Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Wiveliscombe - part 3

A series of three covers cancelled numeric obliterators.  This first cover from 1857 has the Wiveliscombe "903" cancel, with a manuscript "overweight 2d" and a large manuscript "2" charge on the front. 
 The next cover, from 1858, has the Dunster "778" obliterator and has a dated "WIVELISCOMBE" double-arc cancel on the reverse.
The third cover, from 1860, has the Wiveliscombe "903" obliterator and a Wiveliscombe double-arc dated cancel on the reverse.  The Printed Stationery Card has a "WIVELISCOMBE" single ring cancel from 1893.

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