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ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF
THE MALTESE CROSS
CANCELLATIONS

OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

PROFESSOR S. DAVID ROCKOFF AND MIKE JACKSON
 


Last updated 17 February 2006


This Web site is a companion presentation to our forthcoming reference book ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF THE MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, expected to appear in 2006.

As an adjunct to our highly-illustrated Maltese Cross reference book, and as a public service to philatelists, this Web site will provide a continuing flow of information and provocative presentations about Maltese Crosses.

Two types of Maltese Crosses will be illustrated on this Web site over time that will titillate, stimulate and challenge philatelists interested in Queen Victoria line-engraved postage stamps.

1. Maltese Crosses of Unknown Origin

These off-cover adhesive stamps have Maltese Crosses which are different from the Common Cross or its usual variations (as seen made by obliterators supplied in April and May 1840 as well as replacement obliterators), but of unknown origin. The authors would appreciate receiving dated covers cancelled with Maltese Crosses similar to those shown, in order to assist in determining the origin of these crosses.

2. Maltese Crosses Requiring Verification

These are on-cover Maltese Crosses of known origin but for which it is uncertain if they were a constant finding from those post offices, or a spurious and unrepresentative finding. As with the crosses of unknown origin, submission of additional on-cover examples from philatelists may help to confirm that the ‘different' Maltese Crosses were consistently used by that post office.

All examples submitted by readers of this Web site and used in the book (with their permission, of course) will be properly credited.

ALL SUBMITTED MATERIAL SHOULD BE SENT TO PROF. S. DAVID ROCKOFF AT drockoff@cox.net.



LINKS

Penny Black First Day Covers
The Great Britain Philatelic Society
Candlish McCleery Ltd
Mike Holt
Bill Barrell Ltd
Joseph Luft's Philatelic Resources


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