From the middle of 1857 the format of the UDCs changed to a smaller 19mm format, firstly with just a single arc, and then to a single ring with the place name either around the perimeter or across the diameter depending on the length of the place name (8 letters and above went around the perimeter).
I only have two examples from this period, of the first, single-arc format.
Winsford's UDC was not registered in the Steel Impression Books. Winsford came under Tiverton in Devon at that time. Its UDC is known used in blue from November 1857 to March 1858. The example below is in black from November 1857, a few days earlier than the previously known examples in blue.
Langford's UDC was registered on 25th February 1858 and is known used between September 1858 and March 1859. The example below is in blue from March 1859.
The item above is from the period just before Railway Sub Offices were introduced, where because mail went via the railway a sub-office was not tied to a specific post town for accounting purposes. Such an office received its mail from a Travelling Post Office (TPO) on the railway, but didn't have to be on the railway. Langford became an RSO in December 1859.
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