Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Numeral Cancellations of English Provincial Towns (Numbers 800 to 849)


 

 

This pages illustrate stamps and covers that are identifiable as originating from towns allocated a barred numeral cancellation in preparation for their introduction on 1 May 1844.
 

800 Tiverton

Devon

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 80 KG

 

 

 

[KG] plate 80, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(800 Tiverton)

 

 

 


 801 was not allocated in 1844

802 Brampton

Devon

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IK
EF
GC

 

[IK] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(802 Bampton)

[EF] cancelled with
 a blue numeral
(802 Bampton)

[GC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(802 Bampton)

 


803 Dulverton

Somerset

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


804 Topsham

Devon

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TB
Plate 39 NK
Plate 60 MA-NB

[TB] cancelled with black numeral (804 Topsham).

[NK] plate 39, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(804 Topsham)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MA-NB] block of four, plate 60, cancelled with
black numerals (804 Topsham)


805 Torquay

Devon

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 5 OA
NK

 

 

[OA] plate 5, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(805 Torquay)

[NK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(805 Torquay)

 

 

Plate 58 HB-HE

[HB-HE] strip of four, plate 58, cancelled with
three black numerals (805 Torquay)
Contrary to regulations


806 Torrington

Devon

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 74 OD
Plate 120 TD
Plate 134 MI
IE

[OD] plate 74, cancelled with black numeral (806 Torrington).

[TD] plate 120, on piece,
cancelled with blue numeral (806 Torrington).

[MI] plate 134, cancelled with blue numeral (806 Torrington).

[IE] cancelled with black numeral (806 Torrington).

Plate 3 JD
Plate 52 NF
Plate 85 MB

 

 

[JD] plate 3, cancelled
with black numeral
(806 Torrington).

[NF] plate 52, cancelled
with black numeral
(806 Torrington).

[MB] plate 85, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(806 Torrington)

 

 


807 Totness

Devon

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 45 CH
Plate 28 AB
Plate 19 MR
IG

[CH] plate 45, cancelled with black numeral (807 Totness).

[AB] plate 28, cancelled with
 a Totness datestamp
(10 Dec 1842) [e]

[MR] plate 19, cancelled with black Totness CDS
(13 June 1842)

[IG] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(807 Totnes)

Plate 153 CJ

[CJ] plate 153, on envelope to London dated 17 June 1853,
cancelled with a black 807 numeral of Totnes.
 

Plate 113 RD-RK

[RD-RK] plate 113, strip of 8, cancelled,
contrary to regulations
 with 7 x blue numerals (807 Totnes).

FJ

[FJ] from Totness to London dated 30 April 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese Cross
Last day of maltese cross cancellations for provincial English Towns

GE
KB

 

 

 

 

[GE] cancelled with
 a black Boxed No 2
of Totness

[KB] cancelled with
 a black datestamp of Paignton
(16 February 1852)

 

 

 

 


808 Towcester

Northamptonshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 68 JG
Plate 45 CC

 

 

[JG] plate 68, cancelled
with black numeral
(808 Towcester).

[CC] plate 45, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(808 Towcester)

 

 

Plate 10 DG

[DG] plate 10, Towcester to London, dated 12 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross
 


 809 was not allocated in 1844

810 Tring

Hertfordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 131 TD
Plate 73 LG
Plate 173 OB

 

[TD] plate 131, cancelled
with blue numeral
(810 Tring).

[LG] plate 73, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(810 Tring)

[OB] plate 173, cancelled with
 brown numerals
(810 Tring)

 


 811 was not allocated in 1844

812 Risborough

Buckinghamshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 62 BE

[BE] plate 62, from Risborough to London dated 31 October 1845,
cancelled with black 812 numeral of Risborough.
 


813 Trowbridge

Wiltshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MC
Plate 62 HC
QI

 

[MC] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(813 Trowbridge)

[HC] plate 62, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(813 Trowbridge)

[QI] cancelled with
black numerals
(813 Trowbridge)

 


814 Truro

Cornwall

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 87 PE
Plate 76 EA-EB
SK

[PE] plate 87, cancelled with black numeral (814 Truro).

[EA-EB] plate 76, pair,
cancelled with two black numerals (814 Truro).

[SK] cancelled with
a blue Truro datestamp

Plate 16 NG

[NG] plate 16, on lettersheet from Truro to London
dated 18 November 1841, cancelled
 by a blue maltese cross of Truro.
 

LH

[LH], on large piece from Truro
dated 5 January 1842, cancelled
 by a blue maltese cross of Truro.
 

HE

[HE] from Truro to St Columb, dated 13 October 1841,
cancelled with a blue Maltese cross

Plate 26 CD
Plate 68 AG
Plate 104 OI

 

 

[CD] plate 26, cancelled with
a blue Truro CDS
(11 Feb 1845)

[AG] plate 68, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(814 Truro)

[OI] plate 104, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(814 Truro)

 

 

CB

[PK] from Truro to Liskeard, dated 25 January 1845,
cancelled with a black numeral (814 Truro)
and then, on arrival with a different black numeral (463 Liskeard)
 


815 Camborne

Cornwall

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 816 was not allocated in 1844

817 St Ives

Cornwall

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 137 PB

 

 

 

[PB] plate 137, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(817 St Ives)

 

 

 


818 Tunbridge

Kent

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 102 QE
Plate 76 NH
Plate 147 LI
Plate 103 PE

[QE] plate 102, cancelled with black numeral (818 Tunbridge).

