Barred Numeral Cancels - Clevedon

Clevedon was in the Bristol Penny Post from 1826, with a second office opening in 1831 - at which time the offices were called Upper and Lower Clevedon.

Upper Clevedon was given post office number 017 in 1853 while Lower Clevedon was gived post office number 020.

At the end of 1860 Lower Clevedon was closed and Upper Clevedon was renamed Clevedon, becoming a Post Town.

Clevedon was issued with duplex cancels as well as horizontal ovals, as shown in this next sheet.

Here are some examples of the 4-bar vertical oval duplex cancel.

 

And here are examples of the 3-bar vertical oval duplex.

Later usage had the time in clear in the town die, rather than as a time code.

This final example from 1912 does not have a code in the town die.