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Double-Circle Freetown Postmarks with Thick Bars

Freetown was the only office to use double circle handstamps with thick bars. Four different devices were used;
with the final three overlapping in date. They can be distinguished most easily by the presence of a dot between
the A and L at the base, or the width of the gap in the same place.

Type 035.40 Type 035.41 Type 035.42 Type 035.43
Jul 1934 - Jan 1936 Jan 1936 - Mar 1947 Oct 1946 - Indep Aug 1951 - Jan 1960
Bars 6 & 6½ mm Bars 11 & 9½ mm Bars 11 & 10 mm
Bars 7 & 8 mm 3 mm gap A L
2 mm gap A L
Dot between A . L

21 January 1954 - Freetown to Cambridge, United Kingdom. Type 035.43 handstamp with 2 mm gap between A and L at base.