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Plate 5 was used to print black stamps (in 1840) and red stamps (in 1841).


Printing in Black

Plate 5 was registered on 1 June 1840 and 36,000 sheets were printed from it.

The earliest recorded usage is 17 June 1840.


Plate 5 QH

[QH] from Ballyglass to Ballymote (via Ballina) dated 7 October 1840
cancelled with a red Maltese cross

Plate 5 AB
Plate 5 JJ-JK
Plate 5 CB

[AB] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

[JJ-JK] pair, cancelled with
red Maltese crosses
 

[CB] cancelled with
an orange-red Maltese cross

Plate 5 DC

[DC] from Linlithgow to Hamilton dated 13 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross 

Plate 5 DB-DC

[DB-DC] pair, from London to Liverpool, dated 9 November 1840,
cancelled with red Maltese crosses and “Knightsbridge” straight line

Plate 5 PH

 

 

 

 

Plate 5 QE

[PH] cancelled with
a red Maltese Cross

 

 

 

 

[QE] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

Plate 5 PC

[PC] from London to Hexham, dated 15 February 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross

Plate 5 EA-ED

[EA-ED] strip of four, cancelled with
 black Maltese crosses

Plate 5 DD

[DD] from Shrewsbury to Edinburgh, dated 17 February 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross
DD in state 2 

Plate 5 RH

[RH] from Milnethorpe to Kendal, dated 13 April 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross of Milnethorpe

Plate 5 TD
Plate 5 SF
Plate 5 OA

 

 

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

[SF] cancelled with
a black numeral
(London District 52)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Printing in Red

Plate 5 was also used to print 16,000 sheets of stamps in red before February 1841.

The earliest recorded usage is 12 February 1841.

 

Plate 5 Red TE
Plate 5 Red OG

 

 

[TE] in red, cancelled with
a red Maltese cross [e]

[OG] in red, cancelled with
a red maltese cross [e]

 

Plate 5 OG

[OG] in red, from Hayle to Wadebrige dated 15 July 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese Cross
Very late use of the red Maltese Cross 

Plate 5 MA
Plate 5 Red AF
Plate 5 Red PF

 

 

[MA] in red, cancelled with
 a black Wincanton datestamp
(22 December 1841)
State II

[AF] in red, cancelled with
a black Maltese cross.

[PF] in red, cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

 

 

Plate 5 OI-PI

[OI-PI] vertical pair, in red, from Kinsale to Dublin, dated 11 June 1841,
cancelled with black Maltese crosses of Kinsale

Plate 5 Red KE

[KE] in red, from Waterford to Dublin, dated 25 November 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross

Plate 5 Red KG

[KG] in red, from Christchurch to Poole, dated 21 June 1841,
cancelled with a black Maltese cross

Plate 5 TK

[TK] in red, from London to Dublin, dated 18 May 1841,
cancelled with the red scipt “Too Late” of London
Unique usage of this cancellation on a 1d red

 

 

Plate 5 KB-KC

 

 

 

 

[KB-KC] pair, in red , cancelled with
 a single black Maltese cross
Contrary to regulations