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Plate 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date registered : 4 March 1842.

Earliest recorded usage : 25 March 1842.
 

Plate 24 TJ
Plate 24 HE
Plate 24 AK
Plate 24 NB

[TJ] cancelled with
a blue Maltese cross

[HE] cancelled with
a blue Maltese cross

[AK] cancelled with
a blue Maltese cross [e]

[NB] cancelled with
 a blue Maltese cross
Scottish type
 

Plate 24 LI

[LI] on envelope from Dorchester to Yeovil, dated 16 August 1842,
cancelled solely with a Dorchester CDS

 

Plate 24 FA-FD

[FA-FD] strip of four, cancelled with
black Maltese croses of Greenock

 

Plate 24 EL
Plate 24 FC-GD
Plate 24 CJ

[EL] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

[CJ] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross
(J flaw)
 

Plate 24 EG
Plate 24 RF

[EG] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

 

[FC-GD] block of four, cancelled with
 black Maltese crosses

[RF] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

Plate 25 NF

[NF] on entire sent within London, dated 17 November 1842,
 cancelled with a black Maltese cross

 

Plate 24 KE
Plate 24 MJ-MK
Plate 24 GJ

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

[MJ-MK] pair, cancelled with
a single black Maltese cross
Contrary to Regulations
 

[GJ] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

Plate 25 HC

[HC] on entire sent from Ashton to Warrington, dated 24 December 1842,
 cancelled with two strikes of a black Maltese cross
Handstruck Ashton Penny Post in red
 

Plate 24 SF-SG

[SF-SG] pair, from Dunshaughlin to London, dated 18 October 1847,
cancelled with black Irish numerals (203 Dunshaughlin)

 

Plate 24 EG-EJ

[EG-EJ] strip of four, cancelled with
 black Maltese crosses [e]

 

Plate 24 RD

[RD] from London to Hawick, dated 21 March 1843,
cancelled with a black London Number 1 Maltese cross

Pre-dates the entry in the proof book by two days.
One of two covers recorded on this date
 

Plate 24 JL

[JL] from Dublin to Derby, dated 25 April 1844,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross of Dublin

 

Plate 24 FF

[FF] from Newtown Limnavdy to Ballymoney, dated 29 December 1842,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross

 

Plate 24 LC
Plate 24 TD
Plate 24 EA

 

 

[LC] cancelled with
 a black Chard datestamp
(27 September 1842)
 

[TD] cancelled with
 a black Chard datestamp
(1842)

[EA] plate 24, cancelled with
 a black Maltese cross

 

 

Plate 24 OI

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

Also has Blackpool Penny Post in matching shade of blue
 

Plate 24 DD-DE

 

 

 

 

[DD-DE] cancelled with
black Maltese crosses