Encyclopaedia of the Maltese Cross Cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland Vol.3, by Prof S D Rockoff/M Jackson.

Published by Mike Jackson Publications, 2011. H/B, 202pp, B&W.

The Encyclopaedia provides a comprehensive reference to the history and use of the first obliterator of the world's first postage stamps.

This Volume includes details of coloured Maltese Crosses, Circular Datestamps used as cancellations during the Maltese Cross era, and London Numbered Crosses. Also included are updates on some previous chapters, and an extensive discussion on the ways in which regulations and requests by the Post Office were sometimes disregarded by postmasters and the public alike.