PAQUEBOT CANCELLATIONS
Omnibus Issue #3
| HOLYHEAD, WALES - 1958 Ireland - London,Eng.  |
HALIFAX, NS, CANADA - 1911
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A single-circle CDS with a curved 'PAQUEBOT' at top; three horizontal lines: 'POSTED AT SEA /
RECEIVED / (DATE)
and a curved (CITY NAME) at the bottom.
There is some variability -
a time stamp may be under the date and sometimes there is neither date nor time stamp.
This cancellation was in use for three-quarters of a century or more in some places. While
mainly used in British ports it was used in some Canadian ports also.
| COUNTRY | PORT | DATES |
RARITY** |
| ENGLAND | DOVER | 1911-81 | A |
| " | LIVERPOOL | 1910-32 | A |
| " | SOUTHAMPTON1 | 1910-35 1936-76 |
A A |
| WALES | CARDIFF | 1910-87* | A |
| " | HOLYHEAD | 1922-81 | AA |
| " | NEWPORT2 | 1969 1975-85 |
C B |
| N. IRELAND | BELFAST | 1928-66* | B |
| CANADA | HALIFAX3, NS | 1910-16 1939-76 |
A A |
| " | NORTH SYDNEY, NS | 1924-55 | C |
| " | SAINT JOHN4, NB | 1916-21 1929-54 |
B A |
| " | VICTORIA, BC | 1914-74 | B |
NOTES
* Still thought to be in use according to 2nd. Edition (1987) of Hosking's Book.
** Hoskings uses Studd's rating system (A=common, B=less common, C=reasonably
scarce, D=rare) with the added categories: AA=very common and DD=very rare.
1 A slightly larger version with larger letters in 'SOUTHAMPTON' started in 1936.
2 The 'Newport Mon.' of 1969 was replaced in 1976 by 'Newport Gwent'.
3 The later version had larger letters. Also used without date.
4 Earlier version used 'St. John'; later version used 'Saint John NB'.