Sunday 9 December 2012

Wellington - "Sample Post"

As well as the numeric obliterators and duplexes shown in my previous post, I have an example of a two-bar vertical obliterator used on a "Sample Post" envelope sent to Sweden.  This two-bar obliterator is not in Parmenter, but similar two and one bar cancels for Weston-super-Mare are annotated in Parmenter as probably being locally made wooden handstamps.

It is probable that the source of this "Sample Post" was Fox Brothers, who have been producing woollen and worsted fabric since 1772 and originated in Wellington.

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