Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Penny Black (plate 4)

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Plate 4 was registered on 19 May 1840 and 28,000 sheets were printed from it.

The earliest recorded usage is 23 May 1840.

[HB] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

[OE-OF] pair, cancelled with
 red Maltese crosses

[AE] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

[TJ] on piece, cancelled with
brown Maltese Crosses of Winchcomb [e]

[IC-IF] strip of four, cancelled with
red Maltese crosses 

[FK] to Stokesley
cancelled with a magenta Maltese cross

[TI-TJ] pair, cancelled with
black Maltese crosses

[KK-KL] pair, cancelled with
 black Maltese crosses

[FF] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

[BC] cancelled solely with
 Jarrow Penny Post in red

[CL] 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