Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 600 to 649)

600 Addingham

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

601 Oundle

Northamptonshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GJ] plate 97, cancelled with black numeral (601 Oundle).

[IG] plate 47, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(601 Oundle)

[SF] plate 55, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(601 Oundle)

602 Ongar

Essex

Earliest recorded use :

[CJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(602 Ongar)

603 Oxford

Oxfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

[DI] plate 36, cancelled with black numeral 603 Oxford.

[KC] plate 59, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(603 Oxford)

[GD] plate 88, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(603 Oxford)

[FB-HG] block of 18,
cancelled with black numerals (603 Oxford).
 

605 Penkridge

Staffordshire

Earliest recorded use :

606 Penrith

Cumberland

Earliest recorded use :

[ND-NE] plate 4, pair, cancelled
contrary to regulations
 with single black numeral (606 Penrith)

[BJ-BL] plate 4, strip of three, cancelled with
blue (central) and black numerals (606 Penrith).

[SK] plate 108, cancelled with
 a blue undated circle
(Edenhall ?)

[LH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(606 Penrith)

607 Alston

Cumberland

Earliest recorded use :

[ME] plate 34, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(607 Alston)

608 Penryn

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[IH] on letter sheet from Penryn to St Columb dated 7 March 1850,
cancelled with a blue 608 numeral of Penryn.
 

[IK] plate 91, cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(608 Penryn)

609 Penzance

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[SL] plate 58, from Penzance to Yeovil dated 3 February 1846,
cancelled with black numeral (609 Penzance).
 

[CA-CB] pair, plate 56, cancelled with
 a single black numeral (609 Penzance)
Contrary to Regulations

[CC-CD] plate 50, cancelled with
 a single black numeral (609 Penzance)
Contrary to regulations

611 Pershore

Worcestershire

Earliest recorded use :

[FB] plate 150, cancelled with black numeral (611 Pershore)

[MG] plate 70, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(611 Pershore)

612 Peterborough

Northamptonshire

Earliest recorded use :

[GH] plate 55, cancelled with black numeral (612 Peterborough).

[FI] plate 164, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(612 Peterborough)

613 Petersfield

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QC] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(613 Petersfield)

[MG] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(613 Petersfield)

614 Petworth

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

615 Fittleworth

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

616 Pulborough

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

617 Storrington

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

618 Pewsey

Wiltshire

Earliest recorded use :

[MJ] plate 148, cancelled with
a black numeral
(618 Pewsey)

[KA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(618 Pewsey)

619 Pickering

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[KE] plate 36, cancelled
with black numeral
(619 Pickering).

[BI] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(619 Pickering)

620 Plymouth

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

[JJ] plate 65, cancelled with black numeral (620 Plymouth).

[KI-KJ] plate 96, pair, cancelled with
black numeral (620 Plymouth).

[OB] plate 152, cancelled with black numeral (620 Plymouth)

[HB] plate 100, cancelled with black numeral (620 Plymouth).

[HK] plate 124, cancelled
with black numeral
(620 Plymouth).

[CJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(620 Plymouth)

[PJ] plate 4, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(620 Plymouth)

[PH] plate 165, cancelled with
 a black spoon duplex
(620 Plymouth, 15 March 1854)

[FI-FJ] pair, plate 165, cancelled with
black numerals (620 Plymouth)

621 Plympton

Devon

Earliest recorded use :

622 Pocklington

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[FD] plate 134, cancelled with black numeral (622 Pocklington).

[HC] plate 71, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(622 Pocklington)

623 Pontefract

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[DC] plate 34

624 Poole

Dorset

Earliest recorded use :

[EI-FK] block of six, plate 112, cancelled
with black numerals (624 Poole).

625 Portsmouth

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[TH] plate 118,
cancelled with black numeral (625 Portsmouth).

[BC-CD] block of four, plate 3 , cancelled
with black numerals (625 Portsmouth).

626 Prescot

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[LA] plate 43, cancelled with black numeral (626 Prescot).

[GL] plate 46, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(626 Prescot)

[JA] plate 108, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(626 Prescot)

[QA] plate 41, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(626 Prescot)

628 Preston

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[KF] plate 42, cancelled with black “Poulton Penny Post” and then black numeral

[HJ] plate 39, cancelled with black numeral (628 Preston).

[QL] plate 60, cancelled
with a black numeral
(628 Preston).

[FC] plate 26, cancelled with
Poulton Penny Post and
then a blue Maltese cross

[HK-HL] from Preston to Lytham dated 24 October 1844,
cancelled with a blue numerals (628 Preston).

Also has Preston CDS in matching colour
 

[DL] from Poulton to Carlisle, dated 4 April 1845,
cancelled first with a Poulton Penny Post in black
and then with a black numeral (628 Preston)

[BE] from Blackpool to Liverpool,
cancelled with a black numeral (628 Preston)
Also has Blackpool Penny Post

[LB] plate 32, from Poulton to North Meols, dated 10 March 1843,
cancelled with a Poulton Penny Post handstamp and then
 a blue Maltese cross of Preston

Letter sheet from Cartmel (via Milnethorpe) to Preston (manuscript “1”), dated 14 September 1843,
then re-directed to Hawkshead with the addition of a 1d red [HH] plate 31, dated 15 September 1843,
cancelled with a blue Maltese cross of Preston
 

[QD] on cover from Preston to Glasgow dated 20 August 1842,
cancelled with a blue maltese cross.
 

