Sunday 20 January 2013

Dulverton in the Tiverton Penny Post

A new acquisition is this entire with a manuscript address inside of Dulverton, with a fairly rare "TIVERTON / Penny Post" handstamp (in use 1816-1835), to Wiveliscombe.  The postage was 6d, being 5d for the 18 miles from Tiverton to Wiveliscombe plus 1d for the Penny Post.  The date inside is 3rd July 1825.

Dulverton was in the Tiverton Fifth Clause Post from 1807 to 1818, when it was converted to a Penny Post.  Boxed "No.1" and "No.2" handstamps are known but have not be assigned to specific Receiving Houses.

No comments:

Post a Comment