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POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL
POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED OFFICE NO. COUNTY Abbots Bromley 828 Staffs 1844 1857 1844 1856 Abbots Langley 896 Herts 1882 1906 1878 G.P.O. Aberarth E22 Card 1874 1906 1868 1906 Aberavon E98 Glam 1874 1902 1870 1881 Aberavon, Port Talbot Aberayron Aberayron Aberayron Aberbeeg Abercarne Abercwmboi 773 435 C84 40 884 H90 F99 Glam Card Card Card Monm Monm Glam 1887 1844 1874 1929 1882 1887 1906 1962 1857 1906 1959 1906 1906 1906 1885 1844 1866 NONE 1878 1887 NONE 1892 1852 1907 NONE 1897 G.P.O. NONE Previously Taibach. Head Post Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1844 - 1850. Aberystwith 1850-1852. Lampeter 1852 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Aberdare 985 Glam 1855 1962 1851 1900 Under Merthyr Tydvil 1844 - 1851. Pontypridd 1851 -(985 was issued in 1851)- 1854. Head Post Office 1854 - 1906 + Aberdare, Mill Street Aberdare, Mill Street E02 985 Glam Glam 1874 1902 1868 1887 G.P.O. G.P.O. Aberdovey C32 Mer 1874 1906 1865 1909 Aberdovey Abergavenny Abergele Abergele Abergwili Aberkenfig 20 1 181 6 E40 443 Mer Monm Denbigh Denbigh Carm Glam 1950 1844 1844 1929 1874 1882 1962 1962 1906 1962 1906 1906 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1869 1875 NONE 1909 1910 NONE 1896 1909 Aberllechan H24 Glam 1887 1902 1884 G.P.O. Abermule B99 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1906 Aberporth 339 Card 1882 1906 1875 G.P.O. Abersychan Abertillery Abertillery Aberystwith Abingdon Abinger Hammer Accra Accrington Acklington Acle Acocks Green, Birmingham Addingham Addington Street, Pamsgate J58 885 855 2 3 H28 554 5 979 576 Monm Monm Monm Card Berks Surrey Gold Coast Lancs Northumb Norfolk 1892 1882 1924 1844 1844 1887 1882 1844 1850 1844 1906 1906 1962 1962 1962 1906 1887 1962 1906 1857 1889 1878 NONE 1844 1844 1884 not GB 1844 1849 1844 1898 1890 NONE 1909 1903 1915 not GB 1905 1907 1858 Addlestone FIRST LIST LAST LIST 9 Warwks 1924 1962 NONE NONE 600 Yorks W.R. 1844 1906 1844 1858 634 Kent 1882 1889 J25 Surrey 1888 1908 1892 1906 STATUS. Under Rugeley 1844 - 1906 + Under Hemel Hempstead 1846 -1855. Watford 1855 - 1886. Kings Langley Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1862 - 1870. Aberystwyth 1870 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 + Under Taibach 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1879. Taibach 1879 - 1885. Town Receiving House of Port Talbot 1885 - 1900. Town Branch Office 1900 - 1906 + Under Newport 1858 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newport 1844 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1853. Aberdare 1854 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House of Aberdare 1869 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Mill St. Aberdare in the cds was sent in Mar 1887, it has not been recorded in use. Under Machynlleth 1844. Welshpool 1845 - 1849. Shrewsbury 1849 - 1854. Welshpool 1855 - 1857. Shrewsbury 1857 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 -(C65 issued in 1865)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Chester 1844 - 1848. Rhyl 1848 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bridgend 1850 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1884 -(H24 was issued in 1884)- 1885. Renamed Wattstown in 1885. But listed as Aberllechan to 1902. Under Newtown 1852 - 1856 Shrewsbury 1856 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 (thus B99 issued) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Cardigan 1851 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Cardigan 1857 - 1905. Railway Sub Office 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypool 1845 - 1883. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1885. Pontypool 1885 - 1906 + Under Newport 1850 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + From 1890 the new spelling - Aberystwyth occurs in duplex cancellations. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Under Dorking 1882 - 1906 + A 3VOS that was only used on Gold Coast stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1906+. Under Otley 1844 - 1856. Leeds 1856 - 1906+. Town Receiving House of Ramsgate 1872 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Addington Street Ramsgate in the cds was sent in Jun 1882. Under Chertsey 1844 - 1863. Weybridge Station 1863 - 1880. Weybridge 1880 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 1 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1902 NONE not GB NONE not GB 1887 1906 1886 G.P.O. 1874 1927 1902 1927 1872 NONE 1875 NONE Warwks 1844 1962 1844 1858 Under Stratford 1844 - 1851. Bromsgrove 1851 - 1867. Redditch 1867 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Although in the lists from 1844 to 1962, only used numerals from 1844 to 1858. 691 Suffolk 1844 1857 1844 1858 Under Saxmundham 1844 - 1869. Independent Sub Office 1869 - 1880 Saxmundham 1880 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed from Aldborough to Aldeburgh in March 1875. Aldbourne 391 Wilts 1844 1906 1844 stamp Aldeburgh D15 Suffolk 1874 1906 1867 1910 Aldeburgh Alderley Edge Alderley Edge Alderney 7 F56 17 965 Suffolk Ches Ches Channel Isles 1924 1874 1924 1849 1962 1906 1962 1906 NONE 1871 NONE 1848 NONE 1909 NONE 1891 78 Hants 1874 1962 1874 1898 046 96 834B A17 A27 B01 95 6 10 880 132 F19 940 Hants Hants Staffs Egypt Jamaica Egypt Lincs Derbys Derbys Cumb Sussex Glos Yorks N.R. 1857 1874 1962 1874 1874 1874 1844 1844 1926 1844 1857 1902 1874 1845 1906 1857 1855 1874 NONE 1858 1859 1859 1844 1844 NONE 1844 1883 1871 1844 1859 1898 NONE G.P.O. 1860 1878 1905 1893 NONE 1858 1888 1909 stamp Alnmouth 101 Northumb 1874 1906 1874 1907 Alnwick Alresford Alresford 8 10 010 Northumb Hants Hants 1844 1844 1929 1962 1906 1962 1844 1844 NONE 1900 1903 NONE Alston 607 Cumb 1844 1906 1844 1859 Alton 11 Hants 1844 1962 1844 1880 Altrincham 12 Ches 1844 1962 1844 1896 Altywalis E16 Carm 1874 1902 1868 stamp Alveston Ambleside Amersham F17 13 14 Glos Westmd Bucks 1874 1844 1844 1906 1962 1962 1871 1844 1844 1890 1897 1906 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Addlestone Adelphi 086 598 Surrey Jamaica 1965 1882 Adlingfleet H77 Yorks W.R. Aguadilla Aigburth, Liverpool F84 466D Porto Rico Lancs Alcester 755 Aldborough Aldershot Aldershot Camp Aldershot Camp Aldridge Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Alford Alfreton Alfreton Allonby Alma Terrace, Hove Almonsbury Alne FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1902 1892 1902 1962 1924 1962 1857 STATUS. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Goole 1848 - 1855. Howden 1855 - 1870. Closed 1870 - 1876. Goole 1876 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 3VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1873 to Nov1875 Not in 1929 list Under Hungerford 1844 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Saxmundham 1844 - 1869. Independent Sub Office 1869 - 1880 Saxmundham 1880 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed from Aldborough to Aldeburgh in March 1875. Under Manchester 1871 -(F56 issued in 1871)- 1906 + Under Guernsey 1848 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Farnham 1845 - 1857. Farnborough Station 1857 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1883. Head Post Office 1883 -1906 + Under Farnborough Station 1855 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1902. Renamed "Stanhope Lines" in 1906. In Apr1858 a 3HOS was sent to Alexandria, is assumed to have been sent for use on a Mailboat A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps 3HOS,4VOS,3VOS & 5VOD were used on GB stamps, from Jun1860 to Apr1879 when the Office closed. Under Boston 1844. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Maryport 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Brighton 1869 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Alma Terr. Hove Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec Under Bristol 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - (F17 issued in 1871) - 1898. Bristol 1898 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1855. Easingwold 1855 - 1903. York 1903 - 1906 + Under Alnwick 1844 - 1864. Bilton Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - (101 issued in 1874 ) 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Penrith 1844 - 1860. Carlisle 1860 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Although in all the lists from 1844 to 1906, numerals only used from 1844 to 1859. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Manchester 1855 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1866 - 1870. Not listed 1871 - 1885. Reopened in 1886, under Llanpumpsaint Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1895. Closed 1895. Under Bristol 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1847. Under Windermere 1847 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 2 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. 1906 1844 1908 Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Salisbury 1855 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 - 1890. Salisbury 1890 - 1906 + 1874 1924 1906 1962 1861 NONE 1905 NONE Under Bangor 1845 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B49 issued in 1861) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Carm 1882 1924 1882 1904 554 D27 18 21 Carm China Beds Hants 1928 1882 1844 1844 1962 1902 1962 1962 NONE not GB 1844 1844 NONE not GB 1920 1900 Andover A06 Hants NONE NONE Andover Road Andoversford Angmering Angmering Station Annotto Bay Antigua Appleby 22 572 G72 G73 A28 A02 25 Hants Glos Sussex Sussex Jamaica Leeward Is. Westmd 1844 1844 1887 1887 1874 1874 1844 1857 1857 1906 1902 1892 1902 1962 1844 1844 1883 1883 1859 1858 1844 1854 1857 1897 1899 1860 1859 1920 Appledore A19 Devon 1874 1906 1858 1910 Appledore Arica Armley 578 C36 J11 Kent Peru Yorks W.R. 1882 1874 1892 1906 1902 1902 1875 1865 1887 1910 1878 1898 Arnside K54 Westmd 1902 1906 1893 1907 Arrington Arroyo Arundel Ascot Ascot Ashbourne 26 F83 27 G75 975 28 Cambs Porto Rico Sussex Berks Berks Derbys 1844 1874 1844 1887 1928 1844 1857 1902 1962 1924 1962 1962 1844 1872 1844 1883 NONE 1844 1850 1877 1905 1897 NONE 1905 Ashburton 29 Devon 1844 1906 1844 1882 Ashby de la Zouch Ashford Ashford Ashford Station Ashington Ashtead 30 31 821 31 549 29 Leics Kent Middx Kent Northumb Surrey 1844 1844 1882 1962 1962 1962 1924 1937 1962 1962 1844 1844 1877 1883 NONE NONE 1904 1900 1905 1901 NONE NONE Ashton on Mersey C50 Ches 1865 1868 Ashton under Lyne 32 Lancs 1844 1962 1844 1908 OFFICE NO. COUNTY 17 Wilts 1844 Amlwch Amlwch B49 19 Anglesey Anglesey Ammanford E54 Ammanford Amoy Ampthill Andover Amesbury FIRST LIST LAST LIST Askam 917 Lancs 1882 1906 1878 1906 Askrigg F14 Yorks N.R. 1874 1906 1871 1907 819 Cumb 1882 1906 1877 1910 583A Notts 1962 1962 NONE NONE Aspatria Aspley Previously Cross Inn. Railway Sub Office 1882 -(E54 issued in 1882) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was used only on the stamps of Hong Kong. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number A06 was sent to Andover in Jun.1916. It was probably then sent on to a subordinate office. Head Post Office 1844 renamed Micheldever Station between Aug.1854 and Jun.1856. Under Cheltenham 1844 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Arundel 1844 - 1879. Worthing 1879 - 1906 + Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS was used on GB stamps recorded from Aug1858 to Jul1859, later used on Antigua & Leeward Islands stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Under Penrith 1855 - 1885. Head Post Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Bideford 1844 - 1855. Barnstaple 1855 - 1858. Crediton 1858 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tenterden 1844 - 1855. Staplehurst 1855 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS, 4VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Oct1865 to Feb1878 Under Leeds 1851 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1895 - 1906 + Under Milnthorpe 1848 - 1881. Carnforth 1881 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1856 Under Royston 1856 - 1906 + A 3VOS was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jun1873 to May1877 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Chertsey 1856 - 1858. Staines 1858 - 1883. Head Post Office 1883 -( G75 issued in 1883 )- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Newton Abbot 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Chertsey 1845-1851. Staines 1851 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + Closed in c.1901. A 3VOD with Ashford Station Office in the cds was sent in 1883. Under Manchester 1845 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1868. Renamed Sale in 1868. Not in any list, C50 allocated for a period between the 1857 and 1874 lists. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Dalton in Furness Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1876. Carnforth 1876 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bedale 1844 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Maryport 1844 - 1856. Carlisle 1856 - 1877. Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 3 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 NONE NONE 1874 1906 1857 1908 Worcs Warwks Lancs Norfolk Lancs Glos 1962 1844 1924 1844 1947 1924 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1907 NONE 1905 NONE NONE 994 Som 1855 1857 1859 1863 35 38 Devon Bucks 1844 1844 1962 1962 1844 1844 1888 1909 NO. COUNTY Aston Manor, Birmingham 75AM Warwks 1925 Aston on Clun 077 Salop Astwood Bank Atherstone Atherton Attleborough Audenshaw, Manchester Avonmouth 24 33 766 34 36 26 Axbridge Axminster Aylesbury FIRST LIST LAST LIST Aylsham 39 Norfolk 1844 1962 1844 1880 Aynho Bacup Bacup Bagillt Bagshot Bagshot Bahamas Bahia Baildon Bakewell K83 G07 117 F03 40 B57 A05 C81 H92 41 Northts Lancs Lancs Flint Surrey Surrey Atlantic Brazil Yorks W.R. Derbys 1902 1874 1928 1874 1844 1882 1874 1874 1887 1844 1906 1924 1962 1906 1857 1906 1902 1902 1906 1962 1897 1873 NONE 1870 1844 1880 1858 1866 1887 1844 1899 1903 NONE 1904 1858 1897 1859 1874 1901 1893 Bala 220 Mer 1844 1906 1844 1928 Bala Baldock Baldrine Ballasalla Ballaugh Bampton 42 45 068 070 069 802 Mer Herts I.O.M. I.O.M. I.O.M. Devon 1924 1844 1963 1963 1963 1844 1962 1962 1906 NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1844 NONE 1895 NONE NONE NONE 1891 Bampton 050 Oxon 1857 1906 1855 1909 46 47 G65 759B 161 63 Oxon Carn Carm Surrey Lincs Glam 1844 1844 1887 1938 1882 1924 1962 1962 1906 1962 1906 1962 1844 1844 1883 NONE 1874 NONE 1901 1906 1894 NONE 1890 NONE Barking F08 Essex 1874 1924 1870 1907 Barking Barmouth 008 221 Essex Mer 1928 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1932 Barnard Castle 48 Durham 1844 1962 1844 1909 Banbury Bangor Bankyfelin Banstead Bardney Bargoed STATUS. Under Ludlow 1846 - 1850. Shrewsbury 1850 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wells 1844. Weston super Mare 1845. Wells 1846 - 1857. Weston super Mare 1857 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Under Norwich 1855 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Brackley 1844 - 1861. Banbury 1861 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + Under Holywell 1844 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Farnborough Station 1853 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1900. Camberley 1900 - 1906 + A 3HOS used on GB stamps from Jun1859 to Nov1859, later used on stamps of the Bahamas. A 4VOS was used on GB stamps recorded in use from Nov1866 to Jun1874 Under Leeds 1848 - 1875. Shipley 1875 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1844 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1868. Corwen 1868 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tiverton 1844 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Witney 1844 - 1860. Faringdon 1860 - 1895. Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1881 - 1906 + Under Lincoln 1845 - 1849. Wragby 1849 - 1870. Lincoln 1870 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Eastern District 1857 - 1870. Used 45B in a London style cancel. Became a Head Post Office in the Essex Provincial Area in 1870 -(F08 issued in 1870) - 1906 + Under Corwen 1844 - 1857. Carnarvon 1857 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Darlington 1855 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1875. Head Post Office 1876 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 4 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1856 1882 1924 1844 1844 1906 1962 1962 1962 1878 NONE 1844 1844 1882 NONE 1980 1917 Northumb 1882 1906 1880 stamp B71 Lancs 1874 1924 1863 1904 81 386 162A 185 Lancs Lincs Glam Glam 1929 1844 1929 1959 1962 1857 1949 1962 NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1852 NONE NONE Barry Dock BO, Cardiff 162 Glam 1891 1894 Barton on Humber Barton under Needwood Basildon Basingstoke Baslow Bath Bath 51 217 37 52 42 53 A29 Lincs Staffs Essex Hants Derbys Som Jamaica 1844 1882 1952 1844 1844 1844 1874 1962 1906 1962 1962 1857 1962 1892 1844 1874 NONE 1844 1844 1844 1859 1904 1913 NONE 1915 1856 1962 1860 Batley F12 Yorks W.R. 1874 1924 1870 1899 Batley Battle Bawtry Baydon 115 54 55 D45 Yorks W.R. Sussex Yorks W.R. Wilts 1927 1844 1844 1882 1962 1962 1906 1906 NONE 1844 1844 1880 NONE 1909 1906 G.P.O. Beaconsfield 57 Bucks 1844 1962 1844 1880 Beaford 055 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1913 Beal B55 Northumb 1874 1906 1861 1902 Beaminster Beaminster Beaminster 128 943 79 Dorset Dorset Dorset 1844 1845 1924 1857 1906 1962 1844 1844 NONE 1844 1906 NONE Under Bridport 1844 - Only cancelled mail with number 128 in 1844. From Dec1844 onwards used number 943 Under Bridport 1844 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Beaufort D84 Monm 1874 1906 1868 1895 Beaufort D84 Brec 1874 1906 1895 1899 Under Abergavenny 1851. Newport 1852 -1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Monmouthshire to Breconshire in Jun 1895, then Breconshire to Monmouthshire In Jul 1924. Beaumaris Beaworthy 58 465 Anglesey Devon 1844 1963 1962 1844 NONE 1908 NONE Bebside B77 Northumb 1892 1906 1896 1915 59 Suffolk 1844 1962 1844 1929 D13 Kent 1874 1924 1867 1917 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Barnet 937 Herts 1845 Barnetby Barnoldswick Barnsley Barnstaple 932 98 49 50 Lincs Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Devon Barrasford D61 Barrow in Furness Barrow in Furness Barrow on Humber Barry Barry Beccles Beckenham FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the Northern District 1857 - 1865. Given the provincial number 937 in 1844. Solely in the Hertfordshire Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. Under Ulceby 1855 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 -(932 issued in 1878)- 1892. Lincoln 1892 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Hexham 1854 - 1878. Wall Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ulverstone 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B71 issued in 1863)- 1869. Head Post Office 1869 - 1906 + Lancashire to Cumbria in 1974. Under Hull 1844 - 1850. Barton on Humber 1850 - 1855. Ulceby 1855 - 1877. Hull 1877 - 1906 + Branch Office established in 1890, A 3VOD with Barry Dock BO in the cds is first recorded used in 1891. Renamed Barry BO in 1897. Head Post Office 1844 - 1862. Under Hull 1862 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1894. Hull 1894 - 1906 + Under Lichfield 1844 - 1853. Burton on Trent 1853 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bakewell 1844 - 1856. Chesterfield 1856 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Bradford 1844 - 1855. Dewsbury 1855 - 1864. Leeds 1864 - 1870. Head Post Office 1870 -( F12 was issued in 1870)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1869. Under Hawkhurst 1869 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844- 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hungerford 1851 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Slough 1855 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bideford 1844 - 1855. Barnstaple 1855 - 1856. Exeter 1856. Crediton 1856 -1860 (see Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Berwick 1855 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B51 issued in 1861)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Was Cowpen Lane Railway Sub Office. Became Bebside Railway Sub Office in 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1867. Used 26 in a London style cancellation. Moved into the Kent Provincial Area in 1867. Head Post Office 1867 -(D13 issued in 1867) - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 5 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. Beckenham 99 Kent 1925 1962 NONE NONE Beckermet G52 Cumb 1882 1924 1882 1927 Bedale Bedford 60 61 Yorks N.R. Beds 1844 1844 1962 1962 1844 1844 1900 1926 Under Whitehaven 1844 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 -1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Bedford St. Brighton 132 Sussex 1883 1889 Town Receiving House of Brighton 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Bedford St. Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. Bedlington B75 Northumb 1874 1906 1863 1905 Under Morpeth 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B75 issued in 1863)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Bedworth Beenham Beeston 936 J80 55 Warwks Berks Notts 1935 1892 1924 1949 1906 1962 NONE 1891 NONE NONE stamp NONE Begelly E85 Pem 1874 1906 1870 1904 Belford Belford Belize Belper 62 44 K65 64 Northumb Northumb British Hond. Derbys 1844 1924 1902 1844 1906 1962 1902 1962 1844 NONE 1894 1844 1911 NONE not GB 1884 Belvedere 404 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1891 Belvedere Ben Rhydding Benson Berbice Berkeley Berkeley Berkhempstead 201 128 833 A04 270 74 65 Kent Yorks W.R. Oxon Br.Guiana Glos Glos Herts 1924 1910 1844 1874 1844 1929 1844 1962 1924 1857 1902 1924 1962 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1858 1844 NONE 1844 NONE NONE GPO 1859 1906 NONE 1934 Berriew C01 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1898 Berwick Berwick Station Betchworth 66 66 182 Northumb Northumb Surrey 1844 1962 1882 1924 1844 1863 1874 1892 1865 1908 Bethania F02 Mer 1874 1906 1870 1881 Bethersden Bethesda Bettws (Bledrws) J31 009 F32 Kent Carn Card 1892 1959 1874 1906 1962 1874 1888 NONE 1871 1908 NONE 1874 Bettws y Coed F32 Carn 1882 1906 1882 1913 Bettws y Coed 62 Carn 1924 1962 NONE NONE Beulah E64 Brec 1874 1906 1869 stamp Beverley Bewdley Bexhill 67 68 K26 Yorks E.R Worcs Sussex 1844 1844 1892 1962 1962 1924 1844 1844 1893 1912 1905 1897 Under Reading 1848 - 1906 + Under Tenby 1844 - 1859. Narberth 1859 - 1870. Tenby 1870 -(E85 issued in 1870)- 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOS, that was only used on the stamps of British Honduras. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + In London South Eastern District 1871 - 1879. Ceased using district initials 1875 (404 issued in 1875) Moved with Woolwich into the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Under Lessness Heath 1871 - 1883. In 1883 Belvedere changed its name to Picardy, at the same time Lessness Heath became Belvedere SO. Belvedere SO was a Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1901. then a Town Receiving House of Belvedere Station 1901 - 1907. In 1907 the Office was renamed Bexley Road. Under Wallingford 1844 - 1906+ A 3HOS was used on GB stamps from 1858 to 1859, was then later used on the stamps of British Guiana. Head Post Office 1844 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + From 1877 the new spelling - Berkhamsted occurs in the duplex cancellations. Under Welshpool 1844 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + "on Tweed" added in 1908. Sorting Office in 1848. A 3CD with Berwick Station in the cds was sent in Apr 1863. Under Reigate 1845 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1857 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(F02 issued in 1870)- 1881. Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1892. Town Receiving House of Blaenau Festiniog 1892 - 1906 + Under Tenterden 1845 - 1855. Staplehurst 1855 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1876. Replaced by Derry Ormond Railway Sub Office in 1876. Under Conway 1852 - 1865. Llanrwst Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 4VOS number F32 was used both in Derry Ormonde and Bettws-y-Coed. Under Brecon 1856 - 1858. Hereford 1858. Kington 1858 - 1860. Builth Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1869. Knighton Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E64 issued in 1869)- 1884. Garth Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Battle 1844 - 1861. Hastings 1861 - 1897. Renamed Bexhill Old Town 1897. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 6 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1902 NONE 1893 NONE 1897 1882 1962 1875 1880 Kent 1882 1962 1875 1900 G06 69 B12 Syria Oxon Kent 1874 1844 1906 1902 1962 1906 1873 1844 NONE 1883 1911 NONE Bickley Station B12 Kent 1882 1902 1879 1897 Biddenden Bideford Biggleswade Bigrigg 227 70 71 K56 Kent Devon Beds Cumb 1844 1844 1844 1902 1857 1962 1962 1906 1844 1844 1844 1894 1848 1941 1910 1910 Billericay 72 Essex 1844 1906 1844 1909 Billericay Billingham 156 73 Essex Durham 1938 1934 1962 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE Billingshurst 590 Sussex 1882 1962 1876 1905 Bilston Bilston, Wolverhampton 73 905A Staffs Staffs 1844 1929 1924 1962 1844 NONE 1907 NONE Bilton C18 Northumb 1874 1902 1864 1872 Bingham Bingham Bingham Bingley Birchgrove 584 656 72 111 H11 Notts Notts Notts Yorks W.R. Glam 1844 1882 1924 1844 1887 1857 1906 1962 1962 1906 1844 1876 NONE 1844 1884 1858 1905 NONE 1899 1902 Birchington G47 Kent 1882 1906 1882 1905 Birchington 43 Kent 1924 1962 NONE NONE Birkenhead 74 Ches 1844 1924 1844 1908 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Ches Warwks 1929 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1915 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Warwks 1924 1962 NONE NONE Warwks 1925 1962 NONE NONE Warwks Warwks Warwks Worcs 1924 1924 1924 1949 1967 1938 1962 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY Bexhill on Sea Bexhill Station 526 K27 Sussex Sussex 1928 1892 Bexley 389 Kent Bexley Heath 388 Beyrout Bicester Bickley Birkenhead 466H Birmingham 75 Birmingham, Acocks 9 Green Birmingham, Aston 75AM Manor Birmingham, Blackheath 76 109 Birmingham, Bournville Birmingham, Camp Hill 75CH Birmingham, Coleshill 109 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Hastings 1885 - 1897. Renamed Bexhill on Sea 1897. London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Used 20 in London style cancellations. Ceased using district initials in 1875. Woolwich District - including Bexley - moved to Kent Provincial area in 1879. Bexley used Provincial number 389 whilst in South Eastern District and in the Kent Provincial Area. Under Bexley Heath 1879 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Ceased using district initials in 1875. 385 in provincial style issued in 1875 and used until 1900. Moved with Woolwich to the Kent Provincial Area in 1879. Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 3VOS on GB stamps, used from Jan 1874 to Dec 1883. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Letter box under Bromley 1863 - 1865. Moved with Bromley into the Kent Provincial Area in 1865. Listed as under Bromley 1868 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1897. Renamed Bickley Railway Sub Office in 1897. Under Cranbrook 1844 - 1858. Staplehurst 1858 - 1894. Cranbrook 1894 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carnforth 1884 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1861. Under Ingatestone 1861 - 1871. Brentwood 1871 - 1899. Railway Sub Office 1899 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Horsham 1844 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 -(590 issued in 1876)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Lesbury Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C18 issued in 1864)- Office closed in 1874. Replaced by Lesbury Railway Sub Office Under Nottingham 1844 - 1906 + Under Bradford 1844 - 1856. Leeds 1856 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1884 - 1896. Llansamlet Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Margate 1844 - 1886. Westgate on Sea 1886 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 7 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Birmingham, E.D.O. Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington 75B 75E 264 Warwks Warwks Warwks Birmingham, Five Ways 75 Warwks FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1929 1925 1924 Birmingham, Great Barr Birmingham, Great Hampton St Birmingham, Great Hampton St Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Handsworth Birmingham, Harborne Birmingham, Hockley Birmingham, Kings Norton Birmingham, Kitts Green Birmingham, Moseley Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Bar Birmingham, Quinton Birmingham, Rednal Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Shirley Birmingham, Smethwick 75 Staffs Birmingham, Smethwick Birmingham, Solihull Birmingham, Stirchley Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield Birmingham, W.D.O. Birmingham, Yardley Birstall 75S 753 748 Staffs Warwks Warwks 1924 1924 1934 765 Warwks 75F 75Y J12 Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland, South Road 1962 1954 1962 1959 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1883 1900 NONE NONE 1883 1909 STATUS. Eastern District Office Town Receiving House under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Five Ways Birmingham in the cds was first sent in Mar 1883. 75P Warwks 75 Warwks 75D Warwks 1929 1954 NONE NONE 9A 75HA 333 75H Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks 1936 1924 1924 1924 1962 1962 1959 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 75K Warwks 1938 1962 NONE NONE 75KG 75M 75N 75P 75Q 981 671 777 Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks Warwks 1959 1924 1938 1938 1938 1959 1924 1938 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1886 1907 1962 1962 1938 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1924 1962 NONE NONE Warwks Warwks Yorks W.R. 1929 1937 1892 1962 1962 1906 NONE NONE 1890 NONE NONE 1902 80 Durham 1844 1962 1844 1896 80 Durham 1887 1888 Bishops Castle 82 Salop 1844 1906 1844 1906 Bishops Stortford 83 Herts 1844 1962 1844 1896 Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Shrewsbury 1855 - 1858. Railway Sub Office 1858 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Bishops Waltham 85 Hants 1844 1962 1844 1905 Head Post Office 1844 - 1857. Under Fareham 1857. Southampton 1857 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Bisley Camp J62 Surrey 1892 1906 1889 1915 Bissoe J27 Corn 1892 1906 1888 1891 Black River Blackawton Blackawton Blackburn A30 B81 B80 86 Jamaica Devon Devon Lancs 1874 1892 1874 1844 1906 1962 1859 1863 1863 1844 1860 1876 1902 1906 Under Woking 1892 - 1906 + Seasonal. Under Devoran Railway Sub Office 1888 -(J27 issued in 1888)- 1892. Perranwell Station Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps 1962 1962 1954 1962 1962 1954 Town Receiving House under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Gt.Hampton St. in the cds was first sent in Feb 1883. Town Receiving House under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Smethwick Birmingham in the cds was first used in Sep 1886. Smethwick previously used numbers 035 and 034. Western District Office Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 -1856 Under Darlington 1856 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1874. Head Post Office 1874 1906 + Under Bishop Auckland 1884 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with South Rd Bishop Auckland in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Totnes 1846 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B80 issued 1863)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 8 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1967 1844 NONE 1899 NONE 1874 1906 1868 1900 1882 1847 1906 1962 1875 1846 G.P.O. 1909 1888 1909 NO. COUNTY 98 76 Lancs Warwks 1924 Blackhill D20 Durham Blackmill Blackpool 333 953 Glam Lancs Blackpool, South Shore 953 Lancs Blackwater J75 Hants 1892 1906 1891 1897 Blackwood 101 Monm 1924 1962 NONE NONE Blaenau Festiniog F04 Mer 1882 1906 1884 1907 Blaenau Festiniog 100 Mer 1924 1962 NONE NONE Blaenavon G43 Monm 1882 1906 1882 1908 Blaenavon Blaenllecha 102 993 Monm Glam 1924 1882 1962 1887 NONE 1876 NONE stamp Blaenllecha D42 Glam 1882 1902 1880 stamp Blackburn Blackheath, Birmingham FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Error of number 98 instead of 86 in a 1844 type, a 3HOS and a 3VOS Under Gateshead 1848 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(D20 issued in 1868)- 1869. Durham 1869 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Bridgend 1853 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1895. Bridgend 1895 - 1906 + Under Preston 1844 - 1877. Head Post Office 1877 - 1906 + Under Preston 1844 - 1877. Blackpool 1877 - later became a Town Receiving House of Blackpool. A 3VOD with South Shore Blackpool in the cds was first used in Aug 1888. Under Bagshot 1844 - 1853. Farnborough Station 1853 - 1884. Farnborough 1884 - 1890. Camberley 1890 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 -1901. Camberley 1901 - 1906 + Previously called Four Crosses Railway Sub Office. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Abergavenny 1847 - 1854. Pontypool 1854 - 1883. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 1903. Pontypool 1903 - 1906 + Blaenyffoss F61 Pem 1874 1906 1872 1901 Blagdon B26 Som 1874 1906 1859 1902 Under Pontypridd 1867 - 1877. Renamed Ferndale in 1877. A new office was opened in 1880 called Blaenllecha, under Pontypridd 1880 - 1893. Ferndale Railway Sub Office 1893 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Ferndale 1906 + Under Cardigan 1860 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 -(F61 issued in 1872)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Blaina D83 Monm 1874 1906 1868 1902 Under Newport 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Blakeney Blandford 372 Norfolk 1844 1906 1844 1852 87 Dorset 1844 1962 1844 1911 Blaydon B63 Durham 1874 1906 1862 1911 Blaydon Bletchingley Bletchley Bletchley Station 93 318 025 025 Durham Surrey Bucks Bucks 1924 1844 1899 1855 1962 1857 1962 1892 NONE 1844 NONE 1853 NONE 1856 NONE 1899 Blockley K71 Glos 1902 1906 1896 1896 Bloxwich Bloxwich Blue Mountain Valley Blundellsands, Liverpool G36 82 G15 466S Staffs Staffs Jamaica Lancs 1882 1924 1874 1929 1906 1962 1902 1962 1882 NONE not GB NONE G.P.O. NONE not GB NONE Blyth B74 Northumb 1874 1924 1863 1907 Blyth Blythe Bridge Bodenham Bodmin Bodorgan 113 181 J96 88 J60 Northumb Staffs Heref Corn Anglesey 1925 1952 1892 1844 1892 1962 1959 1906 1962 1906 NONE NONE 1891 1844 1889 NONE NONE stamp 1891 1906 Under Holt 1844 - 1855. Thetford 1855 - 1873. Dereham 1873 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1889. Dereham 1889 1894. Holt Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Only used numerals from 1844 to 1852 despite being in all the lists from 1844 to 1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Gateshead 1845-1856. Newcastle on Tyne 1856 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Godstone 1844 - 1846. Reigate 1846 - 1858. Redhill 1858 - 1906 + Under Fenny Stratford 1853 Head Post Office 1853 - 1906 + Renamed Bletchley in 1897. Under Moreton in Marsh 1844 - early 1850's. Broadway early 1850's - 1854. Moreton in Marsh 1854 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Walsall 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under North Shields 1844 - 1856. Morpeth 1856 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B74 issued in 1863)- 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Leominster 1844 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Llangefni 1887 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 9 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Bognor Bolton Boncath Boot Booth Ferry Rd, Goole NO. COUNTY 91 92 F63 K50 319 Sussex Lancs Pem Cumb Yorks W.R. FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 1906 1924 1844 1844 1872 1893 1887 1892 1955 1905 1926 1889 FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1844 1874 1902 Bootle G58 Cumb 1887 1902 1882 G.P.O. Bootle Bootle cum Linacre, Liverpool K57 Cumb 1902 1906 1894 1907 1883 1887 1906 1894 1910 1912 NONE NONE NONE 1907 1878 466 Lancs Bootle Station K58 Cumb Bootle, Liverpool Bootle, Liverpool Bordon Boreham Wood Borough Green Boroughbridge 466 466B 96 128 682 93 Lancs Lancs Hants Herts Kent Yorks W.R. 1902 1925 1924 1929 1882 1844 1962 1962 1962 1906 1906 1874 NONE NONE NONE 1882 1844 Borth C02 Card 1874 1906 1864 1905 Boscastle B79 Corn 1874 1906 1863 1892 Boscombe J69 Hants 1892 1902 1889 1893 Boscombe Boston Boston Spa Botesdale Bourne 060C 94 526 100 103 Hants Lincs Yorks W.R. Suffolk Lincs 1929 1844 1882 1844 1844 1959 1962 1906 1857 1962 NONE 1844 1875 1844 1844 NONE 1887 1906 1854 1956 Bourne End G45 Bucks 1882 1902 1882 1889 Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth, Westbourne Bournemouth, Winton Bournemouth, Winton Bournville, Birmingham B60 060 Hants Hants 1874 1928 1924 1962 1860 NONE 1898 NONE 060B Hants 1929 1962 NONE NONE 916 060A 109 Hants Hants Warwks 1924 1929 1924 1924 1962 1938 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Bourton on the Water D39 Glos 1882 1906 1881 1913 Bovington Camp 624B Dorset 1929 1962 NONE NONE Bow 056 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1877 Bow Street C03 Card 1874 1906 1864 1908 Bowers Gifford D19 Essex 1892 1906 1892 1894 Bowness Bowness Boxford 412 586 211 Westmd Westmd Suffolk 1844 1882 1844 1857 1906 1857 1844 NONE 1844 1858 NONE stamp STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnforth 1876 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Under Goole 1885 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Booth Ferry Rd, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Ulverstone 1844 - 1856. Whitehaven 1856 - 1867. Holborn Hill Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1869 Carnforth 1869 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Allocated both G58 and K57 in the 1902 list. Under Liverpool. An Office established with this name 1883 - 1891. 3VOD with Bootle cum Linacre Liverpool in the cds was sent in Oct 1883. Under Carnforth 1886 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Liverpool. An Office at Bootle 1844 - 1883 and 1891 - 1906 + . Under Sevenoaks 1847 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1863. Under York 1863 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1850 - 1859. Shrewsbury 1859 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C02 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Camelford 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B79 issued in 1863) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bournemouth 1871 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House in 1892. Upgraded to a Town Branch Office in 1901. Moved to Dorset in 1974. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Tadcaster 1854 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bury St.Edmunds 1844 - 1851. Scole 1851 - 1884. Diss 1884 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Marlow (as Bone End)1845 - c.1860. Reopened as Bourne End 1864 - 1875. Maidenhead 1875 - 1898 Independent Sub Office 1898 - 1906 + Under Poole 1844 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1864. Head Post Office 1864 - 1906 + Under Moreton in Marsh 1844 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 -(D39 issued in 1881)- 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1855 - 1856. Shrewsbury 1856 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C03 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ingatestone 1845 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1878. Rayleigh 1878 - 1880 Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1897 Pitsea 1897 - 1906 + Under Kendal 1844 - 1847. Windermere 1847 - 1887. Town Receiving House of Windermere 1887 - 1906 + Under Colchester 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 10 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1858 1844 1899 1907 NO. COUNTY Boxmoor Brackley A22 104 Herts Northts 1874 1844 1906 1962 Bracknell 105 Berks 1844 1962 1844 1903 Bradbury Bradford Bradford Bradford on Avon 942 107 J95 106 Durham Yorks W.R. Lancs Wilts 1845 1844 1892 1844 1857 1962 1906 1962 NONE 1844 1891 1844 NONE 1890 1897 1902 Brading C54 I.O.W. 1874 1906 1865 1907 Braintree Bramhall Price P.D.O. Bramley Bramley Brampton 112 078 J37 H70 113 Essex Ches Surrey Yorks W.R. Cumb 1844 1965 1892 1887 1844 1962 1906 1906 1906 1844 NONE 1888 1886 1844 1893 NONE 1908 1914 1919 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Brampton Brian 078 Heref 1874 1906 1857 1879 Brancepeth Brandis Corner Brandon D78 057 114 Durham Devon Suffolk 1874 1874 1844 1906 1906 1962 1868 1856 1844 1893 1879 1906 Under Hemel Hempstead 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1863. Hemel Hempstead 1863 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Farnborough Station 1853 - 1857. Reading 1857 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1860 1865. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + Under Darlington 1844 - Closed in 1844 or shortly afterwards. 942 seen only used at Sedgefield. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1896 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Southampton 1844 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 -(C54 issued in 1865)- 1866 Sandown 1866 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + PDO = Postmans District Office. Under Guildford 1844 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 + Under Carlisle 1844 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1876 Carlisle 1876 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1844 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1855 Ludlow 1855 - 1860 Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Durham 1844 - 1874 Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1856 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Brandon Colliery H60 Durham 1887 1906 1885 1895 Under Durham 1863 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 -(H60 issued in 1885)- 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Brasted Braunton Braunton Brayton Station Bream Brecon A84 J56 030 K38 206 116 Kent Devon Devon Cumb Glos Brec 1882 1892 1959 1902 1882 1844 1906 1906 1962 1902 1906 1962 1882 1889 NONE 1893 1874 1844 1907 1899 NONE 1899 1902 1905 Brenchley K13 Kent 1892 1906 1892 1909 Under Sevenoaks 1844 - 1885 Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1902 Sevenoaks 1902 - 1906 + Under Barnstaple 1844 - 1889 Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carlisle 1888 - 1897. Wigton 1897 - 1900. Became Brayton in 1900. Under Lydney 1861 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Lamberhurst 1844. Cranbrook 1845 - 1857. Staplehurst 1857 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1896. Paddock Wood 1896 - 1906 +. London District Post 1844 -1857. Western District 1857 - 1868. Used 41 in a London style cancel. Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1868 - 1906 + E95 Middx 1874 1924 1870 1903 Brentford Brentford Brentwood 021A 095 118 Middx Middx Essex 1929 1929 1844 1962 1959 1962 NONE NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1900 Bridestowe 058 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1896 Bridge St, Goole Bridgend Bridgenorth Bridgwater 319 120 122 123 Yorks W.R. Glam Salop Som 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1962 1887 1844 1844 1844 G.P.O. 1906 1969 1883 Bridgwater 729 Som NONE NONE Bridlington 124 Yorks E.R. 1844 1906 1844 1887 Bridlington 125 Yorks E.R. 1924 1962 NONE NONE Bridlington Quay 125 Yorks E.R. 1844 1902 1844 1967 Under Bridlington 1844 - 1855. Hull 1855 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1899. Bridport Brierfield 127 J18 Dorset Lancs 1844 1892 1962 1906 1844 1888 1910 1902 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Burnley 1865 - 1888. Nelson 1888 - 1906 + Brentford Brentford was allocated 095 and 021A at the same time. See also Isleworth and Teddington. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Okehampton 1845 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (see Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1860 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Goole 1853 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Bridge St, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 729 was sent to Bridgwater in Apr1920. It was probably then sent on to a subordinate office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Hull 1855 - 1876. Bridlington Quay 1876 - 1885 then a Town Receiving House of Bridlington Quay. Renamed "High Street" in 1899. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 11 Renamed Bridlington in 1899. POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1924 1962 1962 1924 1962 1906 1962 1962 1851 NONE 1844 1864 NONE 1878 NONE 1844 1904 NONE 1879 1897 NONE stamp NONE 1961 Under Birmingham 1844 - 1851. Head Post Office 1851 - 1906 + 1906 NONE NONE No numeral cancellation recorded. Sussex 1883 1886 Under Worthing 1879 - 1906 + 132 Sussex 1883 1888 Alma Terrace is in Hove. Town Receiving House of Brighton 1870 -1906 + cds was sent in Dec 1883. Brighton, Bedford St 132 Sussex 1883 1889 Town Receiving House of Brighton 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Bedford St. Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. Brighton, Dyke Rd 132 Sussex 1883 1889 Town Receiving House of Brighton 1870 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Dyke Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Brighton, HPO 132 Sussex 1882 1884 Brighton, Kemp Town BO 132 Sussex 1882 1887 A 3VOD with H.P.O. Brighton in the cds was sent in Nov 1882. Under Brighton 1862 - 1906+:- Town Receiving House 1862 - 1876. Branch Office 1876 - 1888. Town Receiving House 1888 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Kemp Town BO Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1882. Brighton, Lewes Rd 132 Sussex Brighton, Portslade 916 Sussex Brighton, Preston Rd 132 Sussex Brighton, Rottingdean Brighton, Southwick 804 781 Sussex Sussex Brighton, St.Georges Rd 132 Brighton, St.James's St OFFICE NO. COUNTY 995 263A 129 C17 141 898 89 132 Staffs Staffs Lincs Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Essex Essex Sussex 1855 1929 1844 1874 1924 1882 1924 1844 K98 Railway 1902 Brighton Road, Worthing 923 Brighton, Alma Terrace Brierley Hill Brierley Hill Brigg Brighouse Brighouse Brightlingsea Brightlingsea Brighton Brighton and Hastings SC FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1884 1895 1951 1959 NONE NONE 1883 1898 1951 1951 1962 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE Sussex 1883 1888 132 Sussex 1883 1889 Brighton, Victoria Rd 132 Sussex 1883 1888 Brighton, West Pier 132 Sussex 1882 1890 Brighton, Western Rd 132 Sussex 1880 1898 Brimfield E25 Heref 1874 1906 1869 1917 Brimscombe E01 Glos 1874 1906 1868 G.P.O. Briningham 246 Norfolk 1844 1857 1844 1852 134 134C Bristol Bristol 1844 1963 1962 1844 NONE 1912 NONE 134 Bristol 134A 419 Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol, Central D.O. Bristol, Clifton Bristol, E.D.O. Bristol, Kingswood 1963 1924 1962 1862 1905 NONE NONE NONE NONE STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Huddersfield 1844 - 1855. Normanton 1855 - 1866. Head Post Office 1866 -1906 + Under Colchester 1844 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1886. Colchester 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + SC = Sorting Carriage. A 3VOD with Brighton Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. A 3VOD with Alma Terr. Brighton in the Town Receiving House of Brighton 1867 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Lewes Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Sep 1884. Town Receiving House of Brighton 1865 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Preston Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Town Receiving House of Brighton 1882 - 1888. Closed 1888. A 3VOD with St.Georges Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Under Brighton 1867 - 1906+:- Town Receiving House 1867 - 1903. Branch Office 1903 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with St. James's St. Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. Town Receiving House of Brighton 1862 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Victoria Road Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. Under Brighton 1870 - 1891 :- Town Receiving House 1870 - 1876. Branch Office 1876 - 1891. Closed 1891. A 3VOD with West Pier Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1882. Under Brighton 1854 - 1906+ :- Town Receiving House 1854 - 1885. Branch Office 1885 - 1906 +. BO. in the cds from 1885 onwards. A 3VOD with Western Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Jun 1880. Under Ludlow 1847 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E25 issued in 1869)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stroud 1845 - 1906 + Previously known as Brimscombe Port Under Dereham 1844 - 1849. Thetford 1849 - 1873. Dereham 1873 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1887. Melton Constable 1887 - 1890 Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Central District Office A 3CD, 4VOD and a 3VOD issued with Clifton Bristol in the cds. Under Bristol 1844 - 1906+. From 1856 a Town Receiving House Eastern District Office ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 12 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Bristol, N.D.O. NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1963 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE NONE 1859 1880 NONE NONE 1859 NONE NONE NONE 1872 NONE 134B Bristol Bristol, North St 134 Bristol Bristol, P.D.O. Bristol, P.D.O. Bristol, Redcliffe Bristol, S.D.O. 134A 134E 134 134D Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol 1962 1963 Briton Ferry B66 Glam 1874 1924 1862 1881 Briton Ferry 133 Glam 1924 1962 NONE NONE Brixham 136 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1911 Brize Norton 362 Oxon 1882 1906 1875 1896 Broadstairs 737 Kent 1882 1924 1876 1885 Broadstairs 634A Kent 1929 1962 NONE NONE Broadstairs Station 737 Kent 1886 1900 Broadstone Broadstone Broadway J52 149 137 Dorset Dorset Worcs 1892 1935 1844 1906 1962 1962 1889 NONE 1844 1914 NONE 1914 Brockenhurst 016 Hants 1882 1906 1878 1906 Brockenhurst 135 Hants 1924 1962 NONE NONE Bromfield 079 Salop 1874 1906 1857 1901 Bromley 144 Kent 1844 1962 1844 1924 Bromsgrove Bromyard Bronwydd Arms 139 138 B17 Worcs Heref Carm 1844 1844 1882 1962 1962 1906 1844 1844 1879 1909 1896 1891 Broseley 268 Salop 1882 1906 1875 1911 Brotherton K16 Yorks W.R. 1892 1906 1892 1896 Brotton H16 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1884 1912 Brough Brough 142 007 Westmd Yorks E.R. 1844 1855 1906 1962 1844 1852 1902 1893 Broughton in Furness C99 Lancs 1874 1906 1867 1906 Broughton in Furness Brownhills, Walsall Brown's Town 064 016 A31 Lancs Staffs Jamaica 1962 1959 1874 1962 1892 NONE NONE 1859 NONE NONE 1860 Broxbourne 429 Herts 1882 1906 1875 1888 1963 STATUS. Northern District Office A 3CD and a 4VOD were issued with North St. Bristol in the cds, in Jan 1859 and Nov 1864 respectively. Town Receiving House of Bristol 1859 - 1906 + Postmans District Office Postmans District Office Town Receiving House of Bristol 1859 - 1906 +. Numeral cancels with 134, first sent in Jan 1859. Souther District Office Under Neath 1844 - 1863. Head Post Office 1863 - 1895. Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Under Torquay 1855 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Witney 1849 - 1860 Closed. Reopened in 1875 (362 issued in 1875): Independent Sub Office 1875 -1895. Bampton 1895 - 1906 + Under Ramsgate 1844 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1893. Town Receiving House of Broadstairs Station 1893 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1891. Head Post Office 1891 - 1906 +. the cds was sent in Jun 1886. With BO in the cds from 1891. A 3VOD with Broadstairs Station Office in Under Wimborne 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lyndhurst 1844 - 1855. Lymington 1855 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1846 - 1857.Shrewsbury 1857 (079 issued in 1857). Railway Sub Office 1857 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the South Eastern District 1857 1865. Given the provincial number 144 in 1844. Solely in the Kent Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1850 Under Worcester 1850 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ironbridge 1844 - 1849. Shifnal 1849 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1852. Wellington 1852 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ferrybridge 1844 - 1853 Milford Junction 1853 - 1861. South Milford Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1868. Normanton 1868 - 1902. Ferrybridge 1902 - 1906 + Under Redcar 1852 - 1868. Saltburn by the Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Under Penrith 1855 - 1880. Kirkby Stephen 1880 -1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ulverstone 1844 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(C99 issued in 1867)- 1879. Carnforth 1879 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Moved from Lancashire to Cumbria in 1974. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Waltham Cross 1844 - 1855. Hoddesdon 1855 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 13 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1883 1887 1857 1844 1854 1924 1845 1880 1869 G.P.O. 1962 1844 1909 1844 1857 1844 1857 1874 1906 1874 1898 Devon 1925 1962 NONE NONE D76 Essex 1874 1906 1868 1902 Buckhurst Hill Buckingham Buckland 153 145 G03 Essex Bucks Berks 1924 1844 1874 1962 1962 1906 NONE 1844 1873 NONE 1904 G.P.O. Bucknell B58 Salop 1874 1906 1861 1898 Bude 442 Corn 1844 1962 1844 1880 Budleigh Salterton 756 Devon 1874 1962 1844 1880 Buenos Aires Buff Bay B32 A32 Argentina Jamaica 1874 1874 1902 1892 1860 1859 1873 1860 Builth 146 Brec 1844 1962 1844 1901 142 615 119 583B 147 148 987 D81 H29 Wilts Jamaica Notts Notts Suffolk Herts Wilts Suffolk Suffolk 1924 1882 1924 1962 1844 1844 1855 1874 1887 1962 1902 1959 1962 1962 1962 1857 1902 1906 NONE not GB NONE NONE 1844 1844 1851 1868 1884 NONE not GB NONE NONE 1901 1908 1854 stamp 1906 Burford 149 Oxon 1844 1924 1844 1923 Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. From 1853 to ? Day letters to Oxford and night letters to Cheltenham. Farringdon 1860 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Burgess Hill C90 Sussex 1874 1924 1866 1905 Under Hurstpierpoint 1850 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1879. Brighton 1879 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Burgess Hill 990 Sussex 1928 1962 NONE NONE Burgh D12 Lincs 1874 1906 1871 1889 Burnham 489 Norfolk 1844 1857 1844 1856 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Brunswick Road, Worthing 923 Sussex Bruntless 348 Brec 1844 Bruton 948 Som 1847 Brynamman E57 Carm Brynmawr 764 Brec 1844 Buckden 397 Hunts Buckfastleigh 37 Devon Buckfastleigh 130 Buckhurst Hill Bulford Camp Bull Bay Bulwell Bulwell Bungay Buntingford Burbage Bures Bures FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Brunswick Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. Under Hay 1844 - 1855. Brecon 1855 -1858. Hereford 1858 - 1869. Talgarth Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1872. Closed 1872 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bath 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1876. Independent Sub Office 1876 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Number E57 was issued to Brynamman in 1869, the number was void in the 1874 list, allocated to Haughley by 1880. Brynamman was under Llanelly 1865 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1887. Renamed Upper Brynamman Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 + Under Abergavenny 1844 - 1852. Newport 1852 - 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Huntingdon 1844 - 1906 + Under Ashburton 1844 - 1855. Newton Abbot 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(37 issued in 1874)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + North Eastern District under Woodford 1858 - 1866. On the demise of the North Eastern District in Dec1866, Buckhurst Hill became a Receiving House under Woodford Green in the Provincial Area 1867 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Faringdon 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974. Under Shrewsbury 1858. Aston on Clun Railway Sub Office 1858 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 Under Stratton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855.Crediton 1856 - 1861. (See Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Sidmouth 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1875. Independent Sub Office 1875 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 3HOS, 4VOS & 4CD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Apr1861 to Dec1873 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Rhayader 1853 - 1855. Hay 1855. Brecon 1855 - 1858. Hereford 1858. Kington 1858 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Wells added in 1901. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Pewsey 1844 - 1845. Marlborough 1845 - 1906 + Under Sudbury 1844 - 1851. Colchester 1851 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. In the 1887 to 1902 lists Bures was allocated both D81 and H29. Under Spilsby 1844 - 1856. Boston 1856 - 1867 Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lynn 1844 - 1906 + Renamed Burnham Market in 1889. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 14 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1883 1875 1844 1868 1888 1859 1905 stamp 1901 1872 1914 1903 NO. COUNTY Burnham Burnham Burnley Burnopfield Burnopfield Burrington G64 581 150 D19 J35 B25 Norfolk Som Lancs Durham Durham Som 1887 1882 1844 1874 1892 1874 1906 1962 1962 1887 1906 1906 Burry Port E92 Carm 1874 1906 1870 1905 040 551 547A 153 941 152 Carm Staffs Staffs Westmd Yorks E.R. Staffs 1962 1844 1925 1844 1845 1844 1887 1962 1906 1857 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1844 1844 NONE 1898 NONE 1901 1845 1905 Burwash E79 Sussex 1874 1906 1869 1878 Bury Bury St.Edmunds Bute Docks 154 97 D57 Lancs Suffolk Glam 1844 1844 1874 1962 1962 1902 1844 1844 1868 1947 1919 1904 Bute Docks, Cardiff 162 Glam 1879 1883 Butterknowle Buxton J02 155 Durham Derbys 1887 1844 1906 1962 1887 1844 1900 1901 Bwlch 203 Brec 1882 1906 1874 1909 Byfield Cadishead Caerau Caerleon Caerphilly 738 995 731 562 771 Northts Lancs Glam Monm Glam 1882 1959 1906 1844 1882 1906 1962 1906 1906 1962 1876 NONE NONE 1844 1877 1911 NONE NONE 1879 1890 Caersws C04 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1922 Cainscross Cairo Caistor Caldecot Caldera F23 B01 130 H12 C37 Glos Egypt Lincs Rutland Chile 1874 1906 1844 1887 1874 1906 1906 1902 1871 1859 1844 1884 1865 G.P.O. 1873 1885 G.P.O. 1878 Calderbridge K80 Cumb 1902 1924 1897 1899 Caldicot Caldicote Callao 99 562 C38 Monm Monm Peru 1874 1967 1874 1906 1902 1874 NONE 1865 G.P.O. NONE 1879 Callington 781 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1881 Calne 157 Wilts 1844 1962 1844 1903 Camberley J65 Surrey 1892 1924 1889 1903 Camberley 166 Surrey 1925 1962 NONE NONE Cambo J72 Northumb 1892 1906 1890 1913 Burry Port Burslem Burslem Burton Burton Agnes Burton on Trent FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Lynn 1844 - 1906 + Renamed Burnham Market in 1889. Under Bridgewater 1844 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Gateshead 1848 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(D19 issued in 1868)- 1872. Newcastle on Tyne 1872 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1847 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1894. Bristol 1894 - 1906 + Under Llanelly 1861 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(E92 issued in 1870)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1873 Under Carnforth 1873 - present Under Hull 1844 - 1900. Driffield 1900 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 -(E79 issued in 1869)- 1884. Etchingham 1884 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Etchingham 1896 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1847 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House 1857 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1847 - 1906+. A Town Receiving House 1857 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Bute Docks Cardiff in the cds was sent in Nov 1879. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Brecon 1844 -1855. Crickhowell 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(203 issued in 1874)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Daventry 1844 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 + Under Newport 1844 - 1848. Usk 1848 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1844 - 1906 + Under Newtown 1851 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C04 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stroud 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS was used on GB stamps from Mar1862 to 1873, when British Post Office closed. Under Brigg 1844 - 1849. Head Post Office 1849 - 1906 + Under Leicester 1864 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1888. Uppingham 1888 - 1906 + A 3TH.HOS was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jan1865 to Dec1878 Under Whitehaven 1844 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 -1899. Beckermet 1899 - 1906 + Under Chepstow 1850 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS, 4VOS & 4VOD were used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Oct1865 to Feb1879 Under Tavistock 1844 - 1852. Plymouth 1852 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855 Under Chippenham 1855 - 1865. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + Was Cambridge Town until 1877. Under Farnborough Station 1877 - 1884. Farnborough 1884 - 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Morpeth 1845 - 1855. Newcastle on Tyne 1855 - 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 15 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1903 1906 1880 NONE NONE 1844 1906 1844 1906 Glos Suffolk Pem 1948 1882 1874 1959 1906 1906 NONE 1874 1868 NONE 1903 1892 840 Staffs 1882 1962 1877 1908 Cannock Chase FPO Canterbury Canvey Island Cap Coch Cape Castle G19 84 963 F99 556 Army Kent Essex Glam Gold Coast 1874 1844 1959 1874 1882 1902 1962 1902 1887 1873 1844 NONE 1873 not GB 1873 1949 NONE G.P.O. not GB Capel Bangor O66 Card 1882 1906 1879 1906 Under Shrewsbury 1862 - 1863. Aberystwith 1863 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Cardiff 162 Glam 1844 1962 1844 1904 Cardiff, Barry Dock BO 162 Glam 1891 1894 Cardiff, Bute Docks 162 Glam 1879 1883 Cardiff, East Dock 162 Glam Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Branch Office established in 1890, A 3VOD with Barry Dock BO in the cds is first recorded used in 1891. Renamed Barry BO in 1897. Under Cardiff 1847 - 1906+. A Town Receiving House 1857 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Bute Docks Cardiff in the cds was sent in Nov 1879. Under Cardiff 1874 - 1895. Closed 1895. Duplexes with East Dock Cardiff in the cds were sent - a 4VOD in Mar 1874 and a 3VOD in Jun 1880. Cardiff, Whitchurch Cardigan 40 164 Glam Card 1962 1844 Carke in Cartmel G24 Lancs Carlin How Carlisle Carlton Carlton Carlton Carlton Iron Works Carlton on Trent Carmarthen H17 165 K19 583C 161 H46 543 167 Carn Brea OFFICE NO. COUNTY 815 158 160 049 75CH Corn Cambs Corn Corn Wawrks 1844 1844 1844 1962 1924 1962 1962 1924 76 Glos Campden Campsea Ash Camrose 182 171 E13 Cannock Camborne Cambridge Camelford Camelford Camp Hill, Birmingham Campden FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Truro 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Moreton in Marsh 1855 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 + Later known as Chipping Campden. Under Woodbridge 1853 - 1858. Wickham Market 1858 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1851 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Walsall 1844 - 1855. Rugeley 1855 - 1856. Walsall 1856 - 1859. Stafford 1859 - 1903. Independent Sub Office 1903 - 1906 + A 4VOD issued in Aug1873. FPO = Field Post Office Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Aberdare 1867- 1906+ Renamed Abercwmboi in Dec 1905. A 3VOS that was only used on Gold Coast stamps. 1874 1880 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1906 1874 1906 1873 1905 Yorks W.R. Cumb Yorks W.R. Notts Notts Durham Notts Carm 1887 1844 1892 1962 1924 1887 1844 1844 1906 1962 1906 1962 1962 1906 1857 1962 1884 1844 1892 NONE NONE 1885 1844 1844 1900 1899 1912 NONE NONE 1912 1847 1907 D31 Corn 1892 1906 1882 1920 Carnarvon Carnforth Carnforth Carnforth & Whitehaven TPO 108 E73 171 Carn Lancs Lancs 1844 1874 1928 1962 1924 1962 1844 1869 NONE 1908 1889 NONE J54 Railway 1892 1902 1889 1911 TPO = Travelling Post Office. Duplex used. Carno C05 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1908 Under Newtown 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C05 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Head Post Office 1857 - 1906 + Under Milnthorpe 1848 - 1856 Kendal 1856 -1857. Newton in Cartmel 1857 - 1867. Grange Railway Sub Office 1867 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Carke before 1887 Cark afterwards. Under Saltburn by Sea 1873 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Selby 1848 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stockton on Tees 1876 - 1880. Ferry Hill 1880 - 1906 + Under Newark 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Previously Pool. Railway Sub office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Office went back to Pool in 1950. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Lancaster 1844 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 -(E73 issued in 1869)- 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 16 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Carshalton FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1868 1906 NO. COUNTY D97 Surrey 1874 1906 1874 1902 1865 1872 1881 stamp 1906 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Carthagena C56 Colombia Carthagena Castle Acre C65 935 Colombia Norfolk 1882 1906 1866 1878 Castle Cary 949 Som 1847 1906 1845 Castle Donington G31 Leics 1874 1906 1873 1879 Castle Eden 737 Durham 1844 1857 1844 1859 Castle Eden Colliery D69 Durham 1874 1906 1868 G.P.O. Castle Eden Colliery D71 Durham 1868 1873 Castle Eden Station Castleford Castleford Castletown D70 C31 168 037 Durham Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. I.O.M. 1874 1874 1924 1855 1902 1906 1962 1906 1868 1864 NONE 1854 1900 1904 NONE 1905 Castletown 081 Dorset 1882 1906 1879 1905 Castletown Caterham 172 169 I.O.M Surrey 1924 1934 1962 1959 NONE NONE NONE NONE Caterham Junction C79 Surrey 1882 1882 1880 1880 Caterham Valley Caterham Valley Catterick Catterick Camp Caxton Cecil Street, Stockton on Tees Cefn Coed Ceinws Cemaes Road E83 169 133 173 135 Surrey Surrey Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Cambs 1874 1924 1844 1934 1844 1906 1934 1906 1962 1874 1869 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1908 NONE 1917 NONE 1856 736 Durham 1887 1887 F75 G82 G87 Glam Mont Mont 1874 1887 1887 1906 1906 1906 1872 1883 1883 G.P.O. 1906 1904 Cemmaes C06 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1904 Cemmaes C09 Mont 1864 1894 Cenarth Cenarth Cerrig y Druidion E26 H01 596 Carm Carm Denbigh 1874 1887 1844 1902 1906 1857 1869 1883 1844 G.P.O. 1892 1855 Chadwell F10 Essex 1874 1902 1870 1898 Chadwell Heath 174 Essex 1924 1949 NONE NONE Chagford B29 Devon 1882 1906 1879 1899 STATUS. London District Post 1844 -1857. Southern District 1857 - 1868. Used 30 in a London style cancel. On the demise of the Southern District in 1868 moved to the Surrey Provincial Area. (D97 issued in 1868). Under Sutton 1868 - 1872. Independent Sub Office 1872 - 1906 + A 3TH.HOS was used on GB stamps. GB stamps used at Carthagena (C56 and C65) from Sep 1865 to Mar 1881. A 4VOS (with a thin C) issued and used in error for number C56. Under Swaffham 1844 - 1861. Brandon 1861 - 1878. Swaffham 1878 -(935 issued in 1878)- 1906 + Under Shepton Mallet 1844. Bath 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1876. Independent Sub Office 1876 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Derby 1845 - 1906 + Under Stockton 1844 - 1850. Ferry Hill 1850 -1858. Castle Eden Station 1858 - 1864. Ferry Hill 1865 - 1867. Castle Eden Station Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1893. Closed. Actually used at Wingate from 1890 to 1906. Number D71 used at both Castle Eden Colliery (in a 4VOS) and Wingate (in a 3VOD). Castle Eden Colliery was under Ferry Hill 1854 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1873. Castle Eden Station 1873 - 1901. Castle Eden Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Ferry Hill 1850 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - Renamed Castle Eden Railway Sub Office in 1901. Under Pontefract 1844 - 1855. Normanton 1855 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1906 + Under Douglas 1844 - 1869. Independent Sub Office 1869 - 1906 + Under Weymouth 1860 - 1885. Fortuneswell Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Renamed Portland Harbour in 1908. The 3VOS with the number C79 was used in Caterham Junction in 1880. In 1882 became a RSO and changed its name to Purley. Under Redhill 1867 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 -(E83 issued in 1869)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Royston 1855 - 1876. Cambridge 1876 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1878 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Cecil St. Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Merthyr Tydvil 1853 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newtown 1844 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C06 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + C09 was allocated to Commins Coch Mont. But only used at Cemmaes. Under Carmarthen 1851 - 1852. Newcastle Emlyn 1852 - 1857. Carmarthen 1857 - 1868. Llandyssil 1868 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Eastern District 1857 - 1870. Issued with 10B in a London style cancel. Moved to the Essex Provincial Area in 1870 (F10 issued in 1870): Under Romford 1870 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1898. Renamed Chadwell Heath Railway Sub Office in July 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1844 - 1884. Newton Abbot 1884 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903-1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 17 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Chalford Chapel en le Frith Chapel en le Frith Chapel Road North, Worthing Chapelton NO. COUNTY 171 156 J67 Glos Derbys Derbys 923 Sussex FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1844 1892 1857 1857 1924 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1844 1844 1889 1857 1854 1894 Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Stroud 1855 - 1906 + 1883 1884 Under Worthing 1882 - 1885. Closed 1885. A 3VOD with Chapel Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. STATUS. Under Buxton 1844 - 1848. Stockport 1848 - 1906 + A33 Jamaica 1874 1892 1859 1860 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Chapeltown 40 Monm 1887 1906 1886 1908 Prior to 1886 was Newtown Railway Sub Office. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Chapeltown Rd. Leeds Chard 447 159 Yorks W.R. Som 1844 1962 1880 1844 1902 1898 Charfield 998 Glos 1882 1906 1878 1907 Charing 356 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1912 Charlbury F30 Oxon 1874 1906 1871 1907 Charlton, Old 379 Kent 1882 1892 1875 1902 Charlton K85 Northts 1897 1913 Charlton, Church Lane 379 Kent 1882 1894 Under Leeds 1875 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Chapeltown Rd. BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wotton under Edge 1853 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 -(998 issued in 1878))- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Maidstone 1844 - 1856. Ashford 1856 - 1906 + Under Enstone 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. 12B in a London style cancellation issued 1861.The entire Woolwich District, including Old Charlton moved from London to the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Had ceased using district initials in 1875 -(379 issued in 1875). Old Charlton was an Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1902. Town Receiving House of Charlton Branch Office 1902 - 1906 +. Under Woodstock 1849 - 1858. Banbury 1858. Closed 1858 - 1872. Reopened under Banbury 1872 - 1906 + The cds accompanying the K85 3VOS can be either Charlton or Kings Sutton throughout the period of use. Under Old Charlton 1881 - 1902. became Charlton Branch Office in 1902. Later used number J85. Charlton, Lower Rd 379 Kent 1882 1890 Under Old Charlton 1882 - 1892. Replaced by Woolwich Road Old Charlton in 1892 (this Office used number J86). Charmouth 194 Dorset 1844 1906 1844 1879 173 038 174 892 175 183 183A C72 Kent Northumb Cambs Cambs Staffs Ches Ches Lancs 1844 1857 1844 1882 1844 1929 1962 1874 1924 1962 1857 1962 1962 1962 1902 1844 1854 1844 1878 1844 NONE NONE 1866 1900 1930 1856 1904 1905 NONE NONE 1869 Chelford 317 Ches 1882 1906 1875 1918 Chelmsford Chelmsford 176 169 Essex Essex 1844 1962 1844 1870 1899 1873 Chelsfield H97 Kent 1887 1906 1887 1920 Cheltenham Chepstow Chertsey 177 178 179 Glos Monm Surrey 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1962 1844 1844 1844 1904 1901 1906 Chesham 15 Bucks 1844 1962 1844 1907 997 180 F98 Surrey Ches Jamaica 1959 1844 1874 1962 1962 1902 NONE 1844 not GB NONE 1908 not GB Chatham Chathill Chatteris Chatteris Cheadle Cheadle Cheadle Hulme Cheetham Hill Chessington Chester Chester Castle Head Post Office 1844 - 1864. Under Bridport 1864 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1854 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under March 1853 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Stone 1849 - 1857. Stafford 1857 - 1874. Stoke 1874 - 1906 +. Under Manchester 1844 - 1906+ Town Receiving House 1859 - 1906 + Under Knutsford 1846 - 1855. Congleton 1855 - 1873. Crewe 1873 - 1875. Independent Sub Office 1875 -(317 issued in 1875)- 1880. Crewe 1880 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 169 in a 4VOD instead of 176 London District Post 1846 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1865 under Bromley. Moved to the Kent Provincial Area in 1865. Under Chislehurst 1865 - 1885. Orpington 1885- 1887. Independent Sub Office 1887 -(H97 issued in 1887)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Amersham 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD occurs with Chester RO in the cds - RO means Railway Ofice. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 18 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1905 1844 1962 1844 1962 1844 1883 1844 1905 1891 1890 1885 1891 1869 1908 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Chester le Street 188 Durham 1844 Chesterfield 186 Chestergate, Macclesfield 491 Chichester 190 Derbys Ches Sussex Chichester Station Office 190 Sussex Chigwell Rd. E78 Essex FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1874 1906 STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1846. Fence Houses 1846 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Chestergate BO, Macclesfield in the cds was issued in Jul1883 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office by 1885 - c.1898. Closed c.1898. A 3VOD with Chichester Station Office in the cds was sent in May 1885. London District Post 1844 -1857. North Eastern District 1857 - 1866. On the demise of the North Eastern District in Dec 1866, moved to the Essex Provincial Area. Receiving House under Woodford Green 1867. Head Post Office 1867 1894. In 1868 and 1869 used number 17 in a London style cancel in error. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. Receiving House under Woodford Green in the North Eastern District 1857 Dec1866. Continued under Woodford Green in the Essex Provincial Area 1867 - 1877. In 1877 it ceased to be listed in the Provincial area in the Post Office Guide, although it was allocated the provincial number 833 in the 1882 and 1892 lists. Sometime between 1887 and 1899 the number 833 was deleted and 84 was allocated to Chingford in the London Lists from 1899 to 1962. Provincial number 833 was used when Chingford was in the Eastern District of London from 1877 - 1893. Replaced by Station Road BO 1893. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + HPO 1844 - 1906 + Under Chippenham 1844 - 1865. Head Post Office 1865 -(C48 issued in 1865)- 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Chingford 833 Essex 1882 1892 1877 1889 Chippenham Chipping Norton Chipping Sodbury Chipping Sodbury Chirbury 191 195 193 C48 855 Wilts Oxon Glos Glos Salop 1844 1844 1844 1874 1844 1962 1962 1857 1906 1857 1844 1844 1844 1865 1844 1904 1897 1858 1908 G.P.O. Chirbury C07 Salop 1874 1924 1864 1898 Chirk Chislehurst 196 201 Denbigh Kent 1844 1844 1857 1857 1844 1844 1859 G.P.O. Chislehurst D05 Kent 1874 1924 1867 1911 Chislehurst 005 Chislehurst Station Office D05 Chislehurst, Lower D05 Camden Kent Kent 1928 1962 NONE 1893 NONE 1909 1884 1907 A 3VOD with Lower Camden Chislehurst in the cds was issued in Aug1884 1874 1889 In the London District Post 1844 - 1857. Western District 1857 - 1906 +. Chiswick was allocated number 42 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1887. However it never left London. Provincial style cancellations with the number 42 were first sent in 1874 but were not used. Another set were issued and used when Chiswick became a Suburban District in the newly formed Paddington District in 1882. Later a London style numeral 57 was used. Chiswick 42 Kent Middx 1874 1887 Cholderton 993 Wilts 1857 1857 1851 G.P.O. Cholsey K77 Berks 1902 1906 NONE NONE Chorley 198 Lancs 1844 1962 1844 1899 Chorley C16 Ches 1864 1871 Chorlton cum Hardy Chorlton cum Hardy Chorlton cum Hardy Christchurch L04 181 498J 200 Lancs Lancs Lancs Hants 1906 1924 1951 1844 1906 1951 1959 1962 NONE NONE NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1908 Chudleigh 202 Devon 1844 1906 1844 1881 Chulmleigh 203 Devon 1844 1857 1844 1856 Under Welshpool 1844 - 1845. Shrewsbury 1845 - 1852. Welshpool 1852 - 1853. Shrewsbury 1853 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C07 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1848. Ruabon 1848 - 1906 + It is assumed that an 1844 type obliterator was issued in 1844, it has not been recorded. Chislehurst was a receiving house under Bromley in the London District Post 1846 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1867. Given the London style cancel 13B in 1861. Moved to the Kent Provincial Area in 1867 and started using D05 in provincial style Sorting Office 1893 to c.1909. 3VOD with Chislehurst Station Office in the cds used from Jun1893 Under Salisbury 1844-55. Marlborough 1855-1861. Salisbury 1861- 1906 + Wallingford 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1856 - 1871. Office closed 1871. Not in any list, C16 allocated for a period between the 1857 and 1874 lists. No numeral cancellation recorded HPO 1844 - 1906 + Moved to Dorset in 1974. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Newton Abbot 1855 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Chumleigh to 1879. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 19 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1856 1885 1900 1898 1882 1894 1902 1891 1900 1844 1844 1874 1962 1857 1906 1887 1906 1844 1844 1864 1883 NONE 1890 1884 stamp 1915 NONE Carn 1882 1906 1881 1913 E21 Card 1874 1906 1868 1895 206 204 D22 Glos Glos Venezuela 1924 1844 1874 1962 1962 1902 NONE 1844 1868 NONE 1885 1876 K94 Essex 1902 1924 1899 1905 Clacton on Sea 199 Essex 1927 1962 NONE NONE Clarbeston Road G67 Pem 1887 1906 1883 1904 Clare Clare Claremont Clarendon Clark's Town Claverley, Tunbridge Wells 206 D92 A34 A35 F81 Suffolk Suffolk Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica 1844 1874 1874 1874 1874 1857 1906 1892 1892 1902 1844 1868 1859 1859 not GB 1858 1910 1860 1860 not GB 820 Kent 1881 1891 Cleator G23 Cumb 1874 1924 1873 1920 Cleator Moor G27 Cumb 1874 1906 1873 1916 Cleckheaton C27 Yorks W.R. 1874 1924 1864 1916 Cleckheaton Cleethorpes Cleobury Mortimer Clevedon Clevedon Clevedon, Lower Clevedon, Upper 027 205 G71 020 170 020 017 Yorks W.R. Lincs Salop Som Som Som Som 1928 1924 1887 1882 1924 1855 1855 1962 1962 1906 1906 1962 1874 1874 NONE NONE 1883 1860 NONE 1853 1853 NONE NONE 1912 1923 NONE 1860 1859 Cley 373 Norfolk 1844 1906 1844 1855 Under Holt 1844 - 1855. Thetford 1855 - 1873. Dereham 1873 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1889. Dereham 1889 1894. Holt Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Only used numerals from 1844 to 1855 despite being in all the lists up to 1906. Clifford E71 Heref 1874 1906 1869 1894 Under Hereford 1854 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E71 issued in 1869)- 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + OFFICE NO. COUNTY Chulmleigh Church 059 H52 Devon Lancs Church Lane Charlton 379 Kent Church Lane, Old Charlton J85 Kent 1892 Church Stretton Churchstoke Churchstoke Churston Ferrers Churston Ferrers 709 856 C08 985 G85 Salop Mont Mont Devon Devon Chwilog A99 Ciliau Aeron Cinderford Cirencester Ciudad Bolivar Clacton on Sea FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1874 1887 1962 1906 STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Chumleigh to 1879. Under Accrington 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Accrington 1895 - 1906 + Under Old Charlton 1881 - 1902. became Charlton Branch Office in 1902. A 3VOD number 379, with Church Lane Charlton Kent in the cds was sent in Jan 1882. Later used number J85 from c.1891 to 1900. Under Old Charlton 1881 - 1902. became Charlton Branch Office in 1902. A 3VOD number 379, with Church Lane Charlton Kent in the cds was sent in Jan 1882. Later used number J85 from c.1891 to 1900. Under Shrewsbury 1844 - 1858. Railway Sub Office 1858 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Welshpool 1844 - 1845. Shrewsbury 1845 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C08 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Error of number 985 in a 3VOD instead of G85. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1878 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 -(A99 issued in 1881)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Lampeter 1853 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 4VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Sep1869 to Dec1876 Under Colchester 1856 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1904. Head Post Office 1904 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1870 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 -(G67 issued in 1883)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Sudbury 1855 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Tunbridge Wells 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Calverley Tunbridge Wells in the cds was sent in Dec 1881. Under Whitehaven 1845 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Whitehaven 1845 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1864. Normanton 1864 -(C27 issued in 1864)- 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bewdley 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Originally called Upper Clevedon. Clevedon a Head Post Office 1861 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1849 - 1860. Closed 1860. Under Bristol 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1861. Renamed Clevedon in 1861. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 20 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1857 1846 1862 1962 NONE 1883 NONE G.P.O. 1862 1905 1962 1844 1900 1887 1892 1887 1906 1885 1891 G.P.O. 1906 1874 1906 1857 1913 NO. COUNTY 959 Bristol 1847 583E 923 Notts Sussex 1962 Clifton, Bristol 134 Bristol Clitheroe 207 Lancs 1844 Clivetown Cloughfold H63 J87 Glam Lancs Clun 080 Salop Clifton Clifton Clifton Road, Worthing FIRST LIST LAST LIST Clutton 008 Som 1882 1906 1878 1890 Clydach E36 Glam 1874 1906 1869 1877 Clydach Vale D55 Glam 1882 1902 1880 1893 Clyderwen G21 Pem 1873 1892 Coalbrookdale 289 Salop 1882 1906 1874 1907 Coalville Coalville Cobham Cobija H43 196 208 C39 Leics Leics Surrey Bolivia 1887 1924 1844 1874 1906 1962 1962 1902 1885 NONE 1844 1865 1908 NONE 1908 1877 Cobridge 550 Staffs 1844 1857 1844 1858 Cockermouth 209 Cumb 1844 1962 1844 1909 Cockfield D46 Durham 1882 1906 1880 1902 Codford Codford Cogan Pill, Penarth Coggeshall Coggleshall Coity Colchester Coldspring Coleford Coleshill Coleshill, Birmingham Collingbourne Ducis Collingbourne Ducis Colnbrook Colne Colon Colsterworth A02 002 D94 D37 202 348 210 193 212 213 109 990 K43 718 151 E88 215 Wilts Wilts Glam Essex Essex Glam Essex Jamaica Glos Warwks Worcs Wilts Wilts Bucks Lancs Colombia Lincs 1924 1928 1924 1962 1882 1924 1882 1844 1882 1844 1844 1949 1855 1902 1844 1844 1874 1844 1906 1962 1906 1962 1887 1962 1857 1962 1857 1906 1857 1962 1902 1857 NONE NONE 1887 1881 NONE 1875 1844 not GB 1844 1844 NONE 1851 1893 1844 1844 1870 1844 NONE NONE 1887 1908 NONE G.P.O. 1955 not GB 1899 1854 NONE 1856 1901 1863 1959 1881 1856 STATUS. Stopped using 959 in 1862, Used instead a 134 Bristol duplex with Clifton in the cds. Town Receiving House of Bristol 1857 - 1906 + Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Clifton Road Worthing in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. A 3CD, 4VOD and a 3VOD issued with Clifton Bristol in the cds. Under Bristol 1844 - 1906+. A Town Receiving House from 1856. Head Post Office 1844 - 1847. Under Blackburn 1847 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1885 - 1889. Renamed Ynysybwl in 1889. Under Manchester 1871 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1846 - 1850. Shewsbury 1850 - 1857. Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Bristol 1861 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1848 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E36 issued in 1869)- 1874. Swansea 1874 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1880 - 1893. Llwynypia Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Town Receiving House of Blaenclydach 1906 + Previously Narberth Road Railway Sub Office. Changed in 1876 to Clyderwen. A Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wellington 1852 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(289 issued in 1874)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ashby de la Zouch 1852 - 1862. Leicester 1862 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS, 4VOS & 3VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1865 to Nov1876 Under Newcastle 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1878. Burslem 1878 - 1906+ :- As a Town Receiving House 1878 1895, Branch Office 1895 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Darlington 1847 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 -(D46 issued in 1880)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Error D94 for A94. Under Cardiff 1859 - 1885. Town Receiving House of Penarth 1885 - 1906 + Under Kelvedon 1844 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Bridgend 1875 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Coventry 1855 - 1856. Birmingham 1856 - 1906 + Under Marlborough 1845 - 1906 + Under Slough 1844 - 1906 + Moved to Berkshire in 1974. Under Burnley 1844 - 1846. Head Post Office 1846 - 1906 + 4VOS on GB stamps, recorded in use from Sep1871 to Aug1881 Under Stamford 1844 - 1855. Grantham 1855 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 21 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1879 1900 1844 1962 1857 1844 NONE 1866 NONE Mont 1874 1906 NONE NONE 216 B22 Ches Som 1844 1874 1962 1906 1844 1859 1905 1905 Coniston K33 Lancs 1902 1906 1893 1911 Coniston Connah's Quay 065 H45 Lancs Flint 1962 1887 1906 NONE 1885 NONE 1906 Consett 187 Durham 1882 1962 1874 1906 Constantinople Conway K66 218 Turkey Carn 1902 1844 1902 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1906 Conwyl Elfed E91 Carm 1874 1902 1870 1884 Cookham G44 Berks 1882 1906 1882 1889 Copplestone 010 Devon 1855 1906 1852 1885 Copse Coquimbo F97 C40 Jamaica Chile 1874 1874 1902 1902 not GB 1865 not GB 1874 Corbridge 135 Northumb 1892 1906 1893 1906 Corbridge Corby Corfe Castle Corfe Castle 215 23 844 028 Northumb Northts Dorset Dorset 1924 1952 1844 1959 1959 1962 1906 1962 NONE NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1901 NONE Corris G89 Mer 1887 1906 1895 1919 Corsham Corwen 005 219 Wilts Mer 1855 1844 1906 1962 1852 1844 1909 1896 Cosham C70 Hants 1874 1906 1865 1905 Cosham Cottingham Cottingham Coulsdon Coventry Cowbridge Cowes 211 G61 217 220 223 224 225 Hants Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Surrey Warwks Glam I.O.W. 1924 1887 1946 1925 1844 1844 1844 1962 1906 1959 1962 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1882 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1844 NONE 1892 NONE NONE 1908 1903 1881 Cowpen B76 Northumb 1874 1906 1863 1871 Cowpen Lane B77 Northumb 1874 1887 1863 1891 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Colwyn Bay 096 Denbigh 1882 Colyton Combe Martin 36 015 Devon Devon Commins Coch C09 Congleton Congresbury FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Abergele 1846 - 1848. Rhyl 1848 - 1852. Conway 1852 - 1879. Colwyn Bay Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1897. Renamed Old Colwyn in 1897. Colwyn Bay established in 1877. A Railway Sub Office 1879 -(096 issued in 1879)1894. Head Post Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Axminster 1844 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1857 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1886. Cemmaes Road Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. C09 was allocated to Commins Coch but was only used at Cemmaes. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Under Ambleside 1844 - 1847. Windermere 1847 - 1876. Ambleside 1876 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Flint 1863 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 +. Under Gateshead 1867 - 1868. Blackhill Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1869. Durham 1869 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 (187 issued in 1874)- 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + No numeral cancellation recorded Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(E91 issued in 1870)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 +. Spelt Cynwil between 1862 and 1870. Under Maidenhead 1844 - 1883. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jul1865 to Oct1874 Under Newcastle on Tyne 1844 - 1855. Gateshead 1855 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wareham 1844 - 1906 + Under Machynlleth 1846 - 1855. Welshpool 1855 - 1857. Shrewsbury 1857 - 1864. Machynlleth 1864 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Chippenham 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. Under Portsmouth 1844 - 1864. Fareham 1864 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 -(C70 issued in 1865)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hull 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Morpeth 1854 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B76 issued in 1863)- 1892. Bebside Railway Sub Office 1892 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Morpeth 1854 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B77 issued in 1863)- 1891. Became Bebside Railway Sub Office in 1891. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 22 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1896 1896 1874 1874 NONE NONE 1882 1906 1868 1909 1924 1967 1967 NONE NONE NONE NONE Northumb 1874 1906 1861 1907 914 226 G84 084 J34 213 Dorset Kent Kent Kent Surrey Surrey 1844 1844 1887 1928 1892 1924 1906 1857 1924 1962 1906 1962 1844 1844 1883 NONE 1888 NONE 1908 1858 1905 NONE 1907 NONE Craven Arms 085 Salop 1874 1906 1857 1916 Craven Arms Crawley Crawley Down Cray 227 228 740 26 Salop Sussex Sussex Brec 1924 1844 1882 1874 1962 1962 1906 1906 NONE 1844 1876 1874 NONE 1899 1895 1897 Crayford 397 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1906 Crediton 229 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1887 Crewe Crewe Station Crewkerne 960 047 230 Ches Ches Som 1849 1857 1844 1962 1902 1962 1846 1855 1844 1908 1894 1908 Criccieth F48 Carn 1874 1906 1871 1899 Criccieth Crich Crickhowell 235 7 231 Carn Derbys Brec 1927 1844 1844 1962 1857 1962 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1846 1879 Cricklade 767 Wilts 1844 1906 1844 1905 Croesgoch Cromer Cromford 432 577 313 Pem Norfolk Derbys 1882 1844 1882 1906 1962 1902 1875 1844 1875 1877 1885 1892 Crook E87 Durham 1874 1906 1870 1910 Crook Crook Log Crosby Cross Gates, Leeds Cross Hills 193 913 071 003 715 Durham Kent I.O.M. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. 1924 1882 1963 1950 1844 1962 1902 1959 1906 NONE 1878 NONE NONE 1844 NONE 1911 NONE NONE 1909 Cross Inn E54 Carm 1874 1874 1869 1882 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Cowshill 833 Durham Coxhoe D73 Durham Coxhoe D72 Durham Cradley Heath Cradley Heath 194 035D Staffs Worcs Cramlington B54 Cranborne Cranbrook Cranbrook Cranbrook Cranleigh Cranleigh FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1899 STATUS. Under Darlington 1866 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1902. Weearhead Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + D73 listed as Coxhoe in the 1874 list but only used at Trimdon Grange. First issued in Jul1868 D72 is Trimdon Grange in the 1874 list but only used at Coxhoe. Coxhoe was under Durham 1845 - 1856. Ferry Hill 1856 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newcastle on Tyne 1847 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B54 issued in 1861)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Woodyates 1844. Fordingbridge 1844 - 1852. Salisbury 1852 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1858. Staplehurst 1858 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1897. Head Post Office 1897 1906 + Under Guildford 1844 - 1906 + Listed as Newton Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1867. Then as Craven Arms Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Crawley 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + Under Brecon 1872 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Under Bexley moved into the Kent Provincial Area in 1879. Ceased using district initials in 1875- (397 issued in 1875 used up to 1906). Under Bexley Heath 1879 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Exeter 1856 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 +. Crediton from 1856 to 1860 was reduced in status and had Exeter as a Head Office. It still had many subordinate offices. It was either a very early Independent Sub Office or a Railway Sub Office. Prior to 1861 no hint of whether or not an office was a Railway Sub Office can be obtained from the Post Office Guides. Under Nantwich 1845. Head Post Office 1846 - 1906 + See also Crewe O47. A Sorting Office 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1847 - 1854. Pwllheli 1854 - 1857. Carnarvon 1857 - 1865. Portmadoc 1865 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F48 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Alfreton 1844 - 1854. Belper 1854 - 1857. Derby 1857 - 1894. Matlock Bath 1894 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Swindon 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1899. Railway Sub Office 1899 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1872 - 1875. Letterston Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1906 + Under Matlock Bath 1845 - 1875. Derby 1875 -(313 issued in 1875)- 1894. Matlock Bath 1894 - 1906 + Under Durham 1845 - 1855. Darlington 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Bexley 1878 - 1879. Bexley Heath 1879 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House of Bexley Heath 1894 - 1906 + Under Skipton 1844 - 1856. Leeds 1856. Bradford 1856 - 1858. Leeds 1858 - 1889. Keighley 1889 - 1906 + Under Llandilo 1844 - 1852. Carmarthen 1852 - 1853. Llanelly 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1882. Became Ammanford Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 23 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1883 1917 1937 1882 1882 1962 1906 1962 1882 1857 1882 1959 1887 1874 1906 1962 NONE 1881 1878 1889 1875 1854 1879 NONE NONE stamp 1889 1901 G.P.O. stamp 1891 NONE 1845 1962 1844 1950 1883 1883 1883 1897 1897 1896 1924 NONE NONE 1929 1949 1882 1882 1882 1844 1906 1906 1906 1906 1844 1874 1874 1874 1962 1962 1906 1892 1906 1962 NONE NONE 1878 1876 1877 1844 1889 1844 1869 1869 1870 NONE NONE NONE 1900 1906 G.P.O. 1886 1908 1904 G.P.O. 1884 1892 NONE Glam 1874 1874 1869 G.P.O. Monm 1882 1906 1878 1878 NO. COUNTY Cross Inn G98 Card 1887 Cross Keys Crosswood Crowborough Cross Crowborough Crow Hill Crowland Crowthorne Crowthorne 226 D54 928 829 426 041 093 189 Monm Card Sussex Sussex Heref Lincs Berks Berks Croydon 938 Surrey Croydon E. Croydon S. Croydon W. Croydon, Purley Oaks S.O. Croydon, South South Croydon Crumlin Crymmych Crynant Cuckfield Cuckfield Cullompton Cwmaman Cwmamman Cwmavon Cwmbran 938 938 938 Surrey Surrey Surrey 938A Surrey 1924 938A S.938 886 652 866 232 F01 214 E28 E55 E99 578 Surrey Surrey Monm Pem Glam Sussex Sussex Devon Glam Carm Glam Monm Cwmbwrla E51 Cwmtillery 887 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Cymmer 991 Glam 1882 1882 1876 G.P.O. Dafen Dagenham Dale Dalston D40 243 G10 K39 Carm Essex Pem Cumb 1882 1929 1874 1902 1906 1962 1906 1906 1880 NONE 1873 1893 G.P.O. NONE 1901 1904 Dalton in Furness B70 Lancs 1874 1906 1863 1906 Dalton in Furness Danby Danby, Whitby Darlington Dartford Dartmoor FPO Dartmoor RST 232 K81 019 233 236 G17 G18 Lancs Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Durham Kent Army Army 1924 1902 1959 1844 1844 1874 1874 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1902 1902 NONE 1897 NONE 1844 1844 1873 1873 NONE 1907 NONE 1906 1907 1873 1873 STATUS. Under Llandyssil 1877 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1895. Llandyssil 1895 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1854 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tunbridge Wells 1852 - 1889. Renamed Crowborough in 1889. Error of number used 829 in a 3VOD instead of 928. Under Tunbridge Wells 1889 - 1906 + Under Ross 1851 - 1899. Replaced by Upton Bishop in 1899, which was also under Ross. Under Peterborough 1844 - 1906 + Under Wokingham 1869 - 1899. Wellington College Station 1899 - 1906 + In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the Southern District 1857 - 1865. Given the provincial number 938 in 1844. Solely in the Surrey Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post office 1844 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. Post Office located at East Croydon Station. A 3VOD with Croydon E. in the cds was first sent in Jul 1883. Post Office located at South Croydon Station. A 3VOD with Croydon S in the cds was first sent in Jul 1883. Post Office located at West Croydon Station. A 3VOD with Croydon W. in the cds was first sent in Jul 1883. A surcharge mark with the number S.938 has been recorded used in South Croydon Surrey in 1905. Under Newport 1857 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Neath 1871 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1870. Haywards Heath 1870 - 1906 + Used F01 the number of Haywards Heath, from Jan 1898 to 1908. