PART SET OF TEN DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON COVER - all on 1d reds, missing only Nos. 4 and 12, Nos. 1 (filing crease through stamp, as does No. 2) and 5 (fair strike only) are on four margin stamps, the other stamps generally three or two margins with good to fine strikes. SG £6000+. (10)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

MIXED NUMBERS GROUP OF COVERS - all on 1d reds, numbers 1, 6 (four margin stamp), 7, 8 (2, one virtually four margins), 9 and 10; generally good strikes on three or two margin stamps. SG £3900. (8)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

MIXED NUMBERS GROUP OF COVERS - mostly on 1d reds, numbers 1, 6 (2, inc. on 1d pink env.), 7, 8 (4) and 9 (four margins); mostly three or two margin stamps with good strikes. SG £3600+. (9) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. (Image)

MARCH USES OF THE SECOND TRANCHE OF HANDSTAMPS - 25 Mar. 1843 fine EL with fine four margin 1d red tied by No. 1, 27 & 29 Mar. 1843 Es each with 1d reds tied by No. 5, 28 Mar. 1843 E with 1d red tied by No. 2, plus 31 Mar. 1843 1d pink env. cancelled with No. 2. Three 1d reds with four margins, the other almost so. Numbers 1, 2 and 5 are known used from 21st & 22nd March. (5)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. (Image)

APRIL USES OF THE THIRD TRANCHE OF HANDSTAMPS - 4 Apr. 1843 EL (faults, toned) with four margin 1d red tied by No. 8, 8 Apr. 1843 piece with 1d red tied by No. 11, 10 Apr. 1843 EL with four margin 1d rd tied by No. 8, and 15/28 Apr. 1843 Es each with three margin 1d reds tied No. 7. Numbers 7 to 12 were issued on 1 April and all are known used that day. (5 items) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

GROUP OF FOUR SUPERB CANCELS: Group of 3 or 4 margined 1841 1d red imperfs. each with particularly fine strikes of numerals in MX, being 3, 6, 7 & 12. (4 stamps) (Image)

NUMBER 5 - ON 2d BLUE COVER - 19 Feb. 1844 E to Edinburgh franked with three margin 2d blue, EF plate 3, tied by mostly fine No. 5 in MX. SG £2800.Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

NUMBER 6 CROSS - RARE MAY 1844 USE ON 2d BLUE - 9 May 1844 EL to Exeter franked with four margin 2d blue, SD plate 3, tied by fine No. 6 in MX. Rare 2d use in the last month; SG £2250+. Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

NUMBERS 6 & 11 - DOUBLE STRIKE COVERS - 16 May/ 2 Oct. 1843 Es to Leeds or Edinburgh each franked with a four margin 1d red and tied by two strikes of No. 6 or No. 11 in MX, LEEDS cds on the front and Edinburgh cds on the back. Unusual. (2)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

NUMBER 7 - REDIRECTING NEW YORK COVER - Dec. 1843 E (flap faults on the back, displays well) ex NEW YORK (cds on the front) to London with red curved "PAID", possibly? with purple ms "38" partly obscured by stamp, redirected in Jan. 1844 to Cheltenham with four margin (just) 1d red tied by almost complete No. 7 in MX; London (2) and CHELTENHAM cds on the flap. Unusual and attractive.Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

NUMBER 8 - THE LAST DAY OF USE - EL to Saxmundham franked with a three margin 1d red (cut into at right, just touched at lower left) tied by the No. 8 in MX cancel and with clear London cds for 16 May 1844 on the flap. The only recorded example on this last date. Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, SUFFOLK (Image)

NUMBER 8 - USED FOR REDIRECTION - 4 Sep. 1843 EL used in London and paid in cash, then redirected to Dover with a four margin 1d red tied by fine No. 8 in MX with Inland Office ds for 5 Sep. on the flap. Cross Reference: KENT, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, 1841 1d REDS (Image)

NUMBER 8 - 27 JUNE 1843 EL TO BEWDLEY bearing 4 margin 1841 1d red imperf DG tied by superb strike of numeral "8" in MX. (Image)

NUMBER 9 - THE LAST DAY OF USE - E to Snaith franked with a three margin 1d red, good to large on the three sides, tied by good No. 9 in MX and with part London 16 May 1844 cds on the flap plus SELBY cds for 17 May on the front. One of two known for this last day. Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, YORKSHIRE (Image)

NUMBER 10 - FIRST DAY OF USE - mourning lettersheet (light soiling) to Long Melford, Suffolk franked with fine four margin 1d red and tied by very fine strike of the No. 10 in MX, London ds on the flap for 1 Apr. 1843 and SUDBURY cds on the front for the next day. The only example recorded for this first day. Cross Reference: SUFFOLK, MOURNING COVERS (Image)

NUMBERS 10 & 11 - ON REDIRECTED COVERS IN THE LAST MONTH - 10 May 1844 env. to Limerick with three margin 1d red tied by No. 10 in MX then redirected to Dublin unpaid, and 14 May 1844 EL to Newcastle [on Tyne] with three margin 1d red cancelled with No. 11 in MX then redirected to Darlington with "Long Benton/Penny Post" and "Too Late" paid "1" in cash. Interesting duo, late in the numbered cross period. (2) Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, LIMERICK (Image)

NUMBER 12 - SCARCE SOLO USES ON COVER - Nov. 1843 and Jan. 1844 Es to Liverpool or Norwich franked with 1d reds (one almost four margins just touched or shaved in two places and with filing crease, the other with four margins) tied or cancelled by No. 12 in MX. Number 12 was generally used on oversize mail; usage on single 1d reds still on cover is scarce. (2)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)

INLAND OFFICE COMMON CROSS USE AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE NUMBERED CROSSES - Mar. 1843 group (4) of covers inc. 28 Mar. 1843 EL/E to Worcester with fine four margin 1d red or to Newport, Salop with a fine three margin pair of 1d reds, all cancelled with common crosses after the introduction of number 3 (on 16 March) and the remaining numbers to 6 (by 22 March). Also 30 May 1843 1d pink env. London to Bristol cancelled with a common cross, being the earliest known such after introduction of the full set of twelve numbered crosses (and possibly demonstrating the provision of a new common cross to the Inland Office to meet postal demand). Plus 17 Mar. 1843 1d pink env. used within London cancelled with common cross at the Inland Office (Inland cds on the back) then directed to the District Office (new ds applied to the back) and 7 May 1844 EL to Cheadle with Inland Office cds on the flap and 1d red tied by common MX. . Interesting group. (7) Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. (Image)

VERY SCARCE & UNUSUAL COMMON CROSS USED AT THE INLAND OFFICE AFTER INTRODUCTION OF THE NUMBERED CROSSES - 22 Mar. 1843 env. (partly opened out for display, pinholes away from the stamp) to Edinburgh with a four margin 1d red tied by a common MX, but with datestamp of the London Inland Office on the back for 22 March, LASSWADE ds on the back; by this date the 1 to 6 numbered crosses were in use and less than a handful of such common Inland Office MX covers are known between 22-31 March 1843. Very scarce; reported & illustrated in GBJ Vol.50 No.6 (2012). Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)