May Hill - Manchester

Located on May Day Hill, two miles south-east of Mandeville

(See: May Day Agency).

 

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Potter No.

EKD

LKD

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Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type - T4a

5380.01
12.3.1820
7.6.1833

Under-inked strikes appear as albino.

Straight Line Named Handstamp. Type - T4b

5380.02
7.6.1833
1.11.1834

Both known strikes appear as nearly albino.

Circular Named Handstamp. Type - P2a

5380.03
18.3.1840
7.2.1862

Numerical Obliterator. Type - A54 H

5380.04
xx.xx.1859
xx.xx.1862

Circular Named Handstamp. Type - P11

5380.05
9.2.1860
31.8.1883

Reads: “MAY-HILL” with a hyphen.

Numerical Obliterator. Type - A53 H

5380.06
20.7.1881
31.8.1883

Obliterator appears to have been received damaged from Mandeville in October 1862. It was reissued 11.5.1863 and used until transferred to Spur Tree 2.3.1885.