"Setting aside the pen cancellation usually found on the Lady McLeod (which, incidentally, finds an echo in the pen cancellations on certain air mail covers carried by safe hand of the pilot during the second World War) the first type cancellation consists of a thick circular ring enclosing a numeral. The strike is usually ill-defined but the ring is approximately of external diameter 23½-25½ mm. and thickness 3-4 mm. and is punctured by about 8 small holes. The numerals so far found are '2' in various styles and sizes, '5' (?), '7' and '18' and the dates recorded are between August 1851 and September 1852. From the poor definition and rapid deterioration of the strike it has been suggested that this must have been a rubber canceller. It would be interesting if any member can confirm or extend any of the above information."
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