Sunday 23 December 2012

Wells - Circular handstamps, Penny Post

I have one item from the Wells Penny Post that I haven't previously posted - with a boxed No.1 Receiving House handstamp.  The manuscript address inside says it is from Cheddar.

I've already posted about the Wells Penny Post - the boxed numbers in these pages are originally from the Bristol Penny Post (see post in November 2011).

An example of the "WELLS SOMERSET" circular handstamp in red from December 1840 - to indicate that postage had been prepaid (without using one of those new-fangled stamps).

And an example in black.

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