Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Crewkerne from 1784 to 1829

Here are a few handstamps from Crewkerne, starting with an example of the early mileage mark from 1784.

Next is an example of a two-line mark from 1789.

... and then a straight line handstamp from 1799 (only known used in 1799).

And next what appears to be a straight line "CREWKERN" without mileage from December 1822 (not in the BCC), prefixed by a manuscript "Missent to".  It is probably a copy of "CREWKERN / 134", maybe with the "134" removed or masked, but has been used as a missent mark after the introduction of the "CREWKERNE / 135" handstamp.

And finally another straight line handstamp (with the mileage removed) from 1829.

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