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Plate 6 was registered on 17 June 1840 and 38,000 sheets were printed from it.

The earliest recorded usage is 29 June 1840.


Plate 6 AC
Plate 6 GD-GE
Plate 6 DA

[AC] cancelled with
a  red Maltese cross

[GD-GE] pair, cancelled with
 red Maltese crosses

[DA] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

Plate 6 KC

[KC] from Durham to Hartlepool, dated 11 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross 

Plate 6 IE-IF
Plate 6 TG-TH

[IE-IF] pair, cancelled with
 red Maltese crosses

[TG-TH] pair, cancelled with
red Maltese crosses

Plate 6 IL

[IL] Shrewsbury to Lillenhall, dated 13 February 1841,
cancelled with a red maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross

Plate 6 GA-GD

[GA-GD] strip of four, cancelled with
 red Maltese crosses

Plate 6 OH

[OH] from Carlow, County Leinster to Dublin, dated 15 February 1841,
cancelled a with red Maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross 

Plate 6 PG

[PG] from Henley on Thames to London, dated 18 September 1840,
cancelled with three red Maltese crosses

Plate 6 BF

[BF] from Poulton to Blackburn, dated 15 February 1841,
cancelled with Poulton Penny Post in black
and than with a magenta Maltese cross of Preston
Late use of the red Maltese cross
 

Plate 6 ME
Plate 6 GF
Plate 6 GI
Plate 6 RH

[ME] cancelled with
a ruby Maltese cross [e]

[GF] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

[GI] cancelled with
 a black London numeral
(Inland 6)

[RH] cancelled with
a black numeral
(918 Worcester)

Plate 6 BJ

[BJ] from Leeds to Oldham, dated 10 October 1844,
cancelled with a black numeral (447 Leeds)