Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 550 to 599)

550 Corbridge

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

551 Burslem

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[KB] plate 131, cancelled with
a blue Burslem CDS
(19 Oct 1851)

[KA] plate 58, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(551 Burslem)

[TK] plate 52, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(551 Burslem)

552 Lane Delph

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[LG] cancelled with black numeral (552 Lane Delph).

[BC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(552 Lane Delph)

[QG] plate 104, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(552 Lane Delph)

553 Lane End

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[FA] plate 87, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(553 Lane End)

554 Etruria

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

555 Longport

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CH] plate 123, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(555 Longport)

556 Shelton

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

557 Newmarket

Suffolk

Earliest recorded use :

[CK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(557 Newmarket)

[DF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(557 Newmarket)

[JF] plate 12, from Great Bradley to Barkway, dated 21 July 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross
and a Royston datestamp (23 July 1841)

558 Newnham

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[KB] plate 108, from Newnham to Abingdon dated 22 October 1851,
cancelled with black 558 numeral of Newnham.
 

[HG] from Newnham to Bradford (Wilts.), dated 26 February 1852,
cancelled with a black numeral (558 Newnham)

Two, differently dated, Bradford arrival datestamps were applied, the second in error
 and this one was cancelled by the use of the 106 numeral obliterator of Bradford

[SI] plate 57, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(558 Newnham)

559 Lydney

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[LC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(559 Lydney)

560 Newport

Isle of Wight

Earliest recorded use :

[NE] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(560 Newport IOW)

[IA] plate 52, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(560 Newport)

564 Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

565 Newport

Salop

Earliest recorded use :

[PA-PB] pair, plate 3, cancelled with
 black numerals (565 Newport)
PB is in state 1

[QA] plate 3, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(565 Newport)

[LF] from Newport to Shrewsbury, dated 9 January 1852,
cancelled with a blue numeral (565 Newport)

566 New Romney

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[FI] cancelled with
black New Romney CDS

[FD] plate 87, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(566 New Romney)

[AF] plate 107, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(566 New Romney)

[DH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(566 New Romney)

567 Newton Abbot

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[CF] plate 75, cancelled with black numeral (567 Newton Abbot).

[IA] plate 49, cancelled
with a black numeral
(567 Newton Abbot).

[AK] cancelled with black numeral (567 Newton Abbot).

[IH] plate 132, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(567 Newton Abbott)

[BB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(567 Newton Abbot)

[SL] plate 42, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(567 Newton Abbot)

[DJ] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(567 Newton Abbot)

569 Northallerton

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CA-DB] plate 62, block of four,
cancelled with black numerals 569 (Northallerton).

[MA-NB] plate 65, block of 4, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with two black numerals (569 Northallerton)

[AH-BK] plate 65, block of 8 cancelled with
 black numeral 569 (Northallerton).

[HE-HF] plate 3, pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single black numeral (569 Northallerton).

[NG] plate 101, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(569 Northallerton)

[JA-JD] strip of four plate 81, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with two black numerals (569 Northallerton).

570 Northampton

Northamptonshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NB] plate 43, cancelled
with black numeral
(870 Northampton).

[FE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(570 Northampton)

[HK-IL] plate 84, block of four, cancelled
contrary to regulations
with two black numerals (570 Northampton).

571 Northleach

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[GH] cancelled with black numeral (571 Northleach).

[OI] plate 53, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(571 Northleach)

572 Andoversford

Gloucestershire

Earliest recorded use :

573 North Shields

Northumberland

Earliest recorded use :

[BJ] cancelled with black numeral (573 North Shields).

[RF] plate 57, cancelled
with a black numeral
(573 North Shields).

[AC] plate 122, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(573 North Shields)

[SF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(573 North Shields)

[MK] plate 99, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(573 North Shields)

[PH] plate 144, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(573 North Shields)

574 Northwich

Cheshire

Earliest recorded use :

[MA] cancelled with blue numeral (574 Northwich).

