Bridg(e)water, North Petherton

Three sheets from Bridgwater, starting with the "BRIDGEWATER / 150" undated circular mileage handstamp with examples from 1826 and 1827.

Here is another example from 1826, the contents being an account from an ironmonger.

North Petherton was a Receiving House in the Bridgewater Penny Post from 1834.  No special Receiving House handstamp is known, a "NORTH-PETHERTON" undated circular handstamp being used instead.

Offices under Bath - Limpley Stoke (Wilts), Norton St. Philips

Limpley Stoke is on the Somerset county boundary with Wiltshire, but came under Bath.  Here is a 23mm "LIMPLEY-STOKE" handstamp dated September 1874.

The next two sheets have smaller 20mm "LIMPLEY.STOKE" handstamps from 1893 to 1909 ...

... with a postcard showing a picture of Limpley Stoke church.

And finally here is a Norton St Philips (aka Philips Norton) handstamp from July 1890.

Offices under Bath - Chewton-Mendip, Combe Down, Hinton Charterhouse

Staying with Bath, here are some marks from rural offices under Bath starting with Chewton Mendip from June 1890 ...

... a single ring cancel from Combe-Down from June 1914 ...

... and two postcards from Hinton Charterhouse, Bath from 1905 and 1906.

Bath Town Sub-Offices - Grosvenor, High St., Holloway

A few Bath TSO (Town Sub-Office) marks now, starting with a "GROSVENOR / BATH" single ring handstamp from 1869.  This handstamp was issued in January 1866, and a new smaller handstamp was issued in October 1869.

This registered cover to Bordeaux is back stamped "HIGH.ST / BATH" in January 1890.

Finally an envelope with a "HOLLOWAY / BATH" back stamp dated January 1878.

Crewkerne

A trio of sheets from Crewkerne, starting with a wrapper dated March 1784 with a nice two-line "CREWK / ERN" - according to the British County Catalogue this handstamp was previously only known in 1783.

Next are a couple of examples of the "CREWKERNE / 135" handstamp from 1826, the second franked "Poulett" but signed Naylor, so appears to be an abuse of the franking privilege.

Lastly a nice red "CREWKERNE" double arc handstamp dated January 1849.  The contents are interesting, acknowledging receipt of a Post Office order - money orders had been introduced in 1838.

Minehead - attempted re-use of postage stamp in 1842

This entire from Minehead in February 1842 has an attempt to reuse a postage stamp - this was spotted by the Post Office and the recipient was charged 2d, twice the postal rate of 1d.

Minehead to Orkney, 1807

Here is an entire from Minehead to Kirkwall, Orkney in November 1807.

I required assistance from the internet to understand the postal charge of 1/7d - it appears that either there was an extra 1d charge for the ferry across from Wick to Orkney, or the entire went a long way round (no obvious candidates for the route), or the clerk in Edinburgh got it wrong.

UDCs - Stoneaston, Timsbury, Weston

The envelope shown below has a Stoneaston UDC in blue, from May 1856.

Timsbury had three UDC handstamps issued - the envelope below, from June 1850, shows an example of the second.

The late-type Weston UDC on the entire below, from March 1860, is currently the only example known.

UDCs - Milverton, Philips Norton, Beckington

The entire below has a Milverton UDC from January 1849.  The UDC was issued under Wellington.

The entire below from July 1848 has a Philip's Norton (aka Norton St Philips) UDC in red and a black Beckington UDC.

The contents are a pedigree or family tree:

The envelope below has a Philips Norton UDC in black, from December 1850.