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APPENDIX
              The following arc the earliest and latest dates of Guadur can­
         cellations at present recorded: Types 1-5A arc all exceedingly rare on
         cover. Types 2 and 4 do not include the year and are consequently
         difficult to ‘date’; only those for which the year has been positively
         identified arc included. The dates in brackets cover the theoretical
         span of use of the early cancellations.

         Type                Earliest    Latest
         SIND CIRCLE
          1  (Duplex         15.10.73                (1869-1873)
         2 (Duplex)          22.2.78                 (1873-1879)

         BOMBAY CIRCLE
         3 with 4             2.12.81    21.10.82    (1879-1880)
         5 (Duplex)          27. 5.85                (1880-1890)
         5 A (Telegrams
            1890-1900)       22. 9.10     5. 7.14
         6                   23.11.90    25.10.10
         7                   14. 2.04
         8                    9. 5.11
         9                    7. 5.15    18.11.24
         9A                   4.10.33     3. 1.53
          10                  7.12.27    14. 6.33
          10A                16. 2.56    12.12.56
          10B                12.12.55     8. 9.58
          11                 11. 8.25    28. 5.38
          11A                 2. 3.40     7. 4.49
          12                 29. 3.38    13. 5.38















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