Classification Of Red Pennies

I'd like to show you my small classification of red pennies. It's not specialized, and there may be errors, as it's a rough preliminary review that I still need to revise thoroughly. Some examples aren't in very good condition, but I still like them...The last photograph is still to be classified

Twelve pence to the shilling, there's 25 penny reds, so you've got two shillings and one penny's worth. The shilling was known as a 'bob', so you've got two bobs' worth there, and a penny for the guy.

I thought I might find an answer that showed some interesting philatelic detail in the classification... but I'm increasingly losing interest in writing on the forum. Do you really only see 2 shillings? Don't you like the Scottish or Gibraltar cancellations? The letters AAAA or other interesting details?

The letters AAAA are nice, but they are as common as CGGC. If you are called Carlos García, the latter might be much more interesting to you.

A couple of interesting London markings. But you do not even note they are London cancels.

As for the Scottish cancels, just noting 'Escocia' is not giving people much to contemplate. What type of Scottish cancel is it? Note it is a double, probably a triple cancel.

What story do you want people to reply to.

GB penny reds are a vast field Murasama. Fortunately there's a lot of good online references available to help with postmarks & cancellations.

Penny reds are in abundance so you could develop what you have into a very handy display if you wanted to

I'm not a philatelist- I know about the society that used these stamps (Corn Laws, Speenhamland Act, Irish Famine, Crimean War, Brunel's atmospheric railway, the death of Prince Albert and the resultant isolation and unpopularity of Victoria). I also studied under tutors that studied under Norbert Elias, so I know what verzuiling means. And my degree dissertation was on a certain application of paint.

Anyway, is that Maltese cross cancel worth checking out? It did look a bit malformed to me, but maybe that's just smudges.

@Murasama,

do you have this link: https://www.gbps.org.uk/information...0(1909).pdf?

I thought I had seen the Scottish roller cancel at top left in this PDF. However, it was the Stanley Gibbons GB Specialised Vol. 1 Part 1.
A roller cancellation was used in twelve towns. The Scottish type was used in six Scottish towns. The Edinburgh cancellation is quite common, others are not. So, you appear to have found one of the less common ones.

Really grateful for the information!! I haven't spent much time on this classification...just a little more than the plates and a few cancellations, but without going into them in depth yet, it's likely that some plates are even misread...