The Maltese Cross Cancel Thread

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:36:33 am

And a Lombard Street cross for a cancel.

Draccae · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:11:56 am

iomoon wrote:

And a Lombard Street cross for a cancel.

You mean on the back?

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 13:29:04 pm

Draccae wrote:

iomoon wrote:

And a Lombard Street cross for a cancel.

You mean on the back?

Yes.

There were five of them.

Lombard Street (LS), Borough (B), Charing Cross (CH, CX or C!), Old Cavendish Street (O.C.S), and Vere Street(VS).

I have a Vere Street cancel somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up.
It's a tiny street just off Oxford Street, now largely occupied by Debenhams.

Draccae · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 00:41:37 am

Interesting. They have a nice shape.

Yea, post it please if you can find it!

Allanswood · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 00:46:49 am

Hi, just to prove that eBay can be useful for something, as thats where these came from;
Im happy to show everyone some of my Maltese Crosses... Starting with a very nice clear red to a getting overinked red to a worlds worst ever seen red cancel - yes its still an MX! And also a nice black on black.

I just wish they had never been soaked off the covers! They are a lovely bright red and would have looked fabulous

Im still deciding whether to keep these or pay some bills.

TTFN - Greg

PS Im one of the lucky ones - I have a full set of 1 Black, 2 Blues and 1 Red personal initialled stamps. Im aiming to gather the perforatted ones as well. Actually what I should really try and do is also match them with the same plate numbers - Ill have to check if I can? Unfortunately their not as good as these ones - it takes years just to find 1 with you own initials.

PPS - I NEVER SCAN MY STAMPS ANY MORE... I dont trust the high intensity light coming out of the scanner, so I only take decent digital photos and lock the stamps back up in a very dark, dry, cool environment.

Ive already seen older stamps starting to break apart just from the paper fibres organically breaking down. Look after your little masterpieces. Actually thats another idea for discussion or is it being covered? What will you do when you find out that the 160 yr old organic based gum is tearing your stamp apart? We may have no choice but to change from MUH or MH to MNG!

gordo59 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 15:52:31 pm

Hi there... Newbie here.

Thought I would share my MX's... not as nicely striked as most here but I am still proud of them. Only have 4... 2 penny black 4 margins, a penny blue no margin

...and a beautiful ivory head I picked up for a song within a lot. Like the other post, I guess the owner never looked at the back. Sadly it has a hinge remnant on the FRONT of the stamp which I am hesitant to try to remove for fear of damaging the MX or the head... any suggestions? Anyway love the MX pics... I am looking for a full strike bright red to add to my collection.

cheers

gordo

Allanswood · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 18:00:55 pm

Hey Gordo,
and welcome!

You might not have a "super" MX cancel yet but I must say you have one the best Ivory Heads Ive ever seen!
Others may correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you'd have any trouble getting the old hinge off the front as I don't think these stamps ran their ink or cancels - So you should be able to just soak in clean room temp water for a couple of minutes and remove the hinge.

Or first just try using a damp cotton bud - (A Q tip?) the thing you stick in your ear! And dampen just the hinge bit to remove it.

Wait for a couple of more confirmed OK's first.
TTFN

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 19:10:55 pm

Q-tip dipped in very hot water is the go.

Soaking will not hurt the cancel or the red ink in any way, but may well lessen that superb Ivorty Head effect.

gordo59 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2009 00:11:50 am

Thanks for the tip... I'll give it a try. I could almost not believe my eyes when I saw this stamp... (ebay of all places.) Funny but I am more proud of it than all my other stamps including pb's and embossed.

I have a couple of others but none as nice as this... just hope that I am not forced to sell my collection to pay rent... lost my job almost a year ago... the stamps keep me sane lol...

thanks again and keep posting those great pics...

gordo

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2009 07:04:53 am

I found the Vere Street cross.
Letter mailed from London to Paris, dated February 1st, 1841.
An Anglais.Calais transit, two manuscript 10's and a PD (paid destination) and, strangely, a P-F (Paid to Frontier) cancel.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2009 07:26:45 am

An example of an over zealous postie.

Draccae · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:52:47 am

iomoon wrote:

An example of an over zealous postie.

Oh I love this one...it's so fabulously messy and inky! And thanks so much for posting the Vere Street cross, I have been looking forward to seeing it.

gordo59 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 03:49:51 am

Just wondering if the double MX makes it worth more or less value-wise?

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 04:26:54 am

In my opinion, yes, worth more.
But that is not necessarily the view of other collectors.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2009 09:44:17 am

Allanswood wrote:

Im still deciding whether to keep these or pay some bills.

TTFN - Greg

If you decide to sell the OI, let me know.

Draccae · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:51:30 am

Here is another folded letter with a red wax seal and a Maltese Cross...1843, Lancaster to Preston.

machin head · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 18:16:39 pm

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 21:20:34 pm

Draccae wrote:

Here is another folded letter with a red wax seal and a Maltese Cross...1843, Lancaster to Preston.

