For the development of the Registration system during the Queen Victoria period click this link.

Inks Employed

Whilst the agreed use of black for striking registered posts was clear, occasionally the wrong ink was used and you find strikes in colours often associated with other handstamp types.

Blue inks

1882 Light Blue strikes of Registered Throgmorton Avenue, London on cover to Elberfeld, Germany.

1937 Light Blue strikes of Registered Maida Hill, Shirland Rd sub office, endorsed in black with Registered Maida Hill cancel on reverse.

Reverse strikes of 1937 Maida Hill cover endorsed in black with Registered Maida Hill.

Red inks

1898 Red strike of 2d Registered Glasgow. (See below 2d rate)

Purple inks

1898 light strike of Purple ink handstamp of Registered London - hooded cancel

Registered London strike in Purple ink (See below 2d Rate)

Rate Examples

2d Registered 1894-1921

Registered plus 2d Value postmarks appeared from the early 1890's. Their use continued into the 1920's. Only a few provincial towns throughout Great Britain have examples known, shown here. The cancel was stopped in 1921 when the registration fee was raised to 3d. Keep your eyes open for cancels with the 2d removed but the word registered not yet realigned. We do not have any examples of this yet but Allcock and Holland confirm their existence!

Registered 2d in red of Manchester with additional XL coded London Registered postmark cancelling 4½d rated cover to Munich cancelled with violet 498 barred numerals of Manchester.

REGISTERED PADDINGTON W Code J 1898 REGISTERED 2d handstamp with a total 3d payment to cover postage. Circled R confirming Registration sent within London to the India Office in Whitehall..

REGISTERED PADDINGTON Code BZ 1897 cover 2d Registration and 5d postage sent to Germany from Grosvenor Terrace Chiswick, registered at the Paddington B.O. and also getting the hooded London code C cancel in transit.

Registered 2d = Bath = 1894	Registered 2d = Bath = 1895 sent to Riga	2d Registered 2d Manchester 1898
Registered 2d = Glasgow = 1898 sent to Aix-en Provence, France. With hooded London Registered rubber-stamp in violet and R in Circle Registered mark. Genuine use of the Glasgow parcel post cancel being used, these were later discontinued in use due to similar cancels being used to imitate parcel post label usage.	2d Registered 2d Manchester 1899, Also Registered X1 code London transit cancel, sent to Amsterdam Holland	Registered 2d = Birmingham = 1900
Registered - 2d Bradford 1901	Registered - 2d Bradford 1901 to Paris France	Registered 2d = Leeds = 1902
Registered 2d = Leeds = 1897