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Aberdare 1869 - 1906 + Under Llanelli 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1882. Renamed Ammanford RSO in 1882. Under Taibach 1848 - 1885. Port Talbot 1885 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1853 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E51 issued in 1869)- 1874. Swansea 1874 - 1876. Closed 1876. Renamed Greenhill in 1876. Another Office opened with the name Cwmbwrla, under Swansea 1876 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Swansea 1895 - 1906 + Under Newport 1875 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1855 - 1893. Porth RSO 1893 - 1906+ Number 991 was transferred to Porth in 1885. 991 only recorded used in Porth. Under Llanelli 1880 - 1906 + Under Milford 1845 - 1906 + Under Carlisle 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ulverstone 1845 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B70 issued in 1863)- 1879. Carnforth 1879 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1895. Independent Sub Office 1895 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Yarm 1866 - 1882. Grosmont Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOD issued in Jul1873 - FPO = Field Post Office A 4VOD issued in Jul1873 - RST = Railway Sorting Tender ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 24 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1844 1864 NONE NONE 1891 1844 1893 1910 NONE NONE 1893 1904 NO. COUNTY Dartmouth Darwen Darwen Darwen Datchet Daventry 237 C26 237 86A J83 238 Devon Lancs Lancs Lancs Bucks Northts 1844 1874 1924 1929 1892 1844 1962 1924 1924 1962 1906 1962 Dawley 282 Salop 1882 1906 1874 1881 Dawley Dawlish Deal Deane Deddington Dedham Deganwy Delabole 582 239 240 840 912 H88 J30 050 Salop Devon Kent Northts Oxon Essex Carn Corn 1967 1844 1844 1844 1844 1887 1906 1962 1962 1962 1857 1857 1906 1906 NONE 1844 1844 1844 1844 1886 NONE NONE NONE 1904 1905 G.P.O. 1860 stamp NONE NONE Demerara A03 Br.Guiana 1874 1902 1858 1860 Denbigh Denton, Manchester Denton, Manchester Deptford Inn Derby Derby, Duffield Rd Derby, Midland Road 241 F44 234 362 242 242 242 Denbigh Lancs Lancs Wilts Derbys Derbys Derbys 1844 1874 1924 1844 1844 1962 1906 1962 1857 1962 1929 1962 1844 1871 NONE 1844 1844 1885 NONE 1904 1900 NONE 1849 1909 1885 NONE Dereham 245 Norfolk 1844 1962 1844 1964 Deri 211 Glam 1882 1906 1874 G.P.O. Derry Ormond F32 Card 1879 1905 Devils Bridge 640 Card 1844 1857 1844 1854 Devils Bridge 069 Card 1882 1906 1879 1901 Devizes Devonport Devonport Devoran Dewsbury 249 250 620 B11 253 Wilts Devon Devon Corn Yorks W.R. 1844 1844 1962 1924 1874 1844 1906 1962 1844 1844 1854 1859 1844 1905 1896 1857 1876 1961 Didcot E76 Berks 1874 1906 1869 1883 Didcot Didsbury Didsbury 248 880 247 Berks Lancs Lancs 1949 1882 1924 1962 1906 1951 NONE 1878 NONE NONE 1897 NONE Dinas 990 Glam 1882 1906 1876 stamp Dinas Cross E04 Pem 1874 1906 1868 1908 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Allocated to Darwen in the 1924 list - assumed to be in error. Under Blackburn 1844 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 - 1906 + Darwen was allocated numbers 237 and C26 in the 1924 list. Under Slough 1844 - 1855. Windsor 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Shifnal 1845 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1852. Wellington 1852 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(282 sent in 1874)1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wansford 1844 - 1906 + No cancellations recorded, presumably an 1844 type issued in Apr1844 Under Woodstock 1844 - 1859. From 1859 to 1906+ Day letters to Banbury and night letters to Oxford. Under Colchester 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1893. Colchester 1893 - 1906 + No numeral cancels. Under Llandudno 1889 - 1906 + A 3HOS used on GB stamps from May1858 to Feb1860, later a similar cancellation was used on the stamps of British Guiana. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Rhyl 1855 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1887. Head Post Office 1887 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Under Salisbury 1844 - 1855. Warminster 1855 - 1856. Chippenham 1856 - 1859. 1859 Closed. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Derby 1872 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Duffield Rd. Derby in the cds was sent in Dec 1885. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906+ A 3CD issued in Jun1860 has East Dereham in the cds. All other duplexes have Dereham Railway Sub Office (Monmouthshire) 1872 - 1874. Railway Sub Office (Glamorganshire) 1874 - 1878. Cardiff 1878 - 1906 + Transferred from Monmouthshire to Glamorganshire in 1874. Originally Bettws Bledrws became Derry Ormond in 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - closed 1907. Derry Ormond used the number F32 in a 4VOS whilst the number was allocated to Bettws-ycoed Carnarvonshire. Under Rhayader 1844 - 1854. Aberystwith 1854 - 1855. Rhayder 1855 - 1858. Aberystwith 1858 - 1859. Shrewsbury 1859 1863. Aberystwyth 1863 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A Sideways duplex was issued in Jun 1854 with the 620 of Plymouth rather than the 250 of Devonport. A 4VOD was issued in Jul1868 with Devonport HMS in the cds Under Truro 1844 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wallingford 1847 - 1858. Abingdon 1858 - 1859. Wallingford 1859 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E76 issued in 1869)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Under Manchester 1845 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1850 - 1852. Pontypridd 1852 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 25 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. 1906 1874 1906 Under Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Cemmaes Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(98 issued in 1874)1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 1962 1844 1844 1887 1857 1962 1906 NONE 1844 1844 1884 NONE 1847 1906 1907 Radnor 1874 1906 1869 1906 222 Mer 1844 1962 1844 1923 062 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1898 Dolwyddelan G50 Carn 1882 1906 1882 1908 Dominica A07 Leeward Is. 1874 1902 1858 1860 Doncaster Dorchester Dore, Sheffield Dore, Sheffield Dorking Douglas Dover Dover Station Office Dowlais Dowlais Dowlais Dowlais Downham Downton 255 256 006 700H 257 407 258 258 982 D04 804 523A 260 684 Yorks W.R. Dorset Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Surrey I.O.M. Kent Kent Glam Glam Glam Glam Norfolk Wilts 1844 1844 1950 1967 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1967 1855 1874 1928 1929 1844 1844 1857 1924 1962 1962 1906 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1844 1886 1850 1867 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1896 1906 NONE NONE 1907 1904 1886 1903 1858 1906 NONE NONE 1898 1899 Drayton 095 Berks 1874 1906 stamp stamp Driffield Droitwich Dronfield P.D.O.Sheffield Droylsden Droylsden Dry Harbour Dublin-Cork RPO Dublin-Cork RPO Dudley Dudley Dudley Dudley Duffield Duffield Rd, Derby Dukinfield Duloe Dulverton Duncans Dunchurch 261 262 700J C67 259 A36 D67 D68 263 293 392 C89 G32 242 681 040 803 A37 264 Yorks E.R. Worcs Yorks W.R. Lancs Lancs Jamaica Railway Railway Worcs Worcs Worcs Northumb Derbys Derbys Ches Corn Som Jamaica Warwks 1844 1844 1952 1874 1924 1874 1874 1874 1844 1962 1962 1962 1906 1962 1892 1902 1902 1962 1874 1874 1906 1906 1882 1882 1844 1874 1844 1962 1924 1962 1892 1857 1844 1844 NONE 1865 NONE 1859 NONE NONE 1844 1850 1854 1866 1873 1885 1876 1878 1844 1859 1844 1905 1903 NONE 1880 NONE 1860 NONE NONE 1903 1853 1854 1915 1909 1885 1907 1899 1891 1860 stamp OFFICE NO. COUNTY Dinas Mawddwy 98 Mer 1874 Dinas Powis Disley Diss Docking 056 734 254 43 Glam Ches Norfolk Norfolk Dolau E61 Dolgelly Dolton FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 1962 1962 Under Stockport 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Rougham 1844 - 1861. Kings Lynn 1861 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E61 issued in 1869)- 1872. Knighton 1872 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1844 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1881. Head Post Office 1881 - 1906 + Under Torrington 1844 - 1852. Crediton 1852 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 ( See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Conway 1856 -1865. Llanwrst Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1873. Conway 1873 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS used on GB stamps from 1858 to May1860, later 3HOS & 3VOS cancels were used on Dominica & Leeward Island stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Station Office duplex issued in 1886. A Sorting Office 1886 - closed in c.1903. Under Merthyr Tydvil 1844 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Under Merthyr Tydvil 1844 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Salisbury 1844 - 1906 + An unallocated and undated 3HOS in Proof Books, only seen on a loose stamp. Under Abingdon 1853 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1893. Abingdon 1893 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps No numeral cancellations used, even the numbers used in instructional marks are those of Dublin number 186. RPO = Railway Post Office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 293 in a 3HOS instead of 263 Error of number 392 in a 3HOS instead of 263 Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Derby 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Derby 1872 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Duffield Rd. Derby in the cds was sent in Dec 1885. Under Manchester 1844 - 1848. Ashton under Lyne 1848 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1906 + Under Liskeard 1854 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tiverton 1844 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905 + Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Rugby 1855 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 26 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED Dunkirk 205 Glos 1844 1857 1844 G.P.O. Dunmow 265 Essex 1844 1962 1844 1895 Dunstable Dunster Durham Dursley Dwrbach 266 778 267 269 E12 Beds Som Durham Glos Pem 1844 1844 1844 1844 1874 1962 1906 1962 1962 1906 1844 1844 1844 1844 1868 1916 1886 1897 1900 1916 Dyffryn F49 Mer 1874 1906 1871 1906 Dyke Rd. Brighton 132 Sussex 1883 1889 Dymock Eardisley Earlestown Earls Colne Earls Colne H05 358 K12 D38 299 Glos Heref Lancs Essex Essex 1887 1844 1892 1882 1924 1906 1857 1902 1906 1962 1884 1844 NONE 1881 NONE 1889 1846 NONE 1911 NONE Easington H18 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1884 1913 Easingwold Easingwold Easingwold East Anglian T.P.O. East Anglian TPO Kings Lynn section. East Cowes East Cowes East Cowes East Cowton 931 975 270 250 Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Railway 1844 1850 1929 1934 1906 1857 1962 1954 1844 1849 NONE NONE 1907 G.P.O. NONE NONE 250A Railway 1938 1954 NONE NONE C16 289 24 J39 I.O.W. I.O.W. I.O.W. Yorks N.R. 1882 1924 1952 1892 1906 1952 1962 1906 1880 NONE NONE 1888 1891 NONE NONE 1909 East Dock, Cardiff 162 Glam 1874 1880 East Grinstead East Harling East Kirkby East Liss 272 791 430 A90 Sussex Norfolk Notts Hants 1844 1892 1937 1882 1962 1892 1962 1906 1844 1899 NONE 1881 1968 1908 NONE 1907 East Molesey J32 Surrey 1892 1906 1888 1907 East Molesey Eastbourne 273 271 Surrey Sussex 1924 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1898 Eastgate 809 Durham 1892 1906 1901 1901 Eastleigh Eastleigh J73 268 Hants Hants 1892 1924 1906 1962 1891 NONE 1905 NONE Eastwood G29 Notts 1874 1906 1873 1905 Eastwood 278 Notts 1924 1962 NONE NONE Ebbw Vale D85 Monm 1874 1906 1868 1909 Ebbw Vale 281 Monm 1924 1962 NONE NONE STATUS. Under Cirencester 1844 - 1849. Wotton under Edge 1849 - 1853. Chippenham 1853 - 1854/5 Closed. Head Post Office 1844 - 1858. Under Chelmsford 1858 - 1878. Independent Sub Office 1878 - 1883. Head Post Office 1883 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Taunton 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1895. Taunton 1895 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1844 - 1853. Carnarvon 1853 - 1854. Corwen 1854 - 1856. Carnarvon 1856 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F49 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Brighton 1870 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Dyke Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Under Ledbury 1845 - 1855. Gloucester [cancelled at the station number E94] 1855 - 1906 + Under Hereford 1844 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Under Warrington 1856 - 1865. Newton le Willows 1865 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1886 - 1906 + Under Halstead 1844 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Middlesborough 1852 - 1855. Redcar 1855 - 1868. Saltburn by Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1906 + An 1844 type first issued in Jan1849, not recorded in use. Always used number 931 Under Cowes 1844 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Catterick 1846 - 1855. Northallerton 1855 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1874 - 1895. Closed 1895. Duplexes with East Dock Cardiff in the cds were sent - a 4VOD in Mar 1874 and a 3VOD in Jun 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Harling became East Harling in 1888. Under Thetford 1888 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1906 + Moved with Kingston into the Surrey Provincial Area in 1865. Under Kingston 1844 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Durham 1844 - 1855. Darlington 1855 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Southampton 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Nottingham 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1876. Independent Sub Office 1876 - 1892. Nottingham 1892 1906 + Under Abergavenny 1847 - 1852. Under Newport 1852 - 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1868. Beaufort Railway Sub Office 1868 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 27 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1924 1883 1911 1874 1924 1844 1906 1962 1906 1866 NONE 1844 1899 NONE 1914 1849 1962 1848 1902 1925 1954 1892 NONE 1894 NONE 1882 1962 1875 1909 NO. COUNTY Ebchester G94 Durham 1887 Eccles Eccles, Manchester Eccleshall C73 252 273 Lancs Lancs Staffs Edenbridge 967 Kent Edenbridge Edgbaston, Birmingham 697 75E Kent Wawrks Edgware 328 Middx FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Gateshead 1847 - 1868. Burnopfield Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1872. Newcastle on Tyne 1872 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1895. Head Post Office 1895 - 1901. Manchester 1901 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Under Stafford 1905 + Under Sevenoaks 1844 - 1848. Head Post Office 1848 -1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1866. Head Post Office 1866 1906 + Error of number 697 in a 3VOD instead of 967 London District Post 1844 - 1857. North Western District 1857 - 1868. Used London style cancel number 6 whilst in London and later when in the Middlesex Provincial Area. Became a Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial area in 1868. As a Head Post Office 1868 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. Northern District 1857 - 1906 +. Edmonton was allocated number 119 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1887. However it never left London. Allocated numbers 10 and 75 in London. In 1874 it ceased using district initials. The provincial number 119 was issued in 1874 and used until 1882. In 1883 split into Lower Edmonton G80 and Upper Edmonton G78. Under South Molton 1852 - 1855. Crediton 1855 -(042 issued in 1855)- 1856 Closed in 1856. Under Chertsey 1844 - 1858. Staines 1858 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Moved from Middlesex to Surrey in 1888. Edmonton 119 Middx 1874 1887 1874 1882 Eggesford Egham Egham Egham 042 018 018 282 Devon Middx Surrey Surrey 1857 1882 1882 1929 1857 1906 1906 1962 1855 1878 1888 NONE 1856 1888 1908 NONE Eglwysbach G86 Denbigh 1887 1906 1883 1901 Eglwyswrw 691 Pem 1882 1906 1876 1899 Egremont G25 Cumb 1874 1906 1873 1908 Elland Elland Ellesmere Ellesmere Port Elmham Elmham 889 298 274 276 247 911 Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Salop Ches Norfolk Norfolk 1882 1924 1844 1924 1844 1882 1906 1962 1962 1962 1857 1906 1878 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1878 1910 NONE 1904 NONE 1854 1910 Elstree C97 Herts 1874 1906 1867 1905 London District Post 1844 -1857. North Western District 1857 - 1867. Used 63 in a London style cancellation. Moved into the Hertfordshire Provincial Area in 1867. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(C97 issued in 1867)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Eltham G22 Kent 1874 1906 1873 1900 In the London District Post 1844 - 1857, then South Eastern District 1857 to 1879. Used 22 in a London style cancel. In 1873 started using provincial number G22 whilst still in the South Eastern District of London. . A Head district Office in South East District of London from 1877 - 1879. Moved to the the Kent Provincial area as a Head Post office in 1879. 1844 1962 Ely 275 Cambs Emma Colliery B76 Durham 1844 1894 1884 1895 Emsworth 277 Hants 1844 1962 1844 1912 Enfield C85 Middx 1874 1924 1866 1903 Enfield Englefield Green Englefield Green 251 J01 282 Middx Surrey Surrey 1927 1887 1924 1962 1906 1924 NONE 1887 NONE NONE 1906 NONE Under Conway 1855 - 1882. Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1896. Talycafn Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1855. Cardigan 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Haverfordwest 1857 - 1876. Cardigan 1876 (691 issued in 1876)- 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Whitehaven 1844 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Halifax 1844 - 1856. Normanton 1856 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Shrewsbury 1853 - 1884. Head Post Office 1884 - 1906 + Under Dereham 1844 - 1851. Thetford 1851 - 1873. Dereham 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 3VOS sent in Jun1884, despite B76 still being allocated to Cowpen. Emma Colliery not allocated B76 in any list and not in the Post Office Guides until 1891 then under Ryton 1891 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Northern District 1857 - 1866. Used 11 in a London style cancellation. Head Post Office in Middlesex Provincial Area 1866 -(C85 issued in 1866)- 1906 + at the same time it was a Receiving House in the Ponders End Suburban District of the Northern District of London 1866 - 1871. Under Chertsey 1844 - 1858 Staines 1858 - 1902. Independent Sub Office 1902 - 1906 +. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 28 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1902 1906 1962 1962 1962 1858 1844 1844 1844 NONE stamp 1894 1907 1899 NONE 1882 1962 1875 1907 In London District Post then the South Eastern District to 1879. Started using Provincial number 403 in 1875. Became part of the Woolwich District in 1877 and moved with it into the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1906+ Devon 1844 1857 1844 1858 Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Ivybridge 1856 - 1858. Changed its name to Ermington (number F21) in May 1858. Devon 1874 1906 1871 G.P.O. D06 Brec 1874 1906 1867 1908 932 283 Yorks E.R. Surrey 1844 1844 1857 1962 1844 1844 1855 1907 K51 Cumb 1902 1924 1893 1926 J98 Yorks N.R. 1892 1906 1891 1917 Etchingham E81 Sussex 1874 1906 1869 1964 Under Ivybridge 1858 - 1906 +. Changed its name from Ermebridge (number 281) in May 1858. Under Hay 1855. Brecon 1855 - 1858. Hereford 1858 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(D06 issued in 1867)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Originally was called Green in Eskdale. Under Whitehaven 1853 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Under Middlesborough 1857 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tunbridge Wells 1844. Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 -(E81 issued in 1869)- 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Etchingham Eton Etruria 314 892 554 Sussex Bucks Staffs 1963 1844 1844 1857 1857 NONE 1844 1844 NONE G.P.O. 1849 Euston Square Station 964 Middx 1849 1892 1848 1880 Everthorpe Evesham Ewarton Ewarton Ewell C46 284 A38 196 J50 Yorks E.R. Worcs Jamaica Jamaica Surrey 1887 1844 1874 1882 1892 1906 1962 1892 1892 1902 1886 1844 1859 not GB 1889 1911 1881 GPO not GB 1904 Exbourne 063 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1870 Exchange, Liverpool Exeter Exmouth Eye Eynsford Failsworth Fairford Fakenham Falfield Falmouth Falmouth Famagusta Fareham Faringdon 466 285 286 287 061 294 294 288 F16 290 A39 982 291 293 Lancs Devon Devon Suffolk Kent Lancs Glos Norfolk Glos Corn Jamaica Cyprus Hants Berks 1844 1844 1844 1882 1924 1844 1844 1874 1844 1874 1882 1844 1844 1962 1962 1962 1906 1962 1906 1962 1906 1962 1892 1887 1962 1962 1871 1844 1844 1844 1879 NONE 1844 1844 1871 1844 1859 1878 1844 1844 1880 1956 1969 1890 1917 NONE 1909 1918 1909 1919 1860 stamp 1899 1936 Farnborough 023 Hants 1887 1924 1884 1902 OFFICE NO. COUNTY English Harbour Enstone Epping Epsom Erdington, Birmingham A18 278 279 280 264 Leeward Is. Oxon Essex Surrey Warwks 1874 1844 1844 1844 1924 Erith 403 Kent Ermebridge 281 Ermington F21 Erwood Escrick Esher Eskdale Eston FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. A 3HOS used on GB stamps, no dated copies known, later it was used on Antiguan stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Windsor 1844 - 1856, then a Town Receiving House of Windsor. It did not cancel its mail. To Berks in 1974. Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1906 + As a Town Receiving House 1906 + A letter box until 1870, (i.e. did not use 964 at the station itself until 1870) Town Receiving House 1870 - 1906 + Under Brough 1872 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Not recorded on GB stamps. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Epsom 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1904 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Ten different 4VOD's with Exchange Liverpool in their cds's were issued from Mar1871 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1859. Exeter 1859 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Dartford 1847 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1904. Dartford 1904 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Faringdon 1855 - 1860. Swindon 1860 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F16 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps 3VOS used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Under Bagshot 1844 - 1853. Farnborough Station 1853 - 1884. Farnborough Station renamed Farnborough in 1884. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 29 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1888 1921 1934 1950 1950 1855 1844 1962 1959 1950 1882 1962 NONE NONE NONE 1853 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1881 1902 Lancs 1874 1924 1856 1907 Lancs Som Kent Kent Heref 1929 1882 1844 1949 1906 1962 1902 1906 NONE 1878 1844 1861 NONE NONE G.P.O. 1909 1863 NONE NO. COUNTY Farnborough J16 Kent 1892 Farnborough Farnborough Farnborough Farnborough Station Farnham 313 496 514 023 292 Hants Kent Kent Hants Surrey Farnworth 054 Farnworth Farrington Gurney Faversham Faversham Fawley Station 92A 009 301 291 K28 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Fazeley 297 Staffs 1844 1906 1844 1856 Featherstone Featherstone, Pontefract Felixstowe K17 244 404 Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Suffolk 1948 1924 1962 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE Felling K01 Durham 1892 1906 1891 1910 Felstead 248 Essex 1882 1906 1874 1900 Feltham 663 Middx 1882 1962 1876 1908 Felton 298 Northumb 1844 1906 1844 1902 Fence Houses Fence Houses Fenny Stratford Fernando Po 958 092 299 247 Durham Durham Bucks West Africa 1874 1844 1882 1959 1857 1887 1846 1858 1844 1874 1855 1908 1858 stamp Ferndale 993 Glam 1892 1962 1890 1906 Ferry Hill 977 Durham 1850 1962 1849 1906 Ferrybridge 300 Yorks W.R. 1844 1924 1844 1923 Ferryside E77 Carm 1874 1906 1869 1903 Festiniog 032 Mer 1855 1924 1854 1922 Ffostrasol G99 Card 1887 1906 1883 1906 Figure Four D52 Card 1882 1902 1881 1881 Filey 384 Yorks E.R. 1844 1962 1844 1880 955 383A C44 160 Bristol Yorks E.R. Pem Pem 1952 1929 1874 1947 1959 1954 1906 1962 NONE NONE 1868 NONE NONE NONE 1906 NONE Filton Fish Market, Hull Fishguard Fishguard STATUS. Under Bromley, in the South Eastern District of London 1860 - 1865 and then moved into the Kent Provincial Area. Under Bromley 1865 - 1869. Beckenham 1869 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Allocated number 514 in 1950, probably in error as Melton Constable had the number at that time. Head Post Office 1853 - 1906 + Renamed Farnborough in 1884. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1861. Bolton 1861 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 +. Under Bristol 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Changed from Feversham to Faversham in 1860 Error of number 291 in a 3HOS instead of 301 Under Ross 1882 - 1906. Hereford 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Aug 1856, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Tamworth 1849 - 1906 + First used at Purston. J.H.Daniels records that K17 was later used at Featherstone on parcel post labels A charge mark with the number 404 was sent in May.1911. Under Gateshead 1847 - 1872. Newcastle on Tyne 1872 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Chelmsford 1844 - 1878. Independent Sub Office 1878 - 1886. Chelmsford 1886 - 1906 + Under Hounslow 1844 - 1873. (Whilst being in the Provincial Area it was a Receiving House under Hounslow which was in the Western District 1860 - 1865.) Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Feltham was never in London but Hounslow was. Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Acklington 1849 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1872. Acklington 1872 - 1877. Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + An 1844 type and 3HOS number 958 were used at Fence Houses in error Head Post Office 1846 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Bletchley Station 1855 - 1897. Bletchley 1897 - 1906 + A 3VOS was issued for use on GB stamps in Nov1874, local stamps were issued in Jul1875 Under Pontypridd 1877 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Darlington 1844 - 1849. Head Post Office 1849 -(997 issued in 1849)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Pontefract 1849 - 1860. Normanton 1860 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1845 - 1849. Llanelly 1849 - 1852. Kidwelly 1852 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1881. Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906. Under Llandyssil 1877 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1904. Llandyssil 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwyth 1881. Replaced by Llanfarian A93, in Sep 1881. Under Hull 1844 - 1855. Scarborough 1855 - 1857. York 1857 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 30 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Fishponds Fishponds Fittleworth Fittleworth Five Lanes NO. COUNTY G41 295 615 596 161 Bristol Bristol Sussex Sussex Corn FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1882 1924 1844 1882 1844 1906 1962 1857 1906 1857 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1882 NONE 1844 1876 1844 1892 NONE 1852 1909 1858 75 Warwks 1883 1900 B44 304 629 972 300 A40 303 302 304 297 A87 545E 56 302 086 Som Hants Lancs Flint Flint Jamaica Kent Lincs Hants Hants Glam Northumb Sussex Lancs Dorset 1874 1924 1844 1849 1929 1874 1844 1844 1844 1924 1882 1959 1874 1924 1882 1906 1962 1962 1924 1962 1892 1962 1906 1906 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1906 1860 NONE 1844 1848 NONE 1859 1844 1844 1844 NONE 1882 NONE 1874 NONE 1879 1930 NONE 1908 1912 NONE 1860 1880 1911 1910 NONE 1895 NONE 1905 NONE 1907 Four Crosses F04 Mer 1874 1874 1870 1881 Fourstones 719 Northumb 1882 1906 1876 G.P.O. Fowey 305 Corn 1844 1962 1844 1881 Framlingham D11 Suffolk 1874 1906 1867 1905 Framlingham Fremington 317 A23 Suffolk Devon 1924 1874 1962 1906 NONE 1858 NONE 1901 Freshwater H06 I.O.W. 1892 1902 NONE NONE Freshwater Station H06 I.O.W. 1906 1906 1892 1907 Freshwater/ Station 296 I.O.W. 1924 1962 NONE NONE Frinton on Sea 309 Essex 1924 1962 NONE NONE Frizinghall, Shipley 184 Yorks W.R. 1887 1888 Frizington G53 Cumb 1882 1906 1882 1909 Frodsham Frome Fulborne Furness Abbey Furness Abbey Gaerwen Gainsborough 631 306 E45 916 K62 F26 307 Ches Som Cambs Lancs Lancs Anglesey Lincs 1844 1844 1874 1882 1902 1874 1844 1857 1962 1906 1902 1906 1906 1962 1844 1844 1869 1878 1894 1871 1844 1857 1915 G.P.O. G.P.O. 1907 1891 1902 Five Ways, Birmingham Flax Burton Fleet Fleetwood Flint Flint Flint River Folkestone Folkingham Fordingbridge Fordingbridge Forest Fach Forest Hall, Newcastle Forest Row Formby Fortuneswell STATUS. Under Bristol 1852 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Under Petworth 1844 - 1871. Pulborough Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1898. Independent Sub Office 1898 - 1906 + Under Camelford 1844 - 1855. Launceston 1855 - 1858. Closed 1858. Town Receiving House under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Five Ways Birmingham in the cds was first sent in Mar 1883. Under Bristol 1848 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 -(B44 issued in 1860)- 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Under Preston 1844 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1903. Head Post Office 1903 - 1906 + Under Chester 1844 - 1848. Head Post Office 1848 -(972 issued in 1848)- 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Salisbury 1855 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1882 - 1906 + Under Tunbridge Wells 1844 - 1858. East Grinstead 1858 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 +. Under Weymouth 1849 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1866 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(F04 issued in 1870)- 1881. Renamed Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office in 1881. Railway Sub Office 1876 -(719 issued in 1876)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1858. Under Lostwithiel 1858 - 1860. Par Station Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Woodbridge 1844 - 1858. Wickham Market 1858 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1877. Independent Sub Office 1877 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Barnstaple 1845 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Prior to 1892 a small office at Freshwater Bay was called "Freshwater". In the 1892 & 1902 lists H06 is allocated to "Freshwater", however it was at Freshwater Station. In the 1906 list the correct allocation of "Freshwater Station" was given. Originally School Green, changed in 1892 to Freshwater Station Railway Sub Office. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 + Renamed Freshwater in 1933 i.e. dropped the word Station. Freshwater Station in the lists from 1924 to 1949, Freshwater in the later ones. Actually renamed Freshwater in 1933. Under Shipley 1879 - 1891. Town Receiving House of Shipley 1884 - 1891. Town Receiving House of Bradford 1891 1906 + A 3VOD with Frizinghall Shipley Yks. in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Carnforth 1870 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Preston Brook 1844 - 1887. Warrington 1887 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Cambridge 1844 - 1906 + Under Barrow in Furness 1872 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1846 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 (F26 issued in 1871) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 31 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1873 1925 1899 1844 1963 1929 1906 1906 1962 1896 1844 NONE NONE 1896 1906 NONE NONE Brec 1874 1906 1869 1911 C10 Mont 1874 1924 1864 1906 Garthorpe H78 Lincs 1887 1906 1886 G.P.O. Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead Gayle Gensing Station Rd. 309 314 545B A41 F37 Durham Durham Durham Jamaica Sussex 1844 1924 1929 1874 1874 1902 1924 1962 1892 1874 1844 NONE NONE 1859 1871 1904 NONE NONE 1860 1880 Gerrards Cross 310 Bucks 1844 1857 1844 1858 Gerrards Cross Gerrards Cross Gibraltar A25 428 A26 Bucks Bucks Mediterr 1924 1928 1874 1924 1962 1902 NONE NONE 1859 NONE NONE 1885 19 Glam 1874 1906 1874 G.P.O. Gillingham D66 Dorset 1874 1924 1868 1900 Gillingham Gillingham Gillingham Glanamman Glanbrydan Glandovey Glasbury 066 313 650A H98 E43 C11 349 Dorset Kent Kent Carm Carm Card Radnor 1928 1924 1929 1887 1874 1874 1844 1962 1924 1962 1906 1902 1906 1906 NONE NONE NONE 1887 NONE 1864 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1905 NONE 1904 1897 Glastonbury 311 Som 1844 1962 1844 1910 Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Bath 1856 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Glossop Gloucester Gloucester Station Gloucester Station Godalming 499 312 312 E94 316 Derbys Glos Glos Glos Surrey 1844 1844 1962 1962 1902 1962 1894 1909 1886 1882 1900 Under Manchester 1844 - 1897. Head Post Office 1897 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 1874 1844 1844 1844 1866 1870 1844 Godshill C52 I.O.W. 1874 1906 1865 1930 Godstone Godstone Godstone Station 317 891 874 Surrey Surrey Surrey 1844 1882 1882 1857 1906 1887 1844 1878 1878 1852 1907 1894 Goginan 087 Card 1882 1906 1879 1906 Golden Grove Golden Spring E44 A42 Carm Jamaica 1874 1874 1906 1892 1869 1859 1897 1860 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Garn Dolbenmaen G28 Carn 1874 Garnant Garstang Garstang Garston, Liverpool E55 308 379 466N Carm Lancs Lancs Lancs Garth E84 Garthmyl Gilfach Goch FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Carnarvon 1851 - 1871. Tremadoc Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llanelli 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1889. Renamed Garnant RSO in 1889. Head Post Office 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Knighton Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Welshpool 1845 - 1850. Shrewsbury 1850 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C10 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Garthmill to 1882. In Lincs not in Yorkshire. Under Hull 1871 - 1875. Goole 1875 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Hastings 1867 - 1882. Renamed Kings Road St. Leonards on Sea 1882. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Slough 1855 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + 3HOS, 3VOS, 3CD & 3VOD were used on GB stamps until 1885, then afterwards on Gibraltar stamps Under Pontypridd 1871 - 1875. Bridgend 1875 - 1893. Blackmill Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1895. Bridgend 1895 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Under Shaftesbury 1844 - 1846. Wincanton 1846 - 1855. Bath 1855 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1879. Head Post Office 1879 - 1906 + Under Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1858 - 1867. In 1867 became Manordilo. Glanbrydan remained in the lists until 1902. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hay 1844 - 1858. Hereford 1858 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Hereford 1905 - 1906 + Sorting Office 1844 - 1886. Closed 1886. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Newport 1844 -1856. Southampton 1856 - 1865. Niton 1865 -(C52 issued in 1865)- 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1886. Wroxhall Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 -1850. Under Reigate 1850 - 1858. Red Hill 1858 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Red Hill 1867 - 1893. Renamed South Godstone in 1893. Under Aberystwith 1854 - 1855. Rhayader 1855 - 1858. Aberystwith 1858 - 1861. Shrewsbury 1861 - 1863. Aberystwyth 1863 - 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 -(087 issued in1879)- 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Dendy Marshall records 089 used at Goginan in error. Under Carmarthen 1869 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 32 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE 1893 NONE NONE 1844 1887 1887 NONE 1914 NONE NONE 1894 1889 G.P.O. 1887 1887 1892 1906 1962 1902 1859 1894 NONE 1882 1860 1900 NONE 1885 1892 1906 1895 1909 Glam Glam Lancs Lancs 1946 1882 1924 1951 1962 1887 1949 1962 NONE 1882 NONE NONE NONE G.P.O. NONE NONE K52 Cumb 1902 1924 1893 1925 545C A44 320 K31 B61 B61 Northumb Jamaica Hants Kent Glam Glam 1959 1874 1844 1902 1882 1887 1962 1892 1962 1906 1882 1906 NONE 1859 1844 1893 1880 1886 NONE 1860 1898 1897 G.P.O. 1908 Grampound 671 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1894 Grampound Road Grange Hill B33 A45 Corn Jamaica 1874 1874 1906 1892 1860 1859 1895 1860 Grange over Sands D02 Lancs 1874 1906 1867 1901 Grange over Sands Grantham 327 321 Lancs Lincs 1924 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1910 Grasmere 589 Westmd 1882 1906 1875 1911 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Goldthorpe Gomshall Goodrich Goodwick Goole Goole, Booth Ferry Rd Goole, Bridge St 982 K32 K30 314 319 319 319 Yorks W.R. Surrey Heref Pem Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Goole, Old Goole 319 Yorks W.R. Gordon Town Goring Goring Gorleston A43 K67 318 G55 Jamaica Oxon Oxon Norfolk 1874 1902 1924 1882 Gorseinon G42 Glam Gorseinon Gorseinon Station Gorton Gorton 778 G42 335 498L Gosforth Gosforth Goshen Gosport Goudhurst Gower Road Gowerton FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1959 1902 1902 1937 1844 1906 1906 1959 1962 Gravesend 322 Kent 1844 1962 1844 1951 Grays F40 Essex 1874 1924 1871 1907 Grays Greasborough 392 046 Essex Yorks W.R. 1925 1882 1962 1882 NONE 1879 NONE G.P.O. Great Ayton J40 Yorks N.R. 1892 1906 1888 1908 Great Ayton Great Barr, Birmingham 097 75P Yorks N.R. Warwks 1963 1959 1967 NONE NONE NONE NONE Great Bedwyn 517 Wilts 1844 1906 1844 1854 Great Chesterford 674 Essex 1882 1906 1876 1880 STATUS. Under Guildford 1874 - 1906 + Under Ross 1844 - 1906 + Under Howden 1844 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1875. Head Post Office 1875 - 1906 + Under Goole 1885 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Booth Ferry Rd, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Goole 1853 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Bridge St, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Howden 1864 - 1873. Goole 1873 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House 1886 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Old Goole, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Reading 1847 - 1906 + Under Yarmouth 1844 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1852 - 1888. Renamed Penllergaer in 1888. Gorseinon Station then became Gorseinon. Under Swansea 1888 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1882 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1888. Closed 1888 and became Gorseinon. Under Whitehaven 1844 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 -(K52 first used in 1893)- 1906 +. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Cranbrook 1844 - 1857. Staplehurst 1857 - 1889. Independent Sub Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1880 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1886. Gower Road became Gowerton in 1886. Previously Gower Road. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Austell 1844 - 1851. Head Post Office 1851 - 1858. St.Austell 1858 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1883. Grampound Road 1883 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1883. Head Post Office 1883 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Milnthorpe 1848 - 1856. Kendal 1856 - 1857. Newton in Cartmel 1857 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(D02 issued in 1867)- 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ambleside 1845 - 1847. Windermere 1847 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Eastern District under Romford 1860 - 1865. Moved into the Essex Provincial Area in 1865 as a Receiving House under Romford 1865 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1890. Head Post Office 1890 - 1906 + Under Rotherham 1852 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1855. Northallerton 1855 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Marlborough 1844 - 1858. Hungerford 1858 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Dec1858, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Saffron Walden 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 33 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1883 1909 1954 NONE NONE 1906 1962 1857 1906 1906 1962 1888 NONE 1844 1864 1885 1844 1909 NONE 1856 1890 G.P.O. 1905 1906 1888 1893 NONE NONE 1883 1898 1906 1886 1898 1857 1892 1906 1844 1859 1885 1857 1860 1902 1902 1906 NONE NONE Middx Middx 1929 1924 1962 <1929 NONE NONE NONE NONE E51 Glam 1882 1902 1880 1883 952 J24 315 A15 Kent Kent Yorks W.R. Windward Is. 1882 1892 1929 1874 1962 1906 1962 1902 1878 1888 NONE 1858 1906 1905 NONE 1860 Greta Bridge 327 Yorks N.R. 1844 1857 1844 1855 Gretna Greytown Grimsby Grimsby to Peterborough ST. Grimsby to Peterborough, Night Mail Gringley D10 C57 323 Dumfries Nicaragua Lincs 1874 1874 1844 1906 1902 1962 1867 1865 1844 1872 1881 1938 K97 Railway 1906 1906 NONE NONE No numeral cancellations recorded. ST = Sorting Tender. K74 Railway 1902 1902 NONE NONE No numeral cancellation recorded 56 Notts 1844 1857 1844 1852 Groeslon F50 Carn 1874 1906 1871 1908 Grosmont G37 Yorks N.R. 1882 1906 1882 1898 Guayaquil Guernsey Guildford Guildford C41 324 325 125 Ecuador Channel Isles Surrey Surrey 1874 1844 1844 1902 1962 1962 1865 1844 1844 NONE 1880 1905 1906 NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY 75 Warwks 75D Warwks 1929 J17 308 661 C20 H39 497 Lancs Lancs Staffs Staffs Essex Worcs 1892 1924 1844 1874 1887 1844 Great Smeaton J41 Yorks N.R. 1892 Great Wakering 054 Essex 1962 Great Yarmouth 927 Norfolk 1887 1962 Greatham H66 Durham 1887 Green Hammerton Green Island Greenfield 933 A46 H56 Yorks W.R. Jamaica Flint 1844 1874 1887 Greenfield K75 Yorks W.R. Greenford Greenford Station 131 315 Greenhill Greenhithe Greenstreet Greetland Grenada Great Hampton St. Birmingham Great Hampton St. Birmingham Great Harwood Great Harwood Great Haywood Great Haywood Great Horkesley Great Malvern FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Town Receiving House under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Gt.Hampton St. in the cds was first sent in Feb 1883. Under Blackburn 1853 - 1864. Accrington 1864 - 1885. Blackburn 1885 - 1906 + Under Rugeley 1844 - 1853. Stafford 1853 - 1855. Rugeley 1855 - 1864. Stafford 1864 - 1867. ( C20 issued in 1864 ) Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1889. Stafford 1889 - 1906 + Under Colchester 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + "Great Malvern" in the sideways duplex. Later duplexes have "Malvern". Under Northallerton 1844 - 1861. Closed 1861 - 1878. Northallerton 1878 - 1906 + Smeaton in the lists from 1844 to 1857, see 234. Great Smeaton in the lists from 1892 to 1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Yarmouth in lists to 1874. First cancellation with Great Yarmouth in cds issued Jun1883 Under Stockton 1844 - 1872. West Hartlepool 1872 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H66 issued in 1886)- 1894. Stockton 1894 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Holywell 1852 - 1906 + No numeral cancellation recorded. Under Manchester 1860 - 1882. Oldham 1882 - 1902. Independent Sub Office 1902 +. Transferred from Yorkshire to Lancashire in 1974. Not in the 1929 list. Originally called Cwmbwrla, changed in 1876 to Greenhill. A new office opened at Cwmbwrla, Swansea 1876 - 1906 + Under Dartford 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + Under Sittingbourne 1844 - 1906 + Replaced by Teynham in 1917/8. A 3HOS used on GB stamps from May1858 to Mar1860, later used on Grenada stamps Under Barnard Castle 1844 - 1855. Darlington 1855 - 1866. Barnard Castle Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1876. Barnard Castle 1876 - 1906 + Moved to Durham in 1974 Under Carlisle 1844 - 1856. Annan 1856 - 1860. Carlisle 1860 - 1906 + Used an English style numeral cancel. 3TH.HOS(not seen) & 4VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jan1876 to Dec1881 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bawtry 1844 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1862 - 1871 spelt Croeslon. Then became Groeslon Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F50 issued in 1871)1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Whitby 1847 - 1855. York 1855 - 1882. Railway Sub Office 1882 (G37 issued in 1882) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jun1865 to Oct1880 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + In 1970 an explanatory mark "Gone away" was sent to Guildford ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 34 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1899 1844 1882 1902 1924 1959 1857 1887 1906 1962 1844 not GB 1897 NONE NONE 1858 not GB 1899 NONE NONE Suffolk 1844 1857 1844 1857 331 966 Suffolk Kent 1924 1882 1962 1906 NONE 1878 NONE 1905 Hafod, Pontypridd 163 Glam 1895 1902 Hailsham 823 Sussex 1844 1962 1844 1907 Hakin Halesowen Halesworth Halfway Tree Halifax Hall Green, Birmingham Hallatrow Halstead Halstead Halton Camp Haltwhistle Haltwhistle Halwell Halwell Ham Street Hampden D99 77 329 G13 330 9A 011 334 433 385 166 G62 B84 B83 490 G14 Pem Worcs Suffolk Jamaica Yorks W.R. Warwks Som Essex Essex Bucks Northumb Northumb Devon Devon Kent Jamaica 1874 1844 1844 1874 1844 1936 1882 1844 1902 1962 1962 1902 1962 1962 1906 1962 1924 1844 1882 1924 1902 1906 1874 1882 1874 1906 1906 1902 1868 1844 1844 not GB 1844 NONE 1878 1844 NONE NONE 1844 1882 1863 1863 1875 not GB G.P.O. 1854 1899 not GB 1905 NONE 1880 1901 NONE NONE 1854 1913 1892 1870 1910 not GB Hampton C95 Middx 1874 1924 1867 1909 Hampton Hampton Hill Handsworth P.D.O.Sheffield Handsworth, Birmingham Hankow 895 G74 Middx Middx 1928 1892 1962 1906 NONE 1889 NONE 1912 700H Yorks W.R. 1952 1967 NONE NONE 75HA D29 Warwks China 1924 1882 1962 1902 NONE not GB NONE not GB 549 Staffs 1844 1906 1844 1901 547C B83 B81 B80 B82 333 G12 Staffs Devon Devon Devon Devon Warwks Heref 1929 1959 1874 1906 1874 1924 1874 1906 1959 1906 NONE 1863 1863 1863 1863 NONE 1873 NONE 1872 G.P.O. 1893 1905 NONE G.P.O. OFFICE NO. COUNTY Guisborough 326 Yorks N.R. 1844 Guist Guys Hill Gwaun cae Gurwen Gwaun cae Gurwen Hadfield, Manchester 248 199 K76 361 974 Norfolk Jamaica Glam Glam Lancs Hadleigh 328 Hadleigh Hadlow Hanley Hanley Harberton Harberton Harbertonford Harbertonford Harborne, Birmingham Harewood End FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Northallerton 1855 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 1906 + Under Dereham 1844 - 1854. Thetford 1855 - 1873. Dereham 1873 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Lanelli 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Ipswich 1855 - 1887. Independent Sub Office 1887 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Maidstone 1844. Tunbridge 1845 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1878 - 1905. A Town Receiving House 1893 - 1905. Renamed Trehafod in 1905. A 3VOD with Hafod Pontypridd in the cds was first used in Jul 1895. Under Uckfield 1844. Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Milford Haven 1858 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1888 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Dec1858, despite being in all the lists to 1962. Under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1849 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 433 was sent to Halstead in Jul.1920. It was probably sent to a subordinate office. Under Carlisle 1844 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Haltwhistle had numbers 166 and G62 in the lists from 1882 to 1902. Under Totnes 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ashford 1848 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. London District Post 1844 -1857. South Western District 1857 - 1867. Used 36 in a London style cancellation. Moved into the Middlesex Provincial Area in 1867. Under Twickenham 1867 -(C95 issued in 1867) - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Previously New Hampton. Under Hampton 1890 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + A 3HOS that was used only on Hong Kong stamps Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1906+:- As a Town Receiving House 1863 - 1880, Branch Office 1880 - 1906 + Under Totnes 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1890. Totnes 1890 - 1906 + Under Totnes 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1889. Closed 1889 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ross 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 35 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. 