The cancel is a London Roller type 3, Number 1 boxed with a bar structure of 3-5-3 Not found in any of the Proof Books, no dated copies have been recorded to my knowledge, but the cancel has been found on stamps introduced from May 1857 to March 1868 Very Rare (Recorded on Stamp Only) For more infor...

Hi Adrian,
Thanks for the extra information and, the 12th July closure date, I knew it was sometime in July.
Any chance of posting images of the Templeton covers, I have one more cover to him, we find him 20 months later in my home City of Bristol.
John

Adrian This may be of interest to you from my collection the cover is to Surgeon-Major Robert Templeton Royal Artillery who served in the Crimea War on and off from March 1854–1856, he must have been one of the last to leave the Crimean area Belfast spoon cover dated 27 Jun 1856 What I know British ...

The information I know is: Brumell gives 046 in his list of 1857 but it was in use from EKD 17 Jul 1855 John Parmenter gives the 1st Aldershot Camp 046 postmark being proofed in Mar 1855 An exercise at Aldershot took place in 1853, that brought 25,000 troops to the area. It was clear that a permanen...