That looks great Draccae, and a nice Lancaster backstamp too.

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 21:21:38 pm

machin head wrote:

That is beautiful, Machin Head........very jealous

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 21:30:05 pm

A very rare King George VI 2½d Blue cancelled with a MX.......................or is it? :twisted:

Brummie · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 23:04:33 pm

ScotsmanAbroad wrote:

A very rare King George VI 2½d Blue cancelled with a MX.......................or is it? :twisted:

I'm sure you will tell us Don! I searched high and low for a reason but came up with nothing

Allanswood · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 23:06:32 pm

I've seen it before. Somewhere around the 1940 100 year anniversary?
It's to big to have been an original 1840 MX.

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 23:33:54 pm

You're getting warm, Allanswood.....

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 16:22:31 pm

Here's the complete cover. A 1950 Stamp Exhibition cover.

Brummie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 16:34:35 pm

Sneaky! You led me a merry dance on this one...I gave up! :oops:

Nice

Allanswood · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 21:58:11 pm

Its my 999 post!

To honour the occaision I thought I'd post up a few of the MX's I won in a lot recently.
Love my MX!

Didnt realise that there is a London Number 9 in there either!

One of my current pet projects is to reconstruct a full - but unplated - sheet with all 240 lettering postions all with MX cancels. I guess that 95% will be easy and 5% will be the death of me!

Brummie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 00:36:26 am

Very nice Greg. Is the PJ the only one on blue paper?

Allanswood · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 00:44:16 am

Just had another look...
The stamps PJ, CF, JB, and GH are all heavily blued with Ivory Heads.

As blue as the header bars on these pages! :shock:

(Top Center, Middle Left, Middle Center and the London 6 on the Bottom).

The others are all lightly blued.

ScotsmanAbroad · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:34:15 pm

Allanswood wrote:

Its my 999 post!

One of my current pet projects is to reconstruct a full - but unplated - sheet with all 240 lettering postions all with MX cancels. I guess that 95% will be easy and 5% will be the death of me!

And the last stamp will drive you crazy :lol:

.....you should put the project photos on Stampboards at regular intervals, so we can see how it is going!!

Allanswood · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 13:54:28 pm

I thought I should put up the rear scans of the above stamps (sorry Brummie - pictures are far better than words aren't they!)

These stamps give you a good idea of "Blued" and "Ivory Head" variations!

But also looking through the rest of the bunch I found these. One of them is the most stunning Ivory Head I've ever seen - in real life. Middle left stamp

Weirdly enough the Top right is the reverse of what I normally see with these.

ScotsmanAbroad - Ive already got 237 letter different unplated stamps for a sheet - but not all MX cancels. Och Aye!

asmodeus · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 22:50:04 pm

Numbered Maltese Cross "4"- earliest date of use- 21. March 1843. The date of entry in Proof Book is ther 23. March 1843!

http://666kb.com/i/bjhb01o0iiqrooam2.jpg

manfaefife · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 09:55:23 am

Here's my little contribution, its a Maltese Cross from Kirkcaldy, my home town.

Brummie · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 10:41:46 am

And a great SOTN too manfaefife :wink:

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:31:15 pm

Maltes cross from Lamberthurst

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:34:08 pm

Typical debris laden Maltese cross of Newcastle

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:36:19 pm

asmodeus wrote:

Numbered Maltese Cross "4"- earliest date of use- 21. March 1843. The date of entry in Proof Book is ther 23. March 1843!

http://666kb.com/i/bjhb01o0iiqrooam2.jpg

Here a direct scan:

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:45:34 pm

Maltese cross of Norwich

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:46:13 pm

Dublin Maltese cross

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:47:00 pm

Possible Maltese cross of Greenock

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:48:30 pm

London Maltese cross before the official use of the black ink (Febr 1841), but London is common...

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:50:38 pm

A nice cover from Salisbury to Durham.

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:53:08 pm

Numbered crosses

asmodeus · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 17:54:43 pm

Re- directed cover....

asmodeus · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2010 22:03:09 pm

Maryport Maltese Cross

asmodeus · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2010 22:04:43 pm

Douglas (Isle Of Man) Maltese Cross

DaveR · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 05:25:41 am

Hi - Some examples of the numbered maltese cross cancellations from London, March 1843-May 1844.

My first attempt with a picture - hope it works!

Dave.

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Jun 03, 2010 05:31:46 am

asmodeus - some GREAT material!

DaveR .. a perfect first scan .... keep em coming!

asmodeus · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 06:53:07 am

A few more stamps with the Maltese cross

Probably a Scottish cross:

asmodeus · **Posted:** Wed Jun 09, 2010 06:53:57 am

and on the Penny Black

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Wed Aug 11, 2010 04:42:13 am

That "T" is on quite an angle .. bet that is easy to plate?


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