Great Britain - The Imperforate Issues (1840-1853)

Penny Black (plate 7)

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Plate 7 was put to press on 26 June 1840 and 34,000 sheets were printed from it.

The earliest recorded usage is 8 July 1840.

[ME] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

[HA-HB] pair, cancelled with
 red Maltese crosses

[GD] cancelled with
a red Maltese cross

[LL] from Blackburn to Clitheroe, dated 2 January 1841,
cancelled with red-brown Maltese crosses

[FB] from Milton to Shaftesbury, dated, internally, 1 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Matese cross
Also has Shaftesbury Penny Post in matching colour 

[GA] from Galashiels to Edinburgh, dated 16 February 1841,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross
Late use of the red Maltese cross 

[PB] cancelled with
a black Maltese cross

[KD] from Haslingden to Blackburn, dated 22 January 1841,
cancelled with a blackHaslingden Penny Post and a red Maltese cross

[ML] from Henley on Thames to London, dated 23 August 1840,
cancelled with three red Maltese crosses

[AD] plate 7, local London dated 9 August 1840,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross

then redirected to Cranbrook on 10 August 1840 and subsequently to Huntly on 11 August 1840

One redirection has the addition of [LK] plate 2,
cancelled with a red Maltese cross in a different shade

On redirection has a Manuscript “1” in black denoting 1d due on arrival