1906 1871 1904 Under Carnarvon 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F51 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 1962 1962 1887 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1885 1884 1884 NONE 1860 1865 1906 1868 1913 1962 1844 1867 1968 1868 1874 1924 1868 1905 Middx 1927 1962 NONE NONE 909 Middx 1882 1892 1878 G.P.O. Harrow Weald H71 Middx 1887 1906 1886 1908 Hartfordbridge Hartlepool Hartley Wintney 339 947 347 Hants Durham Hants 1844 1845 1924 1857 1959 1962 1844 1845 NONE 1858 1905 NONE Harwell 093 Berks 1858 1859 Harwich Haslemere Haslemere Haslingden Haslingden Haslingden 340 341 481 500 J88 339 Essex Surrey Surrey Lancs Lancs Lancs 1844 1844 1882 1844 1892 1924 1962 1857 1962 1857 1906 1962 1844 1844 1875 1844 1891 NONE 1880 1859 1909 1846 1904 NONE Hassocks H23 Sussex 1887 1924 1884 1908 Hassocks Hastings Hastings, Station Office 426 342 342 Sussex Sussex Sussex 1928 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1884 NONE 1946 1901 Hastings, The Marina BO 342 Sussex 1879 1879 Hastings, White Rock 342 Sussex 1883 1887 Haswell K34 Durham 1902 1924 1893 1911 Hatch End Hatch End Hatfield Hatherleigh Hatherleigh B52 341 343 589 703 Middx Middx Herts Devon Devon 1874 1924 1844 1844 1882 1906 1962 1962 1857 1906 1861 NONE 1844 1844 1876 1894 NONE 1906 1873 stamp OFFICE NO. COUNTY Harlech F51 Mer 1874 Harlech Harleston Harling Harlow Harpenden 363 336 791 337 461 Mer Norfolk Norfolk Essex Herts 1930 1844 1844 1844 1924 Harpton B39 Radnor Harrington D58 Cumb 1874 Harrogate Harrow 338 C91 Yorks W.R. Middx 1844 Harrow D75 Middx Harrow 373 Harrow Station FIRST LIST LAST LIST Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Thetford 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Renamed East Harling in May 1888. Under Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1867. Closed 1867. Not in any list. It opened too late for the 1857 one and closed before the 1874 list was issued. Under Workington 1844 - 1859. Carlisle 1859 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 (D58 issued in 1868) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. North Western District 1857 - 1867. Used 62 in a London style cancellation. Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1867 -(C91 issued in 1867)- 1906 + Not in any list as the allocation of number C91 was too shortlived. By 1868 Harrow was using number D75. Letter box under Harrow in North Western District 1859 - 1867. Under Harrow in the Provincial Area 1867 - 1882. Renamed Wealdstone in June 1882. In North Western District under Stanmore 1861 - 1867. Moved to the Middlesex Provincial Area in 1867. Under Stanmore 1867 - 1880. Pinner 1880 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 -1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Winchfield 1855 - 1906 + Renamed Hartley Wintney in 1891. Under Stockton on Tees 1844. Head Post Office 1845 - 1906 + Under Abingdon 1844 - 1860. Steventon Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Allocated 093 for a short period between the 1857 and 1874 lists. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 -1855. Under Liphook 1855 - 1871. Independent Sub Office 1871 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 1887. Independent Sub Office 1887 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Under Hurstpierpoint 1881 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 -(H23 issued in 1884)- 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Sorting Office by 1884 - 1903. Closed 1903. A 3VOD with Hastings Station Office in the cds was sent in Jan 1884. Was the main counter for St.Leonards. Under Hastings 1882 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with The Marina BO in the cds was sent in Mar 1879. Under Hastings 1877 - 1891. Replaced by Verulam Place Branch Office in 1891. A 3VOD with White Rock Hastings in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. Not a barred numeral cancel, the number K34 occurs at the base of a cds.Under Durham 1845 - 1862. Fence Houses 1862 - 1887. Sunderland 1887 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Watford 1861 -(B52 issued) 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Okehampton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1857. Crediton 1857 - 1860. (See Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1860 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 36 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1906 NONE 1859 NONE 1907 1882 1906 1880 stamp 1874 1844 1844 1844 1874 1924 1844 1902 1962 1962 1857 1906 1962 1857 1865 1844 1844 1844 1868 NONE 1844 1877 1906 1904 1854 1892 NONE 1858 Yorks N.R. 1844 1906 1844 1908 Yorks N.R. Kent Yorks W.R. Wilts Brec 1962 1844 1902 1950 1844 1962 1906 1962 1906 NONE 1844 1897 NONE 1844 NONE 1896 1898 NONE 1886 350 Northumb 1844 1906 1844 1858 Hayes Hayes Hayle Hayling Island Haywards Heath Haywards Heath Hazel Grove Hazel Grove Headcorn 617 553 352 970 F01 406 735 079 430 Jamaica Middx Corn Hants Sussex Sussex Ches Ches Kent 1882 1924 1844 1959 1874 1927 1844 1965 1882 1902 1962 1962 1924 not GB NONE 1844 NONE 1870 NONE 1844 NONE 1875 not GB NONE 1902 NONE 1906 NONE 1848 NONE 1908 Headquarters Camp D48 Cyprus 1882 1902 not GB not GB Heanor 386 Derbys 1925 1962 NONE NONE Heathfield H51 Sussex 1887 1906 1885 1896 Heathfield 032 Sussex 1959 1962 NONE NONE Heathfield Station H54 Sussex 1887 1902 1885 1896 Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne 545A Northumb 1925 1962 NONE NONE Hebburn K02 Durham 1892 1906 1891 1906 Hebburn Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge Hebron Heckington Heckington 350 K96 356 912 H24 024 Durham Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Carm Lincs Lincs 1924 1902 1924 1882 1924 1928 1962 1906 1962 1906 1924 1928 NONE NONE NONE 1878 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE stamp NONE NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY 349 B06 Devon Corn 1924 1874 Haughley E57 Suffolk Havana Havant Haverfordwest Haverhill Haverhill Haverhill Hawarden C58 344 345 335 D89 346 182 Cuba Hants Pem Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk Flint Hawes 346 Hawes Hawkhurst Haworth Hawthorn Hay 044 427 K90 584 347 Haydon Bridge Hatherleigh Hatt FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1924 1962 1857 STATUS. Under Plymouth 1854 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stowmarket 1845 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1888. Stowmarket 1888 - 1906 +. 3TH.HOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1865 to Jun1877 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Newmarket 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1878. Head Post Office 1878 - 1906 + Under Chester 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Bedale 1855 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Head Post Office 1869 - 1906 + Under Keighley 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1858. Hereford 1858 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Jul1858, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Carlisle 1844 - 1846. Gateshead 1846 - 1855. Carlisle 1855 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Helston 1844. Head Post Office 1845 - 1906 + Under Cuckfield 1856 - 1870. Head Post Office 1870 - 1906 + Under Stockport 1844 - 1906 + Under Maidstone 1844 - 1846. Staplehurst 1846 - 1870. Ashford 1870 - 1906 + Not for valid for use on GB stamps. A 3VOS was issued in Jan1881, this is after GB stamps had been withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Under Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1877. Independent Sub Office 1877 - 1896. Heathfield Station 1896 1897. Heathfield Station Road 1897 - 1899. Heathfield Tower 1899 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1897. Became Heathfield Station Road SO in 1897 and then Heathfield Tower SO in 1899. Under Gateshead 1847 - 1864. Jarrow Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1866. Gateshead 1866 - 1872. Newcastle on Tyne 1872 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + No numeral cancellations recorded Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 37 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1856 1922 1882 1844 1892 1844 1882 1874 1962 1857 1906 1857 1906 1906 1877 1844 1892 1844 1880 1866 1906 1857 1919 1857 1886 1901 Corn 1844 1962 1844 1903 Herts 1844 1962 1844 1957 Sussex 1874 1906 1869 1904 Sussex 1951 1959 NONE NONE 1922 NONE Hengoed used number 156 in a 3VOS in 1922. Under Oswestry 1860 - 1906 +. The Office called "Main Street Maesycwmmer" was renamed Hengoed by 1921. 1857 1857 1962 1857 1962 1924 1962 NONE 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1880 NONE NONE 1857 1844 1906 1858 1905 1903 NONE Under Birmingham 1845 - 1906 + 756 used at Budleigh Salterton Devon from 1845. Used in Henley in Arden in 1844. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wincanton 1844. Sherborne 1845 - 1847. Blandford 1847 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Canterbury 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + 1887 1906 1882 1908 1844 1882 1962 1959 1924 1844 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1962 1844 1875 NONE NONE NONE 1844 1901 1908 NONE NONE NONE 1906 Oxon 1902 1906 1897 1898 361 Wilts 1844 1857 1844 1879 G77 Wilts 1887 1906 1883 1888 C65 Lancs 1874 1924 1865 1884 Heywood C63 Lancs 1885 1909 A 4VOS (with a thick C) issued in Jan1870 and not used, two later 4VOD's used. The C65 and C63 usage at Heywood do not overlap. Under Manchester 1844 - 1893. Head Post Office 1893 - 1906 + A C63 3VOD was issued to Heywood 16 years after the last C63 was used at Tampico Heywood High St, Hastings 965 342 Lancs Sussex 1928 1962 NONE 1883 NONE 1891 Under Hastings 1853 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with High St. Hastings in the cds was sent in Aug 1883. High St, Portsmouth 625 Hants 1885 1906 A 3VOD with High St, BO Portsmouth in the cds was issued in Oct1885. A Town Receiving House from 1885 - 1906+ High Wycombe Higham Ferrers 364 363 Bucks Northts 1844 1844 1962 1924 1844 1844 1903 1886 Highampton 012 Devon 1855 1906 1852 1880 Highbridge G08 Som 1874 1906 1873 1888 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1845. Okehampton 1845 - 1848. Crediton 1848 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bridgwater 1844 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. OFFICE NO. COUNTY Heckmondwike 053 Yorks W.R. 1874 Hednesford Hedon Helmshore Helmsley Helmsley Helperby 841 385 K04 934 D65 C80 Staffs Yorks E.R. Lancs Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Helston 351 Hemel Hempstead 353 Henfield E52 Henfield 926 Hengoed 156 Glam Hengoed Henley in Arden Henley in Arden Henley on Thames Henstridge Hereford Herne Bay Herne Bay 057 78 756 355 884 357 B39 366 Glam Warwks Warwks Oxon Som Heref Kent Kent 1962 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1882 1925 Hersham Road G60 Surrey Hertford Hessle Hessle Heswall Hetton le Hole Hexham 359 464 968 964 379 360 Herts Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Ches Durham Northumb Heyford K84 Heytesbury Heytesbury Heywood FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Leeds 1844 - 1864. Normanton 1864 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Rugeley 1855. Walsall 1856 - 1859. Stafford 1859 - 1903. Independent Sub Office 1903 - 1906 + Under Hull 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 -(D65 issued in 1880)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Boroughbridge 1844 - 1859. York 1859 -1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Penrhyn 1855 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Steyning 1844 - 1846. Hurstpierpoint 1846 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House of Walton on Thames 1879 - 1882. Town Branch Office 1882 -(G60 issued in 1882)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Hull 1845 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Called Lower Heyford. Under Woodstcok 1851 - 1859. Oxford 1859 - 1867. Banbury 1867 - 1906 + Became Heyford in 1878. Carried on using a 3VOS no.361 until 1879 although last listed in 1857. (A very similar 3VOS no.361 was sent to Loughor Glam. in 1875) Heytesbury was a Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Warminster 1855 - 1856. Chippenham 1856 - 1859. Bath 1860 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1876. Independent Sub Office 1876 - 1898. Railway Sub Office ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 38 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE 1859 1844 1878 1875 1844 NONE 1860 1909 G.P.O. 1909 1901 NO. COUNTY Highbridge Highgate Highworth Hilborough Hildenborough Hinckley 362 A47 295 933 489 365 Som Jamaica Wilts Norfolk Kent Leics 1924 1874 1844 1882 1882 1844 1962 1892 1906 1906 1906 1962 Hinderwell H26 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1884 1919 Hindhead Hindhead Hindon Hinstock Hiogo Hitchin Hoarwithy Hobbs Point Hockley Hockley Hockley, Birmingham Hoddesdon Holbeach 348 C64 366 J20 D30 367 9 368 J71 047 75H 369 370 Surrey Surrey Wilts Salop Japan Herts Heref Pem Essex Essex Warwks Herts Lincs 1924 1962 1844 1892 1882 1844 1874 1844 1892 1962 1924 1844 1844 1906 1906 1902 1962 1906 1857 1906 1962 1962 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1888 not GB 1844 1874 1844 1890 NONE NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1893 1891 not GB 1885 G.P.O. 1850 1898 NONE NONE 1890 1890 Holborn Hill D01 Cumb 1874 1874 1867 1870 Holkham 490 Norfolk 1844 1857 1844 1848 Hollinwood G57 Lancs 1882 1906 1882 1905 Hollytroyds Holmes Chapel Holmfirth Holmfirth 952 525 C19 372 Lancs Ches Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. 1847 1844 1874 1924 1857 1906 1906 1962 1845 1844 1864 NONE 1850 1915 1906 NONE Holmrook F09 Cumb 1874 1906 1870 1903 Holsworthy 440 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1905 Holt 371 Norfolk 1844 1962 1844 1880 Holt Holyhead 391 374 Norfolk Anglesey 1962 1875 1844 1878 1902 Holyhead TPO A80 Railway Holywell Holywell Green Honduras Hong Kong Honiton Hook Hook Norton Hope Bay Hopkinstown Horley 375 250 A06 B62 376 H83 K88 A48 D36 E93 Flint Yorks W.R. America Asia Devon Yorks W.R. Oxon Jamaica Glam Surrey FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1862 1844 1963 1874 1874 1844 1887 1902 1874 1882 1874 1962 1902 1902 1962 1906 1906 1892 1902 1924 1844 NONE 1858 not GB 1844 1886 1897 1859 1882 1870 1906 NONE 1860 not GB 1898 G.P.O. 1908 1860 stamp stamp STATUS. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Fairford 1844 - 1855. Swindon 1855 - 1906 + Under Brandon 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 -(933 issued in 1878)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tunbridge 1845 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Whitby 1848 - 1861. Redcar 1861 - 1868. Saltburn by the Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1881. Staithes Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + C64 was used in a surcharge mark at Hindhead in 1922. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Salisbury 1855 - 1906 + Under Market Drayton 1847 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was used only on Hong Kong stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ross 1852 - 1906. Hereford 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1850. Transferred to Pembroke Dock. Under Ingatestone 1851 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ulverstone 1863 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(D01 issued in 1867)- 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1876. Renamed Millom in 1876. Under Wells 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1878. Oldham 1878 - 1902. Independent Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Town Receiving House of Oldham 1905 - 1906 + Under Accrington 1844 - 1854. Closed 1854. Under Middlewich 1844 - 1883. Crewe 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Huddersfield 1844 - 1906 + Under Whitehaven 1847 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Launceston 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1857 - 1860+ (See Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1860 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Thetford 1855 - 1878. Dereham 1878 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Error of number 391 in a 3VOS instead of 371 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + In Dec1862 the same 3HOS as used on the Mailboats was used as an Inspectors mark on a cover from London to Glasgow, on the London to Holyhead Travelling Post Office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS was used on GB stamps from May1858 to May1860 - then later was used on the stamps of British Honduras. A 3HOS, that was only used on the stamps of Hong Kong. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Howden 1857 - 1886. Hook Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1892. Goole 1892 - 1906 + Under Chipping Norton 1844 - 1888. Banbury 1888 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Pontypridd 1868 - 1905 + Town Receiving House 1893 - 1906 + Under Crawley 1844 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 39 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE 1885 NONE 1890 1891 1897 1962 1906 1844 1844 1900 1880 1874 1906 1863 1895 1882 1946 1844 1906 1962 1962 1875 NONE 1844 1906 NONE 1919 1884 1897 1891 NONE 1886 1908 NONE 1908 1906 1854 G.P.O. 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1962 1844 1905 Sussex Yorks N.R. Yorks E.R. Durham Ches Yorks W.R. Notts Notts Yorks W.R. Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. 1925 1874 1844 1892 1924 1874 1924 1882 1844 1844 1929 1929 1929 <1929 1906 1962 1906 1962 1882 1962 1906 1962 1962 1954 1954 1954 NONE 1869 1844 1892 NONE 1865 NONE 1875 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE stamp 1906 1894 NONE 1869 NONE 1907 1906 1911 NONE NONE NONE Radnor 1874 1906 1860 1867 390 Berks 1844 1962 1844 1903 126 Yorks E.R. 1844 1857 1844 1847 Hunslet, Leeds 447 Yorks W.R. 1880 1906 Hunstanton 899 Norfolk 1882 1962 1878 1899 Huntingdon Hurst Green 396 428 Hunts Sussex 1844 1844 1962 1906 1844 1844 1904 1908 Hurstpierpoint 956 Sussex 1849 1906 1846 1917 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Horley Horley Station 203 H37 Surrey Surrey Horley Station Road H37 Surrey Horncastle Horndean 378 380 Lincs Hants 1844 1844 Horrabridge B95 Devon Horsehay Horsforth Horsham 299 948 381 Salop Yorks W.R. Sussex Horsham Station Office 381 Sussex Horwich Horwich Hotham J76 393 H75 Lancs Lancs Yorks E.R. 1892 1927 1887 1924 1962 1906 Houghton le Spring 027 Durham 1855 Houghton le Spring 358 Durham 1924 Hounslow 394 Middx Hove Hovingham Howden Howden le Wear Hoylake Hoyland Hucknall Hucknall Torkard Huddersfield Hull Hull, Fish Market Hull, King Edward Street Hull, Queen Street 132A E66 382 K10 380 C46 391 417 387 383 383A 383B 383C Hundred House B40 Hungerford Hunmanby FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1928 1887 1962 1902 STATUS. Sorting Office c.1885 - 1900. Station duplex used 1888 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1887 - 1895. Became Horley in 1895. Independent Sub Office 1895 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Horley Station Rd. in the cds was first used in Dec 1891. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Plymouth 1844 - 1849. Tavistock 1849 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B95 issued in 1863)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wellington 1855 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Sorting Office 1884 - 1904/7. Closed 1904/7. A 3VOD with Horsham Station Office in the cds was sent in Sep 1884. Under Bolton 1844 - 1906 + Under Hull 1852 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Durham 1844 - 1846. Fence Houses 1846 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the Western District 1857 - 1865. Given the provincial number 394 in 1844. Solely in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. Issued in 1925 but void in the 1929 list Under York 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1875. Head Post Office 1875 - 1906 + Under Darlington 1867 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Sheffield 1844 - 1848. Barnsley 1848 - 1906 + Under Nottingham 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Two different 4VOD's and a 3VOD occur with Hull ST or Hull Sorting Tender in the cds. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Knighton 1858 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 -(B40 issued in 1860)- 1867. Builth Railway Sub Office 1867 1905. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bridlington 1844 - 1855. Scarborough 1855 - 1856. York 1856 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hunslet BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. The first office called Hunstanton was under Lynn 1845 - 1880. Under Hunstanton St.Edmunds 1880 - 1884. Renamed Old Hunstanton in 1884. The Office originally called Hunstanton St Edmunds became Hunstanton : Under Lynn 1864 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. Under Brighton 1844 - 1846. Head Post Office 1846 -(956 issued in 1846)- 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1890. Hassocks Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 40 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED NONE 1871 NONE 1880 1890 1887 1844 1844 NONE 1904 NONE 1902 1902 1905 1903 1897 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Huyton Hyde, Manchester Hyde Hyde Park, Leeds Hyde Park Corner, Leeds Hylton Hythe Ilchester 397 F43 399 447 447 H95 398 399 Lancs Ches Ches Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Durham Kent Som 1924 1874 1925 1887 1844 1844 1906 1962 1906 Ilford F07 Essex 1874 1924 1870 1888 Ilford Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Ilkeston 417 400 156 585 Essex Devon Devon Derbys 1928 1844 1962 1962 1844 1962 NONE 1844 1897 1844 NONE 1908 1897 1905 Ilkley 664 Yorks W.R. 1882 1962 1876 1912 Ilminster Ingatestone Ingleby Cross Ingleby Greenhow Ingleton 401 402 740 J94 H55 Som Essex Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Yorks W.R. 1844 1844 1844 1892 1887 1962 1962 1857 1906 1906 1844 1844 1844 1891 1885 1905 1889 1848 1918 1894 1887 1887 1890 NONE 1893 1874 NONE 1879 NONE Ingrow, Keighley FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 1924 1962 110 Yorks W.R. A24 700G 405 504 L05 D87 033 Devon Yorks W.R. Suffolk Suffolk Railway Peru Lancs 1874 1952 1844 1906 1967 1962 1924 1874 1959 1954 1902 1962 1858 NONE 1844 1873 NONE 1868 NONE Ironbridge 406 Salop 1844 1906 1844 1906 Ironbridge Islay Isles of Scilly, St.Mary's 404 C42 694 Salop Peru Corn 1874 1929 1902 1962 1887 1865 NONE 1888 1879 NONE Isleworth E97 Middx 1874 1924 1870 1894 Isleworth Isleworth Iver Ivybridge Ixworth 997 021B 935 408 101 Middx Middx Bucks Devon Suffolk 1928 1929 1935 1844 1844 1949 1962 1962 1924 1857 NONE NONE NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1894 1856 Jackfield J15 Salop 1892 1906 1887 1908 Jacmel C59 Hayti 1874 1902 1865 1881 Jarrow C29 Durham 1874 1924 1864 1900 Jarrow Jersey 429 409 Durham Channel Isles 1928 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1894 Instow Intake P.D.O, Sheffield Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich S.C. Iquique Irlam, Manchester STATUS. Under Manchester 1844 - 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hyde Park BO Leeds in the cds was sent used in Jan 1880. Under Leeds 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hyde Park Corner BO Leeds in the cds was first used in Jul 1890. Under Sunderland 1845 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1895. Sunderland 1895 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Taunton 1855 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Eastern District 1857 - 1870. May have used 17 in a London style cancel. Became a Head Post Office in the Essex Provincial Area in 1870 -(F07 issued in 1870) - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 156 in a 3VOS instead of 400 Under Nottingham 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Otley 1844 - 1852. Leeds 1852 - 1855. Otley 1855 - 1865. Leeds 1865 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 -(664 issued in 1876) - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Thirsk 1844 - 1855. Northallerton 1855 - 1906 + Under Thirsk 1848 - 1855. Northallerton 1855 - 1891. Middlesborough 1891 - 1906 + Under Lancaster 1844 - 1877. Carnforth 1877 - 1886. Kirkby Lonsdale 1886 - 1906 + Under Keighley 1875 - 1906+. Town Receiving House 1884 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Ingrow Keighley in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Barnstaple 1844 - 1858. Railway Sub Office 1858 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 504 in a 4VOD instead of 405 S.C. = Sorting Carriage. Recorded used in tax stamps. 4VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Feb1872 to Mar1879 Under Shifnal 1844. Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Shifnal 1849 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1852. Wellington 1852 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Error of number 404 in a 3VOD instead of 406 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Sep1865 to Mar1879 London District Post 1844 -1857. Western District 1857 - 1868. Used 56 in a London style cancel in 1869 and 1870 when a Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1868 - 1906 + Smallbury Green was the chief Receiving House (1858 - 1868) of the Isleworth Suburban District in 1868 it was renamed Isleworth. Isleworth was allocated 997 and 021B at the same time, see also Brentford and Teddington. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bury St.Edmunds 1844 - 1906 + Under Wellington 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1878. Ironbridge Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Sep1865 to Apr1881 Under South Shields 1844 -1845. Gateshead 1845 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1872. Newcastle 1872 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1875. Head Post Office 1875 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 41 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1863 G.P.O. 1873 1844 1916 1904 1887 1887 1844 1885 1882 1887 1962 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1844 1845 1875 NONE 1844 1844 1954 1907 1902 NONE 1949 1891 1882 1902 1875 1896 Sussex Bristol Leics 1882 1949 1906 1962 1875 NONE 1862 1887 NONE 1876 797 Leics 1882 1906 1877 1905 415 547F Worcs Staffs 1844 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1919 NONE 168 Carm 1844 1906 1844 1907 Kidwelly 794 Carm 1963 NONE NONE Kilgerran F62 Pem 1874 1906 1872 1909 Pem Hunts Warwks Yorks E.R. Jamaica 1952 1844 1844 1929 1882 1959 1962 1857 1954 1902 NONE 1844 1844 NONE not GB NONE 1929 1858 NONE not GB Herts 1844 1962 1844 1904 Warwks 1938 1962 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Jump B96 Devon Kegworth Keighley G33 110 Leics Yorks W.R. Keighley, Ingrow 110 Yorks W.R. Kelvedon 410 Essex Kemp Town BO, Brighton 132 Sussex Kendal Kenilworth Kenley Kenley Keswick Kettering 411 950 550 949 413 414 Westmd Warwks Surrey Surrey Cumb Northts 1844 1847 1882 1929 1844 1844 Kew 496 Surrey Keymer Keynsham Kibworth Harcourt 500 423 B66 Kibworth Harcourt Kidderminster Kidsgrove Kidwelly Kilgetty 247 Kimbolton 416 Kineton 417 King Edward Street, Hull 383B Kings 622 Kings Langley 354 Kings Norton, Birmingham 75K Kings Rd BO, St 342 Leonards on Sea. FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1874 1844 1844 1906 1962 1962 STATUS. Under Plymouth 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B96 issued in Dec. 1863)- Renamed Roborough Railway Sub Office in March 1864. Under Derby 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Keighley 1875 - 1906+. Town Receiving House 1884 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Ingrow Keighley in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Head Post Office 1844 - 1895. Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Brighton 1862 - 1906+:- Town Receiving House 1862 - 1876. Branch Office 1876 - 1888. Town Receiving House 1888 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Kemp Town BO Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1882. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Warwick 1844. Head Post Office 1844-(950 issued in 1845)- 1906 + Under Croydon 1875 - 1884. Head Post Office 1884 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1847. Under Windermere 1847 - 1870. Head Post Office 1870 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + When Brentford moved into the Provincial area in 1868 Kew went as well. Town Receiving House of Brentford 1868 1869. Independent Sub Office 1869 - 1896. Town Receiving House of Kew Gardens 1896 - 1901. Town Receiving House of Richmond 1901 - 1906+. Under Hurstpierpoint 1869 - 1906 + Error of number B66 instead of 797. 3CD issued Jul1862 Under Leicester 1845 - 1848. Market Harborough 1848 - 1860. Rugby 1860 - 1863. Leicester 1863 - 1906 + Became Kibworth Beauchamp in 1905. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1844 - 1849. Llanelly 1849 - 1852. Head Post Office 1852 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Cardigan 1848 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Cardigan 1857 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Early spelling Cilgerran. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under St.Neots 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1848. Under Stratford 1848 - 1851. Warwick 1851 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Hemel Hempstead 1844 - 1862. Watford 1862 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + NONE NONE Sussex 1882 1886 St Leonards on Sea used number 682 until 1882 when it became Kings Road BO, Hastings. A duplex with King's Rd BO, St Leonards on Sea in the cds and the number 342 of Hastings was issued in Nov 1882. 342 Sussex 1882 1883 A 3VOD with St.Leonards on Sea Kings Road in the cds was issued in Jun 1882 Prior to 1882 was called Gensing Station Road, see F37. Branch Office of Hastings 1882 - 1906 + and thus used the number 342 of Hastings. Kings Sutton K85 Northts 1902 1906 1897 1913 Kingsbridge 418 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1900 Kings Rd, Leonards on Sea. St Kingscote 758 Glos 1844 1906 1844 G.P.O. Kingsland B13 Heref 1874 1906 1859 1876 Under Banbury 1851 - 1856. Woodstock 1856 - 1858. Banbury 1858 - 1906 + The cds accompanying the K85 3VOS can be either Charlton or Kings Sutton throughout the period of use. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Nothing recorded, presumably an 1844 type was issued. Under Stroud 1844. Dursley 1844 - 1845 Wooton under Edge 1845 - 1906 + Under Leominster 1846 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 42 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Kingston 422 Surrey 1844 1962 Kingston A01 Jamaica 1874 1902 Kingston, Norbiton 422 Surrey Kingswood, Bristol Kington Kington Kirby Moorside Kirby Moorside Kirk Michael Kirkby 419 419 420 935 D64 072 052 Bristol Heref Heref Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. I.O.M. Lancs 1924 1844 1924 1844 1882 1963 1962 Kirkby in Furness K61 Lancs Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Lonsdale 423 091 408 Kirkby Stephen FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1844 1896 1858 1860 1882 1896 1962 1906 1962 1857 1906 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1880 NONE NONE NONE 1907 NONE 1858 1910 NONE NONE 1902 1906 1894 1907 Westmd Westmd Westmd 1844 1882 1929 1857 1906 1962 1844 1879 NONE 1858 1905 NONE 437 Westmd 1844 1906 1844 1901 Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore 441 041 Westmd Westmd 1924 1882 1962 1906 NONE 1879 NONE 1886 Kirkoswald H86 Cumb 1887 1906 1886 1904 Kirton Lindsey 459 Lincs 1844 1906 1844 1904 Lincs Warwks China Yorks W.R. 1924 1959 1882 1844 1962 NONE NONE not GB 1844 NONE NONE not GB 1909 Kirton, Boston 412 Kitts Green, Birmingham 75KG Kiung Chow D28 Knaresborough 424 1902 1962 Knighton 480 Radnor 1844 1906 1844 1907 Knighton 431 Radnor 1929 1962 NONE NONE Knockersknowle B97 Devon 1863 G.P.O. Knottingley 076 Yorks W.R. 1874 1906 1857 1908 Knowle Knowle Knutsford Kyrenia La Guayra Lacock Lacovia Laindon Lake Side 79 980 425 974 C60 044 E30 432 K79 Warwks Warwks Ches Cyprus Venezuela Wilts Jamaica Essex Lancs 1844 1954 1844 1882 1874 1857 1874 1948 1902 1906 1962 1962 1887 1902 1857 1902 1959 1906 1844 NONE 1844 1878 1865 1855 not GB NONE 1897 1856 NONE 1900 1880 1875 1858 not GB NONE 1902 Lamberhurst 426 Kent 1844 1857 1844 1848 Lamberhurst 580 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1891 STATUS. In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the South Western District 1857 1865. Given the provincial number 422 in 1844. Solely in the Surrey Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. A 3HOS & a 3CD used on GB stamps from May 1858 to Aug1860 , later used on Jamaican stamps Under Kingston in the Provincial Area 1866 - 1896. Renamed Kingston Hill, Norbiton in 1896. A 3VOD with Norbiton Kingston on Thames in the cds was issued in Nov1882. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Previously called Sandside. Under Carnforth 1884 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Moved from Lancashire to Cumbria in 1974. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Burton 1855 - 1871. Carnforth 1871 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1850. Under Brough 1850 - 1855. Penrith 1855 - 1872. Tebay 1872 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Penrith 1844 - 1906 + Under Penrith 1844 - 1885. Carlisle 1885 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H86 issued in 1886)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lincoln 1844 - 1850. Head Post Office 1850 - 1867. Hull 1867 - 1874. Lincoln 1874 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was used only on Hong Kong stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1844 - 1851. Presteign 1851 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Plymouth 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1888. Renamed Crownhill in 1888. Lost its numeral allocation prior to the 1874 list. Under Ferrybridge 1844 - 1849. Pontefract 1849 - 1858. Normanton 1858 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Dec1856, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 3VOS used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jun1873 to Jan1875 Under Chippenham 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Ulverston 1892 - 1906 + Moved from Lancashire to Cumbria in 1974. Under Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1904. Wadhurst Station Road 1904 - 1906 + Under Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1904. Wadhurst Station Road 1904 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 43 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1962 1844 NONE 1876 NONE 1844 1962 1844 1908 Lancs Durham Sussex Glam Hants Staffs Staffs 1844 1882 1951 1874 1962 1906 1962 1906 1844 1844 1857 1857 1844 1877 NONE 1869 1872 1844 1844 1903 1918 NONE 1909 1881 1855 1848 B24 Som 1874 1906 1859 1904 J10 Durham 1892 1906 1887 1896 721 Som 1844 1962 1844 1881 437 Dorset 1924 1949 NONE NONE Langwathby H85 Cumb 1887 1906 1886 1904 Lark Lane, Liverpool Larlingford Larnaca Launceston 466F 792 942 439 Lancs Norfolk Cyprus Corn 1927 1844 1882 1844 1962 1857 1887 1962 NONE 1844 1878 1844 NONE 1852 1880 1909 Lavenham D91 Suffolk 1874 1906 1868 1903 Lawton Laxey 443 073 Ches I.O.M. 1844 1963 1857 1844 NONE 1860 NONE Lazonby H87 Cumb 1887 1906 1886 1906 Under Penrith 1856 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H87 issued in 1886)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Lea 313 Heref 1844 1857 1844 1844 Leadgate 189 Durham 1882 1906 1874 1895 Leamington Leamside Leatherhead Lechlade Leckhampton Ledbury Ledbury Leeds Leeds, Chapeltown Rd Leeds, Cross Gates Leeds, Hunslet Leeds, Hyde Park Leeds, Hyde Park Corner 444 E75 445 296 335 446 445 447 447 003 447 447 447 Warwks Durham Surrey Glos Glos Heref Heref Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. 1844 1874 1844 1844 1882 1844 1962 1906 1962 1906 1906 1962 1844 1962 1950 1959 1844 1869 1844 1844 1875 1844 1904 1844 1880 NONE 1880 1880 1890 1904 1893 1905 1904 G.P.O. 1912 1904 1949 1902 NONE 1906 1902 1902 From 1845 313 was used at Mitcheldean. Lea under Gloucester 1844 - 1856. Ross 1856 - 1906 + Under Durham 1846 - 1855. Gateshead 1855 - 1868. Blackhill Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1870. Durham 1870 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - (189 issued in 1874)- 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Changed to Leamington Spa in July 1885. Under Fence Houses 1866 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Farringdon 1844 - 1860. Swindon 1860 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Cheltenham 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 445 in a 3VOD instead of 446 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1875 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Chapeltown Rd. BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. Leeds, Market St 447 Yorks W.R. 1880 1880 Leek Leicester 448 449 Staffs Leics 1844 1844 1905 1955 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Lambourn Lambourn 392 22 Berks Berks 1844 1959 Lampeter 434 Card Lancaster Lanchester Lancing Landore Landport, Portsmouth Lane Delph Lane End 436 828 551 E34 625 552 553 Langford Langley Park Langport Langton Matravers FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1844 1962 1962 STATUS. Under Hungerford 1844 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Durham 1844 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1853 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 4VOD with Landport, Portsmouth in the cds was issued in Apr1872. Became Portsmouth Head Office in 1885. Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 -1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 -1855. Closed 1855. Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1848 Changed to Longton in about 1848. Under Bristol 1845 - 1854. Heytesbury 1854 - 1856. Bristol 1856 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1895. Bristol 1895 1906 + Under Durham 1876 - 1906 + Under Somerton 1844 - 1855. Taunton 1855 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Penrith 1847 - 1871. Closed 1871 - 1878. Penrith 1878 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H85 issued in 1886)1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Thetford 1844 - 1906 + Renamed Larling in 1894. 3VOS used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bury St.Edmunds 1844 - 1846. Sudbury 1846 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(D91 issued in 1868)- 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Stoke on Trent 1856 - 1878. Closed 1878. Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hunslet BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. Under Leeds 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hyde Park BO Leeds in the cds was sent used in Jan 1880. Under Leeds 1854 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Hyde Park Corner BO Leeds in the cds was first used in Jul 1890. Under Leeds 1872 - 1887. Replaced by Call Lane 1887. A 3VOD with Market St BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1859. Under Stoke on Trent 1859 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 44 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. Leicester 43 Leics NONE NONE Leigh 958 Lancs 1849 1962 1849 1889 A charge mark with the number 43 was sent to Leicester in Dec.1920. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Number 958 was in use at Leigh and Fence Houses Durham at the same time. Under Manchester 1844 - 1892. Head Post Office 1892 - 1906 + Under Rochford 1844 - 1855. Ingatestone 1855 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + "on Sea" added in 1896. Leigh F39 Essex 1874 1906 1871 stamp Leigh on Sea Leigh on Sea Leighton Buzzard Leintwardine Leintwardine 455 550 450 481 082 Essex Essex Beds Heref Heref 1924 1950 1844 1844 1874 1924 1959 1962 1857 1906 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1857 NONE NONE 1915 1857 1890 Leiston D16 Suffolk 1874 1906 1867 1911 Leiston 443 Suffolk 1924 1962 NONE NONE Lelant B93 Corn 1874 1906 1863 1920 Under Hayle 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B93 issued in 1863)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Alnwick 1854 - 1864. Closed, replaced by Biliton Railway Sub Office. Reopened in 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + South Eastern District of London 1857 - 1879. Ceased using district initials in 1875. (412 issued in 1875) Moved with Woolwich into the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1883. In 1883 Belvedere changed its name to Picardy, at the same time Lessness Heath became Belvedere SO. Belvedere SO was a Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1901. then a Town Receiving House of Belvedere Station 1901 - 1907. In 1907 the Office was renamed Bexley Road. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1844 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1855. Ludlow 1855 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1861. Shrewsbury 1861 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Saxmundham 1844 - 1851. Scole 1851 - 1858. Saxmundham 1858 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Leominster 454 Heref 1844 1962 1844 1906 Lesbury G35 Northumb 1874 1906 1873 1905 Lessness Heath 412 Kent 1882 1882 1875 1881 124 E03 460 498K Herts Pem Lancs Lancs 1924 1874 1924 1951 1962 1906 1951 1959 NONE 1868 NONE NONE NONE 1909 NONE NONE Lewdown 064 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1881 Lewes 451 Sussex 1844 1962 1844 1952 Under Launceston 1844 - 1850. Okehampton 1850 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Lewes Rd. Brighton 132 Sussex 1884 1895 Town Receiving House of Brighton 1867 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Lewes Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Sep 1884. Lewes Station Office Leyburn Leyburn Leyland 451 F57 456 455 Sussex Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Lancs 1884 1871 NONE NONE 1897 1907 NONE NONE Letchworth Letterston Levenshulme Levenshulme Leyton Lichfield Lichfield, Whittington Barracks 102 Essex 1874 1929 1929 1874 1906 1962 1962 1892 1874 1884 457 Staffs 1844 1949 1844 1965 867 Staffs 1924 1962 NONE NONE Lifton 065 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1880 Lifton Lilliput Limassol 435 A49 975 Devon Jamaica Cyprus 1933 1874 1882 1959 1892 1887 NONE 1859 1878 NONE 1860 1880 Limber 131 Lincs 1844 1906 1844 1848 Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Sorting Office 1884 - 1901. Closed 1901. A 3VOD with Lewes Station Office in the cds was sent in Apr 1884. Under Bedale 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. North Eastern District 1857 - Dec1866. Eastern District 1867 - 1906 + Used number 14 in London style cancellations when in the London District Post. Leyton was allocated number 102 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1892. However it never left London. Provincial style cancellations number 102 were issued in 1874 and used up to 1884. In 1875 it ceased using district initials. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Launceston 1844 - 1854. Exeter 1854 - 1856. Crediton 1856 -1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps 3VOS used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Latest cancellation recorded Feb1848, despite allocations up to 1906 list. Under Brigg 1844 -1851. Ulceby 1851 - 1892. Brocklesby 1892 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 45 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1962 1887 1844 1905 1908 1906 1924 NONE NONE No numeral cancellation recorded. SC = Sorting Carriage. 1928 1902 1926 1844 1874 1874 1874 1882 1954 1906 1962 1857 1906 1906 1874 1902 NONE 1894 NONE 1844 1868 1872 1872 1882 NONE 1908 NONE 1853 1898 G.P.O. 1880 1903 SC = Sorting Carriage. Under Ulverston 1879 - 1906 + Hants 1844 1962 1844 1904 Corn Hants Norfolk Salop Pem Staffs Heref Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Lancs Lancs Lancs Sussex Cambs Kent Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs 1844 1882 1882 1874 1874 1874 1892 1874 1874 1874 1844 1924 1928 1850 1902 1902 1844 1927 1929 1962 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1902 1892 1902 1857 1924 1962 1962 1924 1906 1962 1927 1962 1925 1962 1844 1875 1878 1857 1872 1869 1892 not GB 1859 not GB 1844 NONE NONE 1849 1894 1893 1844 NONE NONE 1874 NONE 1954 1880 stamp stamp 1901 stamp 1913 not GB 1860 not GB stamp NONE NONE 1906 1923 1910 1945 NONE NONE 1912 NONE 1883 1887 NONE 1864 1871 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1863 NONE 1883 1880 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1878 1873 G.P.O. NONE 1864 NONE NONE 1887 NONE NO. COUNTY Limpsfield Lincoln J08 458 Surrey Lincs 1892 1844 Lincoln & Tamworth SC. L02 Railway Lincoln & Tamworth SC. Lindal Lingfield Linton Linton Linton Lintz Green Station Lintz Green 012 K64 459 461 D88 F70 F77 F77 Railway Lancs Surrey Cambs Cambs Heref Durham Durham Liphook 462 463 543 940 083 F67 E31 K06 F80 A50 E58 649 G13 013 978 K68 K40 466 466D 466S 466 466B 466 Lancs 466L 466 466 466N 466F 466V 466P 466 Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs 446 Lancs 466M 466 466Q Lancs Lancs Lancs Liskeard Liss Litcham Little Brampton Little Haven Little Haywood Little Hereford Little London Little River Little River Littleborough Littleborough Littleborough Littlehampton Littleport Littlestone Liverpool Liverpool, Aigburth Liverpool, Blundellsands Liverpool, Bootle Liverpool, Bootle Liverpool, Bootle cum Linacre Liverpool, Eastern D.O. Liverpool, Eastern Dist. Liverpool, Exchange Liverpool, Garston Liverpool, Lark Lane Liverpool, Maghull Liverpool, Mossley Hill Liverpool, N.W.R.P.O. Liverpool, N.W.T.P.O. Liverpool, Northern D.O. Liverpool, Northern Dist. Liverpool, Old Swan FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1929 1929 1927 1962 1929 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1929 1962 1929 1962 STATUS. Under Reigate 1844 - 1858. Redhill 1858 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Lincoln Sorting Tender was issued in Aug1881. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Cambridge 1855 - 1906 + Under Ross 1846 - 1906 + Under Newcastle on Tyne 1872 - 1882. Renamed Lintz Green in 1882 Under Newcastle on Tyne 1882 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1904. Closed 1904. Head Post Office 1844 - 1871. Petersfield 1871 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Petersfield 1845 - 1881. Renamed West Liss in 1881. Under Swaffham 1844 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1852 - 1857. Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1878. Closed 1878. Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stafford 1869 - 1906 + Under Tenbury 1854 -1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 4VOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Rochdale 1844 - 1857. Manchester 1857 - 1902. Independent Sub Office 1902 - 1906 +. Under Arundel 1844 - 1871. Head Post Office 1871 - 1906 + Under Ely 1844 - 1906 + Under New Romney 1890 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Not in 1929 list Under Liverpool. An Office at Bootle 1844 - 1883 and 1891 - 1906 + . Under Liverpool. An Office established with this name 1883 - 1891. 3VOD with Bootle cum Linacre Liverpool in the cds was sent in Oct 1883. Liverpool was divided in to four districts East, North, South and West each with their own 4 & 3VODs. Ten different 4VOD's with Exchange Liverpool in their cds's were issued from Mar1871 NWRP = North Western Railway Post Office. A 4VOD with N.W.R.P. Liverpool in the cds was sent in Dec 1877. Error of number. NWTP = North Western Travelling Post Office. A 4VOD with N.W.T.P. Liverpool in the cds was sent in Jan 1873. Liverpool was divided in to four districts East, North, South and West each with their own 4 & 3VODs. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 46 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 NONE NONE NONE 1864 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1865 1865 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1887 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1883 1880 NONE 1906 1892 1906 1929 1959 NONE NONE 1882 1906 1880 1906 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Liverpool, Rock Ferry Liverpool, Seaforth Liverpool, Southern D.O. Liverpool, Southern Dist. Liverpool, Speke Liverpool, Walton Liverpool, Waterloo Liverpool, Wavertree Liverpool, West Derby Liverpool, Western D.O. Liverpool, Western Dist. Liverpool, Western Dist. Liverpool, Woolton 466D 466G 466K 466 466U 466A 466T 466C 466R 466E 466 466A 466X Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs 1929 1928 1929 1962 1962 1962 1959 1924 1929 1925 1929 1927 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 Liversedge K14 Yorks W.R. 1892 Liversedge 465 Yorks W.R. Llanarth D43 Card Llanarthney E41 Carm 1874 1906 1869 1891 Llanbadarn Fawr H14 Card 1887 1906 1886 1913 Llanbedr F52 Mer 1874 1906 1871 1902 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Liverpool was divided in to four districts East, North, South and West each with their own 4 & 3VODs. Liverpool was divided in to four districts East, North, South and West each with their own 4 & 3VODs. This number was used in a 4VOS issued in 1865 Under Normanton 1876 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1853 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Aberayron Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1876. New Quay Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1877. Llandyssil 1877 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + First sent to Workington in error in May1884, used in Llanbadarn Fawr by Feb1886. Under Aberystwith 1853 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1845 - 1856. Carnarvon 1856 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F52 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Llanbedr 464 Mer 1928 1962 NONE NONE Llanbrynmair C12 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1904 Llanbyther Llandderfel E18 H33 Carm Mer 1874 1887 1906 1906 1868 1884 1909 1890 Llanddewi Brefi F34 Card 1874 1906 1871 1883 Llandebie E56 Carm 1869 1882 Llandebie H72 Carm 1887 1906 1886 1890 Llandilo 467 Carm 1844 1962 1844 1905 Llandinam C13 Mont 1874 1906 1864 1903 Llandovery 468 Carm 1844 1962 1844 1907 Llandrillo J29 Mer 1892 1906 1888 1893 Llandrindod E62 Radnor 1874 1906 1869 1905 Under Builth 1847 - 1853. Rhayader 1853 - 1855. Hay 1855. Brecon 1855. Closed 1855 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 (E62 issued in 1869)- 1892. Llandrindod Wells Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Llandrindod Wells Llandudno Llandudno Llandudno 480 B47 B46 470 Radnor Carn Carn Carn 1924 1874 1962 1924 1962 NONE 1905 1880 NONE Under Conway 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1880. Head Post Office 1880 - 1906 + Error of number B46 in a 3VOS instead of B47 1926 NONE 1861 1875 NONE Under Newtown 1844 - 1852. Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C12 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1851 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1854 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1850 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Lampeter Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1876. Llanio Road Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Llanio Road Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llandilo 1844 - 1852. Carmarthen 1852 - 1853. Llanelly 1853 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1867. Llanelly 1867 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905, Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Llandebie was allocated E56 in 1869 but the number was void in the 1874 list. It was allocated to Treforest in 1880 and this was in the 1882 list. However Llandebie continued to use number E56 until 1882, after a 3VOS number E56 had been sent to Treforest in 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newtown 1846 - 1852 . Shrewsbury 1852 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 --(C13 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Carmarthen 1855. Brecon 1856. Carmarthen 1857 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1852 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 47 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 NONE NONE 1924 1868 1907 1928 1962 1844 1962 NONE 1877 1844 1874 NONE 1882 1899 1895 Anglesey 1874 1906 1871 1909 Under Bangor 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F27 issued in 1871) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Anglesey Carn Anglesey Carm Card 1887 1882 1874 1882 1882 1906 1962 1906 1906 1906 1887 1875 1871 1878 1881 1901 1906 1907 1901 1907 H94 Card 1887 1906 1887 1919 D32 Carm 1882 1906 1882 1897 Llanfyllin F65 Mont 1874 1924 1872 1905 Llanfyrnach 318 Pem 1882 1906 1875 1902 Llangadock 471 Carm 1844 1906 Under Holyhead 1868 - 1887. Tycroes Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1856 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1855 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F25 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwyth 1881 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Under Machynlleth 1887 - 1890. Borth Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3VOS was entered in the Proof Books with a cds of Llanfihangel and Borth RSO. Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1844 - 1851. Oswestry 1851 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1887. Oswestry 1887 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904 - 1906 + Under Cardigan 1875 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Carmarthen 1853 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Llangadock 041 Carm 1962 Llangammarch E63 Brec 1874 Llangefni Llangefni B50 471 Anglesey Anglesey 1874 1924 Llangeitho G11 Card Llangennech 465 Carm Llangollen 472 Denbigh 1844 1962 1844 1905 Llangranog F60 Card 1874 1906 1872 1896 Llangunllo E60 Radnor 1874 1906 1869 1898 Llangwyllog J53 Anglesey 1892 1906 1889 1906 Llanidloes 710 Mont 1844 1962 1844 1907 Llanilar D53 Card 1882 1906 1881 1902 Llanilo Road G11 Card 1874 1906 1873 1906 Llanon E23 Card 1874 1906 1868 1904 Llanpumpsaint E59 Carm 1874 1906 1869 1897 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Llandudno Junction 014 Carn 1959 Llandyssil D25 Card 1874 Llandyssil Llandyssil Sorting Tender Llanelly Llanelly Docks 525 D25 469 469 Card Card Carm Carm Llanerchymedd F27 Llanfaelog Llanfairfechan Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Llanfallteg Llanfarian H89 453 F25 919 A93 Llanfihangel Llanfihangel ar Arth FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1882 1844 1907 NONE NONE 1906 1869 1905 1906 1962 1861 NONE 1907 NONE 1873 1906 1875 stamp 1906 STATUS. Under Lampeter 1844 - 1852. Newcastle Emlyn 1852 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1868. Head Post Office 1868 -(D25 issued in 1868)- 1906 + A 3VOS and 4VOD issued in Jan1877 for use on Llandyssil Sorting Tender Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOD was issued with Llanelly Dock in cds (Feb1874) & a 3VOD with Llanelly Docks (Jan1879) Under Brecon 1856 - 1858. Hereford 1858. Kington 1858 - 1860. Builth Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1869. Knighton Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E63 issued in 1869)- 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Wells added in May 1893. Under Bangor 1845 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B50 issued in 1861)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Can have either or both cds's of Llangeitho or Llanio Rd. Llangeitho was under Lampeter 1853 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Lampeter Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1876. Llanio Road Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Llanio Road Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llanelly 1867 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 -(465 issued in 1875)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1848. Ruabon 1848 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1906 + Under Newcastle Emlyn 1854 - 1856. Carmarthen 1856 - 1868. Llandyssil 1868 - 1904. Henllan Railway Sub Office 1904 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E60 issued in 1869)- 1874. Knighton Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1844. Newtown 1845 - 1849. Shrewsbury 1849 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1854 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1888. Aberystwyth 1888 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Can have either or both cds's of Llangeitho or Llanio Rd. Llanilo Road was a Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1852 - 1856. Carmarthen 1856. Aberystwyth 1856 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E59 issued in 1869)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 48 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. 1906 1868 1904 Under Lampeter 1853 - 1855. Aberystwith 1855 - 1856. Carmarthen 1856 - 1872. Aberystwyth 1872 - 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 + 1962 1844 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1907 Glam 1882 1906 1874 1899 G81 Carn 1887 1902 1883 G.P.O. H32 Carm 1887 1906 1884 G.P.O. Llantrissant F92 Glam 1874 1906 1872 1913 Llantwit Vardre H42 Glam 1887 1906 1885 G.P.O. Llanuwchllyn D07 Mer 1867 stamp Llanuwchllyn Llanwddyn Reservoir Llanwnda J38 H40 K24 Mer Mont Carn 1892 1887 1892 1906 1906 1906 1888 1885 1893 1899 G.P.O. 1908 Llanwnen E19 Card 1874 1906 1868 1870 Llanwrda B36 Carm 1882 1906 1879 stamp Llanwrtyd Wells E65 Brec 1874 1906 1869 1907 Llanymynech F64 Mont 1874 1906 1872 1904 Llechryd E27 Card 1874 1906 1869 1908 Llwyngwril D82 Mer 1874 1906 1868 1906 Llyswen D08 Brec 1874 1906 1867 1905 Loddiswell Loddon K89 578 Devon Norfolk 1902 1844 1906 1857 NONE 1844 NONE 1856 Loftus H20 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1884 1910 1892 1906 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Llanrhystyd E24 Card 1874 Llanrumney Llanrwst 119 597 Monm Denbigh Llansamlet 234 Llansantffraid Llansawel Login London London and Queenborough S.T. London Dover Day S.C. London&Dover TPO London&ExeterTPO London&Holyhead TPO 1891 1903 c.1900 c.1910 Under Conway 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Neath 1861 - 1877. Swansea 1877 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Conway 1852 - 1906 +. Under Carmarthen 1858. Closed 1859 - 1865. Carmarthen 1865 - 1879. Llandilo Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1845 - 1850. Pontypridd 1850 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1886. Pontyclun 1886 - 1902, Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Pontypridd 1868 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1851 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1872. Corwen 1872 - 1883. Bala 1883 - 1906 + Very brief allocation, numeral issued in 1867 and number void in 1874 list. Under Corwen 1851 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1872. Corwen 1872 - 1883. Bala 1883 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1883 -1887. Oswestry 1887 - 1888. Closed 1888. Under Carnarvon 1889 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1878. Llanbyther Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 -(B36 issued in 1879)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Llandovery 1853 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1856. Brecon 1856 - 1858. Kington 1858 - 1860. Builth Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1869. Knighton Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E65 issued in 1869)- 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Oswestry 1844 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1887. Oswestry 1887 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1848 - 1852. Newcastle Emlyn 1852 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1868. Llandyssil 1868 - 1878. Cardigan 1878 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1903. Boncath Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1857. Corwen 1858 - 1867. Dolgelly Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hay 1852 - 1855. Brecon 1855 - 1858. Hereford 1858 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(D82 issued in 1867)1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Kingsbridge 1854 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1851. Redcar 1851 - 1868. Saltburn Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Clears 1874 - 1878. Whitland Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A01 used in a 3HOS in London, as an inspectors mark in the early 1900's 1906 NONE NONE No numeral cancellation recorded. ST = Sorting Tender. 1906 1906 1902 1902 NONE 1865 1873 1895 NONE 1871 1877 1902 c.1867 c.1870 1882 G.P.O. No numeral obliterators. Number C72 used in a Tax stamp. SC = Sorting Carriage. A 4VOS was issued in Oct1865 and was in use until 1871 A 3VOS was issued in Feb1873, H.S.Wilson suggests that it was used at Paddington Station A 3VOS was issued in Nov1895. 4VOS's were in use in the second half of the 1860's on printed matter at the Chief Office in London. All except number D45 have been seen used. Under Daventry 1844 - 1859. Rugby 1859 - 1906 + 42 Carm A01 London L01 Railway 1906 C72 C68 G01 K48 Railway Railway Railway Railway 1906 1874 1874 1902 1882 1906 D27 to D56 London, Chief Office Long Buckby FIRST LIST LAST LIST G49 Northts ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 49 Recorded used in tax stamps. POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Long Compton NO. COUNTY J23 Warwks 1892 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 NONE NONE FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. No numeral obliterators recorded. Under Chipping Norton 1844 - 1857. Shipston on Stour 1857 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1897. Shipston on Stour 1897 - 1906 + Under Derby 1857 - 1863. Nottingham 1863 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1902. Nottingham 1902 - 1906 + Under Sudbury 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wisbeach 1844 - 1906 + Long Eaton 421 Derbys 1882 1962 1875 1905 Long Melford D90 Suffolk 1874 1906 1868 1900 Long Stratton Long Sutton Long Sutton 473 959 473 Norfolk Lincs Lincs 1844 1882 1933 1906 1906 1962 1844 1878 NONE 1882 1905 NONE Longcot B37 Berks 1874 1906 1860 1873 Longfield Longfield H21 039 Kent Kent 1887 1962 1906 1884 NONE 1899 NONE Longhope 7 Glos 1874 1906 1873 stamp Under Gloucester 1847 - 1853. Newnham 1853 - 1864. Gloucester 1864 - 1877. Mitcheldean Railway Sub Office 1877 1886. Gloucester 1886 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Longport 555 Staffs 1844 1887 Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1899. Town Receiving House of Stoke 1899 - 1906 + Longridge 432 Lancs 1963 Longton 553 Staffs 1874 Longton 547B Staffs Longtown 954 Looe Looe Lostwithiel Loughborough Railway Sub Office 1860 -(B37 issued)- 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 - 1875. Farringdon 1875 - 1906+ from Berks. to Oxon. in 1974. Under Dartford 1884 -(H21 issued in 1884)- 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Moved 1844 stamp NONE NONE 1887 1848 1900 1925 1962 NONE NONE Cumb 1847 1906 1846 1910 464 043 474 475 Corn Corn Corn Leics 1844 1882 1844 1844 1857 1962 1962 1962 1844 1878 1844 1844 1859 G.P.O. 1905 1960 Loughor 361 Glam 1882 1906 1875 1899 Loughton D77 Essex 1874 1906 1868 1915 Loughton Louth Lower Camden, Chislehurst Lower Clevedon 476 477 Essex Lincs 1924 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1913 D05 Kent 1884 1907 A 3VOD with Lower Camden Chislehurst in the cds was issued in Aug1884 020 Som 1855 1874 1853 1860 Lower Edmonton G80 Middx 1887 1887 1883 1889 Lower Rd. Charlton 379 Kent 1882 1890 Lowestoft Lucea 478 A51 Suffolk Jamaica 1844 1874 1962 1892 1844 1859 1959 1860 Under Bristol 1849 - 1860. Closed 1860. Receiving House in the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then Northern District 1857 - 1906 + Had its own cancellation from 1883 when a Lower Edmonton duplex was issued. Always in London despite having a provincial style cancellation number G80 Under Old Charlton 1882 - 1892. A 3VOD issued in 1882 used until 1890. Replaced by Woolwich Road Old Charlton in 1892 (this Office used number J86). Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Luddenden J90 Yorks W.R. 1892 1906 1891 1908 Under Halifax 1844 - 1857. Manchester 1857 - 1898. Sowerby Bridge 1898 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Luddendenfoot J91 Yorks W.R. 1892 1906 1891 1906 Under Halifax 1844 - 1857. Manchester 1857 - 1898. Sowerby Bridge 1898 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Luddendenfoot Ludlow Luton 215 479 482 Yorks W.R. Salop Beds 1963 1844 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1908 1953 Under Newcastle under Lyne 1848 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1906 + :- As a Branch Office 1893 - 1906 + Lane End until 1848. Called Carlisle 1844 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1873. Carlisle 1873 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1902. Carlisle 1902 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Liskeard 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1849. Llanelli 1849 - 1857. Closed 1857 - 1867. Llanelli 1867 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 -(365 issued in 1875)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. North Eastern District 1857 - 1866. On the demise of the North Eastern District in Dec 1866, Loughton became a Receiving House under Woodford Green in the Provincial Area 1867 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 50 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED Lutterworth 483 Leics 1844 1962 1844 1906 Lydbury North 084 Salop 1874 1906 1857 1912 Lydd Lydney Lyme Lymington Lymm Lymm H36 559 484 485 K08 489 Kent Glos Dorset Hants Ches Ches 1887 1844 1844 1844 1892 1924 1906 1962 1962 1962 1906 1962 1885 1844 1844 1844 1892 NONE 1909 1905 1906 1901 1906 NONE Lympstone B68 Devon 1874 1906 1862 1885 STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ludlow 1844 - 1850. Shrewsbury 1850 - 1857. Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under New Romney 1844 - 1861. Folkestone 1861 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 -1906+ Under Chepstow 1844 - 1851. Newnham 1851. Head Post Office 1851 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. Became Lyme Regis in 1893. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Warrington 1844 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1845 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1875. Exeter 1875 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1865. Lymington 1865 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + No numeral cancellation recorded Lyndhurst 487 Hants 1844 1962 1844 1905 Lynmouth K72 Devon 1902 1906 NONE NONE Lynmouth 970 Devon 1848 1860 970 allocated to Washford but not used there, Only used at Lynmouth to Mar1860. Lynmouth was under Barnstaple 1848 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Lynn 488 Norfolk 1844 1962 1844 1887 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Name changed to Kings Lynn in 1885, which was after the issue of the last duplex. Lynton Lytham Mablethorpe Macclesfield Macclesfield, Chestergate 944 G88 490 491 491 Devon Lancs Lincs Ches Ches 1845 1887 1950 1844 1962 1924 1959 1962 1844 1883 NONE 1844 1883 1887 1911 NONE 1891 1891 Machynlleth 853 Mont 1844 1962 1844 1910 Madeley 281 Salop 1882 1906 1874 1906 Madley Maesllyn Maesteg Maesycrugiau Maesycwmmer Maghull, Liverpool Maidenhead Maidstone Maidstone Station Office Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats 36 H02 433 F31 156 466V 492 493 493 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 Heref Card Glam Carm Monm Lancs Berks Kent Kent Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. 1874 1887 1882 1874 1882 1962 1844 1844 1906 1906 1962 1906 1906 1962 1962 1962 1874 1884 1875 1871 1874 NONE 1844 1844 1884 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 G.P.O. 1896 1905 1898 1886 NONE 1957 1957 1899 1859 1868 1870 1869 G.P.O. 1870 1869 1862 1870 G.P.O. 1864 Mailboats A91 Atlantic 1859 1862 Under Barnstaple 1844 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Preston 1844 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1898. Head Post Office 1898 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Chestergate BO, Macclesfield in the cds was issued in Jul1883 Under Welshpool 1844 - 1849. Shrewsbury 1849 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Ironbridge 1844 - 1849. Shifnal 1849 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1852. Wellington 1852 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(281 issued in 1874) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 +. Under Hereford 1846 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Under Llandyssil 1884 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bridgend 1844 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newport 1868 - 1874. Cardiff 1874 - 1906 +. By 1921 a Town Receiving House under Hengoed Glam. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Sorting Office 1884 - c.1899. Closed c.1899. 3HOS issued in Mar1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Mar1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Mar1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Mar1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Not recorded in use 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Apr1859 for use on GB stamps. Not recorded in use 3HOS issued Apr - Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870. Afterwards a similar cancellation was used on the stamps of Virgin Islands. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 51 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats A92 A93 A94 Mailboats A95 Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Mailboats Maldon A96 A97 A98 A99 B03 B12 B16 B17 B18 B27 B28 B29 B30 B56 B57 B61 C79 494 Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Mediterr. & Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Mediterr. Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Mediterr. Mediterr. Atlantic Mediterr. Essex 1844 Malmesbury 192 Wilts 1844 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1859 1859 1859 1866 1867 1862 1859 1869 1962 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1859 1860 1861 1861 1862 1866 1844 1863 1863 1862 1869 1869 1868 1870 G.P.O. G.P.O. G.P.O. G.P.O. stamp stamp 1867 1866 stamp 1870 1905 1962 1844 1907 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Malpas 310 Ches 1882 1962 1875 1899 Malta Malton A25 495 Mediterr. Yorks N.R. 1874 1844 1902 1962 1859 1844 1884 1903 Malton, Norton 495 Yorks N.R. 1887 1887 Malvern Link B85 Worcs 1874 1902 1869 1904 Malvern Wells B72 Worcs 1874 1902 1863 1894 Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Ches Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs 1844 1947 1951 1924 1951 1924 1959 1874 1959 1874 1924 1874 1929 1951 1962 1962 1959 1962 1959 1962 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1871 NONE 1866 NONE 1866 NONE NONE 1980 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1904 NONE 1887 NONE 1902 NONE NONE Manchester 498 Manchester, Audenshaw 36 Manchester, Central D.O. 498E Manchester, Denton 234 Manchester, Eastern D.O. 498H Manchester, Eccles 252 Manchester, Hadfield 974 Manchester, Hyde F43 Manchester, Irlam 033 Manchester, Middleton C74 Manchester, Middleton 510 Manchester, Newchurch C75 Manchester, Newton St 498D Manchester, Northern D.O. 498G 1924 1962 1906 1962 1902 1962 1959 STATUS. 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870. Originally used on the Atlantic Cunard Packets, however there is an 1869 cover from Hong Kong which was probably cancelled in the Mediterranean 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jun1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Aug1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Oct1859 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Nov1859 for use on GB stamps. Mailboat use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Dec1859 but not recorded in use. 3HOS issued in Dec1859 but not recorded in use. 3HOS issued in Dec1859 but not recorded in use. 3HOS issued in Dec1859 but not recorded in use. 3HOS issued in Dec1859 but only recorded on loose Canadian stamps. 3HOS issued in Jan1860 but not recorded in use. 3HOS issued in Jul 1861 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Jul 1861 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 3HOS issued in Mar1862 for use on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 4VOS issued in Jun1866 for used on GB stamps. Use stopped in 1870 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Chippenham 1844 - 1865. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + From 1872 the new spelling - Malmesbury occurs in duplex cancellations. Under Whitchurch 1844 - 1845. Chester 1845 - 1852. Whitchurch 1852 - 1885. Crewe 1885 - 1887. Independent Sub Office 1887 - 1892. Head Post Office 1892 - 1906 + 3HOS,3VOS,3CD & 3VOD were used on GB stamps until 1884 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Malton 1852 - 1906+. Became a Town Receiving House 1885 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Norton Malton in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Malvern 1844 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1878. Malvern 1878 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1899 - 1906 + Under Great Malvern 1844 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1886. Malvern 1886 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1899 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1845 - 1906 + Under Rochdale 1844 -1848. Manchester 1848 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 52 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 NONE NONE 1906 1871 1921 1874 1874 1924 1951 1906 1906 1962 1959 1866 1866 NONE NONE 1908 1902 NONE NONE Lancs 1927 1962 NONE NONE 498C Lancs 1936 1962 NONE NONE 498B Lancs 1934 1962 NONE NONE 758 Lancs 1924 1962 NONE NONE Manchester, Swinton 767 Lancs 1924 1962 NONE NONE Manchester, Whitefield Manchioneal Mandeville Mangotsfield Manningtree Manorbier 866 A52 A53 K46 503 718 Lancs Jamaica Jamaica Glos Essex Pem 1924 1874 1874 1902 1844 1882 1962 1892 1892 1906 1962 1966 NONE 1859 1859 NONE 1844 1876 NONE 1860 1860 NONE 1903 1899 Manordilo E43 Carm 1869 1894 Mansfield Mansfield 504 193 Notts Notts 1844 1962 1844 NONE 1908 NONE Marazion 507 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1912 March 505 Cambs 1844 1962 1844 1962 Marden G68 Kent 1887 1906 1883 1908 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Manchester, Openshaw 498A Lancs 1931 Manchester, Patricroft F45 Lancs 1874 Manchester, Prestwich Manchester, Radcliffe Manchester, Radcliffe Manchester, Salford Manchester, South Eastern D.O. Manchester, South Western D.O Manchester, Southern D.O. Manchester, Stretford C76 C77 652 498F Lancs Lancs Lancs Lancs 498SE FIRST LIST LAST LIST Marden 289 Kent 1963 Mardy B18 Glam 1882 1906 Margate Margate, Northumberland Road Marina, St Leonards on Sea. Market Deeping Market Drayton Market Harborough Market Rasen 506 Kent 1844 1962 506 Kent 342 Sussex 508 509 511 512 Lincs Salop Leics Lincs Market St. Leeds 447 Yorks W.R. Market Weighton 514 Yorks E.R. 1844 Markyate Street Marlborough Marlborough Lines 513 516 517 Herts Wilts Wilts 1844 1844 1924 1844 1844 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1880 stamp STATUS. Under Manchester 1855 - 1895. Eccles 1895 - 1900. Manchester 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Bristol 1860 - 1890. Fishponds Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1894. Town Receiving House of Bristol 1894 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Tenby 1850 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 -(718 issued in 1876)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Was Glanbryden. Under Carmarthen 1867 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 193 was sent to Mansfield in Jun.1915. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Truro 1855 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 -(G68 issued in 1883)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1879 - 1893. Maesteg Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Ferndale 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Margate 1868 - 1901. Replaced by Paragon in 1901. 3VOD with Northumberland Rd. Margate in the cds sent in Jun 1884. 1844 1902 1884 1888 1882 1892 A 3VOD with St.Leonards on Sea Marina in the cds sent in Jun 1882. 1844 1844 1844 1844 1908 1906 1903 1880 1880 1880 1934 1844 1905 1857 1962 1959 1844 1844 NONE 1854 1895 NONE Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1860. Under Rugby 1860 - 1865. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1872 - 1887. Replaced by Call Lane 1887. A 3VOD with Market St BO Leeds in the cds was sent in Jan 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under York 1856. Brough 1857 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Dunstable 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 1906 1962 1962 1962 ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 53 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1857 1844 1844 1888 1853 1874 1906 1868 1914 Som 1844 1962 1844 1879 J77 519 A92 520 B86 B53 A54 640 F85 Yorks N.R. Cumb Yorks N.R. Derbys Derbys Indian Ocean Jamaica Jamaica Porto Rico 1892 1844 1882 1844 1874 1874 1874 1882 1874 1924 1962 1906 1962 1902 1902 1892 1902 1902 1891 1844 1881 1844 1863 not GB 1859 not GB 1872 1928 1905 1909 1919 1877 not GB 1860 not GB 1877 Mayfield K44 Sussex 1902 1906 1893 1907 Mayfield Medina 500 631 Sussex Jamaica 1924 1882 1962 1902 NONE not GB NONE not GB Medomsley J78 Durham 1892 1906 1891 1913 Melbourne Melksham Melplash Melton Constable Melton Mowbray Menai Bridge Menai Bridge Mere Mersham Merstham Merthyr Tydvil 243 521 K18 514 522 B51 533 984 H35 513 523 Derbys Wilts Dorset Norfolk Leics Anglesey Anglesey Wilts Kent Surrey Glam 1844 1844 1892 1949 1844 1874 1924 1855 1887 1882 1844 1906 1962 1924 1962 1962 1906 1962 1906 1906 1906 1962 1844 1844 1892 NONE 1844 1861 NONE 1851 1884 1875 1844 1909 1907 1923 NONE 1911 1907 NONE 1909 1895 1910 1903 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Marlow Marsden 518 388 Bucks Yorks W.R. 1844 1844 Marske by the Sea D59 Yorks N.R. Martock 726 Marton Maryport Masham Matlock Bath Matlock Bridge Mauritius May Hill May Pen Mayaguez FIRST LIST LAST LIST Merton 809 Surrey 1882 1887 1877 1890 Mevagissey Mexborough Micheldever Station Micklegate, York Middleham Middlesborough Middleton, Manchester Middleton, Manchester Middlewich Midhurst Midland Road, Derby 673 515 22 930 962 946 C74 510 524 527 242 Corn Yorks W.R. Hants Yorks York Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Lancs Lancs Ches Sussex Derbys 1844 1924 1874 1906 1962 1906 1849 1845 1874 1924 1844 1844 1929 1962 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1856 1879 1847 1845 1866 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1876 NONE 1906 1887 1918 1907 1887 NONE 1907 1879 NONE STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Maidenhead 1856 - 1863. Head Post Office 1863 - 1906 + Under Huddersfield 1844 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1852. Redcar 1852 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(D59 issued in 1868)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under South Petherton 1844 - 1851 Ilminster 1851 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Middlesborough 1855 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bedale 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Matlock Bath 1857 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1889 - 1906. Renamed Matlock in 1906. 3HOS, 3CD, 4CD & 4VOD were used on stamps of Mauritius only A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. 3VOS on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jan1873 to May1877 Under Uckfield 1844 - 1850. Hurst Green 1850 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Gateshead 1846 - 1868. Burnopfield Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1872. Newcastle on Tyne 1872 - 1889. Lintz Green Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Derby 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bridport 1852 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B51 issued in 1861)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wincanton 1844 - 1855. Bath 1855 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904 - 1906+ Under Ashford 1845 - 1906 + Under Reigate 1844 - 1858. Redhill 1858 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Tooting in London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then in Southern District 1857 - 1859. As a Suburban District in Southern District 1859 - 1868 (allocated number 25B in 1861), South Western District 1868 - 1877, Wimbledon District 1877 - 1879. and Wandsworth District 1879 - 1891. A Receiving House under Wimbledon 1891 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House 1894 - 1906 +. Merton was always in London, despite being issued Provincial style cancellations with the number 809. Provincial number 809 was issued in 1877 and used until 1890. Under St.Austell 1844 - 1905. Railway Sub Office 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1854/6 - 1906+ Was previously Andover Road. Under York 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Micklegate, York in the cds was sent in Oct 1879. Under Bedale 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Stockton 1845. Head Post Office 1845 -(946 issued in 1845)- 1906 + Under Manchester 1845 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 54 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED Milborne Port 885 Som 1844 1857 1844 1858 Mildenhall 528 Suffolk 1844 1924 1844 1851 Mile Gully Milford Haven A55 529 Jamaica Pem 1874 1844 1892 1962 1859 1844 1860 1908 Milford Junction 015 Yorks W.R. 1855 1887 1853 1860 Milk River Mill Street, Aberdare 201 E02 Jamaica Glam 1882 1874 1887 1902 not GB 1868 not GB G.P.O. Mill Street, Aberdare 985 Glam 1887 G.P.O. Millom D01 Cumb 1882 1906 1879 1906 Millom Milnthorpe 530 530 Cumb Westmd 1924 1844 1962 1906 NONE 1844 NONE 1902 Milton, Sittingbourne 713 Kent 1882 G.P.O. Milverton 862 Som 1844 1906 1844 1891 Minchinhampton 172 Glos 1844 1906 1844 1852 Minehead Minster, Ramsgate 779 K49 Som Kent 1844 1902 1962 1906 1844 1893 1908 1907 Mirfield C47 Yorks W.R. 1874 1906 1865 1911 Mirfield 528 Yorks W.R. 1929 1962 NONE NONE Missenden 16 Bucks 1844 1962 1844 1909 Mitcham D24 Surrey 1874 1906 1868 1909 Mitcham 513 Surrey 1924 1962 NONE NONE Mitcheldean 097 Glos 1882 1906 1879 1909 Mochdrai Modbury 183 282 Denbigh Devon 1844 1844 1902 1857 1844 1844 stamp 1858 STATUS. Under Wincanton 1844 - 1850. Sherbourne 1850 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Soham 1855 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Mar1851, despite being in all the lists to 1924. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1853 -(O15 issued)- 1861. Closed 1861 when South Milford became a Railway Sub Office. Number O15 was transferred to South Milford. A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Pontypridd 1853. Aberdare 1854 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1869 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1853. Aberdare 1854 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House of Aberdare 1869 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Mill St. Aberdare in the cds was sent in Mar 1887, it has not been recorded in use. Prior to 1876 called Holborn Hill. Under Carnforth 1876 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Sittingbourne 1868 - 1906+ A 3VOD with Milton Sittingbourne in the cds was sent in Dec 1882. Under Wellington 1844 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Although in all lists to 1906, the last cancellation recorded was in Apr1852. Under Chalford 1844 - 1855. Stroud 1855 1906 + Under Taunton 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Margate 1844. Ramsgate 1845 - 1906 +. Under Dewsbury 1844 - 1855. Normanton 1855 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1899. Leeds 1899 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed to Great Missenden in the1887 list. Under Amersham 1844 - 1875. Independent Sub Office 1875 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Southern District 1857 - 1868. Used 29 in a London style cancellation.On the demise of the Southern District in 1868. It became a Head Post Office in the Surrey Provincial Area 1868 -(D24 issued in 1868)1906 + Under Gloucester 1844 - 1854. Newnham 1854 - 1864. Gloucester 1864 - 1865. Ross 1865 - 1877. Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1900. Gloucester 1900 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + . Used number 313 from 1845 to 1851 Under Chester 1844 - 1848. Conway 1848 - 1897. Colwyn Bay 1897 - 1906 + Under Ermebridge 1844 - 1855. Ivybridge 1855 - 1906 + Mold 531 Flint 1844 1962 1844 1905 Head Post Office 1844 - 1848. Under Flint 1848 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1888. Head Post Office 1888 - 1906 + Moneague Monksheath Monmouth A56 217 532 Jamaica Ches Monm 1874 1844 1844 1892 1857 1962 1859 1844 1844 1860 1847 1906 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Congleton 1844 - 1860. Closed in 1860. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Monmouth 1851 - 1855. Closed 1855 - 1881. Monmouth 1881 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Over Monnow, Monmouth in the cds was sent in Feb 1887. Monmouth, Over Monnow 532 Monm 1887 1891 Monmouth, Wye Bridge Street 532 Monm 1887 G.P.O. Montague St. Worthing 923 Sussex 1883 1887 Montego Bay Montevideo Montford Bridge A57 C28 811 Jamaica Uruguay Salop 1859 1864 1877 1860 1872 1879 1874 1874 1882 1892 1902 1906 Under Monmouth 1884 - 1890. Closed 1890. A 3VOD with Wye Bridge St. Monmouth in the cds was sent in Feb 1887. Was West Buildings. Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Montague St. Worthing in the cds was sent in May 1883. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3TH.HOS was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jul1865 to Jan1872 Under Shrewsbury 1849 - 1877. Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1887. Shrewsbury 1887 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 55 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1916 1874 1874 1874 1892 1902 1892 1859 1858 1859 1860 1859 1860 NO. COUNTY Montgomery 854 Mont 1844 Montpelier Montserrat Morant Bay A58 A08 A59 Jamaica Leeward Is. Jamaica Morchard Bishop FIRST LIST LAST LIST 067 Devon 1874 1906 1856 1906 Morden Morecambe Morecambe 759C G51 508 Surrey Lancs Lancs 1948 1882 1925 1962 1924 1962 NONE 1882 NONE NONE 1909 NONE Moreton Hampstead B28 Devon 1882 1906 1879 stamp 534 466W J13 536 537 121 531 Glos Ches Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Northumb Northumb Northumb 1844 1962 1892 1924 1844 1962 1962 1906 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1890 NONE 1844 1854 1861 1906 NONE 1910 NONE 1905 1856 1864 Morriston E35 Glam 1874 1906 1869 1907 Morriston Morthoe Mortimer Moseley B.O. Moseley, Birmingham 501 J57 E80 496 75M Glam Devon Berks Warwks Warwks 1924 1892 1874 1924 1924 1962 1906 1906 1924 1962 NONE 1889 1869 NONE NONE NONE stamp 1898 NONE NONE Mossley C45 Lancs 1874 1906 1865 1902 Mossley Mossley Hill, Liverpool Mostyn Quay Mountain Ash Mounts Mounts Mountsorrel Much Marcle 507 466P C25 246 B84 B82 476 G20 Lancs Lancs Flint Glam Devon Devon Leics Heref 1924 1929 1874 1882 1874 1962 1962 1924 1962 1906 1844 1874 1906 1906 NONE NONE 1864 1874 1863 1863 1844 1873 NONE NONE 1924 1907 1903 1880 1853 1921 Much Wenlock 276 Salop 1882 1906 1875 1906 Mumbles K37 Glam 1902 1906 1893 1909 Mumbles, Swansea 763 Glam 1875 1892 Mundford Murton 934 K35 Norfolk Durham 1882 1906 1924 1906 1878 NONE 1916 NONE Murton Colliery K35 Durham 1902 1902 1893 1905 Mytholmroyd Mytholmroyd Naguabo Nailsea Nant Gate J92 555 582 B20 F29 Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Porto Rico Som Anglesey 1892 1938 1882 1874 1874 1906 1959 1887 1906 1902 1891 NONE 1875 1859 1871 1913 NONE 1876 1901 G.P.O. Moreton in Marsh Moreton, Wirral Morley Morley, Leeds Morpeth Morpeth Morpeth STATUS. Under Welshpool 1844 - 1845. Shrewsbury 1845 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS used on GB stamps from Sep1858 to Jul1859, later used on Montserrat & Leeward Is.stamps A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1857. Crediton 1857 - 1860. (See Crediton) Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lancaster 1854 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1844 - 1884. Newton Abbot 1884 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 121 in a 3HOS instead of 537 Error of number 531 instead of 537 in a 3CD Under Swansea 1846 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E35 issued in 1869)- 1874. Swansea 1874 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ilfracombe 1852 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Reading 1844 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Reading 1905 - 1906 + Branch Office Under Manchester 1844 - 1854. Ashton under Lyne 1854 - 1863. Manchester 1863 - 1906 + Mostyn only from 1887. Under Holywell 1844 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1852 - 1854. Aberdare 1854 - 1882. Head Post Office 1882 - 1906 + Under Totnes 1844 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Closed 1907. Under Loughborough 1844 - 1906 + Latest cancellation recorded Dec1853, despite allocations up to 1906 list. Under Ledbury 1845 - 1855. Gloucester 1855 - 1906 + Under Ironbridge 1844 - 1849. Shifnal 1849 - 1851. Newport 1851 - 1852. Wellington 1852 - 1875. Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Swansea 1844 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1848 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 4VOD with Mumbles Swansea in the cds was issued in Dec1875 Under Brandon 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 -(934 issued in 1878)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Not a barred numeral cancel, the number K35 occurs at the base of a cds. Under Fence Houses 1867 - 1872. Sunderland 1872 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Renamed Murton SO in 1905. Under Halifax 1844 - 1857. Manchester 1857 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + 3VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Dec1875 to May1876 Under Bristol 1844 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 +. Railway Sub Office announced in 1871. F29 allocated. The Office did not open. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 56 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1906 1962 1906 1869 1860 1844 1877 1897 stamp 1905 1877 1874 1906 1868 1907 Glam Pem 1882 1844 1906 1962 1875 1844 G.P.O. 1893 G21 Pem 1874 1902 1873 1892 Nawton D63 Yorks N.R. 1882 1906 1880 1895 Nayland C92 Suffolk 1874 1906 1885 G.P.O. Neath Nedderton Needham Market 540 B78 753 Glam Northumb Suffolk 1844 1874 1844 1962 1906 1906 1844 1863 1844 1898 1881 1913 Nelson in Marsden H53 Lancs 1887 1924 1885 1910 Nelson Neston Netherfield Nettlebed Neville St, Newcastle on Tyne Nevis 543 184 562 356 Lancs Ches Notts Oxon 1928 1844 1924 1844 1962 1857 1959 1857 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 NONE 1855 NONE 1849 545 Northumb 1871 1884 Neville St, Newcastle on Tyne occurs in a 4VOD and a 3VOD A09 Leeward Is. 1874 1902 1858 1860 New Barnet E33 Herts 1874 1924 1869 1906 New Brighton 555 Ches NONE NONE New Charlton 423 Kent 1882 1899 1875 1902 New Hampton New Inn New Malden New Malden New Milton New Oxted G74 E17 019 552 556 K63 Middx Carm Surrey Surrey Hants Surrey 1887 1874 1882 1924 1934 1902 1887 1902 1906 1962 1962 1924 1883 1868 1878 NONE NONE 1894 1889 G.P.O. 1909 NONE NONE 1907 A 3HOS used on GB stamps from Dec1859 to Feb1860, later used on Nevis & Leeward Isands stamps Under Barnet 1865 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1886. Head Post Office 1886 1906 + A charge mark with the number 555 was sent to New Brighton in Jan.1910. In London South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Ceased using district initials 1875 (423 issued in 1875) Moved with Woolwich into the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Under Old Charlton 1879 - 1902. Town Receiving House of Old Charlton 1895 - 1902. Town Receiving House of Charlton 1902 - 1906 + Under Twickenham 1857 - 1880. Hampton 1880 - 1890. Renamed Hampton Hill in 1890. Under Carmarthen 1851 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1874. Closed 1874. Under Kingston 1866 - 1878. Independent Sub Office 1878 - 1906 + New Quay E68 Card 1874 1906 1869 1910 New Romney New Romney 566 986 Kent Kent 1844 1959 1906 1844 NONE 1906 NONE New Swindon 766 Wilts 1876 1895 New Thornton Heath 938 Surrey 1879 1884 New Town, Southborough J45 New Tredegar 792 Kent Monm 1888 1877 1902 stamp OFFICE NO. COUNTY Nantgaredig Nantmel Nantwich Nantyfyllon E42 B41 538 747 Carm Radnor Ches Glam 1874 1874 1844 1882 Nantyglo D86 Monm Nantymoel Narberth 331 539 Narberth Road FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1892 1882 1906 1906 STATUS. Under Carmarthen 1854 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Kington 1858 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1867. Rhayader 1867 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bridgend 1876 - 1893. Maesteg Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Under Abergavenny 1844 - 1852. Newport 1852 - 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bridgend 1875 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1876. Became Clyderwen Railway Sub Office in 1876, but still used the cds of Narberth Road. Under York 1849 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 -(D63 issued in 1880)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Two numeral cancellations sent but never used. Under Colchester 1844 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 -(C92 issued in 1885)- 1886. Colchester 1886 - 1906 + C92 numeral cancellations were only used at Neyland Pem. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Morpeth 1847 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B78 issued in 1863)- 1883. Newcastle on Tyne 1883 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1895. Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed from Marsden in 1857 to Nelson in Marsden, then in 1888 to Nelson. Under Burnley 1844 - 1890. Head Post Office 1890 - 1906 + Under Chester 1844 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1906 + Under Henley 1844 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1844 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E68 issued in 1869)- 1877. Llandyssil 1877 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + A Town Receiving House under Swindon 1855 - Closed 1898. A 3VOD with New Swindon Swindon in the cds was sent in Jul 1878. Under Croydon 1867 - 1885. Renamed High Street 1885. A 3VOD with New Thornton Heath Croydon in the cds was issued in May1879.. Under Tunbridge Wells 1872 - 1906 + 1910 became Southborough. Under Newport 1863 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1878. Cardiff 1878 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 57 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1874 1901 1844 1902 1950 1892 1949 1962 1906 1962 1924 1962 1844 1897 NONE 1888 NONE 1898 1898 NONE 1889 NONE Radnor 1874 1906 1868 1927 544 J42 547D Berks Yorks N.R. Staffs 1844 1892 1929 1962 1906 1962 1844 1888 NONE 1908 1893 NONE Newcastle Emlyn 170 Carm 1844 1906 1844 1916 Newcastle Emlyn Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne Station Newcastle on Tyne, Heaton Newcastle on Tyne, Neville St Newcastle on Tyne, Quayside Newcastle under Lyme Newcastle W.D.O. Newcastle, Forest Hall Newchurch, Manchester Newenden Newent Newhaven Newhaven Newhaven Newmarket Newmarket Newnham Newport Newport Newport 034 545 Carm Northumb 1959 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1938 A16 Northumb 1874 1902 1858 1869 545A Northumb 1925 1962 NONE NONE 545 Northumb 1871 1884 Neville St, Newcastle on Tyne occurs in a 4VOD and a 3VOD 545 Northumb 1871 1883 Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne occurs in a 4VOD and a 3VOD 546 545D 545E C75 429 060 452 C98 998 557 E06 558 560 561 565 Staffs Northumb Northumb Lancs Kent Glos Sussex Sussex Sussex Suffolk Jamaica Glos I.O.W. Monm Salop 1844 1959 1959 1874 1844 1882 1844 1874 1928 1844 1874 1844 1844 1844 1844 1924 1962 1962 1902 1857 1906 1857 1924 1962 1962 1902 1962 1962 1962 1962 1844 NONE NONE 1866 1844 1879 1844 1867 NONE 1844 not GB 1844 1844 1844 1844 1913 NONE NONE 1902 1855 1921 1858 1877 NONE 1906 not GB 1891 1905 1905 1903 Newport E07 Pem 1874 1906 1868 1901 Newport Newport Newport Docks Newport Pagnell Newquay Newquay A95 D33 561 564 C22 566 Yorks E.R. Essex Monm Bucks Corn Corn 1882 1882 1906 1906 1844 1874 1925 1962 1924 1962 1881 1882 1882 1844 1864 NONE 1905 1893 1904 1901 1923 NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY New Walsingham 259 Norfolk 1882 Newark Newbiggin Newbiggin by the Sea Newbridge Newbridge 541 K73 548 J47 546 Notts Westmd Northumb Monm Monm Newbridge on Wye D18 Newbury Newby Wiske Newcastle FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Fakenham 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1906 + Walsingham to 1851. Little Walsingham 1851 - 1858. New Walsingham 1858 to 1890. Walsingham afterwards. See also 289. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Kirkby Stephen 1888 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newport 1844 - 1906 + Under Rhayader 1848 - 1855. Hay 1855. Brecon 1855 - 1858. Hereford 1858. Kington 1858 - 1860. Builth Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(D18 issued in 1868)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Thirsk 1847 - 1884. Northallerton 1884 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1844 - 1852. Head Post Office 1852 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1868. Llandyssil 1868 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Sorting Office 1858 - c.1869 closed. Head Post Office 1844 - 1862. Under Stoke 1862 - 1865. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + Under Rochdale 1844 -1848. Manchester 1848 - 1906 + Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1880. Rye 1880 - 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Gloucester 1844 - 1906 + Under Lewes 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOS, that was used on Jamaican stamps only Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1855. Cardigan 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Haverfordwest 1857 - 1858. Head Post Office 1858 - 1863. Haverfordwest 1863 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Howden 1844 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bishops Stortford 1844 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1906 + 3VOD's issued in Mar1882 with Newport Docks in the cds and in Jan1884 with Newport Docks, Newport Mon. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under St.Columb 1844 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1893. Head Post Office 1893 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 58 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1875 1844 1877 G.P.O. 1903 1895 1857 1867 1924 1962 1962 1962 1865 NONE NONE 1844 1906 NONE NONE 1900 1882 1874 1886 1867 1905 NO. COUNTY Newton Newton Abbot Newton Heath 435 567 748 Glam Devon Lancs Newton in Cartmel 075 Lancs C69 969 498D 568 Lancs Lancs Lancs Mont 1874 1928 1929 1844 Newtown 40 Monm 1874 Neyland C92 Pem Nicosia 969 Cyprus Norbiton, Kingston 422 Surrey Norham Normanby Normanton E82 J99 048 Northumb Yorks N.R. Yorks W.R. Normanton Station 048 Yorks W.R. North Cave North Newbald North Shields A96 H76 573 Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Northumb North St, Bristol 134 Bristol North Tawton 013 Devon 1855 1906 1852 1880 North Tawton North Walsham North West TPO Northallerton Northampton Northampton Northenden Northfield, Birmingham 571 579 B34 569 570 365 576 75N Devon Norfolk Railway Yorks N.R. Northts Northts Ches Warwks 1924 1844 1874 1844 1844 1962 1962 1902 1962 1962 1946 1938 1947 1962 NONE 1844 1860 1844 1844 1873 NONE NONE NONE 1906 1866 1905 1911 G.P.O. NONE NONE Northfleet B03 Kent 1882 1902 1880 1891 Under Gravesend 1844 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1891. Town Receiving House of Gravesend 1891 - 1906+ Northiam Northiam 430 H58 Sussex Sussex 1844 1887 1857 1906 1844 1885 1857 1908 Northleach 571 Glos 1844 1906 1844 1908 Under Lamberhurst 1844. Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1873. Rye 1873 - 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Cheltenham 1853 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Northop 185 Flint 1844 1906 1844 1911 Under Chester 1844 - 1848. Flint 1848 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Northowram 333 Yorks W.R. 1844 1857 1844 1844 Northumberland Dock F91 Northumb 1874 1902 1872 G.P.O. Under Halifax 1844 - 1906 + Town Branch Office of North Sheilds 1883 - 1906 + Does not appear in the Post Office Guide until 1883, despite the first cancellation being issued in 1872 and the first listing in 1874. Newton le Willows Newton le Willows Newton St, Manchester Newtown FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1882 1844 1882 1882 1906 1962 1902 1887 1874 1892 1857 1906 1906 1962 1882 1887 1844 1906 1902 1962 1878 1879 1882 1896 1869 1891 1855 1912 1901 1898 1891 1906 1881 1886 1844 1905 1907 1955 1859 1880 STATUS. Under Bridgend 1867 - 1893. Porthcawl Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1895. Town Receiving House of Manchester 1895 - 1906 + Under Milnthorpe 1844 - 1856. Kendal 1856 - 1857. Head Post Office 1857 -(075 issued in 1857)- 1867. Grange Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1886. Grange over Sands Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Moved from Lancs to Cumbria in 1974. Under Warrington 1844 - 1866. Head Post Office 1866 --(C69 issued in 1865)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Newport Mon. 1854 - 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1869. Beaufort Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1886. Renamed Chapel Town Railway Sub Office in 1886. All C92 numerals were used here despite the lists having 'Nayland'. Under Milford 1859 - 1861. Pembroke Dock 1861 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3VOS was used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Under Kingston in the Provincial Area 1866 - 1896. Renamed Kingston Hill, Norbiton in 1896. A 3VOD with Norbiton Kingston on Thames in the cds was issued in Nov1882. Under Berwick 1844 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Middlesborough 1848 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wakefield 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Normanton Station in the cds was first used in Apr 1891, Sorting Office established in 1891 closed in or about 1906. Under Howden 1844 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Howden 1846 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3CD and a 4VOD were issued with North St. Bristol in the cds, in Jan 1859 and Nov 1864 respectively. Town Receiving House of Bristol 1859 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1906 + A 3HOS, first issued in Jul 1860. TPO = Travelling Post Office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOD number 365 was sent in May1873, it has never been seen and probably was not put into use. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 59 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Northumberland Road, Margate Northwich NO. COUNTY 506 Kent FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1884 1888 574 Ches 1844 1962 1844 1904 Northwood K42 Herts 1902 1902 1893 1900 Northwood Northwood Norton Rd. Stockton on Tees K42 572 Middx Middx 1906 1928 1924 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE 736 Durham 1887 1887 Norton, Malton 495 Yorks N.R. 1887 1887 575 015 583 583D Norfolk Railway Notts Notts 1844 NONE 1844 NONE 1907 NONE 1909 NONE Nottingham 737 Notts NONE NONE Nottingham G93 Notts NONE NONE Nuneaton Nunthorpe Oakengates Oakham Ocho Rios Odiham 957 H80 589 587 A60 590 Warwks Yorks N.R. Salop Rutland Jamaica Hants 1847 1887 1924 1844 1874 1844 1962 1906 1962 1962 1892 1857 1846 1886 NONE 1844 1859 1844 1912 1900 NONE 1920 1860 1858 Okehampton 588 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1961 Old Bolingbroke 379 Lincs 1844 1857 1844 1859 Old Charlton 379 Kent 1882 1892 1879 1902 Old Charlton, Church Lane J85 Kent 1892 1902 1891 1900 Old Charlton, Woolwich Road J86 Kent 1892 1902 1892 1898 Old Goole, Goole 319 Yorks W.R. 1887 1899 A61 466Q Jamaica Lancs 1874 1929 1892 1962 1859 NONE 1860 NONE Oldbury 035 Worcs 1855 1967 1862 1880 Oldbury Oldham Oldham, Shaw 034 591 703 Worcs Lancs Lancs 1844 1924 1962 1962 1854 1844 NONE 1857 1898 NONE Ollerton 592 Notts 1844 1906 1844 1859 Olney D56 Bucks 1882 1906 1880 1898 Ongar 602 Essex 1844 1962 1844 1888 Norwich Norwich S.C. Nottingham Nottingham N.& W.D.O. Old Harbour Old Swan, Liverpool 1844 1928 1844 1962 1962 1954 1962 1962 STATUS. Town Receiving House of Margate 1868 - 1901. Replaced by Paragon in 1901. 3VOD with Northumberland Rd. Margate in the cds sent in Jun 1884. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Rickmansworth 1889 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Moved from Herts to Middlesex between 1895 and 1905. Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1872 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Norton Rd. Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Malton 1852 - 1906+. Became a Town Receiving House 1885 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Norton Malton in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + SC = Sorting Carriage. Recorded used in tax stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Charge marks were sent to Nottingham with the number 737 in Jul1920, they were probably sent on to a subordinate office. Charge marks were sent to Nottingham with the number G93 in Jun1920, they were probably sent on to a subordinate office. Under Coventry 1844 - 1847. Head Post Office 1847 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Winchfield 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Exeter 1855 - 1857. Crediton 1857 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Horncastle 1844 - 1855. Spilsby 1855 - 1906 + Old Charlton was main Receiving House for Charlton sub District 1857 - 1879 Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1902. Under Charlton Branch Office (formerly Church Lane Charlton) 1902 - 1906 + Under Old Charlton 1881 - 1902. became Charlton Branch Office in 1902. A 3VOD number 379, with Church Lane Charlton Kent in the cds was sent in Jan 1882. Replacement of Lower Road Old Charlton in 1892. Under Old Charlton 1892 - 1906 + Under Howden 1864 - 1873. Goole 1873 - 1906 +. Town Receiving House 1886 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Old Goole, Goole in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps First issued in Oct1854 (sent in error to Smethwick) Used in Oldbury from Nov1862. Under Birmingham 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 034 in a 3HOS instead of 035 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Newark 1853 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in May1859, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Newport Pagnell 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1865. Under Brentwood 1865 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1884. Head Post Office 1884 - 1906 + Between 1851 and 1855 name changed from Chipping Ongar to Ongar. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 60 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1857 1858 1906 1962 1877 NONE G.P.O. NONE 1887 1906 1884 1904 Essex Lancs 1844 1962 1882 1844 1886 1904 G93 Kent 1887 1906 1883 1909 Orpington Osmotherley Ossett Ossett Oswestry Otley 586 796 J84 598 595 599 Kent Yorks N.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Salop Yorks W.R. 1924 1844 1892 1924 1844 1844 1962 1857 1906 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1891 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1854 1905 NONE 1904 1901 Otterton 955 Devon 1847 1857 1846 1865 Ottery St.Mary 377 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1903 OFFICE NO. COUNTY 087 Salop Onllwyn Openshaw, Manchester 861 498A Brec Lancs 1882 1931 Orford H04 Suffolk Orford Rd. Walthamstow Ormskirk 109 593 Orpington Onibury FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Ludlow 1844 - 1850. Shrewsbury 1850 - 1857. Newton Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1867. Craven Arms Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1906 + Closed 1870 - 1887. Under Neath 1844 - 1906 + Under Woodbridge 1844 - 1858. Wickham Market 1858 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1888. Wickham Market 1888 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Orford Road Walthamstow in the cds was issued on 30th Mar 1882. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + South Eastern District under Bromley 1860 - 1865. Moved into the Kent Provincial Area in 1865. Under Bromley 1865 1867. Under St.Mary Cray 1867. Chislehurst 1867 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Thirsk 1844 - 1855. Northallerton 1855 - 1906 + Under Wakefield 1844 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Oundle 601 Northts 1844 1962 1844 1906 Ousefleet H79 Yorks W.R. 1887 1906 1886 G.P.O. 1887 1891 1844 1844 1906 1962 1844 1844 1871 1902 1907 1873 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1844 - 1864. Budleigh Salterton 1864. Budleigh Salterton Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1872. Exmouth 1872 1876. Budleigh Salterton 1876 - 1906 + Under Honiton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1874. Head Post Office 1874 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Howden 1854 - 1864. Closed 1864 - 1876. Goole 1876 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Monmouth 1851 - 1855. Closed 1855 - 1881. Monmouth 1881 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Over Monnow, Monmouth in the cds was sent in Feb 1887. Under Andover Road 1844 - 1854 Micheldever Station 1854 - 1887. Whitchurch 1887 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 613 in two different 4VOD's instead of 603 1886 1900 A 3VOD with Oxford St. Southampton in the cds was issued in Sep1886 Under Godstone 1844. Reigate 1845 - 1858. Red Hill 1858 - 1887. Independent Sub Office 1887 - 1892. New Oxted 1892 1906 + Over Monnow, Monmouth 532 Monm Overton Oxford Oxford Oxford Street, Southampton 24 603 613 Hants Oxon Oxon 723 Hants Oxted J07 Surrey 1892 1906 1887 1898 Oxted Paddington Station 063 049 Surrey Middx 1928 1857 1962 1892 NONE 1855 NONE 1876 Paddock Wood F93 Kent 1874 1906 1872 1906 Paddock Wood Padiham Padiham Padiham Padstow 630 D41 941 150A 90 Kent Lancs Lancs Lancs Corn 1924 1882 1928 1929 1844 1962 1924 1962 1962 NONE 1880 NONE NONE 1844 NONE 1908 NONE NONE 1880 Paignton B69 Devon 1874 1924 1862 1909 Paignton Paignton Painswick Panama Pandy Pangbourne 584 805A 314 C35 G83 901 Devon Devon Glos America Mont Berks 1926 1929 1844 1874 1887 1882 1929 1962 1906 1902 1902 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1865 1883 1878 NONE NONE 1858 1890 G.P.O. 1907 For use on the TPO, no office as such in Paddington Station. TPO= Travelling Post Office. Under Staplehurst 1872 -(F93 issued)- 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1903. Independent Sub Office 1903 - 1906 + Under Burnley 1844 - 1906 + Under Bodmin 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Totnes 1844 - 1855. Torquay 1855 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 -(B69 issued in 1862)- 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Gloucester 1844 - 1852. Stroud 1852 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS, 4VOD & 3VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Mar1866 to Oct1890 Under Llanbrynmair 1881 - 1906 + Under Reading 1845 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 61 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Pantperthog G89 Mer Papho Par Station Par Station 981 B04 604 Cyprus Corn Corn Park Hall Camp A04 Salop Parkend F15 Parkmill FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1883 1914 1878 1859 NONE 1879 1880 NONE 1882 1874 1924 1887 1906 1962 NONE NONE Glos 1874 1906 1871 1899 E47 Glam 1874 1906 1869 1899 H74 624A G80 765 C15 Dorset Dorset Cumb Sussex Yorks W.R. 1887 1929 1899 1882 1874 1906 1962 1899 1906 1906 1886 NONE 1896 1877 1864 1903 NONE 1899 1896 1899 F45 Lancs 1874 1906 1871 1921 623 578 999 C43 A63 431 D51 596 455 604 368A 368 D17 A94 162B D94 Lancs Lancs Som Peru Jamaica Sussex I.O.M. I.O.M. Heref Pem Pem Pem Str.Setts Glam Glam Glam 1924 1928 1882 1874 1874 1844 1882 1924 1844 1844 1929 1874 1874 1882 1929 1928 1951 1906 1902 1892 1857 1906 1962 1906 1906 1962 1962 1906 1906 1962 NONE NONE 1878 1865 1859 1844 1881 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1850 not GB 1881 NONE 1887 NONE NONE 1921 1872 G.P.O. 1858 1914 NONE 1911 1907 NONE 1910 not GB 1900 NONE 1887 Pencader E90 Carm 1874 1906 1870 1897 Penclawdd E48 Glam 1874 1906 1869 stamp Pendlebury Penkridge Penmaenmawr Penmaenmawr 605 605 E74 607 Lancs Staffs Carn Carn 1924 1844 1874 1924 1934 1906 1906 1962 NONE 1844 1869 NONE NONE 1912 1905 NONE Pennal C34 Mer 1874 1906 1865 1867 Pennys Hill Penrhyn Deudraeth Penrith Penryn Pensarn Pensford 919 F54 606 608 H27 001 Lincs Mer Cumb Corn Denbigh Som 1938 1874 1844 1844 1887 1882 1962 1906 1962 1962 1906 1906 NONE 1871 1844 1844 1884 1878 NONE 1904 1960 1906 1893 1886 Parkstone Parkstone Parton Partridge Green Pateley Bridge Patricroft, Manchester Patricroft Patricroft Paulton Payta Pear Tree Grove Peasmarsh Peel Peel Pembridge Pembroke Pembroke Pembroke Dock Penang Penarth Penarth Penarth Docks STATUS. A 3VOS was sent to Pandy Railway Sub Office in Oct 1883. It has only been seen used at Pantperthog, which was a Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3VOS was used on GB stamps Jul 1878 - Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. St.Austell 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Listed as Par Station in the 1924 list. Par in the subsequent lists. A charge mark number A04 seen used on an unpaid postcard with a Park Hall Camp cds. dated 1917 and sent to Banbury. Under Lydney 1854 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1853 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E47 issued in 1869)- 1874. Swansea 1874 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Poole 1844 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H74 issued in 1886)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Whitehaven 1854 - 1906 + Under Hurstpierpoint 1875 - 1880. Steyning 1880 - 1892. Brighton 1892 - 1906 + Under Ripon 1844 - 1864. Leeds 1864 -(C15 issued in 1864)- 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1895. Eccles 1895 - 1900. Manchester 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1867 to Jul1872. Prior to 1870 spely Paita. Not recorded on GB stamps. Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1873. Rye 1873 - 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Douglas 1846 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Leominster 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A naval dockyard 'Pembroke Dock' was built at Hobbs Point. Head Post Office 1850 - 1906 + A 4VOD, that was used only on the stamps of the Straits Settlements. Under Cardiff 1856 - 1881. Head Post Office 1881 -(A91 issued in 1881)- 1906 + Error D94 for A94. 3VOD sent Mar1887 Under Carmarthen 1868 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(E90 issued in 1870)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Swansea 1853 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E48 issued in 1869)- 1872. Swansea 1872 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Stafford 1849 - 1906 + Under Conway 1851 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Welshpool 1852 - 1857. Shrewsbury 1857 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1869. Machynlleth Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1848 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Rhyl 1855 - 1865. Abergele Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 62 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1868 1902 1857 1844 G.P.O. 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1906 1844 1896 Pem Glam Glam Carn Corn Brazil 1874 1882 1882 1874 1844 1874 1906 1892 1906 1906 1962 1902 1868 1874 1876 1871 1844 1866 1892 G.P.O. 1893 1900 1908 1874 B10 Corn 1874 1906 1859 1895 Perry Bar, Birmingham Pershore Pershore Peterborough 75P 611 917 612 Warwks Worcs Worcs Northts 1938 1844 1928 1844 1954 1906 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 NONE 1880 NONE 1969 Peterborough and Ely SC L06 Railway Peterlee Petersfield Petersfield Petersfield 055 613 642 B01 Durham Hants Jamaica Hants 1962 1844 1882 1962 1902 NONE 1844 not GB NONE 1908 not GB Petersham B30 Surrey 1882 1902 1880 1883 Petworth Pevensey Pewsey Pewsey Philadelphia 614 H09 618 335 617 Sussex Sussex Wilts Wilts Durham 1844 1887 1844 1951 1924 1962 1906 1924 1959 1962 1844 1884 1844 NONE NONE 1902 G.P.O. 1899 NONE NONE Picardy, Belvedere 412 Kent 1887 1899 1883 1901 Pickering Pickering Pinner Pinner Pinxton Pisco and Chinca Is. Pitsea Plantain Garden River Plasmarl 619 819 B38 611 997 D74 K92 A62 K25 Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. Middx Middx Derbys Peru Essex Jamaica Glam 1844 1962 1874 1924 1882 1874 1902 1874 1892 1906 1962 1906 1902 1906 1892 1906 1844 NONE 1860 NONE 1878 1868 1899 1859 1893 1907 NONE 1909 NONE G.P.O. 1868 1900 1860 1908 Platres 098 Cyprus 1882 1902 1879 G.P.O. Plymouth Plymouth 620 G91 Devon Devon 1844 1962 1844 1883 1984 NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY Pentre D98 Glam 1874 1906 Pentre Voelas 598 Denbigh 1844 Pentre, Rhondda 580 Glam 1929 Penybont 420 Radnor Penycwm Penygraig Penygraig Penygroes Penzance Pernambuco E15 252 992 F53 609 C82 Perranarworthal FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1912 STATUS. Under Pontypridd 1868 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Oswestry 1844 - 1854. Corwen 1854 - 1860. Conway 1860 - 1865. Llanrwst Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1873. Conway 1873 - 1881. Bettws-y-Coed Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Kington 1844 - 1860. Radnor Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1866. Rhayader 1866 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 1898. Penybont Station Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1874 - 1893. Dinas Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Penygraig was allocated both numbers 252 and 992 in the 1882 to 1892 lists. Under Carnarvon 1847 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOS was used on GB stamps recorded in use from Sep1869 to Feb1874 Under Penryn 1853 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1892. Perranwell Station Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A tax stamp was sent to Peterborough in Sep 1912. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Postage due marks with the number B01 were sent to Petersfield in July 1915 London District Post 1844 -1857. South Western District 1857 - 1868. Allocated number 32B in a London style cancel which was only used when in the Surrey Provincial Area (1870 to 1878). Moved into the Surrey Provincial Area in 1868. Under Richmond 1868 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Eastbourne 1844 - 1877. Hastings 1877 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Marlborough 1855 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Before 1883 called Belvedere. Picardy was under the new Belvedere SO (previously called Lessness Heath) 1883 1901. Town Receiving House of Belvedere SO 1894 - 1901. Closed 1901. Replaced by the office at Belvedere Station. To aviod confusion both the subordinate office Picardy and the office that it reported to Belvedere are in the cds. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under York 1855 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 819 was sent to Pickering in Jul.1920. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Under Watford 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + Under Alfreton 1845 - 1906 + 4VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use in Nov1868 Under Bowers Gifford 1893 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Swansea 1892 - 1896. Landore Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Not recorded in use. Valid 3VOS on GB can only occur between Jul1879 and Apr1880. GB stamps withdrawn from use in Apr1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOS may have been sent in error to Plymouth - not recorded in use ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 63 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Plymouth and Bristol Sorting Carriage. B16 Railway 1874 1902 Plymouth&Exeter NMT C24 Railway 1882 1902 Plymouth, Stonehouse 620 Devon Plympton Pocklington Pocklington Pocklington Polegate Polperro Polperro 621 622 H30 622 460 465 044 Devon Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Sussex Corn Corn 1844 1844 1887 1924 1951 1844 1882 Polymedia D47 Cyprus Ponce F88 Ponders End Pontardawe Pontardawe Pontardulais Pontardulais Pontefract FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. A B16 3HOS was previously used on a Mailboat, after 1871 number B16 was used on the Plymouth to Bristol TPO for West Indies Mail. There is some evidence that it was used onshore in a Sorting Carriage in Plymouth. 1880 1888 1882 1888 1962 1857 1906 1962 1959 1857 1924 1844 1844 1884 NONE NONE 1844 1878 1909 1858 1907 NONE NONE 1850 1900 1882 1902 not GB not GB Porto Rico 1874 1902 1872 1879 F58 Middx 1874 1924 1871 1906 E37 143 470 934 Glam Glam Glam Glam 1874 1882 1844 1935 1902 1962 1906 1959 1869 1874 1844 NONE 1873 1907 1906 NONE 623 Yorks W.R. 1844 1962 1844 1901 Pontefract, Featherstone 244 Yorks W.R. 1948 1962 NONE NONE Ponterwydd 068 Card 1882 1906 1879 1903 Pontlottyn Pontnewydd Pontrilas E32 578 E96 Glam Monm Heref 1874 1951 1874 1906 1959 1906 1869 NONE 1870 1874 NONE 1880 Pontyclown A89 Glam 1882 1906 1881 G.P.O. Pontyclun Pontypool Pontypridd 058 951 163 Glam Monm Glam 1962 1847 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1845 1844 NONE 1903 1902 Pontypridd, Hafod 163 Glam 1895 1902 Pool D31 Corn 1882 1887 NONE G.P.O. Poole Port Antonio Port au Prince 624 A64 E53 Dorset Jamaica Hayti 1844 1874 1874 1962 1892 1902 1844 1859 1869 1905 1860 1880 Port Dinorwic 869 Carn 1882 1906 1878 1908 Port Erin Port Maria Port Morant Port Royal 642 A66 A65 A67 I.O.M. Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica 1948 1874 1874 1874 1962 1892 1892 1892 NONE 1859 1859 1859 NONE 1860 1860 1860 A 3VOD was issued in Feb1880. NMT = Night Mail Tender Under Plymouth 1844 - 1906+:- As a Town Receiving House 1857 - 1889, Branch Office 1889 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Stonehouse Plymouth in the cds was sent in Jun 1882. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under York 1855 - 1906 + A reallocation Under Liskeard 1844 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Not for valid for use on GB stamps. A 3VOS was issued in Jan1881, this is after GB stamps had been withdrawn from use in Apr1880. 3VOS on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Feb1874 to 1879 London District Post 1844 -1857. Northern District 1857 - 1871. Issued with 1B in a London style cancel. Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1871 -(F58 issued in 1871)- 1906 Under Swansea 1848 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E37 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llanelly 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. In the 1906 list and reallocated the same number in 1928. In the 1924 list and up to 1928 number 623 was allocated to Patricroft Lancs. Under Aberystwith 1854 - 1855. Rhayader 1855 -1858. Aberystwith 1858 - 1861. Shrewsbury 1861 - 1863. Aberystwyth 1863 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + Under Newport 1858.Tredegar 1858 - 1872. Cardiff 1872 - 1906 + Under Hereford 1854 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Under Llantrissant RSO 1880 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1892. Became Pontyclun Railway Sub Office 1892 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Usk 1844 - 1848. Head Post Office 1848 - 1906 + Under Cardiff 1844 - 1850. Head Post Office 1850 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1878 - 1905. A Town Receiving House 1893 - 1905. Renamed Trehafod in 1905. A 3VOD with Hafod Pontypridd in the cds was first used in Jul 1895. Under Truro 1844 - 1860. Camborne 1860 - 1868. Camborne Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1873. Camborne 1873 - 1882. Railway Sub Office 1882. Renamed Carn Brea Railway Sub Office in 1882 -(D31 issued in 1882). Pool never used the number D31. All the recorded covers with D31 were used at Carn Brea. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps 4VOS and 3VOS used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Feb1877 to Nov1880 Under Bangor 1849 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Renamed Y Felinheli in 1980. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 64 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1906 NONE 1885 1883 NONE 1892 1892 1887 1906 1885 1910 1929 1882 1924 1924 1924 1855 1962 1962 1962 1962 1924 1962 NONE 1875 NONE NONE NONE 1854 NONE 1905 NONE NONE NONE 1906 1874 1902 1866 1878 4VOS & 3VOS on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Oct1876 to Aug1878 1874 1902 1865 1877 Durham 1887 G.P.O. Hants Sussex Hants 1872 NONE 1844 1908 NONE 1926 3TH.HOS,3VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1865 to Apr1877 Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1868 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Portrack Lane Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Duplexes with Portsea, Portsmouth in the cds was sent in Apr 1872 (4VOD) and Nov 1887 (3VOD). Hants 1885 1906 625 625 625A A68 Hants Hants Hants Jamaica 1924 1874 1924 1892 1872 1872 NONE 1859 1881 1908 NONE 1860 Potters Bar D44 Middx 1882 1906 1880 1907 Potters Bar Potton Prees Prescot Prestatyn Prestbury 610 D80 627 626 615 169 Middx Beds Ches Lancs Flint Glos 1924 1874 1924 1844 1924 1882 1962 1906 1959 1962 1962 1906 NONE 1868 NONE 1844 NONE 1874 NONE 1905 NONE 1905 NONE G.P.O. Presteign 627 Radnor 1844 1906 1844 1893 Preston Preston Brook 628 630 Lancs Ches 1844 1844 1962 1906 1844 1844 1906 1870 Under Cheltenham 1844 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Kington 1853 - 1857. Leominster 1857 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1887. Warrington 1887 - 1906 + Preston Rd. Brighton 132 Sussex 1883 1898 Town Receiving House of Brighton 1865 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Preston Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Prestwich, Manchester Prestwich Priestman's River Princes Risborough Princes Risborough C76 940 G16 812 618 Lancs Lancs Jamaica Bucks Bucks 1874 1929 1874 1844 1929 1906 1962 1902 1906 1962 1866 NONE not GB 1844 NONE 1908 NONE not GB 1899 NONE Princetown B98 Devon 1874 1906 1863 1875 Probus 074 Corn 1874 1906 1857 1901 Pudsey J14 Yorks W.R. 1892 1906 1887 1906 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Port St.Mary Port Talbot, Aberavon Portfield Gate 074 773 G92 I.O.M. Glam Pem 1963 1887 1887 Porth 991 Glam Porth Porthcawl Portishead Portland Portland Harbour Portmadoc 992 452 600 631 081 031 Porto Plata C86 Porto Rico, San Juan Portrack Lane, Stockton on Tees Portsea, Portsmouth Portslade, Brighton Portsmouth C61 Glam Glam Som Dorset Dorset Carn Dominican Rep. Porto Rico 736 625 916 625 Portsmouth, High St 625 Portsmouth, Landport Portsmouth, Portsea Portsmouth, Southsea Porus FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1951 1844 1959 1962 STATUS. Issued in about 1963 or 1964 Previously Taibach. Head Post Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1873 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1885 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 1906 + Under Bridgend 1845 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Bridgend 1902 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1844 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1890. Head Post Office 1890 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with HPO Portsmouth was issued in Mar 1883. A 3VOD with High St, BO Portsmouth in the cds was issued in Oct1885. A Town Receiving House from 1885 - 1906+ A 4VOD with Landport, Portsmouth in the cds was issued in Apr1872. Became Portsmouth Head Office in 1885. Duplexes with Portsea, Portsmouth in the cds was sent in Apr 1872 (4VOD) and Nov 1887 (3VOD). A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps London District Post 1844 -1857. Northern District 1857 - 1865. Moved with Barnet into the Provincial Area in 1865. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Moved from Middlesex to Herts in 1963. Under Biggleswade 1845 - 1854. St.Neots 1854 - 1872. Sandy 1872 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1855 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Tring 1844 - 1883. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1906 + Under Tavistock 1847 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 -(B98 issued in 1863)- 1866. Horrabridge Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Austell 1844 - 1849. Truro 1849 - 1855. Grampound 1855 - 1857. St.Austell 1857 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 65 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1965 1882 1906 1877 1889 Essex 1874 1906 1871 1909 Essex Surrey 1926 1887 1954 1906 NONE 1882 NONE 1904 938A Surrey 1924 1924 NONE NONE K17 H68 632 121 Yorks W.R. Wilts Carn Glam 1892 1887 1844 1844 1906 1906 1962 1857 1892 1886 1844 1844 1895 1909 1903 1858 G34 Glam 1874 1906 1873 G.P.O. 545 Northumb 1871 1883 703 383C 633 75Q B27 C77 652 592 421 Som Yorks E.R. Kent Warwks Gold Coast Lancs Lancs Herts Radnor 1844 1929 1844 1938 1882 1874 1924 1933 1844 1857 1954 1906 1962 1902 1906 1962 1962 1857 1844 NONE 1844 NONE not GB 1866 NONE NONE 1844 1847 NONE 1859 NONE not GB 1902 NONE NONE 1862 Radstock 358 Som 1882 1906 1875 1906 Radstock 972 Som 1929 1962 NONE NONE Ragland 533 Monm 1844 1906 1844 1858 Rainham F42 Essex 1874 1906 1871 stamp Rainham 017 Kent 1882 1959 1878 1906 Rainhill Ramble Ramsbottom Ramsbottom Ramsbury Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Ramsgate Ramsgate Ramsgate, Addington Street B92 A69 F11 640 393 028 J66 633 036 634 32 Lancs Jamaica Lancs Lancs Wilts Hunts Hunts Hunts I.O.M. Kent Kent 1874 1874 1874 1924 1844 1855 1892 1924 1855 1844 1924 1892 1906 1962 1906 1857 1906 1962 1962 1962 1863 1859 1870 NONE 1844 1854 1889 NONE 1854 1844 NONE 1903 1860 1891 NONE 1904 1858 1919 NONE 1907 1908 NONE 634 Kent 1882 1889 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Pudsey Pulborough 645 616 Yorks W.R. Sussex 1924 1844 Pumpsaint 856 Carm Purfleet F41 Purfleet Purley Purley Oaks S.O., Croydon Purston Purton Pwllheli Pyle 582 C79 Quakers Yard Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne Queen Camel Queen Street, Hull Queenborough Quinton, Birmingham Quitta Radcliffe, Manchester Radcliffe, Manchester Radlett Radnor FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Petworth 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llandovey 1844 - 1852. Lampeter 1852 - 1853. Carmarthen 1853 - 1879. Llandilo Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1892. Llanwrda 1892 - 1906 + Eastern District under Romford 1862 - 1865. Moved into the Essex Provincial Area in 1865 as a Receiving House under Romford 1865 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Was Caterham Junction. Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1906 + Under Pontefract 1872 - 1897. Closed 1897 - 1899. Pontefract 1899 - 1906 + Under Swindon 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bridgend 1844 - 1853. Taibach 1853 - 1865. Bridgend 1865 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1873 -(G34 issued in 1873)- 1884. Treharris Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne occurs in a 4VOD and a 3VOD Under Sherborne 1844 - 1855. Taunton 1855 - 1885. Bath 1885 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904. Bath 1904 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Sittingbourne 1853 - 1866. Sheerness 1866 - 1906 + A 3VOS, that was only used on the stamps of the Gold Coast. Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Under Kington 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1869. Kington 1869 - 1906 + Under Bath 1844 - 1906 + First issued in Sep 1869 and used until 1906. Incorrectly listed as void in the 1874 list. Under Monmouth 1844 - 1854. Newport 1854 - 1906 + Latest cancellation recorded Nov1858, despite allocations up to the 1906 list. Became Raglan in the 1874 list. Eastern District under Romford 1857 - 1865. Moved into the Essex Provincial Area in 1865 as a Receiving House under Romford 1865 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1885. Receiving House under Romford 1885 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1906 + Vacant in the 1924 to 1954 lists, restored in 1959. Under Sittingbourne 1844 - 1895. Independent Sub Office 1895 1906+ Under Prescot 1844 - 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Bury 1844 - 1855. Manchester 1855 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Huntingdon 1844 - 1906 + Under Douglas 1846 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 32 was sent to Ramsgate in May.1919. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Town Receiving House of Ramsgate 1872 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Addington Street Ramsgate in the cds was sent in Jun 1882. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 66 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1857 1902 1906 1893 1844 1882 1893 1907 1858 G.P.O. 1909 1892 1906 1892 1911 1892 1892 1844 1924 1844 1924 1844 1855 1906 1906 1906 1935 1857 1962 1962 1962 1844 1874 1929 1962 1924 1962 1892 1892 1844 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1852 1859 1844 1858 NONE 1905 1904 1879 NONE 1858 NONE 1933 1900 1872 1910 1912 NONE NO. COUNTY Ramsgate, Minster Ravenglass Ravenglass Ravenglass K49 642 G59 K53 Kent Cumb Cumb Cumb 1902 1844 1887 1902 Ravenstonedale K23 Westmd Rawcliffe Rawcliffe Bridge Rawtenstall Rawtenstall Rayleigh Rayleigh Reading Redcar Redcliffe, Bristol Redditch Redhill Redhill K20 K21 501 642 403 639 635 004 134 140 A21 121 Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Lancs Lancs Essex Essex Berks Yorks N.R. Bristol Worcs Surrey Surrey Redhill Station A21 Surrey Rednal, Birmingham Redruth Reedness Reepham Reeth Regent Road, Stoke Reigate Repton Resolven Retford Reynoldstone Reynoldstone Rhayader Rhayader 981 636 H81 580 837 547C 637 215 44 638 765 E49 639 656 Warwks Corn Yorks W.R. Norfolk Yorks N.R. Staffs Surrey Derbys Glam Notts Glam Glam Radnor Radnor 1959 1844 1887 1844 1882 1962 1844 1882 1874 1844 1844 1874 1844 1924 Rhiwbryfdir F05 Mer Rhosgoch Rhoshill Rhosllanerchrugog Rhostryfan H91 G39 088 G40 Rhosybol FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1886 1898 1962 1906 1906 1962 1857 1906 1906 1962 NONE 1844 1886 1844 1877 NONE 1844 1874 1874 1844 1844 1869 1844 NONE NONE 1906 stamp 1852 1902 NONE 1941 1914 G.P.O. 1884 stamp 1891 1907 NONE 1874 1902 1870 1877 Anglesey Pem Denbigh Carn 1887 1882 1959 1882 1906 1906 1962 1906 1887 1882 NONE 1882 1901 1888 NONE 1906 F28 Anglesey 1874 1906 1871 1930 Rhyddlan B46 Flint 1874 1902 1861 1868 Rhyddlan J04 Flint 1892 1906 1887 1895 Rhydlewis F68 Card 1874 1906 1872 1898 Rhydyfelin 075 Card 1882 1906 1879 1904 1962 1906 1857 1906 STATUS. Under Margate 1844. Ramsgate 1845 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844. Under Ulverstone 1845 - 1850. Whitehaven 1850 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Penrith 1863 - 1872. Tebay Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1875. Kirkby Stephen Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1898. Newbiggin Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Selby 1844 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Selby 1863 - 1865. Closed 1865 - 1890. Selby 1890 - 1892. Rawcliffe 1892 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Under Ingatestone 1844 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1852. Head Post Office 1852 - 1906 + Town Receiving House of Bristol 1859 - 1906 +. Numeral cancels with 134, first sent in Jan 1859. Under Bromsgrove 1844 - 1867. Head Post Office 1867 - 1906 + Under Reigate 1844 - 1858. Head Post Office 1858 - 1906 + Sorting Office c.1886 - c.1902. Closed c.1902. A 3VOD with Redhill Station Office in the cds was sent in Jan 1886. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Goole 1876 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1886. Norwich 1886 - 1906 + Under Richmond 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Burton on Trent 1844 - 1906 + Under Neath 1858 - 1861. Closed 1861 - 1864. Neath 1864 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1844 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E49 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1849 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(F05 issued in 1870)- 1881. Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1892. Town Receiving House of Blaenau Festiniog 1892 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1887 -(H91 issued)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + First issued in Jun1882, corrected spelling in Jul1882. Under Carnarvon 1860 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1852 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F28 issued in 1871)- 1887. Rhosgoch Railway Sub Office 1887 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Asaph 1844 - 1848. Rhyl 1848 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(B61 issued in 1861)- 1872. Rhyl 1872 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Rhyddlan was allocated both numbers B46 and J04 in the 1892 to 1902 lists. There is no overlap in the use of the numerals. The name changed to Rhuddlan in Jan Under Carmarthen 1847 - 1852. Newcastle Emlyn 1852 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1868. Llandyssil 1868 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 -(F68 issued in 1872)- 1877. Llandyssil 1877 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1895. Llandyssil 1895 1904. Henllan Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Aberystwith 1854 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Aberystwyth 1896 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 67 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Rhydymain D09 Mer 1874 Rhyl 973 Flint 1849 Rhyl 426 Flint Rhymney 980 Monm Richmond Richmond FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1867 stamp 1962 1848 1906 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Under Corwen 1864 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 -(D09 issued in 1867)- 1869. Shrewsbury 1869 - 1873. Dolgelly Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Asaph 1844 - 1848. Head Post Office 1848 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 426 was sent to Rhyl in Sep.1918. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. 1855 1906 1850 1910 641 Yorks N+D3133 A79 Jamaica 1844 1874 1962 1892 1844 1859 1904 1860 Richmond D21 Surrey 1874 1924 1868 1901 Richmond Richmond 412 021 Surrey Surrey 1929 1962 NONE NONE NONE NONE Richmond A07 Yorks N.R. NONE NONE Rickmansworth 643 Herts 1844 1962 1844 1910 Ringwood Ringwood Rio Bueno Rio de Janeiro Ripley Ripley 644 120 A70 C83 645 J49 Hants Hants Jamaica Brazil Surrey Surrey 1844 1962 1874 1874 1844 1892 1892 1902 1902 1906 1844 1849 1859 1866 1844 1888 1878 1868 1860 1874 1860 1899 Ripley 022 Yorks W.R. 1855 1906 1853 1908 Ripley Ripley Ripon F94 647 646 Derbys Derbys Yorks W.R. 1874 1924 1844 1906 1962 1962 1872 NONE 1844 1907 NONE 1907 Robertsbridge 647 Sussex 1844 1857 1844 1858 Robertsbridge 333 Sussex 1963 NONE NONE Roborough B96 Devon 1874 1906 1864 1899 Roch Rochdale Rochdale Roche Rochester E14 648 313 G69 650 Pem Lancs Lancs Corn Kent 1874 1844 1906 1962 1887 1844 1906 1962 1868 1844 NONE 1883 1844 1902 1952 NONE 1906 1908 Rochford STATUS. Under Newport 1844 - 1851. Abergavenny 1851. Newport 1851 - 1858. Tredegar 1858 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS was used on Jamaican stamps only London District Post 1844 -1857. Head Post Office in the South Western District 1857 - 1868. Used 34 in a London style cancellation. In the Surrey Provincial Area from 1857. Head Post Office 1857 - 1906 + Was a Head Post office in the SW District and Provincial Area at the same time. A charge mark with the number 412 was sent to Richmond in Dec.1909. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. A charge mark with the number A07 was sent to Richmond in about 1909. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1857. Under Watford 1857 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 120 in a 3HOS instead of 644 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 4VOS was used on GB stamps recorded in use from Jun1867 to May1874 Head Post Office 1844 - 1865. Under Woking Station 1865 - 1883. Woking 1883 - 1906 + Ripley was allocated both numbers 646 and J49 in the 1892 to 1902 lists. There is no overlap in the use of numerals. Under Harrogate 1844 - 1846. Ripon 1846 - 1853. Head Post Office 1853 -(O22 issued in 1853)- 1864. Leeds 1864 - 1906 + Under Alfreton 1844 - 1862. Derby 1862 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Hurst Green 1844. Head Post Office 1844 - 1845. Hurst Green 1845 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1880. Hurst Green 1880 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1906 +. Prior to Mar 1864 this Office was called Jump. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1855 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 313 was sent to Rochdale in Oct.1918. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Under St.Austell 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Ingatestone 1855 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 1906 +. 651 Essex 1844 1962 1844 1912 Rock Ferry, Liverpool Rockingham 466D 652 Lancs Northts 1929 1844 1962 1857 NONE 1844 NONE 1857 Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Leicester 1849 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1888. Uppingham 1888 - 1906 + Rockingham H13 Northts 1887 1906 1884 G.P.O. Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Leicester 1849 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1888. Uppingham 1888 - 1906 + Rodney Hall Rodrigues Mauritius Rolvenden Rolvenden A71 B65 432 576 Jamaica Mauritius Kent Kent 1874 1874 1844 1882 1892 1902 1857 1906 1859 not GB 1844 1875 1860 not GB 1858 1915 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps A 3HOS that was only used on the stamps of Mauritius. Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 68 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Romford NO. COUNTY 668 Essex 1844 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1880 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and the Eastern District 1857 - 1865. Given the provincial number 668 in 1844. Solely in the Essex Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Southampton 1853 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 -(C53 issued in 1865)- 1886. Wroxall Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Romsey 653 Hants 1844 1962 1844 1903 Rookley C53 I.O.W. 1874 1906 1865 1875 Ross Rossendale Rothbury Rothbury Rotherfield Rotherham Rottingdean, Brighton Rougham Rowlands Castle Rowley Regis Royston Royston Royton Royton Ruabon 654 605 G04 672 661 655 804 657 018 035C 658 658 K82 657 197 Heref Lancs Northumb Northumb Sussex Yorks W.R. Sussex Norfolk Hants Worcs Cambs Herts Lancs Lancs Denbigh 1844 1935 1874 1925 1882 1844 1951 1844 1957 1967 1844 1844 1902 1924 1844 1962 1962 1924 1962 1906 1962 1962 1902 1962 1962 1962 1906 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1873 NONE 1876 1844 NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1844 1903 NONE 1907 NONE 1908 1896 NONE 1882 NONE NONE 1950 1950 NONE NONE 1898 Ruardean 100 Glos 1874 1906 1874 G.P.O. Rudgeway F18 Glos 1874 1906 1871 1911 Under Bristol 1844 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F18 issued in 1871)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Rugby 659 Warwks 1844 1962 1844 1898 Rugby Station 659 Warwks 1883 1910 Rugeley Ruislip 660 678 Staffs Middx 1844 1928 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1908 NONE Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Sorting Office c.1883 - 1906 +. Probably had no public counter. A 3VOD with Rugby Station in the cds was sent in Aug 1883. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Runcorn 945 Ches 1845 1962 1848 1902 Rushden Rushden Rushyford Ruthin Ryde Ryde Ryde L03 661 664 665 666 D88 F43 Northts Northts Durham Denbigh I.O.W. I.O.W I.O.W. 1892 1924 1844 1844 1844 1906 1962 1857 1962 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE stamp 1905 1913 NONE NONE Rye 667 Sussex 1844 1962 1844 1954 Ryton K15 Durham 1892 1906 1892 1907 Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Salcombe 669 699 673 Essex Essex Devon 1844 1962 1926 1962 1844 1865 NONE 1905 1874 NONE Sale C50 Ches 1874 1906 1868 1912 Sale Salford, Manchester 674 498F Ches Lancs 1924 1951 1962 1959 NONE NONE NONE NONE Under Morpeth 1844 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1889. Head Post Office 1889 - 1906 + Under Tunbridge Wells 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1861. Under Brandon 1861 - 1878. Swaffham 1878 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD was sent in Sep1881 with Royston Cam. (Cambridge) in the cds. In 1896 went from Cambridgeshire to Hertfordshire. Under Oldham 1844 - 1906 + Under Chirk 1844 - 1848. Head Post Office 1848 - 1906 + Under Newnham 1853 - 1865. Ross 1865 - 1878. Mitcheldean Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Preston Brook 1844 - 1870. Head Post Office 1870 - 1906 + Void in 1874 list. Restored in 1887 list. Before 1848 mail cancelled at Preston Brook. No numeral cancellation recorded Under Bishop Auckland 1844 - 1850. Ferry Hill 1850 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Flint 1855 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1900. Head Post Office 1900 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + D88 used in charge marks sent to Ryde in Dec1920 & Jan1921, probably sent on to a subordinate office. A charge mark was sent to Ryde with the number F43 in Jan1921, probably sent on to a subordinate office. Head Post Office 1844 - 1869. Under Ashford 1869 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 1894. Head Post Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Newcastle 1844 - 1863. Blaydon on Tyne Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 699 in a 4VOD instead of 669 Changed from Ashton on Mersey in 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 -(C50 issued in 1868)- 1871. Manchester 1871 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 69 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1892 1902 1924 1959 1924 1959 1844 1859 1887 1863 NONE 1863 NONE 1908 1860 1902 1906 NONE 1906 NONE 1902 1906 1893 1905 NO. COUNTY Salisbury Salt Gut Saltaire Saltash Saltash Saltburn by the Sea Saltburn by the Sea 683 A74 H93 B91 991 B94 796 Wilts Jamaica Yorks W.R. Corn Corn Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. 1844 1874 1887 1874 1928 1874 1928 Saltford K45 Som FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Leeds 1868 - 1875. Shipley 1875 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1892 - 1906 + Under Plymouth 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1891. Head Post Office 1891 - 1906 + Under Redcar 1863 -(B94 issued in 1863)- 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Sampford Courtenay 070 Devon 1874 1906 1856 stamp San Juan, Porto Rico C61 Porto Rico 1874 1902 1865 1877 Under Bath 1844 - 1862. Bristol 1862 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1895. Independent Sub Office 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 +. Under Okehampton 1844 - 1852. Crediton 1852 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906. North Tawton SO 1906 + 3TH.HOS,3VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Nov1865 to Apr1877 Sancton H84 Yorks E.R. 1887 1906 1886 1901 Under Hull 1852 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Sandbach Sandgate Sandgate Sandhurst Sandiacre Sandown Sandown Sandplace 687 552 748 433 684 B88 677 042 Ches Kent Kent Kent Derbys I.O.W. I.O.W. Corn 1844 1882 1924 1844 1924 1874 1924 1882 1962 1906 1924 1857 1962 1906 1962 1924 1844 1875 NONE 1844 NONE 1863 NONE 1878 1894 1904 NONE 1857 NONE 1895 NONE 1904 Sandringham 793 Norfolk 1882 1906 1877 1902 Sandwich Sandy Sandy Sandy Santa Martha 688 D79 F79 979 C62 Kent Beds Beds Beds Colombia 1844 1962 1874 1928 1874 1924 1962 1902 1844 1868 1872 NONE 1865 1909 1872 1910 NONE 1873 Sarnau G97 Card 1887 1906 1883 1906 Saundersfoot E86 Pem 1874 1924 1870 1908 Saundersfoot Savanilla Savannah la Mar Sawbridgeworth Saxmundham Scarborough Scarborough, South Cliffe 956 F69 A75 689 690 693 693 Pem Colombia Jamaica Herts Suffolk Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. 