdley)
Also has Cleobury Penny Post on reverse
 

[EA-EK] strip of eleven, plate 98, cancelled with
 blue-black numerals (68 Bewdley)

69 Bicester

Oxfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[PA-PJ] plate 112, strip of 10, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with five black numerals (69 Bicester).

[HD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(69 Bicester)

70 Bideford

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[EE] cancelled with black numeral (70 Bideford).

[ND] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(70 Bideford)

71 Biggleswade

Bedfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[RC] cancelled with black numeral (71 Biggleswade).

72 Billericay

Essex

Rarity

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Earliest recorded use :

21 Aug 1844

[MB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(72 Billericay)

73 Bilston

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[JL] cancelled with black numeral (73 Bilston).

[EJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(73 Bilston)

[GC] plate 63, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(73 Bilston)

74 Birkenhead

Cheshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TF] plate 135, cancelled with black numeral (74 Birkenhead).

[OE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(74 Birkenhead)

75 Birmingham

Warwickshire

Earliest recorded use :

[BL] plate 119, cancelled with two black numerals (75 Birmingham).

[KK] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (75 Birmingham).

[EG] plate 95, on piece cancelled with blue numeral (75 Birmingham).

[KF] plate 96, on piece cancelled with blue numeral (75 Birmingham).

[OJ-OL] plate 44, strip of three (right marginal with full deckle edge),
cancelled with three black numeral (75 Birmingham).

[DA-DH] plate 3, strip of 8, cancelled with black numerals (75 Birmingham)

[AL] on entire to Derby dated 7 May 1844,
cancelled by a black numeral (75 Birmingham).
 

[FJ-FL] strip of three, plate 4, cancelled
with black numerals
(75 Birmingham).
Also has foreign red transit stamp

[KL] plate 71, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(75 Birmingham)

[HK] plate 37, cancelled with
 a blue boxed
Handsworth PyP | No15

[TD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(75 Birmingham)

[ID] plate 160, cancelled with
 a green numeral
(75 Birmingham)

[OG] plate 146, from Birmingham to Redditch, dated 1 November 1852,
cancelled with a blue Birmingham datestamp (1 November 1852) [e]

76 Campden

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[KE] plate 48, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(76 Campden)

[SA] plate 129, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(76 Campden)

[MK] plate 118, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(76 Campden)

[NG-NH] pair, plate 146, cancelled with
black numerals (76 Campden)

77 Halesowen

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[RH] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (77 Halesowen).

[SF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(77 Halesowen)

78 Henley in Arden

Warwickshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CF] plate 126, cancelled with black numeral (78 Henley in Arden).

[CK] plate 94, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(78 Henley in Arden)

[DA] from Henley in Arden to Warwick, dated, on arrival, 30 June 1846,
cancelled with a black numeral (78 Henley in Arden)
Also has Henley in Arden undated circle

[QB] plate 60, from Henley in Arden to Stourbridge, dated 21 March 1846,
cancelled with a black numeral (78 Henley in Arden)
Also has Henley in Arden undated circle

79 Knowle

Warwickshire

Earliest recorded use :

80 Bishops Auckland

Durham

Earliest recorded use :

[TB] plate 133, cancelled with black numeral (80 Bishop Auckland).

[HC] plate 71, cancelled with violet numeral (80 Bishop Auckland).

[PC] plate 60, on piece, cancelled with blue numeral
(80 Bishop Auckland.

[AD] plate 4, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(80 Bishop Auckland)

[FH] entire (14 September 1847) sent within Bishop Auckland,
cancelled with blue numeral (80 Bishop Auckland).
 

[CI] entire dated 20 January 1851 from Bishop Auckland to Stockton,
cancelled with blue 80 numeral (Bishop Auckland).
 

[SH] plate 96, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(80 Bishops Auckland)

[AC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(80 Bishops Auckland)

81 Stanhope

Durham

Earliest recorded use :

82 Bishops Castle

Shropshire

Earliest recorded use :

83 Bishops Stortford

Hertfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[HF] cancelled with black numeral (83 Bishops Stortford).

[KI] plate 45, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(83 Bishops Stortford)

84 Canterbury

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[IK] plate 96, cancelled with black numeral (84 Canterbury).

[DL] cancelled with black numeral (84 Canterbury).

[GC] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(84 Canterbury)

85 Bishops Waltham

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GD-GE] plate 85, pair, cancelled with
 blue numerals (85 Bishops Waltham).

[OE] plate 58, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(85 Bishops Waltham)

86 Blackburn

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[JB] on entire from Blackburn to Derby dated 27 March 1847,
cancelled with a black 98 (in error) numeral of Blackburn.
 

[DB (pl 44) and PA (pl 41)] two singles on entire to from Blackburn to Selby dated 9 May 1844,
cancelled with black 98 (in error) numerals of Blackburn.
 

[LL] plate 7, from Blackburn to Clitheroe, dated 2 January 1841,
cancelled with red-brown Maltese crosses

[BA] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(86 Blackburn)

87 Blandford

Dorset

Earliest recorded use :

[CB] plate 127, cancelled with blue numeral (87 Blandford).

[BD] plate 75, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(87 Blandford)

[OD] from Sturminster Newton to Shaftesbury, dated 30 September 1851,
cancelled with a blue numeral (87 Blandford)
 

[HC] plate 1a, from Blandford to London, dated 25 May 1840,
cancelled with an orange-red Maltese cross
some signs of wear

88 Bodmin

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[OG] plate 71, cancelled with black numeral (88 Bodmin).

[IJ] plate 61, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(88 Bodmin)

89 Wadebridge

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[JA-JB] pair, from Wadebridge to Birmingham, dated 23 June 1848,
cancelled with a single black numeral (89 Wadebridge)
Contrary to regulations

Registered (paid in cash) denoted by manuscript “6” in red
Also has Wadebridge O namestamp
 

[SC] plate 66, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(89 Wadebridge)

90 Padstow

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[TH] plate 93, cancelled
with black numeral
(90 Padstow).

91 Bognor

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[OA] cancelled with black numeral (91 Bognor).

[OF] plate 144, cancelled solely with
 Framed Bognor Penny Post

92 Bolton

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[FJ] plate 144, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(92 Bolton)

[GJ] plate 50, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(92 Bolton)

[DF] plate 53, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(92 Bolton)

93 Boroughbridge

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[EC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(93 Boroughbridge)

[MD] from Boroughbridge to Shrewsbury, dated 23 November 1849,
cancelled with a blue numeral (93 Boroughbridge)
 

94 Boston

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[LK] plate 45, cancelled with black numeral (94 Boston).

[NL] plate 43, cancelled with black numeral (94 Boston).

[RE] plate 39, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(94 Boston)

95 Alford

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

[SD] plate 84, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(95 Alford)

[ME] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(95 Alford)

96 Stickney

Lincolnshire

Earliest recorded use :

97 Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[BD] cancelled with black numeral (97 Bury St Edmunds)

[DD] plate 96, cancelled with blue numeral (97 Bury St Edmunds)

[PK] plate 46, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(97 Bury St Edmunds)

[IK] plate 115, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(97 Bury St Edmunds)

[KD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(97 Bury St Edmunds)

[LB] plate 93, from Bury St Edmunds to Cambridge, dated 6 December 1850,
cancelled with a blue numeral (97 Bury St Edmunds)