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Penny Red (1853 plate 173)

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Plate 173

Date registered : 20 July 1853

Earliest recorded usage : 27 September 1853

[OB] cancelled with
 brown numerals
(810 Tring)

[BK] cancelled with
a black London numeral
(District 72)

[SJ] cancelled with
a black numeral

[BC] from Hull to Beverley, dated 21 April 1854,
cancelled with a black spoon duplex (383 Hull, type C)
This is the earliest recorded usage of this cancellation