[IC] plate 66, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(574 Northwich)

[BC] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(574 Northwich)

[QF] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(574 Northwich)

[IA] plate 61, from Northwich to Blackburn, dated 8 December 1847,
cancelled with two blue numerals (574 Northwich)
 

[TH] plate 86, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(574 Northwich)

575 Norwich

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[BC] plate 73, cancelled with black numeral (575 Norwich).

[AA] plate 25, cancelled with
a black Maltese cross
of Norwich

[JH] plate 15, cancelled with
a black Maltese cross
of Norwich

[OD] plate 54, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(575 Norwich)

[AD] from Norwich to London, dated 2 September 1843
cancelled with the distinctive Maltese cross of Norwich
 

[KF] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(575 Norwich)

[LL] plate 106, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(575 Norwich)

576 Acle

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[TA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(576 Acle)

577 Cromer

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[MK] cancelled with black numeral (577 Cromer).

[PH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(577 Cromer)

578 Loddon

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[AC] plate 155, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(578 Loddon)
State 1

[OG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(578 Loddon)

579 North Walsham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[TI] plate 80, cancelled with black numeral (579 Walsham).

580 Reepham

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

581 Scottow

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

[PA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(581 Scottow)

582 Worstead

Norfolk

Earliest recorded use :

583 Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[OC] plate 114, cancelled with black numeral (583 Nottingham).

[GI] plate 164, cancelled with blue numeral (583 Nottingham).

[DC] plate 3, cancelled with
a Nottingham datestamp
(16 Oct 1847) in blue

[RF] plate 57, cancelled with
 a black Nottingham datestamp
(31 January 1846)

[GK-HL] block of six, plate 78, cancelled with
five black numerals (583 Nottingham)
Contrary to regulations

[JE and KF] two singles, plate 114 , from Nottingham to Bakewell, dated 14 June 1851,
cancelled with blue numerals (583 Nottingham)

584 Bingham

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[EA] plate 89, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(584 Bingham)

585 Ilkeston

Derbyshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NG-NH] pair, plate 75, cancelled with
black numerals (585 Ilkeston)

586 Stapleford

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[BD] plate 98, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(586 Stapleford)

587 Oakham

Rutland

Earliest recorded use :

[EP] plate 65, cancelled with black numeral (587 Oakham).

[HK] plate 4, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(587 Oakham)

[IJ] plate 112, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(587 Oakham)

588 Oakhampton

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[SF] plate 167, cancelled with black numeral (588 Oakhampton).

[PJ] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(588 Okehampton)

589 Hatherleigh

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[HE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(589 Hathersleigh)

590 Odiham

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[AC] from Odiham to Bagsot dated 15 December 1851,
cancelled with black 590 numeral of Odiham.
 

[DB] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(590 Odiham)

591 Oldham

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[GK] plate 42, on entire to Bakewell dated 2 May 1844,
cancelled by a black numeral (591 Oldham).

[DH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(591 Oldham)

592 Ollerton

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[KE-LF] block of four, plate 72, cancelled with
two black numerals (592 Ollerton)
Contrary to Regulations

593 Ormskirk

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[CB] plate 60, from Ormskirk to Stamford dated 8 October 1845,
cancelled with black 593 numeral of Ormskirk.
 

594 Southport

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[QI] plate 78, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(594 Southport)

595 Oswestry

Salop

Earliest recorded use :

[PC-PE] plate 4, cancelled
with black numerals (595 Oswestry).

[PD-PF] plate 4, strip of 3, cancelled
 with black numerals (595 Oswestry).

[PC] plate 158, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(595 Oswestry)

599 Otley

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[CL] plate 94, cancelled with black numeral (599 Otley).

[OF] plate 97, cancelled with black numeral (599 Otley).

[KI] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(599 Otley)

[FG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(599 Otley)

[GH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(599 Otley)

[PF] plate 106, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(599 Otley)

[CL] plate 4, from Otley to London, dated 11 November 1840,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross

then re-directed, within London, on 14 November 1840, by the addition of
[IK] plate 1a, cancelled with the experimental black Mlatese cross

The first 1d black was also re-cancelled with the black Maltese cross