[EJ] on entire from Preston to Sligo dated 4 June 1842,
cancelled with a dark blue maltese cross.
Manuscript “1” for re-direction upon arrival
 

[AF] on piece, cancelled with
Poulton Penny Post in black

[KE] plate 24, cancelled
solely with
”Poulton Penny Post” in black

[LB] plate 57, cancelled with
 a black “Poulton Penny Post” and then a black numeral
(628 Preston)

[KD] plate 20, from Blackpool to London, dated 3 August 1843,
 cancelled with a blue Maltese cross of Preston
Also has Blackpool Penny Post in blue
 

[AH] plate 25, from Poulton to Lytham, dated 20 June 1842,
 cancelled first with a Poulton Penny Post handstamp in black
and then with a blue Maltese cross of Preston
 

[DG] plate 3, from Kirkham to Manchester, dated 2 June 1840,
cancelled solely with Kirkham Penny Post in black
 

[BF] plate 6, from Poulton to Blackburn, dated 15 February 1841,
cancelled with Poulton Penny Post in black
and than with a magenta Maltese cross of Preston
Late use of the red Maltese cross
 

[DJ] from Blackpool to Cambridge dated 19 July 1842,
cancelled with a blue Maltese Cross of Preston.
Also Blackpool Penny Post in blue
 

[SA] from Fleetwood (via Preston) to London, dated 30 March 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross of Preston
Also has Fleetwood un-dated circle in red
 

[DH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(628 Preston)

[HE] plate 73, from Preston to London, dated 27 January 1846,
cancelled with a blue numeral (628 Preston)

[OI] plate 24, from Blackpool to London, dated 21 August 1842,
cancelled with a blue Maltese cross

Also has Blackpool Penny Post in matching shade of blue
 

629 Fleetwood

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[CL] plate 50, cancelled
with a blue numeral
(629 Fleetwood).

[BC] plate 63, cancelled
with a black numeral
(629 Fleetwood).

[BJ] plate 71, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(629 Fleetwood)

630 Preston Brook

Cheshire

Earliest recorded use :

[AC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(630 Preston Brook)

631 Frodsham

Cheshire

Earliest recorded use :

[QA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(631 Frodsham)

633 Queenborough

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

634 Ramsgate

Kent

Earliest recorded use :

[LL] cancelled with black numeral (634 Ramsgate).

[ME] plate 129, cancelled
with a black numeral
(634 Ramsgate).

[AF] plate 72, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(634 Ramsgate)

[KL] plate 97, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(634 Ramsgate)

635 Reading

Berkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NE] plate 80, cancelled
with a black numeral
(635 Reading).

[JE] plate 131, cancelled with
a blue Reading CDS
(19 Jun 1852)

[OE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(635 Reading)

[HE] plate 166, cancelled with
 a black sideways duplex
(635 Reading)

636 Redruth

Cornwall

Earliest recorded use :

[KI] plate 70, from Redruth to Hayle dated 12 May 1847,
cancelled with black 636 numeral of Redruth.
 

[BG] plate 16, cancelled with
a black Redruth CDS
dated 3 December 1841

[OA] plate 34, cancelled with
 a black Redruth datestamp
(4 March 1844)

[SD] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(636 Redruth)

[QK-QL] pair, cancelled with
black numerals (636 Redruth)

637 Reigate

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

[HL] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(637 Reigate)

638 Retford

Nottinghamshire

Earliest recorded use :

[NH] plate 48, cancelled with black numeral (638 Retford).

[CF] plate 41, cancelled with black numeral (638 Retford).

[SE] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(638 Retford)

641 Richmond

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[BD] plate 37, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(641 Richmond)

642 Ravenglass

Cumberland

Earliest recorded use :

[SA] cancelled with black numeral (642 Ravenglass).

643 Rickmansworth

Hertfordshire

Earliest recorded use :

644 Ringwood

Hampshire

Earliest recorded use :

[PH] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(644 Ringwood)

645 Ripley

Surrey

Earliest recorded use :

646 Ripon

Yorkshire

Earliest recorded use :

[MC] plate 72, cancelled with black numeral (646 Ripon).

[IA] plate 47, cancelled with black numeral (646 Ripon).

[IG-JH] block of four, plate 62, cancelled with
 black numerals (646 Ripon)

647 Robertsbridge

Sussex

Earliest recorded use :

[RL] plate 115, from Robertsbridge to Battle dated 29 November 1851,
cancelled with black 647 numeral of Robertsbridge.
 

648 Rochdale

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :

[HB] plate 164, cancelled with black numeral (648 Rochdale).

649 Littleborough

Lancashire

Earliest recorded use :