Wednesday 24 August 2011

Bath Numeric Obliterator

Two examples of the Bath numeric obliterator (number 53), one issued between 1846 and 1848, and one from between 1849 and 1852.

Putting up this post caused me to update the write-up of this page to reflect the information in "Postmarks of Somerset:  Steel Handstamps, Proof Impressions 1826-1921" by Mike Welch published by the Somerset & Dorset Postal History Group, which I obtained after my initial write-up.

It is not easy to distinguish which cancel has been used on the covers because the impressions are somewhat blurred and unclear.  In particular the three-bar obliterator looks like the first one registered in 1849 (based mainly on the shape of the "5") though it is supposed to have been recut in 1851.


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