1952 1874 1874 1844 1844 1844 1959 1902 1892 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1872 1859 1844 1844 1844 1892 NONE 1880 1860 1901 1906 1953 1901 School Green H06 I.O.W. 1887 1887 1884 1907 Scilly Islands 610 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1893 Scole Scorrier Scottow Scunthorpe Seacombe Seaford 694 B05 581 729 692 453 Norfolk Corn Norfolk Lincs Ches Sussex 1844 1874 1844 1924 1924 1906 1857 1962 1844 1857 1844 1859 1844 NONE NONE 1844 1905 1878 1845 NONE NONE 1855 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Folkestone 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 +. Under Staplehurst 1844 -1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1906 + Under Southampton 1844 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Liskeard 1852 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lynn 1877 -(793 issued in 1877)- 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1899. Railway Sub Office 1899 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number D79 in a 4VOS instead of F79 Under St.Neots 1844 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 -(F79 issued in 1872)- 1906 +. A 3TH.HOS was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jan1866 to Jul1873 Under Llandyssil 1872 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1895. Llandyssil 1895 - 1904. Henllan Railway Sub Office 1904 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Tenby 1847 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(E86 issued in 1870)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 4VOS on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Aug1872 to Dec1880 A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Scarborough 1892 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with South Cliffe BO in the cds was first used in Dec 1892. Closed c.1848. Reopened 1872 under Newport 1872 - 1875. Yarmouth Railway Sub Office 1875 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1892. Renamed Freshwater Station in 1892. Under Penzance 1844 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1888. Penzance 1888 - 1906 + Renamed St.Mary's after 1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1859 -(B05 issued in 1859)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 692 was sent to Seacombe in Jan.1910. Under Lewes 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 70 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1962 1962 1867 NONE NONE 1877 NONE NONE 1844 1857 1844 1854 Under Durham 1844 - 1845. Head Post Office 1845 - 1855. Sunderland 1855 - 1867 Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1871. Durham 1871 - 1872. Sunderland 1872 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1878. Renamed Seaham Harbour Railway Sub Office in 1878. Durham 1887 1906 1885 1907 Seaham Harbour Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1882. Sunderland 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 692 Durham 1924 1962 NONE NONE 252 Cumb 1906 1906 1895 1910 Seascale Seaton Seaton Seaton 942 37 H22 722 Cumb Devon Devon Devon 1935 1844 1887 1924 1962 1857 1906 1962 NONE 1844 1884 NONE NONE 1866 1912 NONE Seaton Carew H67 Durham 1887 1906 1886 1911 Sedbergh Sedbergh 438 974 Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. 1844 1850 1962 1857 1844 1849 1903 1857 Sedgefield 942 Durham 1844 1849 Sedgefield Selby Selly Oak, Birmingham H47 695 671 Durham Yorks W.R. Warwks 1887 1844 1924 1906 1962 1962 1885 1844 NONE 1907 1907 NONE 23 Brec 1874 1906 1874 1904 696 697 B64 698 B89 682 B59 F90 K07 703 699 700 700E 700G 700B 700C 700G 700D 700A 700F 006 700H 700J Yorks W.R. Kent Indian Ocean Dorset I.O.W. I.O.W. Westmd Glos Lancs Lancs Kent Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. 1844 1844 1874 1844 1874 1924 1874 1874 1892 1924 1844 1844 1952 1952 1949 1952 1967 1952 1928 1952 1950 1967 1952 1962 1962 1902 1962 1924 1962 1906 1902 1906 1962 1962 1962 1962 1967 1962 1962 1844 1844 not GB 1844 1863 NONE 1861 1872 1892 NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1908 1921 not GB 1910 1880 NONE 1901 1896 1898 NONE 1960 1901 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY D03 691 466G Sussex Sussex Lancs 1874 1924 1928 Seaham 268 Durham Seaham Harbour H64 Seaham Harbour Seascale Seaford Seaford Seaforth, Liverpool Senny Bridge Settle Sevenoaks Seychelles Shaftesbury Shanklin Shanklin Shap Sharpness Point Shaw Shaw, Oldham Sheerness Sheffield Sheffield E.P.D.O. Sheffield Intake P.D.O. Sheffield N.E.D.O. Sheffield N.P.D.O. Sheffield S.E.D.O. Sheffield S.P.D.O. Sheffield S.W.D.O. Sheffield W.P.D.O. Sheffield, Dore Sheffield, Dore Sheffield, Dronfield P.D.O. FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 1962 1962 1967 1962 STATUS. Under Lewes 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Carnforth 1871 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Axminster 1844 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Under Stockton 1844 - 1867. West Hartlepool 1867 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 -(H67 issued in 1886)- 1896. West Hartlepool 1896 - 1906 + Sedbergh used number 438 up to Jan1849, then 974 from Apr1849 to Sep1857, and 438 again from Mar1883 to Dec 1889. Under Kendal 1844 - 1872. Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1849. Ferry Hill 1849 - 1906+ An 1844 type used from Jul1846 to Jun1849 at Sedgefield, not at Bradbury which was the correct allocation. Sedgefield later allocated number H47. Under York 1844 - 1849. Ferry Hill 1849 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. Under Brecon 1852 - 1854. Llandovery 1854 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1856. Brecon 1856 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 -1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on the stamps of Seychelles. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Salisbury 1855 - 1871. Head Post Office 1871 - 1906 + Under Southampton 1844 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Penrith 1844 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Berkeley 1872 - 1906 + From 1896 just Sharpness. Under Oldham 1844 - 1902. Independent Sub Office 1902 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 71 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1967 NONE NONE 1874 1924 1868 1906 Staffs 1844 1857 1844 1858 J70 Middx 1892 1906 1889 1913 719 701 702 K99 999 705 748 997 G76 793 Middx Som Dorset Norfolk Norfolk Salop Durham Dorset Dorset Norfolk 1924 1844 1844 1906 1928 1844 1950 1855 1887 1844 1962 1962 1962 1924 1962 1962 1959 1857 1906 1857 NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1844 NONE 1851 1883 1844 NONE 1900 1884 NONE NONE 1897 NONE 1852 1911 1858 1858 1859 1882 1962 NO. COUNTY Sheffield, Handsworth P.D.O. 700H Yorks W.R. 1952 Shefford D93 Beds Shelton 556 Shepperton Shepperton Shepton Mallet Sherborne Sheringham Sheringham Shifnal Shildon Shillingstone Shillingstone Shipdham Shiplake 097 Oxon Shipley 184 Yorks W.R. Shipley, Frizinghall 184 Yorks W.R. Shipley, Windhill Shipston on Stour Shipton under Wychwood Shirley, Birmingham Shirleywich Shobden 184 706 Yorks W.R. Worcs 1844 1962 K95 Oxon 1902 1906 777 662 456 Warwks Staffs Heref 1938 1844 1844 1954 1857 1906 Shoeburyness H38 Essex 1887 1906 1885 1905 Shoeburyness 720 Essex 1924 1962 NONE NONE Shooters Hill 771 Kent 1844 1857 1844 G.P.O. Shooters Hill 385 Kent 1882 1887 1875 1895 Shooter's Hill Shoreham Shorncliffe Camp Shorncliffe Shorncliffe F96 707 F46 F46 744 Jamaica Sussex Kent Kent Kent 1874 1844 1874 1924 1928 1902 1962 1902 1924 1962 not GB 1844 1871 NONE NONE not GB 1965 1905 NONE NONE Shortlands 144 Kent 1884 1907 Shotley Bridge 052 Durham 1856 1908 Shrewsbury Shrewsbury & Aberystwyth S.C. 708 Salop 1844 1962 1844 1910 941 Railway 1935 1954 NONE NONE FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1874 1906 STATUS. Under Biggleswade 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Newcastle under Lyme 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1860. Closed 1860. Closed 1840 - 1858. Under Chertsey 1858 - 1873. Walton on Thames 1873 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 -(J70 issued in 1889)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + No numeral cancellation recorded Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Blandford 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1887. Blandford 1887 - 1906 + 1874 1905 1887 1888 1887 1844 1890 1906 Under Thetford 1844 - 1884. Watton 1884 - 1896. Thetford 1896 - 1906 + A 3HOS no.O97 was sent to Shiplake in Jan1858, transferred to Twyford Berks between 1859 & 1861. Shiplake was under Reading 1854 - 1859. Henley on Thames 1859 - 1863. Closed 1863. Under Bradford 1844 - 1855. Leeds 1855 - 1874. Head Post Office 1874 - 1906 + Under Shipley 1879 - 1891. Town Receiving House of Shipley 1884 - 1891. Town Receiving House of Bradford 1891 1906 + A 3VOD with Frizinghall Shipley Yks. in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Shipley 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Windhill Shipley Yrks. In the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 1899 1906 Under Burford 1844 - 1847. Chipping Norton 1847 - 1899. Oxford 1899 -(K95 first used in 1899)- 1906 + NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1846 1900 Under Rugeley 1844 - 1849. Stafford 1849 - 1864. Closed 1864. Under Leominster 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Ingatestone 1857 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1867. Southend 1867 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 -(H38 issued in 1885)- 1906 + Changed its name from Shoebury Fort to Shoeburyness in August 1868. It is assumed that an 1844 type cancel number 771 was issued in Apr 1844 for crosspost mail for the General Post. This duty ceased in May 1844. In London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District under Woolwich 1857 - 1870. SE Suburban District 1870 - 1879. Stopped using London district initials in 1875 and started using the provincial number 385 in 1875. Moved with Woolwich into the Kent Provincial are in 1879. Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1896. Town Receiving House of Woolwich 1896 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Folkestone 1871 - 1885. Sandgate 1885 - 1906 + Dropped the word Camp in 1916 Under Bromley 1874 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1891. Bromley 1891 - 1906+. Town Receiving House of Bromley from 1901. A 3VOD with Shortlands Kent in the cds was sent in Apr 1884. Under Newcastle on Tyne 1844. Gateshead 1845 - 1868. Blackhill Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1869. Durham 1869 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + SC = Sorting Carriage. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 72 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1902 NONE NONE 1882 1874 1906 1906 1875 1860 1902 1908 Kent 1887 1906 1885 1898 Kent Devon West Africa Cumb Cumb Yorks W.R. Beds 1924 1844 1874 1902 1882 1902 1844 1962 1962 1902 1906 1906 1906 1906 NONE 1844 not GB 1894 1877 1898 1844 NONE 1902 not GB 1907 1908 1899 1854 K55 Lancs 1902 1906 1894 1906 D14 Str.Setts 1874 1906 not GB not GB Sinnington K11 Yorks N.R. 1892 1906 1892 1908 Sittingbourne 713 Kent 1844 1962 1844 1952 Sittingbourne, Milton 713 Kent 1882 G.P.O. Six Mile Bottom Six Mile Bottom F89 F89 Suffolk Cambs 1874 1874 1906 1906 1872 1872 1910 1910 Skegness B97 Lincs 1882 1924 1880 1919 OFFICE NO. COUNTY K70 Railway 1902 327 B35 Wilts Berks Sidcup H50 Sidcup Sidmouth Sierra Leone Silecroft Silloth Silsden Silsoe 715 712 B31 K59 857 K91 20 Silverdale Singapore Shrewsbury & Normanton TPO Shrewton Shrivenham FIRST LIST LAST LIST Skegness 735 Lincs 1924 1962 NONE NONE Skelton G70 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1883 1910 Sketty E46 Glam 1874 1906 1869 1888 Sketty Skewen Skipton Slades Bridge Slaithwaite Slaithwaite Sleaford Sleaford Sledmere Slingsby Slough 737 F86 714 F73 389 042 716 H24 496 E67 717 Glam Glam Yorks W.R. Corn Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Lincs Lincs Yorks E.R. Yorks N.R. Bucks 1929 1874 1844 1874 1844 1962 1844 1959 1906 1962 1906 1857 1844 1874 1844 1857 1906 1962 NONE 1872 1844 1872 1844 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1869 1844 NONE G.P.O. 1905 1879 G.P.O. NONE 1900 NONE 1845 1881 1900 Smeaton 234 Yorks N.R. 1844 1857 1844 1859 Smethwick 035 Staffs 1854 1857 Smethwick 034 Staffs 1862 1892 Smethwick, Birmingham 75 Staffs 1886 1907 1855 1962 1902 STATUS. No numeral cancellation recorded, used K70 in late fee instructional marks Under Devizes 1844 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1906 + Under Farringdon 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Listed as in South Eastern District as a pillar box under Foots Cray 1862 - 1867. Then listed in the Kent Provincial Area under Chislehurst 1873 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS and a 3VOS were only used on the stamps of Sierra Leone. Under Holborn Hill Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Under Carlisle 1858 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1896. Carlisle 1896 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1847 - 1855. Keighley 1855 - 1858. Leeds 1858 - 1889. Keighley 1889 - 1906 + Under Ampthill 1844 - 1906 + Under Lancaster 1848 - 1870. Carnforth 1870 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + A 4VOD, that was used only on the stamps of the Straits Settlements. Under Pickering 1847 - 1855. York 1855 - 1873. Pickering 1873 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1844 - 1868. Town Receiving House of Sittingbourne 1868 - 1906+ A 3VOD with Milton Sittingbourne in the cds was sent in Dec 1882. Independent Sub Office 1872 - 1896. Under Newmarket 1896 - 1906 + Sometimes in Cambridgeshire and sometimes in Suffolk. Under Boston 1855 - 1878. Burgh Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1880. Railway Sub Office 1880 -(B97 issued in 1880)- 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1852. Redcar 1852 - 1868. Marske by the Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1849 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E46 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Neath 1869 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1872 -(F73 issued)- 1890. Wadebridge 1890 - 1906+ Under Huddersfield 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Charge marks with H24 were sent to Sleaford in Jan1921 and May1921, probably sent on to Heckington. Under Malton 1844 - 1864. York 1864 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Northallerton 1844 - 1861. Closed 1861 - 1878. Northallerton 1878 - 1906 + Smeaton in the lists from 1844 to 1857. Great Smeaton in the lists from 1892 to 1906 see J41. Error of number 035 in a 3HOS instead of 034 First issued in Oct1854 (sent in error to Oldbury) Used in Smethwick from Jun1862. Under Birmingham 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1881. Birmingham 1881 - 1906 + . A 3VOD with Smethwick Birmingham in the cds was first used in Sep 1886. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 73 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Smethwick, Birmingham Smethwick Smethwick Smyrna Snaith Snettisham Snodland Soham Solihull Solihull, Birmingham Solva Somersham FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1902 1906 1906 1962 1959 1857 1962 1906 1857 NONE NONE NONE 1872 1885 1883 1876 1850 1844 NONE 1868 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1891 1906 1912 1904 1903 1858 NONE 1909 1856 NO. COUNTY 75S 755 035B F87 H62 G63 649 983 719 753 E05 681 Staffs Staffs Worcs Turkey Yorks W.R. Norfolk Kent Cambs Warwks Warwks Pem Hunts 1924 1963 1967 1874 1887 1887 1882 1855 1844 1924 1874 1844 1962 1967 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Moved from Staffs to Worcs 1967. 3VOS on GB stamps. Under Selby 1844 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lynn 1844 - 1906 + Under Rochester 1846 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Mildenhall 1844 - 1850. Head Post Office 1850 -1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Birmingham 1855 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Ives 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Taunton 1855 - 1884. Langport 1884 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1895. Langport 1895. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1906 + Under Woodstock 1844 - 1859. From 1859 to 1906+ Day letters to Banbury and night letters to Oxford. Under Brackley 1850 - 1861. Banbury 1861 - 1906 + Under Middlesborough 1861 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 -(A98 issued in 1881)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 +. Somerton 720 Som 1844 1906 1844 1888 Somerton Souldern K86 K87 Oxon Oxon 1902 1902 1906 1906 1897 1897 1901 1898 South Bank A98 Yorks N.R. 1882 1906 1881 1909 South Bank 725 Yorks N.R. 1924 1967 NONE NONE South Benfleet E29 Essex 1874 1906 1869 1904 046 740 515 A97 693 938A S.938 747 855 874 Essex Devon Yorks E.R. Yorks E.R. Yorks N.R. Surrey Surrey Hants Glam Surrey 1962 1924 1844 1882 1962 1857 1906 1929 1962 1929 1882 1902 1959 1887 1906 NONE NONE 1844 1881 1892 NONE NONE NONE 1877 1897 NONE NONE 1859 1924 1901 NONE NONE NONE G.P.O. 1908 South Hetton K36 Durham 1902 1924 1893 1924 South Milford 015 Yorks W.R. 1892 1906 1869 1910 South Molton South Ockendon South Otterington South Petherton South Road, Bishop Auckland South Shields 724 083 J43 725 Devon Essex Yorks N.R. Som 1844 1965 1892 1844 1962 1844 NONE 1888 1844 1905 NONE 1906 1881 80 Durham 1887 1888 Under Bishop Auckland 1884 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with South Rd, Bishop Auckland in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. 704 Durham 1844 1962 1844 1906 South Shore, Blackpool 953 Lancs 1888 1909 South Stockton 732 Yorks N.R. 1882 1902 1876 1891 South Tottenham H07 Middx 1887 1892 NONE NONE Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Preston 1844 - 1877. Blackpool 1877 - later became a Town Receiving House of Blackpool. A 3VOD with South Shore Blackpool in the cds was first used in Aug 1888. South of the Tees ie. in Yorkshire. Under Stockton 1854 - 1892. Branch Office of Stockton 1881 - 1892. Subsequently became Thornaby on Tees in 1892. No numeral cancellation. Ynysmudw Glamorgan in the 1899 list South Benfleet South Brent South Cave South Cave South Cliffe, Scarborough South Croydon South Croydon South Farnborough South Ferndale South Godstone 1906 1906 Under Rayleigh 1845 - 1851. Ingatestone 1851 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1878. Independent Sub Office 1878 - 1906 + Under Market Weighton 1844 - 1855. Brough 1855 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Scarborough 1892 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with South Cliffe BO in the cds was first used in Dec 1892. A surcharge mark with the number S.938 has been recorded used in South Croydon Surrey in 1905. Under Pontypridd 1877 - 1879. Became Tylorstown in 1879. Was previousy called Godstone Station. Changed to South Godstone in 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Not a barred numeral cancel, the number K36 occurs at the base of a cds. Under Fence Houses 1857 - 1887. Sunderland 1887 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + First issued in Apr1869 to South Milford, although 015 was in the lists from 1857 to 1887 as Milford Junction. Under Pontefract 1852 - 1853. Milford Junction 1853 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 -(O15 transferred from Milford Junction in 1861)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Under Northallerton 1884 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844. Under Ilminster 1845 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 74 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY FIRST LIST LAST LIST FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. Ceased being a Post Town just before the 1844 numerals were issued, yet received the number 395 in the Provincial series, this was issued in April 1844 and has been seen used in 1845. Under Edgware in the London District Post 1846 1857. Western District: under Ealing 1857. Hanwell 1858 - 1859. a Suburban District 1859 - 1865. Also under Hounslow in the Provincial Area 1857 - 1862. Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Southall 395 Middx 1844 1962 1844 1902 Southam 722 Warwks 1844 1906 1844 1855 Southampton Southampton Docks Southampton, Oxford Street Southborough Southborough, New Town 723 723 Hants Hants 1844 1844 1962 1844 1875 1964 G.P.O. 723 Hants 1886 1900 A 3VOD with Oxford St. Southampton in the cds was issued in Sep1886 955 J45 Kent Kent 1882 1892 1887 1906 1878 1888 1900 1902 Southend 026 Essex 1855 1962 1854 1916 647 594 A91 625A 542 D62 781 Jamaica Lancs Hants Hants Notts Sussex Sussex 1882 1844 1882 1924 1844 1882 1951 1902 1962 1902 1924 1962 1906 1962 not GB 1844 1881 NONE 1844 1880 NONE not GB 1915 1901 NONE 1905 1880 NONE Under Tunbridge Wells 1844 - 1906 + Renamed "The Parade Southborough" in 1902. Under Tunbridge Wells 1872 - 1906 + 1910 became Southborough. Under Rochford 1844 - 1855. Ingatestone 1855 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1866. Head Post Office 1866 - 1906 + "on Sea" added in 1893. 3HOS only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Ormskirk 1844 - 1847. Head Post Office 1847 - 1906 + Under Portsmouth 1844 - 1905 + Town Receiving House of Portsmouth 1857 - 1905 + Southwold 838 Suffolk 1844 1906 1844 1908 Southwold Sowerby Bridge 734 331 Suffolk Yorks W.R. 1924 1844 1962 1857 NONE 1844 NONE 1857 Sowerby Bridge 662 Yorks W.R. 1882 1962 1876 1906 Southfield Southport Southsea Southsea, Portsmouth Southwell Southwick Southwick, Brighton Head Post Office 1844 - 1849. Under Leamington Spa 1849 - 1851. Rugby 1851 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in May 1855, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with HPO Southampton issued Oct1880. A 4VOD with Southampton Docks in the cds was sent in Jul 1875. Under Newark 1844 - 1853. Head Post Office 1853 - 1906 + Under Shoreham 1844 - 1880. Brighton 1880 -(D62 issued in 1880)- 1906 + Under Wangford 1844 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Halifax 1844 - 1856. Manchester 1856 - 1859. Normanton 1859 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 - 1906 + Under Halifax 1844 - 1856. Manchester 1856 - 1859. Normanton 1859 - 1876. Head Post Office 1876 -(662 issued in 1876)1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 4VOS was used very rarely on GB and Spanish stamps. Recorded from Apr1868 to Nov1868. St Thomas is in what were the Danish West Indies. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Spalding 727 Lincs 1844 1962 1844 1951 Spanish Mail Packet D26 St.Thomas 1874 1887 1868 1868 Spanish Town Speke, Liverpool Spelter Works Spennymoor Spilsby Spittal A76 466U 731 126 728 729 Jamaica Lancs Glam Durham Lincs Lincs 1874 1959 1882 1882 1844 1844 1892 1962 1887 1962 1962 1902 1859 NONE 1876 1874 1844 1844 1860 NONE stamp 1899 1902 stamp 342 Sussex 1882 1883 A 3VOD with St.Leonards on Sea Kings Road in the cds was issued in Jun 1882 Prior to 1882 was called Gensing Station Road, see F37. Branch Office of Hastings 1882 - 1906 + and thus used the number 342 of Hastings. 342 Sussex 1882 1886 St Leonards on Sea used number 682 until 1882 when it became Kings Road BO, Hastings. A duplex with King's Rd BO, St Leonards on Sea in the cds and the number 342 of Hastings was issued in Nov 1882. 342 Sussex 1882 1892 A 3VOD with St.Leonards on Sea Marina in the cds sent in Jun 1882. 675 953A A73 128 974 Herts Lancs Jamaica Pem Lancs 1844 NONE 1859 1874 NONE 1961 NONE 1860 G.P.O. NONE St Leonards on Sea, Kings Rd St Leonards on Sea, Kings Rd BO St Leonards on Sea, Marina St.Albans St.Anne's on Sea St.Ann's Bay St.Anns Head St.Anne's on Sea 1844 1929 1874 1882 1924 1962 1959 1892 1902 1924 Under Bridgend 1855 - 1895. Maesteg Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1898. Became Caerau in 1898. Under Durham 1845 - 1856. Ferry Hill 1856 - 1874. Head Post Office 1874 -(126 issued in 1874)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1850. Closed 1850. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Haverfordfordwest 1874 - 1895. Closed 1895, was only a telegraph office. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 75 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY 676 Flint 1844 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1844 1911 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. St.Austell 670 Corn 1844 1962 1844 1887 St.Bees G26 Cumb 1874 1906 1873 1900 St.Clears 677 Carm 1844 1906 1844 1907 St.Columb 678 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1880 St.Columb Minor St.David St.Davids St.Dogmaels C21 A72 E08 H57 1874 1874 1874 1887 1906 1892 1906 1906 1864 1859 1868 1885 1870 1860 1899 1909 St.Domingo C87 Corn Jamaica Pem Pem Dominican Rep. Head Post Office 1844 - 1848. Under Rhyl 1848 - 1861. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Whitehaven 1844 - 1869. Carnforth 1869 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Bodmin 1857 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1864 --(C21 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Under Haverfordwest 1844 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Cardigan 1849 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1857. Cardigan 1857 - 1906 + 1874 1902 1866 1877 A 4VOS was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Aug1876 to Jun1877 St.Georges Rd.Brighton 132 Sussex 1883 1888 St.Germans St.Helens 251 679 Corn Lancs 1844 1844 1875 1905 St.Helens, Swansea 763 Glam St.Issey St.Ives B07 680 St.Ives 817 St.Jago de Cuba St.James's St. Brighton St.Johns 075 I.O.M. 1963 St.Johns Chapel 049 Durham 1899 1906 St.Just St.Keyne 021 028 Corn Corn 1855 1882 St.Kitts A12 Leeward Is. St.Leonards St.Asaph Town Receiving House of Brighton 1882 - 1888. Closed 1888. A 3VOD with St.Georges Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Under Devonport 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 1844 1844 1906 1962 1883 G.P.O. Corn Hunts 1874 1844 1906 1962 1859 1844 1896 1915 Under Bodmin 1851 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Corn 1844 1962 1844 1919 Under Truro 1844 - 1855. Hayle 1855 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + C88 Cuba 1874 1902 1866 1869 132 Sussex 1883 1889 4VOS on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Jun1869 to Jul1869 Under Brighton 1867 - 1906+:- Town Receiving House 1867 - 1903. Branch Office 1903 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with St. James's St. Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. NONE NONE 1893 1898 1906 1924 1853 1878 1920 1905 1874 1902 1858 1858 342A Sussex 1929 1962 NONE NONE St.Leonards on Sea 682 Sussex 1844 1874 1844 1882 St.Leonards on Sea, Station Office St.Lucia 342 Sussex 1886 1902 A11 Windward Is. 1874 1902 1858 1859 St.Mary Cray G09 Kent 1882 1906 1882 1905 St.Mary's, Isles of Scilly 694 Corn 1929 1962 NONE NONE St.Mawes 672 Corn 1844 1857 1844 1858 St.Mellion B08 Corn 1874 1906 1859 1900 St.Mellons F47 Monm 1874 1906 1871 stamp A Town Receiving House of Swansea 1875 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with St.Helens Swansea in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Under Durham 1844 - 1855. Darlington 1855 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Penzance 1844 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Liskeard 1853 - 1878. Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS on GB stamps from Sep1858 to Dec1858, later on St.Christopher & St.Kitts, also a 3VOS was used on St.Christopher stamps. Head Post Office 1844 - 1861. Town Receiving House of Hastings 1861 - 1906 +. Renamed Kings Road Branch Office in 1882 and started using the number 342 of Hastings. A 3VOD with St.Leonards on Sea Station Office in the cds was issued in Feb1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 c.1902. No public counter A 3HOS used on GB stamps from May1859 to Dec1859, later used on St.Lucia stamps London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1867. Moved to the Kent Provincial Area under Chislehurst 1867 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Austell 1844 - 1847. Truro 1847 - 1855. Grampound 1855 - 1857. St.Austell 1857 - 1859. Grampound Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1881. Grampound Road 1881 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Tavistock 1852 - 1855. Plymouth 1855 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Cardiff 1854 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 76 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1962 1844 1882 1865 1858 1872 1892 1844 1856 1852 1883 1844 1844 1886 1893 1877 1861 G.P.O. 1900 1898 1857 1856 1895 1855 1898 1887 1924 1884 1922 1844 1887 1844 1844 1892 1857 1906 1962 1962 1906 1844 1883 1844 1844 1888 1856 stamp 1907 1965 1902 Essex 1874 1906 1871 1896 037 Essex 1959 1962 NONE NONE 81 Durham 1844 1906 1844 1896 Stanley H08 Durham 1887 1906 1884 1905 Stanley 932 Durham 1935 1962 NONE NONE Stanmore 770 Middx 1844 1962 1844 1911 Stanstead Stantonbury Stantonbury 731 G30 H61 Essex Bucks Bucks 1924 1874 1887 1962 1906 1902 NONE 1873 1885 NONE 1878 G.P.O. OFFICE NO. COUNTY St.Neots St.Peters St.Thomas St.Vincent St.Weonards Stacksteads Stafford Stafford Stafford Stafford Station Staindrop Staines 686 G38 C51 A10 F71 K05 730 732 780 730 235 741 Hunts Kent Dan.West Ind. Windward Is. Heref Lancs Staffs Staffs Staffs Staffs Durham Middx 1844 1882 1874 1874 1874 1892 1844 1962 1902 1906 1902 1906 1902 1962 1844 1844 Staithes H19 Yorks N.R. Stalbridge Stalbridge Stalybridge Stamford Stamford Bridge 887 G79 502 742 J28 Dorset Dorset Ches Lincs Yorks E.R. Stanford le Hope F38 Stanford le Hope Stanhope FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Margate 1844 - 1872. Ramsgate 1872 - 1886. Broadstairs 1886 - 1906 + 3TH.HOS, 4VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Aug1865 to Aug1877 A 3HOS used on GB stamps from Aug1858 to Apr1861, later a 3HOS & 4VOS were used on St.Vincent stamps Under Ross 1847 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1853 - 1900. Town Receiving House of Bacup 1900 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 732 in a Spoon instead of 730 Error of number 780 in a 3HOS instead of 730 Under Stafford 1880 - 1906 + Under Darlington 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Guisborough 1844 - 1852. Redcar 1852 - 1868. Saltburn by the Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1881. Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Blandford 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885. Blandford 1886 - 1906 + Under Blandford 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885. Blandford 1886 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1866. Head Post Office 1866 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1851 - 1857. Eastern District 1860 - 1865. Moved into the Essex Provincial Area in 1865 as a Receiving House under Romford 1865 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Bishop Auckland 1844 - 1851. Darlington 1851 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Fence Houses 1868 - 1872. Chester le Street 1872 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 -(H08 issued in 1884)-) - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + In the General Post and London District Post under Edgware 1844 - 1857. In the North Western District 1857 - 1868. Given the provincial number 770 in 1844. Also allocated the London style numeral 42B in 1861. Solely in the MIddlesex Provincial Area from 1868. Under Stoney Stratford 1858 - 1894. Wolverton 1894 - 1906 + Allocated G30 and H61 in the 1887 to 1902 lists. Under Derby 1844 - 1848. Nottingham 1848. Derby 1848 - 1849. 1849 - ? Day letters to Derby and night letters to Nottingham. Nottingham 1856 - 1857. Derby 1858 - 1862. Nottingham 1862 - 1906 + Stapleford 586 Notts 1844 1857 1844 1852 Stapleford Staplehurst Starcross Staunton on Arrow Staveley Stevenage 685 939 B90 B14 187 743 Notts Kent Devon Heref Derbys Herts 1924 1845 1874 1874 1844 1844 1962 1962 1906 1906 1857 1962 NONE 1844 1863 1859 1844 1844 NONE 1898 1898 1881 1847 1961 Head Post Office 1844 - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Exeter 1845 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Leominster 1856 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Chesterfield 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Stevenage 347 Herts NONE NONE A charge mark with the number 347 was sent to Stevenage in Apr.1920. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Steventon Stewart Town 094 A77 Berks Jamaica 1874 1874 1924 1892 1858 1859 1905 1860 Steyning 744 Sussex 1844 1906 1844 1898 Under Abingdon 1852 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1846. Hurstpierpoint 1846 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Steyning Stickney Stilton 799 96 731 Sussex Lincs Hunts 1951 1844 1844 1962 1857 1857 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1858 1855 Under Boston 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Peterborough 1855 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 77 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1938 NONE NONE 1857 1844 1858 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1844 1849 NONE 1900 1917 1849 Durham 1887 1887 736 Durham 1887 1887 736 Durham 1887 G.P.O. 115 Norfolk 1844 1906 1844 1908 547 Staffs 1844 1962 1844 1899 J19 547C Som Staffs 1892 1962 1906 1888 NONE 1913 NONE Stokenchurch 738 Bucks 1844 1857 1844 1861 Stokesley 739 Yorks N.R. 1844 1906 1844 1905 Stokesley Stone Stonehouse Stonehouse Stonehouse 098 745 024 G09 746 Yorks N.R. Staffs Glos Devon Glos 1844 1855 1874 1924 1967 1962 1906 1874 1962 NONE 1844 1853 1873 NONE NONE 1904 1884 1880 NONE Stonehouse, Plymouth 620 Devon 1882 1888 Stoney Cross Stoney Middleton Stonham Stony Stratford 748 43 746 749 Hants Derbys Suffolk Bucks 1844 1844 1844 1844 1857 1857 1906 1959 1844 1844 1844 1844 G.P.O. G.P.O. 1880 1908 Storrington 617 Sussex 1844 1857 1844 1857 Storrington Stourbridge Stourport 984 750 751 Sussex Worcs Worcs 1959 1844 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1909 1907 Stow on the Wold 535 Glos 1844 1959 1844 1907 Stowmarket Stratford on Avon 752 754 Suffolk Warwks 1844 1844 1962 1962 1844 1844 1903 1907 Stratton 441 Corn 1844 1906 1844 1880 Stratton St.Margaret Stratton St.Margaret Street B36 H69 943 Wilts Wilts Som 1887 1936 1906 1959 1860 1886 NONE 1874 1908 NONE Strensall Camp, York 930 Yorks N.R. 1892 1915 Under York 1889 - 1906 + Seasonal. Stretford C49 Lancs 1865 1916 Under Manchester 1844 -1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1871. Manchester 1871 - 1906 + OFFICE NO. COUNTY Stirchley, Birmingham 748 Warwks 1934 Stockbridge 732 Hants 1844 Stockbridge Stockport Stockton on Tees Stockton Stockton on Tees, Cecil St Stockton on Tees, Norton Rd Stockton on Tees, Portrack Lane Stoke Ferry 739 733 736 167 Hants Ches Durham Durham 1924 1844 1844 736 Stoke on Trent Stoke under Ham Stoke, Regent Road FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1874 1906 STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Winchester 1855 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 167 in a 1844 type, instead of 736 Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1878 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Cecil St. Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1872 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Norton Rd. Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Town Receiving House of Stockton from 1868 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Portrack Lane Stockton on Tees in the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Under Brandon 1844 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1906 +. Under Newcastle under Lyme 1844 - 1854. Head Post Office 1854 - 1906 + (Head Post Office was "at railway station" 1869 - 1871) Under Yeovil 1844 - 1855. Ilminster 1855 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1857. Under Tetsworth 1857 - 1889. Wallingford 1889 - 1906 + Moved from Oxon to Bucks in 1896 Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Northallerton 1855 - 1885. Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Stroud 1844 - 1853. Head Post Office 1853 -(O24 was issued in 1853) - 1906 + Under Plymouth 1844 - 1906 + Town Receiving House 1857 - 1880. BO 1880 - 1906 + Under Plymouth 1844 - 1906+:- As a Town Receiving House 1857 - 1889, Branch Office 1889 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Stonehouse Plymouth in the cds was sent in Jun 1882. Under Lyndhurst 1844 - 1860. Closed 1860. Under Bakewell 1844 - 1858. Sheffield 1858 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1895. Under Stowmarket 1895 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Stoney to Stony by 1873. Under Petworth 1844 - 1846. Hurstpierpoint 1846 - 1871. Pulborough Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Moreton in Marsh 1844 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 - 1899. Railway Sub Office 1899 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Launceston 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1857. Crediton 1857 - 1860. (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Swindon 1845 - 1906 + Not in any list. It opened too late for the 1857 one and closed before the 1874 list was issued. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 78 A 3VOD with Strensall Camp York in the cds was first used in May 1892. POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1909 1844 1906 1844 1858 Dorset 1855 1962 1851 1884 760 829 Suffolk Derbys 1844 1844 1962 1906 1844 1844 1883 1911 Sudbury J64 Middx 1892 1906 1889 1902 Suez Summerseat B02 J89 Egypt Lancs 1874 1892 1902 1906 1859 1891 1878 1900 Sunbury C96 Middx 1874 1906 1867 1905 Sunbury Common Sunbury on Thames Sunderland Sunninghill 816 021D 761 088 Middx Middx Durham Berks 1882 1946 1844 1882 1906 1962 1962 1906 1877 NONE 1844 1879 1905 NONE 1908 1904 Surbiton F36 Surrey 1874 1902 1871 1896 Surbiton 422A Surrey 1929 1962 NONE NONE Sutton D23 Surrey 1874 1924 1868 1897 Sutton Sutton Benger Sutton Benger Sutton Bridge Sutton Bridge Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Sutton in Ashfield Sutton on Sea Swadlincote Swadlincote Swaffham Swalwell 759 045 F66 961 768 Surrey Wilts Wilts Lincs Lincs 1925 1857 1874 1882 1933 1962 1857 1906 1906 1962 NONE 1855 1872 1878 NONE NONE 1859 1899 1915 NONE 765 Warwks 1924 1962 NONE NONE 738 001 227 961 762 G95 Notts Lincs Derbys Derbys Norfolk Durham 1924 1962 1882 1952 1844 1887 1962 1906 1962 1962 1906 NONE NONE 1874 NONE 1844 1883 NONE NONE 1906 NONE 1913 1911 Swanage 845 Dorset 1844 1962 1844 1909 Swanley Junction Swansea Swansea N.D.O. Swansea N.W.D.O. Swansea S.D.O. Swansea W.D.O. 732 763 763B 763A 763C 763D Kent Glam Glam Glam Glam Glam 1924 1844 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE 1907 NONE NONE NONE NONE Swansea, Mumbles 763 Glam 1875 1892 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Stretford, Manchester Stroud 758 757 Lancs Glos 1924 1844 Studley 141 Warwks Sturminster Newton 996 Sudbury Sudbury FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Last cancellation recorded in Nov1858, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Bromsgrove 1844 - 1867. Redditch 1867 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Blandford 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Uttoxeter 1844 - 1853. Derby 1853 - 1864. Stoke 1864 - 1866. Derby 1866 - 1906 + North Western District 1857 - 1867. 43B issued in London style cancel. In the Middlesex Provincial Area under Harrow 1867 - 1906 +. 3HOS used on GB stamps Under Manchester 1859 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. South Western District 1857 - 1867. Issued with 47B in a London style cancellation. Moved into the Middlesex Provincial Area in 1867. Under Twickenham 1867 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 1906 +. Under Twickenham 1875 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1906 +. Renamed Sunbury on Thames in 1934. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Chertsey 1844 - 1858. Staines 1858 - 1883. Ascot 1883 - 1906 + South Western District under Kingston. Moved to the Surrey Provincial area in 1866. Town Receiving House of Kingston 1866 - 1896. Branch Office of Kingston 1896 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. Southern District 1857 - 1868. Issued with 43 in a London style cancellation. On the demise of the Southern District in 1868. Became a Head Post Office in the Surrey Provincial Area 1868 -(D23 issued in 1868)- 1906 + Under Chippenham 1844 - 1906 + Under Wisbech 1845 - 1882. Independent Sub Office 1882 - 1885. Wisbech 1885 - 1906 + Under Burton on Trent 1851 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Gateshead 1848 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wareham 1844 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1848 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Mumbles Swansea in the cds was issued in Dec1875 ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 79 A 4VOD with POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY Swansea, St.Helens 763 Glam Swansea, The Docks 763 Glam Swansea, Walters Rd Swindon Swindon Swindon Swindon Station Swinton Swinton, Manchester Tadcaster Tadworth 763 766 881 196 881 K41 767 772 769 Glam Wilts Wilts Wilts Wilts Lancs Lancs Yorks W.R. Surrey Taibach 773 Takeley Talgareg FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1883 G.P.O. A Town Receiving House of Swansea 1875 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with St.Helens Swansea in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. 1875 1897 4VOD with The Docks Swansea isued in Dec1875. 3VODs with The Docks. BO. Swansea issued in Feb1884&Feb1887. 1886 1905 NONE NONE 1910 1906 NONE 1902 NONE 1844 1906 1902 1962 1882 1902 1924 1844 1924 1902 1906 1962 1962 1962 1875 1844 NONE NONE 1878 1893 NONE 1844 NONE Glam 1844 1882 1844 1884 J36 J05 Essex Card 1892 1892 1906 1906 1888 1887 1890 G.P.O. Talgarth E72 Brec 1874 1906 1869 1909 Taliesin C14 Card 1874 1906 1864 1905 Talley Talog 244 A85 Carm Carm 1882 1882 1906 1906 1874 1882 1895 G.P.O. Talsarn E20 Card 1874 1906 1868 1888 Talybont D35 Brec 1882 1906 1882 stamp Talysarn Talysarn F55 H96 Carn Carn 1874 1887 1906 1906 1871 1887 1909 1907 Talysarnau F59 Mer 1874 1906 1872 1898 Tampico Tamworth Tangiers Tanybwlch C63 774 E09 033 Mexico Staffs Pem Mer 1874 1844 1874 1855 1902 1962 1906 1906 1865 1844 1868 1854 1874 1955 1904 1903 Tanygrisiau F06 Mer 1874 1906 1870 1889 Tarporley Taunton Tavistock Tebay 775 776 780 F78 Ches Som Devon Westmd 1844 1844 1844 1874 1962 1962 1962 1906 1844 1844 1844 1872 1907 1905 1910 1902 Teddington C94 Middx 1874 1924 1867 1897 Teddington Teddington Teignmouth Temple Cloud Temple Sowerby Temple Sowerby 797 021C 782 006 143 045 Middx Middx Devon Som Westmd Westmd 1929 1929 1844 1882 1844 1882 1959 1962 1962 1906 1857 1906 NONE NONE 1844 1878 1844 1879 NONE NONE 1898 1921 1857 1880 STATUS. A 4VOD and a 3VOD with Walters Rd, Swansea in the cds were issued in Dec1875 and in Jan1880 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A charge mark number 196 was sent to Swindon in July 1918. It was probably sent on to a subordinate office. Swindon in the 1906 and later lists. Under Swindon 1844 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1906. Closed c.1910. Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1885. Renamed Port Talbot in 1885. A new Town Receiving House established called Taibach in 1885. Under Dunmow 1851 - 1858. Chelmsford 1858 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Under Llandyssil 1881 - 1906 + Under Hay 1849 - 1855. Brecon 1855 - 1858. Hereford 1858 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E72 issued in 1869)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Welshpool 1847 - 1854. Shrewsbury 1854 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 -(C14 issued in 1864)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1853 - 1874. Llandilo 1874 -(244 issued in 1874)- 1906 + Under Carmarthen 1882 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1844 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1904. Felinfach Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Brecon 1847 - ? Aberystwyth ? - 1860. Shrewsbury 1860 -1881. Bwlch Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Became Talybont on Usk in 1897. Under Carnarvon 1857 - 1871. Penygroes Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1872. Carnarvon 1872 - 1873. Penygroes Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Corwen 1851 - 1853. Carnarvon 1853 - 1854. Corwen 1854 - 1856. Carnarvon 1856 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Dropped the y in c. 1880. A 3TH.HOS, was used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Feb1867 to Sep1874 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1848 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1893. Haverfordwest 1893 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1844 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carnarvon 1861 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 -(F06 issued in 1870)- 1881. Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office 1881 - 1892. Town Receiving House of Blaenau Festiniog 1892 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1872 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. South Western District 1857 - 1867. Used 33B in a London style cancellation. Moved with Twickenham into the Middlesex Provincial Area in 1867. Under Twickenham 1867 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1901. Head Post Office 1901 - 1906 + Allocated numbers 797 and 021C at the same time, see also Brentford and Isleworth. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1906 + Under Brough 1844 - 1850. Penrith 1850 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 80 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1906 1962 NONE 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 NONE 1906 1907 1905 1908 1918 1905 1844 1962 1844 1907 Surrey 1887 1906 1887 1911 Berks 1892 1906 1891 stamp 1962 1875 1897 1902 1906 1894 1907 1879 1879 Norfolk Yorks N.R. Yorks N.R. 1844 1844 1962 1962 1844 1844 1892 1909 1903 1905 315 Glos 1844 1906 1844 1902 Thorne Thornton Heath Thornton Heath Thornton Heath High Street Thornton le Moor Thrapstone 797 938 938B Yorks W.R. Surrey Surrey 1844 1857 1924 1962 1844 1891 NONE 1859 1905 NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY Templecombe Tenbury Tenby Tenterden Tetbury Tetsworth Tewkesbury 787 783 784 785 786 787 788 Som Worcs Pem Kent Glos Oxon Glos 1925 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 Thame 789 Oxon Thames Ditton H99 Thatcham J79 The Docks, Swansea 763 Glam The Green K60 Cumb The Marina BO, Hastings 342 Sussex Thetford Thirsk Thornaby on Tees 790 795 732 Thornbury FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Staplehurst 1855 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1906 + (785 void in 1874 list) Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1899. Railway Sub Office 1899 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. 1855 to ? Day letters to Aylesbury and night letters to Tetsworth.Under Tetsworth 1855 1863. Head Post Office 1863 - 1906 + Under Kingston in South Western District 1860 - 1865 and then moved into the Surrey Provincial Area in 1865. Under Kingston 1865 - 1900. Independent Sub Office 1900 - 1906 + Under Newbury 1844 - 1906 + 4VOD "The Docks Swansea" isued in Dec1875. 3VODs with "The Docks. BO. Swansea" issued in Feb1884&Feb1887. Under Ulverston 1871 - 1877. Broughton in Furness Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1880. Carnforth 1880 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1896. Millom 1896 - 1906 + Was the main counter for St.Leonards. Under Hastings 1882 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with The Marina BO in the cds was sent in Mar 1879. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Was South Stockton and became Thornaby on Tees in 1892. Under Stockton 1892 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1847. Under Bristol 1847 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1906 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Doncaster 1855 - 1858. Rotherham 1858 - 1862. Doncaster 1862 - 1906 + Under Croydon 1851 - 1885. In the Surrey Provincial Area 1867 - 1906 + : Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + 938 Surrey 1885 1897 In the Surrey Provincial Area 1867 - 1906 + : Under Croydon 1867 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + J44 798 Yorks N.R. Northts 1892 1844 1906 1959 1888 1844 1907 1892 Three Cocks Junction 941 Brec 1882 1906 1878 1898 Under Northallerton 1881 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Three Cocks Junction Railway Sub Office 1878 -(941 issued in 1878)- 1895. Renamed Three Cocks Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Thundersley Thwaite Tickhill Ticknall Tideswell Tidworth Tidworth 051 747 051 244 44 992 792 Essex Suffolk Yorks W.R. Derbys Derbys Wilts Wilts 1962 1844 1857 1844 1844 1857 1924 1857 1906 1857 1857 1857 1962 NONE 1844 1856 1844 1844 1851 NONE NONE 1850 G.P.O. 1852 1856 1856 NONE Tilbury G54 Essex 1882 1906 1882 1910 Tilbury 793 Essex 1924 1954 NONE NONE Tilbury Docks G54 Essex 1886 1891 Tintagel Tipton Tipton Tiptree Titley Tiverton 791 799 263B 801 B15 800 Corn Staffs Staffs Essex Heref Devon NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1859 1844 NONE 1907 NONE NONE 1903 1897 1933 1844 1929 1924 1874 1844 1959 1924 1962 1962 1906 1962 Under Stonham 1844 - 1892. Eye 1892 - 1906 + Under Bawtry 1845 - 1855. Rotherham 1855 - 1906 + Under Derby 1844 - 1906 + Under Bakewell 1844 - 1858. Sheffield 1858 - 1885. Stockport 1885 - 1892. Buxton 1892 - 1906 + Under Marlborough 1847 - 1900. Andover 1900 - 1906 + Under Romford 1882 - 1883. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1886. "Tilbury Docks BO" 1886 - 1891. Independent Sub Office 1891 - 1902. Railway Sub Office 1902 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Tilbury became Tilbury Docks BO from 1886 to 1891. A 3VOD with Tilbury Docks Essex in the cds was sent in Jun 1886. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 +. A 797 4VOD was sent in error to Tipton, not recorded in use. Under Kington 1850 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 81 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1902 1962 1962 1858 1844 1844 1860 1902 1910 1902 1882 stamp NO. COUNTY Tobago Todmorden Tonbridge A14 332 818 Windward Is. Yorks W.R. Kent 1874 1844 1844 Ton Pentre G56 Glam 1882 Tonypandy 989 Glam 1882 1962 1876 1902 Tonyrefail Tonyrefail 135 801 Glam Glam 1882 1892 1887 1906 1874 1891 G.P.O. 1896 Topsham 804 Devon 1844 1906 1844 1890 Torpoint Torquay 252 805 Corn Devon 1844 1844 1857 1962 1844 1844 1859 1902 Torrington 806 Devon 1844 1962 1844 1906 Tortola Totland Bay Totnes A13 988 807 Virgin Is. I.O.W. Devon 1874 1924 1844 1902 1949 1962 1858 NONE 1844 stamp NONE 1909 Tottenham 117 Middx 1874 1892 1874 1888 FIRST LIST LAST LIST Totton J74 Hants 1892 1906 1891 1904 Tow Law G90 Durham 1887 1906 1883 1911 Towcester 808 Northts 1844 1962 1844 1907 Towyn C33 Mer 1874 1906 1865 1902 Towyn Tram Inn 809 H10 Mer Heref 1924 1887 1962 1906 NONE 1884 NONE 1905 Trawsfyndd 046 Mer 1887 1906 1885 1899 Treallaw 994 Glam 1882 1902 1878 1878 Trebanos 119 Glam 1892 1906 stamp stamp Trecastle Trecastle Tredegar Treffgarne Trefnant 117 735 563 E10 J03 Brec Brec Monm Pem Denbigh 1844 1882 1844 1874 1892 1857 1906 1962 1906 1906 1844 1876 1844 1868 1887 1859 1905 1882 1900 1906 Treforest E56 Glam 1882 1906 1880 1898 Trefriw B48 Carn 1874 1906 1861 1911 Tregaron F35 Card 1874 1924 1871 1919 Tregoney 674 Corn 1844 1857 1844 1857 Treharris Treharris Treherbert D49 812 986 Glam Glam Glam 1882 1924 1882 1906 1962 1924 1881 NONE 1876 stamp NONE 1907 STATUS. A 3HOS used on GB stamps from May1858 to Mar1860, later used on Tobago stamps Under Rochdale 1844 - 1852. Head Post Office 1852 - 1906 + Changed to Tonbridge in the 1899 list. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1882 -(G56 issued in 1882)- 1893. Pentre Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1872 - 1893. Llwynypia Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1857 - 1875. Cardiff 1875 - 1880. Llantrissant Railway Sub Office 1880 - 1885. Pontyclun Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1891. Pontypridd 1891 - 1893. Porth Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1859. Exeter 1859 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1875. Exeter 1875 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Devonport 1844 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1856. Crediton 1857 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1872. Head Post Office 1872 - 1906 + A 3HOS used on GB stamps, no dated covers, later used on Virgin Island stamps Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. Northern District 1857 - 1906 +. Tottenham was allocated number 117 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1892. However it never left London. Allocated numbers 8, 45 and 74 in London. The provincial number 117 was issued in 1874 and used until 1880. In 1874 it ceased using district initials. Under Southampton 1844 - 1906 + Under Durham 1847 - 1850. Darlington 1850 - 1887. Railway Sub Office 1887 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Machynlleth 1844 - 1849. Shrewsbury 1849 - 1855. Welshpool 1855. - 1857 Shrewsbury 1857 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1884 -(H10 issued in 1884) - 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1907. Closed 1907. Under Carnarvon 1854 - 1869. Tanybwlch Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1885. Blaenau Festiniog Railway Sub Office 1885 (046 issued in 1885)- 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1876 - 1893. Dinas Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed its name from The Pheasant Bush (a pub) to Trebanos in 1888. Under Swansea 1888 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Brecon 1844 - 1854. Llandovery 1854 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1856. Brecon 1856 - 1885. Sennybridge Railway Sub Office 1885 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Abergavenny 1844 - 1851. Newport Mon. 1851 - 1858. Head Post Office 1858 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Rhyl 1856 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 +. Under Cardiff 1847 - 1850. Pontypridd 1850 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1889. Town Receiving House of Pontypridd 1889 - 1906 + Under Conway 1852 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lampeter 1844 - 1855. Carmarthen 1855 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under St.Austell 1844 - 1847. Truro 1847 - 1851. Grampound 1851 - 1857. St.Austell 1857 - 1859. Grampound 1859 1881. Grampound Road 1881 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1881 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1857 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 82 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1854 1915 NO. COUNTY Tremadoc 030 Carn 1855 1906 Treorchy 987 Glam 1882 1962 1876 1899 Trimdon Colliery Trimdon Grange 117 D72 Durham Durham 1899 1874 1906 1874 NONE NONE NONE NONE Trimdon Grange D73 Durham 1882 1906 1868 1909 Tring Troedyrhiw Trowbridge Truro Tunbridge 810 B56 813 814 818 Herts Glam Wilts Corn Kent 1844 1882 1844 1844 1844 1962 1906 1962 1962 1962 1844 1880 1844 1844 1844 1950 G.P.O. 1895 1944 1910 Tunbridge Station Office 818 Kent 1885 1906 Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells, Calverley Tunbridge Wells, High Street B.O. Tunstall 820 Kent 820 Kent FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1962 STATUS. 1844 1905 Under Carnarvon 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1893. Portmadoc 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Pontypridd in 1868 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Independent Sub Office 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + No numeral cancellation D72 listed as Trimdon Grange in the 1874 list but only used at Coxhoe. D73 always used at Trimdon Grange. Under Ferry Hill 1850 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Merthyr Tydvil 1852 - 1882. Railway Sub Office 1882 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Changed to Tonbridge in the 1899 list. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Changed from Tunbridge to Tonbridge in 1893, both spellings occur in Station Office Duplexes. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906. Closed c.1906. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + 1881 1891 Under Tunbridge Wells 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Calverley Tunbridge Wells in the cds was sent in Dec 1881. 1884 1896 Town Receiving House 1858 - 1884. Branch Office 1884 - 1896. Closed 1896. 1844 1900 Under Newcastle under Lyne 1844 - 1854. Stoke on Trent 1854 - 1906 + Under Woodbridge 1844 - 1858. Wickham Market 1858 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 - 1888. Wickham Market 1888 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 820 Kent 548 Staffs 1844 1924 Tunstall H03 Suffolk 1887 1906 1884 1899 Tunstall 547E Staffs 1929 1962 NONE NONE Turnham Green 43 Middx 1874 1882 1874 stamp Tutbury Tuxford 226 821 Staffs Notts 1882 1844 1924 1857 1874 1844 1922 1853 Twickenham C93 Middx 1874 1924 1867 1899 Twickenham 893 Middx 1928 1962 NONE NONE Twyford 097 Berks 1859/1861 1877 Twyford Twyford Tycroes Tyldesley D79 819 J21 811 Berks Berks Anglesey Lancs 1882 1924 1892 1924 1906 1962 1906 1962 1880 NONE 1888 NONE 1881 NONE 1901 NONE Tylorstown 855 Glam 1892 1902 1882 1882 Tyne Docks Tywyn Tywyn Uckfield E89 C23 J30 822 Durham Carn Carn Sussex 1874 1874 1892 1844 1902 1906 1902 1962 1870 1864 NONE 1844 1904 1889 NONE 1956 Ulceby 002 Lincs 1855 1906 1851 1892 Uley 759 Glos 1844 1906 1844 1846 In the London District Post 1844 - 1857. Western District 1857 - 1906 +.Turnham Green was allocated number 43 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1882. However it never left London. Provincial style cancellations with the number 43 were sent in 1874, they have not been seen used. In 1875 it ceased using district initials. Renamed Chiswick High Road in 1882 and became the primary Receiving House in the Chiswick Suburban District. The name "Turnham Green" was then applied to a pillar box in the Chiswick Suburban District. Under Burton on Trent 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Newark 1853 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. South Western District 1857 - 1867. Used 35 in a London style cancellation. Head Post Office in the Middlesex Provincial Area 1867 -(C93 issued in 1867)- 1906 + A 3HOS number 097 was sent to Shiplake in Jan1858, transferred to Twyford between 1859 & 1861. Twyford was under Reading 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Reading 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + South Ferndale became Tylorstown in 1879. Under Pontypridd 1879 - 1893. Ferndale Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1899. Pontygwaith 1899 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Ferndale 1906 + Under South Shields 1865 - 1906 + Under Conway 1854 - 1888. Llandudno 1888 - 1893. Closed 1893 - 1899. Llandudno 1899 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Barrow on Humber 1846 - 1849. Hull 1849 - 1851. Head Post Office 1851 -(OO2 issued in 1851)- 1892. Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Dursley 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 83 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Ulverstone Unknown Unknown NO. COUNTY 824 C24 D60 to D65 Lancs Unknown FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1844 1962 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1844 1905 G.P.O. Unknown Upleatham G66 Yorks N.R. 1887 1906 1883 G.P.O. Upminster Upper Bangor 816 461 Essex Carn 1946 1882 1962 1902 NONE 1875 NONE 1896 Upper Brynamman J06 Carm 1892 1906 1887 1893 Upper Clevedon 017 Som 1855 1874 1853 1859 Upper Cwmtwrch A86 Glam 1882 1906 1882 1891 Upper Edmonton G78 Middx 1887 1887 1883 1887 Upper Teddington Uppingham Upton on Severn Urmston Usk Usk Usk J26 825 920 931 826 089 826 Middx Rutland Worcs Lancs Monm Monm Monm 1892 1844 1844 1924 1844 1882 1929 1902 1962 1906 1962 1906 1902 1962 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1844 1879 NONE NONE 1890 1906 NONE 1908 1888 NONE Uttoxeter 827 Staffs 1844 1906 1844 1905 Uttoxeter Uxbridge 829 830 Staffs Middx 1924 1844 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1905 Valley D60 Anglesey 1882 1906 1880 1910 Valley Valley Valparaiso Velindre Velindre Ventnor Vera Cruz Vere 826 839 C30 692 H65 971 C64 A78 Anglesey Anglesey Chile Pem Carm I.O.W. Mexico Jamaica 1926 1929 1874 1882 1887 1849 1874 1874 1962 1902 1902 1906 1962 1902 1892 NONE NONE 1864 1876 1886 1848 NONE 1859 NONE NONE 1881 1918 1894 1913 NONE 1860 Victoria Rd. Brighton 132 Sussex 1883 1888 Virginia Water Virginia Water Wadebridge Wadebridge Wadhurst Wadhurst Station Wadhurst Station Road J46 827 89 022 828 J82 J82 Surrey Surrey Corn Corn Sussex Sussex Sussex 1892 1924 1844 1959 1924 1892 1906 1906 1962 1906 1962 1962 1902 1906 1888 NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1891 NONE 1911 NONE 1879 NONE NONE 1898 NONE Wainfleet G91 Lincs 1887 1906 1884 1901 STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Lancashire to Cumbria in 1974. Ulverston by 1870. A 3TH.HOS occurs in the Proof Books in about Sept 1864, it is undated and unallocated. Allocation unknown. The very few covers with a 4VOS of numbers D60 to D65 do not give a clear picture of where they were used. The common feature is that they all used a 4VOS on mail from overseas. On very little evidence I believe that they were used in the Chief Office London, as were numbers D27 to D56. Under Middlesborough 1852. Redcar 1852 - 1868. Marske by the Sea Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 (G66 issued in 1883)- 1895. Marske by the Sea 1895 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1853 - 1895. Town Receiving House of Bangor 1895 - 1906 + Previously was Brynamman Railway Sub Office. A Railway Sub Office 1887 -(J06 issued in 1887)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1861. Renamed Clevedon in 1861. Under Swansea 1882 -(A86 issued)- 1896. Lower Cwmtwrch Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Receiving House in the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then Northern District 1857 - 1906 + Had its own cancellation from 1883 when an Upper Edmonton duplex was issued. Always in London despite having a provincial style cancellation number G78 No numeral cancellation recorded Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Worcester 1844 - 1906 + Brumell records 931 used at Upton in 1851. Head Post Office 1844 - 1856. Under Newport 1856 - 1906 + Usk had number 826 at the same time as 089. Reallocation of number 826, the number was void in the 1924 list. Head Post Office 1844 - 1857. Under Derby 1857 - 1864. Stoke on Trent 1864 - 1871. Derby 1871 - 1875. Stoke 1875. Stafford 1875 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bangor 1857 - 1860. Holyhead 1860 - 1880. The Valley Railway Sub Office 1880 -(D60 issued in 1880)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + 4VOS & 4VOD used on GB stamps. Recorded in use from Apr1867 to Feb1881 Under Haverfordwest 1857 - 1879. Railway Sub Office 1879 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Llandyssil 1886 - 1904. Henllan Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + No GB stamps were ever sent to Vera Cruz. A 3HOS, was only valid for use on GB stamps from Feb 1859-Aug 1860, later used on Jamaican stamps Town Receiving House of Brighton 1862 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Victoria Road Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1883. Under Chertsey 1844 - 1855. Closed 1855 - 1859. Staines 1859 - 1888. Independent Sub Office 1888 - 1906 + Under Bodmin 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Sorting Office by 1891 - 1898. Closed or renamed Wadhurst Station Road 1898. Under Boston 1844 - 1884. Railway Sub Office 1884 -(G91 issued in 1884)- 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 84 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1906 NONE 1892 1902 1892 1904 Ches Ches Berks 1929 1844 1924 1962 1962 NONE NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1906 J63 Surrey 1892 1924 1889 1903 163 838 759A J59 959 259 834 Surrey Surrey Surrey Northumb Northumb Kent Staffs 1927 1929 1892 1928 1844 1844 <1929 1962 1924 1962 1857 1962 NONE NONE NONE 1889 NONE 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE 1906 NONE 1854 1902 Walsingham 289 Norfolk 1844 1857 1844 1851 Walsingham Walters Rd. Swansea Waltham 988 763 073 Norfolk Glam Leics 1959 1962 1874 1906 NONE 1875 1857 NONE 1886 1858 Waltham Cross 835 Herts 1844 1962 1844 1903 Walthamstow 109 Essex 1874 1887 1874 1898 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Wainfleet Wakefield Walkden 735A 831 836 Lincs Yorks W.R. Lancs 1962 1844 1929 Walker K03 Northumb Wallasey Wallasey Wallingford 423 466J 832 Wallington Wallington Wallington Wallington Wallsend Wallsend Walmer Walsall FIRST LIST LAST LIST Walthamstow, Orford Rd 109 Essex 1882 1886 Walton B42 Radnor 1860 stamp Walton on Thames G02 Surrey 1874 1924 1873 1905 Walton on Thames 802 Surrey 1929 1962 NONE NONE Walton on the Naze F74 Essex 1874 1906 1872 1887 Walton on the Naze Walton, Liverpool Wangford Wansford Wantage 833 466A 836 839 4 Essex Lancs Suffolk Northts Berks 1924 1924 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1906 1906 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1844 1844 NONE NONE 1909 1909 1901 F82 Westmd 1874 1906 1872 1874 842 843 035A Herts Dorset Worcs 1844 1844 1967 1962 1962 1844 1844 NONE 1963 1905 NONE Warcop Ware Wareham Warley STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Newcastle on Tyne 1856 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1899. Town Receiving House of Newcastle 1899 - 1906 + A charge mark with the number 423 was sent to Wallasey in Jan.1910. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Upper Wallington under Carshalton 1881 - 1889. Independent Sub Office 1889 - 1892. A 3VOD with Upper Wallington in the cds was first used in Sep 1890. Renamed Wallington in 1892, a Independent Sub Office 1892 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Wallington in the cds was first used in Nov 1893. A surcharge mark with the number 163 has been recorded used in Wallington Surrey in 1921 and 1922. Not in the 1929 list. Under Newcastle on Tyne 1844 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Dover 1844 - 1864. Deal 1864 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Fakenham 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1906 + Walsingham to 1851. Little Walsingham 1851 - 1858. New Walsingham 1858 to 1890. Walsingham afterwards. See also 259. A 4VOD and a 3VOD with Walters Rd, Swansea in the cds were issued in Dec1875 and in Jan1880 Under Grantham 1844 - 1846. Melton Mowbray 1846 - 1906 +. In the General Post and also within the London District Post 1844 - 1857 and then the Northern District 1857 - 1865. Given the provincial number 835 in 1844. Solely in the Hertfordshire Provincial Area 1865 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Only used provincial style numeral cancellations. London District Post 1844 -1857. North Eastern District 1857 - 1867 (closed 1860 - 1867) Eastern District 1867 - 1906 + Walthamstow was allocated number 109 in the Provincial Lists from 1874 to 1887. However it never left London. In 1874 it ceased using district initials. Provincial style cancellations number 109 were issued in 1874 and used up to 1898. A 3VOD with Orford Road Walthamstow in the cds was issued on 30th Mar 1882. Under Kington 1850 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 -(B42 issued in 1860)- 1869. Kington 1869 - 1906 + Not in any list. It's allocation occurred between the 1857 and 1874 lists. Under Esher 1844 - 1863. Weybridge Station 1863 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 -(G02 issued in 1873)- 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1906 + Under Colchester 1844 - 1872. Independent Sub Office 1872 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 -1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Abingdon 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1906 + Moved from Berks to Oxon in 1974. Under Penrith 1847 - 1886. Independent Sub Office 1886 - 1887. Penrith 1887 - 1898. Independent Sub Office 1898 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 85 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1887 1875 G.P.O. 1938 1844 1902 1844 1844 1962 1962 1906 1962 1962 NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1904 NONE 1911 1903 Corn 1874 1906 1859 1895 NO. COUNTY Warlingham 515 Surrey 1882 Warlingham Warminster Warmley Warrington Warwick 844 846 K47 847 848 Surrey Wilts Glos Lancs Warwks Washaway B09 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Moved from London Southern District into the Provincial Area under Croydon in 1865. Under Croydon 1865 - 1882. Warlingham Station 1882 - 1893. Whyteleafe 1893 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1891. Kingswood Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Moved from Lancs to Cheshire in 1974. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bodmin 1853 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1872. Closed 1872 - 1883. Bodmin 1883 - 1893. Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + No numeral cancellation recorded. 970 was only used at Lynmouth, Washford was under Taunton 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1895. Taunton 1895 - 1906 +. Railway Sub Office 1861 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Darlington 1871 - 1906 + 970 Som 1849 1906 1848 G.P.O. Washington Station Waskerley Watchet Waterfoot Waterfoot Waterloo, Liverpool B43 K93 012 D34 837 466T Durham Durham Som Lancs Lancs Lancs 1874 1902 1962 1882 1924 1929 1906 1906 1906 1959 1962 1863 1899 NONE 1882 NONE NONE 1906 1904 NONE 1890 NONE NONE Waterlooville H34 Hants 1887 1906 1884 1913 Waterlooville Watford Wath upon Dearne Watson's Hill Watton 011 849 656 F95 794 Hants Herts Yorks W.R. Jamaica Norfolk 1959 1844 1844 1874 1844 1962 1962 1857 1902 1959 NONE 1844 1844 not GB 1844 NONE 1898 1857 not GB 1908 Wattstown H24 Glam 1887 1902 1885 G.P.O. Waunarllwyd Waunllwyd Wavertree, Liverpool Wealdstone K69 H31 466C H73 Glam Monm Lancs Middx 1902 1887 1925 1887 1906 1906 1962 1906 NONE 1884 NONE 1886 NONE G.P.O. NONE 1900 964 Durham 1899 1906 1897 1901 850 580 834A 851 841 857 Staffs Staffs Staffs Northts Northts Northts 1844 1924 1929 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1857 1857 1844 1856 NONE 1844 1844 1844 1912 1856 NONE 1910 1855 1859 Welling 386 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1906 Wellingborough Wellington Wellington Wellington College Station. Wells Wells Welshpool 858 859 860 Northts Salop Som 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1962 1844 1844 1844 1902 1905 1924 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Wansford 1844 -1846. Oundle 1846 - 1859. Wansford 1859 - 1894. Kettering 1894 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1853. Under Rugby 1853 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Issued 22B in a London style cancel in 1861. Stopped using district initials in 1875. 3VOD number 386 issued in provincial style in 1875 used first in South Eastern District then whilst in the Kent Provincial Area. Moved with Woolwich into the Kent Provincial Area in 1879. Independent Sub Office 1879 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + J09 Berks 1892 1906 1887 1891 Under Wokingham 1887 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1906 + Renamed Crowthorne Station in 1929. 863 864 852 Norfolk Som Mont 1844 1844 1844 1962 1962 1962 1844 1844 1844 1875 1885 1904 Head Post Office 1844 - 1894. Railway Sub Office 1894 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Washford Wearhead Wednesbury Wednesbury Wednesbury Weedon Weldon Welford Under Manchester 1851 - 1906 + Under Portsmouth 1847 - 1864. Fareham 1864 - 1865. Cosham Railway Sub Office 1865 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Rotherham 1844 - 1906 + A 3HOS, that was only used on Jamaican stamps. Under Thetford 1844 - 1881. Independent Sub Office 1881 - 1896. Thetford 1896 - 1906 + Before 1885 was Aberllechau. Under Pontypridd 1885 - 1893. Porth Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 1906.Town Receiving House of Ynyshir 1906 +. Always listed as Aberllechau. No numeral cancellation recorded. Under Swansea 1876 - 1906 + Under Ebbw Vale 1884 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Was Harrow Station. Under Harrow 1882 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Durham 1844 - 1855. Darlington 1855 - 1862. Closed 1862 - 1876. Darlington 1876 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 580 in a 3HOS instead of 850 ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 86 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1962 1962 1962 1962 1844 NONE 1844 1878 1905 NONE 1907 1897 1874 1906 1856 1896 Bucks Bucks Heref Staffs Durham Glam Lancs Ches Middx Middx Salop 1844 1929 1855 1844 1887 1874 1929 1924 1874 1934 1882 1906 1962 1906 1962 1906 1906 1962 1924 1906 1959 1906 1844 NONE 1852 1844 1885 1874 NONE NONE 1868 NONE 1874 1861 NONE 1899 1905 1907 1887 NONE NONE 1900 NONE 1886 029 Durham 1855 1962 1854 1857 West Kirby West Malling West Malling 862 C91 872 Ches Kent Kent 1924 1882 1924 1962 1906 1962 NONE 1880 NONE NONE 1911 NONE West Pier, Brighton 132 Sussex 1882 1890 West Tanfield West Town J51 B45 Yorks N.R. Som 1892 1874 1906 1906 1889 1860 1906 stamp West Wickham 796 Kent 1882 1906 1877 G.P.O. West Wickham West Woodburn Westbourne, Bournemouth Westbury 856 672 Kent Northumb 1933 1882 1962 1906 NONE 1876 NONE G.P.O. 060B Hants 1929 1962 NONE NONE 870 Wilts 1844 1962 1844 1912 Westbury on Severn 341 Glos 1882 1906 1875 G.P.O. Westbury on Trym Westerham Westerham 861 J22 869 Som Kent Kent 1924 1892 1924 1962 1906 1962 NONE 1888 NONE NONE 1908 NONE Western Rd. Brighton 132 Sussex 1880 1898 Westgate Westgate on Sea Westgate on Sea Westhoughton G78 G48 884 954 Durham Kent Kent Lancs 1899 1882 1924 1952 1899 1906 1959 1959 NONE 1882 NONE NONE NONE 1907 NONE NONE Weston super Mare 871 Som 1844 1962 1844 1898 Weston under Penyard F76 Heref 1874 1906 1872 G.P.O. Wetherby 872 Yorks W.R. 1844 1906 1844 1883 Wetherby 889 Yorks W.R. 1924 1962 NONE NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY Welwyn Welwyn Garden City Wem Wembley 865 857 711 908 Herts Herts Salop Middx 1844 1928 1844 1882 Wembworthy 071 Devon 867 385 003 868 H48 121 466R 932 D96 850 174 West Hartlepool Wendover Wendover Weobley West Bromwich West Cornforth West Cross West Derby, Liverpool West Didsbury West Drayton West Drayton West Felton FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1844 - 1906 + Under Harrow 1878 (908 issued) - 1897. Railway Sub Office 1897 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1855. Exeter 1855 - 1856. Crediton 1856 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1846. Under Tring 1846 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hereford 1844 - 1860. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Ferry Hill 1868 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1874 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Under Uxbridge 1844 - 1900. Yiewsley Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Shrewsbury 1856 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 -(174 issued in 1874)- 1887. Oswestry 1887 - 1906 + Under Hartlepool 1849 - 1854. Head Post Office 1854 -(O29 issued in 1854)- 1906 + Stopped using O29 in 1857 although in all lists up to 1962. Under Maidstone 1844 - 1892. Independent Sub Office 1902 - 1906 + Under Brighton 1870 - 1891 :- Town Receiving House 1870 - 1876. Branch Office 1876 - 1891. Closed 1891. A 3VOD with West Pier Brighton in the cds was sent in Mar 1882. Under Ripon 1845 - 1855. Bedale 1855 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1864. Railway Sub Office 1864 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + In South Eastern District of London under Bromley 1857 - 1865. Moved with Bromley into the Kent Provincial Area in 1865. Under Bromley 1865 - 1870. Beckenham 1870 - 1901. Independent Sub Office 1901 - 1906 + Under Hexham 1847 - 1876. Railway Sub Office 1876 -(672 issued in 1876)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Newnham 1844 - 1851. Gloucester 1851. Newnham 1851 - 1864. Gloucester 1864 - 1875. Newnham 1875. Gloucester 1875 -(341 issued in 1875)- 1884. Newnham 1884 - 1906 + Under Sevenoaks 1844 - 1857. Edenbridge 1857 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Brighton 1854 - 1906+ :- Town Receiving House 1854 - 1885. Branch Office 1885 - 1906 +. BO. in the cds from 1885 onwards. A 3VOD with Western Rd. Brighton in the cds was sent in Jun 1880. No numeral cancellations recorded Under Margate 1873 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Numbers 871A and 871B were used in triangular machine marks in the 1960's, the allocation is unknown. Under Gloucester 1845. Ross 1846 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Tadcaster 1855 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1878. Head Post Office 1878 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 87 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE FIRST ISSUE LAST USED STATUS. 1924 1880 1911 Under Esher 1844 - 1854. Chertsey 1854 - 1863. Weybridge Station 1863 - 1880. Head Post Office 1880 -(B87 issued in 1880)- 1906 + 1928 1874 1844 1929 1882 1844 1887 1962 1874 1962 1962 1906 1857 1906 NONE 1863 1844 NONE 1876 1844 1884 NONE 1880 1899 NONE 1909 1862 1889 Durham 1887 1906 1883 1891 Yorks N.R. 1844 1962 1844 1909 Hants 1844 1857 1844 1858 099 Hants 1882 1962 1879 1910 K29 876 A01 A10 40 Heref Salop Salop Salop Glam 1902 1844 1906 1962 NONE 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1908 NONE NONE NONE 1883 1887 1954 1906 1871 NONE 1885 NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1886 1904 NONE 1909 NONE 1915 NONE NONE G.P.O. 1874 1906 1871 1909 Northumb 1892 1906 1889 1901 Northumb Yorks W.R. Heref Kent Kent 1924 1892 1874 1882 1927 1962 1906 1906 1924 1962 NONE 1892 1869 1880 NONE NONE 1906 1879 1909 NONE 867 Staffs 1924 1962 NONE NONE 040 874 936 515 898 404 J48 838 Cambs Cambs Yorks N.R. Surrey Surrey Essex Essex Essex 1857 1924 1844 1899 1929 1844 1892 1948 1857 1962 1906 1906 1962 1857 1906 1962 1854 NONE 1844 1895 NONE 1844 1888 NONE 1857 NONE 1846 1906 NONE 1847 stamp NONE NO. COUNTY Weybridge B87 Surrey 1882 Weybridge Weybridge Station Weymouth Whaley Bridge Whalley Wheatley Wheatley 087 B87 873 896 734 874 H25 Surrey Surrey Dorset Lancs Lancs Oxon Oxon Whickham G96 Whitby 875 Whitchurch 23 Whitchurch Whitchurch Whitchurch Whitchurch Whitchurch Whitchurch, Cardiff White Rock, Hastings 342 Sussex Whitecroft Whitecroft Whitefield Whitefield, Manchester Whitehaven Whitehaven Whitehaven S.C. Whitgift F22 903 H44 866 877 A01 077 H82 Glos Glos Lancs Lancs Cumb Cumb Railway Yorks W.R. 1874 1935 1887 1924 1844 1906 1962 1906 1962 1962 1929 1887 Whitland F24 Carm Whitley J61 Whitley Bay Whitley Bridge Whitney Whitstable Whitstable Whittington Barracks, Lichfield Whittlesea Whittlesea Whitwell Whyteleafe Whyteleafe Wickford Wickford Wickford 886 K22 E70 B42 885 FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 Sorting Office 1863 - 1880. Closed 1880. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Blackburn 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1863. Under Oxford 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1863. Under Oxford 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Gateshead 1844 - 1883. Railway Sub Office 1883 - 1892. Swalwell Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Andover Road 1844 - 1854/6. Micheldever Station 1854/6 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Andover Road 1844 - 1854/6. Micheldever Station 1854/6 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906+ Under Ross 1844 - 1851. Monmouth 1851 - 1882. Ross 1882 - 1906 +. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Charge marks with the numbers A01 and A10 were sent to Whitchurch in Jul.1918. They were probably sent on to a subordinate Under Hastings 1877 - 1891. Replaced by Verulam Place Branch Office in 1891. A 3VOD with White Rock Hastings in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. Under Newnham 1847 - 1853. Lydney 1853 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1858 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Charge marks with the number A01 sent in Sep1915 to Whitehaven, probably sent on to a subordinate office. SC = Sorting Carriage. Recorded used in tax stamps. Under Goole 1876 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905 Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + A 4VOD with Whitland RSO in the cds was issued in Dec1871. Under Narberth 1853 -1858. St.Clears 1859. Narberth 1860 - 1871. Railway Sub Office 1871 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under North Shields 1845 - 1873. Newcastle 1873 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1902. Renamed Whitley Bay Railway Sub Office in 1902. Under Pontefract 1855 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Hereford 1854 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E70 issued in 1869)- 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Under Canterbury 1844 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1906 + Under Peterborough 1844 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + Under Warlingham Station 1886 - 1893. Independent Sub Office 1893 - 1906 + Under Ingatestone 1844 - 1862. Chelmsford 1862 - 1878. Rayleigh 1878 - 1880. Independent Sub Office 1880 - 1888. Battles Bridge 1888 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 88 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1924 1858 1910 1928 1962 NONE NONE 1844 1857 1844 1863 Lancs Lancs Lancs 1874 1924 1844 1906 1962 1962 1873 NONE 1844 1899 NONE 1905 572 Norfolk 1882 1906 1875 1891 880 906 879 039 887 H41 Leics Leics Cumb Staffs Staffs Kent 1924 1938 1844 1857 1924 1887 1924 1962 1962 1906 1962 1906 NONE NONE 1844 1854 NONE 1885 NONE NONE 1907 1905 NONE 1910 Willingdon J33 Sussex 1892 1906 1888 1908 Willington C71 Durham 1874 1906 1866 1907 Willington Willington Quay Williton Wilmslow Wilmslow Wilton 880 J97 777 C78 933 685 Durham Northumb Som Ches Ches Wilts 1929 1892 1844 1874 1924 1844 1959 1906 1906 1906 1962 1906 NONE 1891 1844 1866 NONE 1844 NONE 1907 1921 1892 NONE 1906 Wimbledon 801 Surrey 1882 1887 1877 1890 Wimbledon Camp 801 Surrey 1877 1889 Under Salisbury 1844 - 1906 + Under Putney in London District Post 1844 - 1857. Suburban District in South Western District 1857 - 1877. Head Office Wimbledon District 1877 - 1882. Sub Office ( a term used in London for a former Head District Office ) in Wandsworth District 1882 - 1906 . Always in London despite having a provincial style duplex number 801. Used numbers 44 and 58 in London style. Provincial number 810 was issued in 1877 and used up to 1890. Seasonal Branch Office. Annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. Wimborne 882 Dorset 1844 1962 1844 1899 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Wincanton 883 Som 1844 1962 1844 1911 Winchcombe Winchelsea Winchelsea Winchester Winchfield Windermere Windhill, Shipley Windsor Winforton Winfrith 536 968 339 888 963 976 184 890 E69 102 Glos Sussex Sussex Hants Hants Westmd Yorks W.R. Berks Heref Dorset 1844 1882 1963 1844 1849 1850 1906 1906 1844 1874 1899 1962 1906 1906 1844 1878 NONE 1844 1848 1848 1887 1844 1869 1898 1906 1911 NONE 1909 1915 1911 1890 1884 1893 1901 Wingate D69 Durham 1868 1870 OFFICE NO. COUNTY Wickham Market A20 Suffolk 1874 Wickham Market 020 Suffolk Wickwar 917 Glos Widnes Widnes Wigan G05 891 878 Wighton Wigston Wigston Wigton Willenhall Willenhall Willesborough FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1962 1906 1962 STATUS. Under Woodbridge 1844 - 1858. Head Post Office 1858 -(A20 issued in 1858)- 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wotton under Edge 1844 - 1878. Charfield Railway Sub Office 1878 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1880 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Warrington 1853 - 1873. Head Post Office 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Brandon 1870 - 1873. Fakenham 1873 - 1876. New Walsingham 1876 - 1877. Railway Sub Office 1877 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Carlisle 1844 - 1855. Head Post Office 1855 - 1906 + Under Walsall 1844 - 1854. Wolverhampton 1854 - 1906 + Under Ashford 1844 - 1906 + Under Hurst Green 1844 - 1869. Hawkhurst 1869 - 1884. Independent Sub Office 1884 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 1888. Eastbourne 1888 - 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + Under Durham 1845 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 -(C71 issued in 1866)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newcastle on Tyne 1851 - 1891. Railway Sub Office 1891 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Taunton 1844 - 1870. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1895. Taunton 1895 - 1906 + Under Manchester 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Bath 1855 - 1873. Railway Sub Office 1873 - 1875. Bath 1875 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904. Bath 1904 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Cheltenham 1844 - 1890. Railway Sub Office 1890 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Rye 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1873. Rye 1873 - 1904. Independent Sub Office 1904 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Shipley 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Windhill Shipley Yrks. In the cds was sent in Mar 1887. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Hereford 1863 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E69 issued in 1869)- 1900. Hereford 1900 - 1906 + Under Dorchester 1844 - 1906 + Under Durham 1846 - 1849. Ferry Hill 1849 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 89 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE Wingate Wingate Station Wingham Winkleigh Winkleigh Winscombe Winsford Winsford Winsford Winslow Winton, Bournemouth Winton, Bournemouth Wirksworth Wirral, Moreton Wisbeach FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1890 1906 1887 1844 1874 1963 1962 1844 1874 1928 1844 1924 1929 1844 1962 1844 1906 1906 1906 1857 1924 1962 1962 1924 1962 1906 1962 1962 1885 1844 1856 NONE NONE 1844 1862 NONE 1844 NONE NONE 1844 NONE 1844 1909 1879 1912 NONE NONE stamp 1905 NONE 1906 NONE NONE 1888 NONE 1905 NO. COUNTY D71 Durham 1874 H49 893 072 435 884 526 B67 067 894 916 060A 895 466W 897 Durham Kent Devon Devon Som Ches Ches Ches Bucks Hants Hants Derbys Ches Cambs FIRST LIST LAST LIST Wistanstow 090 Salop 1874 1906 1857 1873 Witham 900 Essex 1844 1962 1844 1896 Witheridge 014 Devon 1855 1906 1852 1907 Witheridge Withernsea Witley Camp Witney 070 912 909 902 Devon Yorks E.R. Surrey Oxon 1883 NONE NONE 1844 G.P.O. NONE NONE 1907 Wittersham H59 Witton le Wear Witton Park 109 K78 1949 1962 1844 1962 Kent 1887 1906 1885 1910 Durham Durham 1899 1902 1906 1906 NONE 1897 NONE 1902 Wiveliscombe 903 Som 1844 1906 1844 1891 Wivenhoe Woburn Woking Woking Woking Station H15 906 C66 966 C66 Essex Beds Surrey Surrey Surrey 1887 1844 1924 1928 1874 1906 1929 1924 1962 1906 1884 1844 1883 NONE 1865 G.P.O. 1891 1920 NONE 1883 Wokingham 904 Berks 1844 1962 1844 1908 E11 663 905 905A 905D 905C 905B B19 909 911 Pem Staffs Staffs Staffs Staffs Staffs Staffs Bucks Bucks Yorks W.R. 1874 1844 1844 1929 1967 1967 1963 1874 1924 1924 1906 1857 1962 1962 1868 1844 1844 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1859 NONE NONE 1877 1846 1908 NONE NONE NONE NONE 1902 NONE NONE Wolfcastle Wolseley Bridge Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, Bilston Wolverhampton, NEPDO. Wolverhampton, NWPDO. Wolverhampton, PDO. Wolverton Wolverton Wombwell 1906 1962 1962 STATUS. Number D71 was used both at Castle Eden Colliery (in a 4VOS) and Wingate (in a 3VOD). Wingate was under Durham 1848 - 1855. Ferry Hill 1856 - 1867. Railway Sub Office 1867 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Wingate Railway Sub Office 1885 -(H49 issued in 1885)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1860. Under Sandwich 1860 - 1890. Dover 1890 - 1906 + Crediton 1844 - 1860 (See Crediton). Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Middlewich 1844 - 1862. Railway Sub Office 1862 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1875. Derby 1875- 1894. Independent Sub Office 1894 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Changed to Wisbech, a 4VOD was issued in Mar1877 with the new spelling. Under Shrewsbury 1847 - 1857. Railway Sub Office 1857 - 1873. Shrewsbury 1873 - 1874. Craven Arms Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Crediton 1844 - 1860 (See Crediton). Morchard Bishop Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Error of number O7O in a 3VOD instead of O14 1d to pay 909 used at Witley Camp Godalming c.1915 Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Staplehurst 1844 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1880. Rye 1880 - 1890. Independent Sub Office 1890 - 1894. Peasmarsh 1894 - 1906 + No numeral cancellations. Under Darlington 1848 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1854. Under Wellington 1854 - 1874. Railway Sub Office 1874 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Colchester 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1898. Railway Sub Office 1898 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Was Woking Station. Independent Sub Office 1883 - 1906 + Independent Sub Office 1865 - 1883. Renamed Woking 1883. Head Post Office 1844 - 1857. Under Farnborough Station 1857. Reading 1858 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1860 - 1864. Head Post Office 1865 - 1906 + Under Haverfordwest 1853 - 1868. Railway Sub Office 1868 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Rugeley 1844 - 1853. Stafford 1853 - 1855. Rugeley 1855 - 1864. Stafford 1864 - 1906 + Head Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Stoney Stratford 1852 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 90 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1906 1882 1892 1892 1844 1874 1882 1906 1962 1906 1906 1892 1844 1872 1875 1900 1905 G.P.O. 1910 Essex 1874 1906 1868 1892 F20 Essex 1874 1924 1871 1889 Woodford Green Woodhall Spa Woodstock Woodville Woodyates Wool Wooler 920 913 910 213 913 J68 63 Essex Lincs Oxon Derbys Dorset Dorset Northumb 1928 1924 1844 1882 1844 1892 1844 1962 1962 1962 1906 1857 1906 1906 NONE NONE 1844 1874 1844 1889 1844 NONE NONE 1906 1914 1844 1911 1910 Woolhampton J81 Berks 1892 1906 1891 1905 102 466X Suffolk Lancs 1844 1962 1857 1962 1844 NONE 1857 NONE OFFICE NO. COUNTY Wooburn G46 Bucks 1882 Woodborough Woodbridge Woodchester Woodchurch K09 907 F72 584 Wilts Suffolk Glos Kent Woodford Bridge D94 Woodford Green Woolpit Woolton, Liverpool FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. Under Beaconsfield 1844 - 1855. Slough 1855 - 1863. Beaconsfield Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1887. Maidenhead 1887 1891. Wooburn Green 1891 - 1906 + Under Marlborough 1877 - 1892. Pevensey 1892 - 1906 + Under Ipswich 1844. Head Post Office 1845 - 1906 + Under Stroud 1844 - 1906 + Under Tenterden 1844 - 1855. Staplehurst 1855 - 1869. Ashford 1869 - 1906 + London District Post 1844 -1857. North Eastern District 1857 - 1866. On the demise of the North Eastern District in Dec 1866, moved to the Essex Provincial Area. Receiving House under Woodford Green 1867 - 1868. Receiving House under Chigwell Road 1868 - 1906 + North Eastern District under Woodford 1858 - 1866. On the demise of the North Eastern District, moved to the Essex Provincial Area in Dec 1866 : Independent Sub Office 1867 - 1906 +. When in London Woodford Green was allocated number 53. After moving to the Provincial Area and before F20 obliterators were issued, it used 53 in a provincial style duplex. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Burton on Trent 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1845. Closed before April 1845. But continued in the lists until 1857. Under Wareham 1844 - 1906 + Under Belford 1844 - 1854. Alnwick 1854 - 1888. Railway Sub Office 1888 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Newbury 1844 - 1861. Reading 1861 - 1895. Railway Sub Office 1895 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Bury St.Edmunds 1844 - 1906 + Woolwich 264 Kent 1882 1906 1874 1904 London District Post 1844 - 1857. South Eastern District 1857 - 1879. Used number 21 in a London style numeral cancel. Stopped using district initials in 1875. Provisional style cancel issued in 1874 and used up to 1904. Head Post Office in its own District in London 1876 - 1879. Moved to the Kent Provincial area in 1879. Head Post Office in Kent 1879 - 1906 + Woolwich Road, Old Charlton J86 Kent 1892 1902 1892 1898 Replacement of Lower Road Old Charlton in 1892. Under Old Charlton 1892 - 1906 + Woore 510 Salop 1844 1906 1844 1847 Wootton Bassett 768 Wilts 1844 1906 1844 1908 Wootton Bridge C55 I.O.W. 1874 1906 1865 1899 Worcester Worcester Park Worcester Park Workington Workington Worksop Worstead Worthing Worthing 918 205 914 921 H14 922 582 923 193 Worcs Surrey Surrey Cumb Cumb Notts Norfolk Sussex Sussex 1844 1882 1938 1844 1962 1906 1962 1962 1844 1844 1844 1962 1857 1965 1844 1874 NONE 1844 1884 1844 1844 1844 1855 1907 1912 NONE 1908 G.P.O. 1905 stamp 1901 1856 Worthing Station Office 923 Sussex 1884 1897 Worthing, Brighton Road 923 Sussex 1883 1886 Last cancellation recorded in Aug1847, despite being in all the lists to 1906. Under Market Drayton 1844 - 1868. Newcastle 1868 - 1906 + Under Swindon 1844 - 1875. Independent Sub Office 1875 - 1880. Swindon 1880 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 1904. Swindon 1904 - 1906 + Under Ryde 1844 - 1853. Southampton 1854 - 1865. Railway Sub Office 1865 -(C65 issued in 1865)- 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Kingston 1872 - 1874. Independent Sub Office 1874 -(205 issued in 1874)- 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOS H14 was sent in error to Workington, not seen used Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Norwich 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 193 in a 3HOS instead of 923 Under Worthing 1884 - 1898. Town Receiving House of Worthing 1897 - 1898. Renamed Railway Approach in 1898. A 3VOD with Worthing Station Office in the cds was first used in Aug 1884. Under Worthing 1879 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 91 A 3VOD with Brighton Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS FIRST ISSUE LAST USED Sussex 1883 1887 Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 + 923 Sussex 1883 1884 Under Worthing 1882 - 1885. Closed 1885. A 3VOD with Chapel Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. 923 Sussex 1883 G.P.O. Worthing, Montague St 923 Sussex 1883 1887 Wotton Wotton under Edge Wrafton F13 915 J55 Surrey Glos Devon 1874 1844 1892 1902 1962 1906 1870 1844 1889 1872 1899 stamp Wragby 460 Lincs 1844 1906 1844 1911 Wrentham Wrexham Wrexham Wrington Wrotham Wroughton 837 924 824 B23 F37 769 Suffolk Denbigh Denbigh Som Kent Wilts 1844 1844 1857 1962 1874 1882 1844 1906 1906 1906 1844 1844 1884 1859 1882 1844 1858 1904 1884 1877 G.P.O. 1908 Wroxall D50 I.O.W. 1882 1906 1881 stamp Wye Wye Bridge Street, Monmouth 431 Kent 1882 1906 1875 1907 532 Monm 1887 G.P.O. Wylam B73 Northumb 1874 1906 1863 1908 Wymondham Wythenshawe Yalding Yardley, Birmingham Yarm 925 576 D07 75Y 926 Norfolk Ches Kent Warwks Yorks N.R. 1844 1949 1882 1937 1844 1962 1962 1906 1962 1929 1844 NONE 1880 NONE 1844 1961 NONE 1910 NONE 1905 Yarmouth 486 I.O.W. 1844 1962 1844 1905 Yarmouth Yatton Yatton Keynell Yeadon Yeadon Yealmpton Yeovil Yiewsley 927 B21 043 J93 994 928 929 994 Norfolk Som Wilts Yorks W.R. Yorks W.R. Devon Som Middx 1844 1874 1857 1892 1954 1844 1844 1924 1882 1906 1857 1906 1962 1857 1962 1934 1844 1859 1855 1891 NONE 1844 1844 NONE 1882 1879 1859 1912 NONE 1856 1899 NONE Ynyshir A88 Glam 1882 1906 1881 G.P.O. Ynysmudw E50 Glam 1874 1902 1869 G.P.O. Ynysmudw H07 Glam 1899 1906 1901 1904 Ynysybwl York York, Micklegate H63 930 930 Glam Yorks York Yorks York 1902 1844 1906 1962 1844 1879 G.P.O. 1921 1887 OFFICE Worthing, Brunswick Road Worthing, Chapel Road North Worthing, Clifton Road NO. COUNTY 923 FIRST LIST LAST LIST STATUS. A 3VOD with Brunswick Rd. Worthing in the cds was sent in Sep 1883. Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Clifton Road Worthing in the cds was sent in Dec 1883. Was West Buildings. Under Worthing 1880 - 1906 +. A 3VOD with Montague St. Worthing in the cds was sent in May 1883. Railway Sub Office 1870 - 1876. Office closed in 1876 Head Post Office 1844 - 1901. Railway Sub Office 1901 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Barnstaple 1875 - 1889. Railway Sub Office 1889 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lincoln 1844 - 1849. Head Post Office 1849 - 1897. Independent Sub Office 1897 - 1900. Railway Sub Office 1900 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Wangford 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Error of number 824 in a 3VOD instead of 924 Under Bristol 1844 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Under Sevenoaks 1844 - 1885. Independent Sub Office 1885 - 1906 + Under Swindon 1844 - 1906 + Under Southampton 1856 - 1865. Godshill 1865 - 1886. Railway Sub Office 1886 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 1906 + Under Ashford 1844 - 1906 + Under Monmouth 1884 - 1890. Closed 1890. A 3VOD with Wye Bridge St. Monmouth in the cds was sent in Feb 1887. Under Newcastle on Tyne 1848 - 1855. Gateshead 1855 - 1863. Railway Sub Office 1863 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Maidstone 1844 - 1857. Staplehurst 1857 - 1873. Maidstone 1873 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1903. Railway Sub Office 1903 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Lymington 1844 - 1855. Southampton 1856 - 1865. Newport 1865 - 1866. Railway Sub Office 1866 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Changed to Great Yarmouth in June 1883. Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Bristol 1844 - 1859. Railway Sub Office 1859 - 1895. Bristol 1895 - 1906 + Under Chippenham 1845 - 1906 + Under Leeds 1844 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1855. Under Plympton 1855 - 1889. Plymouth 1889 - 1906 + Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1881 -(A88 issued)- 1893. Porth Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1906. Independent Sub Office 1906 + Under Swansea 1867 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E50 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1867 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 - 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Was Clivetown, changed to Ynysybwl in 1889. Under Pontypridd 1889 - 1906 + (assumed to be in the 1902 list) Head Post Office 1844 - 1906 + Under York 1844 - 1906 + A 3VOD with Micklegate, York in the cds was sent in Oct 1879. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 92 POST OFFICE NUMBERS USED IN BARRED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OFFICE NO. COUNTY York, Strensall Camp 930 Yorks N.R. Yoxford Yoxford Yoxford 692 D95 D65 Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk 1844 1874 Ystalyfera E38 Glam 1874 Ystalyfera 045 Glam 1962 Ystrad Meurig F33 Card 1874 Ystrad Rhondda 988 Glam Ystradgynlais E39 Brec FIRST LIST LAST LIST 1857 1906 1906 FIRST ISSUE LAST USED 1892 1915 1844 undated 1884 1850 G.P.O. 1919 1869 1910 NONE NONE 1906 1871 1909 1882 1887 1876 1900 1874 1906 1869 1906 STATUS. Under York 1889 - 1906 + Seasonal. A 3VOD with Strensall Camp York in the cds was first used in May 1892. Under Saxmundham 1844 - 1873. Independent Sub Office 1873 - 1886. Saxmundham 1886 - 1906 + Error of number D65 in a 3VOD instead of D95 Under Swansea 1851 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E38 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1898. Independent Sub Office 1898 - 1906 + Railway Sub Office 1871 -(F33 issued in 1871)- 1883. Aberystwyth 1883 - 1892. Railway Sub Office 1892 - 1896. Independent Sub Office 1896 - 1904. Railway Sub Office 1904 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + Under Pontypridd 1867 - 1893. Pentre Railway Sub Office 1893 - 1902. Pontypridd 1902 - 1905. Town Receiving House of Pentre 1905 - 1906 + Under Swansea 1849 - 1869. Railway Sub Office 1869 -(E39 issued in 1869)- 1873. Swansea 1873 - 1896. Railway Sub Office 1896 - 1905. Independent Sub Office 1905 - 1906 + ALPHABETICAL ORDER Page 93
