PAQUEBOT CANCELLATIONS
British Omnibus Issue #4

LIVERPOOL - 1968





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A double-circle CDS with 'PAQUEBOT' usually at the top, seperated from the (CITY NAME) at the bottom by two 'killer' arcs. The date, and usually time of reception, occupy the centre.

COUNTRY

PORT

YEAR-DATES

RARITY**
ENGLANDHULL1906-14C
" LIVERPOOL11895-1985
1906-69
AA
A
" LONDON21935-82AA
" PLYMOUTH31904-32
1907-31
1933-85
AA
AA
A
" SOUTHAMPTON1908-33B
WALESSWANSEA41935-75B
SCOTLANDEDINBURGH1938-87*A
IRELANDCOBH/QUEENSTOWN51907-11
1924-58
A
AA
TRINIDADPORT-OF-SPAIN1936-81AA
BRITISH GUIANAGEORGETOWN1934-41B
ZANZIBAR6---1932-65A
SINGAPORE7---1919-24
1925-36
1937-48
C
A
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 Liverpool: 1906 'LIVERPOOL.1' Letters relatively larger. Arcs shorter.
2 London: 'LONDON F.S.' at top, 'PAQUEBOT' at bottom.
3 Plymouth: 1907 - 'PAQUEBOT.PLYMOUTH' at top; 1933 - 'PAQUEBOT PLYMOUTH DEVON' at top.
4 Swansea: 'SWANSEA G.I.A.M.' at top.
5 Queenstown: 1907 - 'PAQUEBOT QUEENSTOWN' at top; 1924 - 'PAQUEBOT COBH' at top.
6 Zanzibar: No inner circle.
7 Singapore: Relative sizes of letters vary.