Saint Pierre

Simple cds with ‘St Pierre’ around top of circle. Known dates of use 9 March 1882 – 2 May 1885 and 4 March 1887 – 4 July 1894. Proud’s type D2.

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It would seem that the above cancel was lost sometime between May 1885 and March 1887 and this cancel was used as a stop gap. Only dated example 6 June 1885. Proud’s D3. No example held.

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Standard 1894 type with leaf-dot-leaf ornament. Font is very open. Known period 28 October 1894 – 31 December 1899. Proud's type D4.

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Standard thimble type of small diameter (20mm). Small font for date plugs are distinctive. The lettering and date plugs appear to stand proud,  which shows as extreme weakness or absence of the outer circle.  Proud’s type D5.

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Simple cds with MAURITIUS at base. Approx 24.5 mm diameter. Known period of use 21 December 1908 – 20 February 1922. Similar to StPR.cds7, but gap between Saint and Mauritius is narrower. Dates of use are also a clue. Proud’s D6.

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Mauritius at base 23.5mm diameter. Difficult to separate from StPR.cds6 with the letter spacing being slightly more bunched. Not listed by Proud as it was probably lumped together with D7.

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Mauritius at base 24mm diameter. Difficult to separate from StPR.cds5 with the letter spacing being slightly more spaced. Known dates of use 6 August 1918 – 14 April 1927. Proud’s D7.

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Mauritius at base 24.75mm diameter approx. Known dates of use 31 July 1928 – 3 January 1933. Similar size to StPR.cds4, but dates of use do not overlap. Proud’s type D8.

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Mauritius at base. This is the only single circle date stamp with Saint being shortened to ST. Known dates of use 21 October 1933 – 16 July 1949. Proud’s type D9. No example held.

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Simple Mauritius at base cds, 23.5mm diameter. Time stamp and period of use is distinct from earlier cds. Known period of use 1 September 1949 – still in use March 1968. Proud’s type D10.

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Standard double cds, Mauritius at base with lines at side. Not listed by Proud.

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Registered handstamp recorded by Proud dated 10 February 1955. This example is dated 28 March 1958.

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