[NH] plate 76, cancelled with black numeral (818 Tunbridge).

[LI] plate 147, cancelled
with a black numeral
(818 Tunbridge).

[PE] plate 103, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(818 Tonbridge)

Plate 51 NJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NJ] plate 51, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(818 Tunbridge)

 

 

 

 

 

 


 819 was not allocated in 1844

820 Tunbridge Wells

Kent

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 89 LF
AF

 

 

[LF] plate 89, cancelled with black numeral (820 Tunbridge Wells)

[AF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(820 Tunbridge Wells)

 

 


821 Tuxford

Nottinghamshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 42 KA

 

 

 

[KA] plate 42, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(821 Tuxford)

 

 

 


822 Uckfield

Sussex

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 45 EJ
Plate 100 MK

 

 

[EJ] plate 45, cancelled
with black numeral
(822 Uckfield).

[MK] plate 100, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(822 Uckfield)

 

 


823 Hailsham

Sussex

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 168 EA

 

 

 

[EA] plate 168, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(823 Hailsham)

 

 

 


824 Ulverstone

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SI

 

 

 

[SI] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(824 Ulverstone)

 

 

 


825 Uppingham

Rutland

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 826 Usk - see Wales

827 Uttoxeter

Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 79 MH
Plate 93 MG
LK

 

[MH] plate 79, cancelled
with black numeral
(827 Uttoxeter).

[MG] plate 93, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(827 Uttoxeter)

[LK] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(827 Uttoxeter)

 


828 Abbots Bromley

Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


829 Sudbury

Derbyshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 79 AC

 

 

 

[AC] plate 79, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(829 Sudbury)

 

 

 


830 Uxbridge

Middlesex

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 55 IA

 

 

 

[IA] plate 55, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(830 Uxbridge)

 

 

 


831 Wakefield

Yorkshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LK

[LK] on wrapper to London dated 13 May 1844,
 cancelled by a black numeral (831 Wakefield).
 

Plate 47 BL

[BL] plate 47, from Wakefield to Driffield dated 26 January 1845,
cancelled with black numeral (831 Wakefield).
 

Plate 116 ED
Plate 64 PB
Plate 74 KB

 

 

[ED] plate 116, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(831 Wakefield)
P flaw

[PB] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(831 Wakefield)

[KB] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(831 Wakefield)

 

 


832 Wallingford

Berkshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AA

 

 

 

[AA] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(832 Wallingford)

 

 

 


833 Benson

Oxfordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


834 Walsall

Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 81 JJ

 

 

 

[JJ] plate 81, cancelled with black numeral (834 Walsall).

 

 

 


835 Waltham Cross

Hertfordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 9 Red FD ED

[FD and ED] plate 9, in red cancelled with black maltesees crosses
on entire from Waltham Cross to Woodbridge dated 14 March 1841.
 

Plate 69 EI

 

 

 

 

 

 

[EI] plate 69, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(835 Waltham Cross)

 

 

 

 

 

 


836 Wangford

Suffolk

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 68 KH
RI

 

 

[KH] plate 68, cancelled with black numeral (836 Wangford).

[RI] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(836 Wangford)

 

 


837 Wrentham

Suffolk

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


838 Southwold

Suffolk

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KK

 

 

 

[KK] cancelled
with a black numeral
(838 Southwold).

 

 

 


839 Wansford

Northamptonshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


840 Deane

Northamptonshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


841 Weldon

Northamptonshire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 81 JF

 

 

 

[JF] plate 81, cancelled with black numeral (841 Weldon).

 

 

 


842 Ware

Hertfordshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 47 QL
Plate 52 FE
EJ

 

[QL] plate 47, cancelled with black numeral (842 Ware).

[FE] plate 52, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(842 Ware)

[EJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(842 Ware)

 


843 Wareham

Dorset

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 45 HE
Plate 42 GB
Plate 64 BD

 

[HE] plate 45, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(843 Wareham)

[GB] plate 42, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(843 Wareham)

[BD] plate 64, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(843 Wareham)

 


844 Corfe Castle

Dorset

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


845 Swanage

Dorset

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 74 NC

 

 

 

[NC] plate 74, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(845 Swanage)

 

 

 


846 Warminster

Wiltshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 119 LH
QF
Plate 68 EK

 

[LH] plate 119, cancelled with black numeral (846 Warminster).

[QF] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(846 Warminster)

[EK] plate 68, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(846 Warminster)

 


847 Warrington

Lancashire

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 167 SJ
Plate 61 TD
EJ

 

[SJ] plate 167, cancelled with green/black (mixed inks) numeral (847 Warrington) [cert].

[TD] plate 61, cancelled with black numeral (847 Warrington)

[EJ] cancelled with
 a black numeral
(847 Warrington)

 


848 Warwick

Warwickshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plate 47 SK
Plate 93 HD
Plate 60 GI
Plate 158 DA

[SK] plate 47, cancelled with black numeral (848 Warwick).

[HD] plate 93, cancelled with black numeral (848 Warwick).

[GI] plate 60, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(848 Warwick)

[DA] plate 158, cancelled with
 a black numeral
(848 Warwick)

CB

[PL] plate 43, from Barford to Warwick, dated 6 January 1845,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross
Very late use of Maltese cross
Also has Barford Penny Post


849 Watford

Hertforshire

 

 

 

 

 

Earliest recorded use :