Bath Large Horizontal Duplex

I don't know if I'm using the right terminology (another rewrite if I'm not, thank goodness for computers), but from 1870 onwards the numeric obliterators became large (tall) whilst remaining horizontal (so they were readable).

Due to a fire in 1954 the proofs are not available from November 1887 to April 1908, so one cannot know exactly how many examples were registered, but there were 14 registered up to November 1885.  Usage carried on into the 1890s so it is likely that further cancels were produced or recut.