On the reverse of this envelope, the first strike of the Taunton datestamp had the year set wrong, so the post office overstruck the datestamp with the obliterator and then applied the corrected datestamp.
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Taunton 3HOS issued on 10th May 1859, 19th August 1863, 10th December 1863
Another three 3HOS were issued on 10th May 1859, 19th August 1863 and 10th December 1863 (the August 1863 3HOS did not seem to last long). Here are examples from December 1860, September 1863 and February 1865 and January 1866.
On the reverse of this envelope, the first strike of the Taunton datestamp had the year set wrong, so the post office overstruck the datestamp with the obliterator and then applied the corrected datestamp.
On the reverse of this envelope, the first strike of the Taunton datestamp had the year set wrong, so the post office overstruck the datestamp with the obliterator and then applied the corrected datestamp.
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