Mail transport had been exempt from road tolls from 1785 (road tolls arose on turnpike roads which had been privately built in order to recover costs and fund repairs). In 1813 this exemption was repealed in Scotland (though not England), and in compensation the Post Office was allowed to charge an additional halfpenny on mail carried in a coach with more than two wheels in Scotland.
The entire below has an example of an "Addl / 1/2" handstamp applied.
Here is an envelope sent within Chard in 1841 to the Overseer of the Chard Parish with a nice seal of The Guardians of the Chard Union in the Counties of Somerset Dorset & Devon.
The entire below is from one solicitor, Mr Parfitt of Wells, to another, Mr Clarke of Chard and has been sent Free, which would appear to be an example of Franking abuse.
The entire below was written by the captain on board ship on "Sunday morning Oct 4th off Lundy" and would have been posted in Pill by the pilot on 8th October 1840. It was not paid in advance so incurred 2d postage due.
The receiving house in Pill had a boxed "No.7" receiving house handstamp from 1834, and was given the unboxed handstamp in 1840.
Here is an example of a pre-printed halfpenny postal stationery card used from Bath in 1874 filled in with a somewhat pessimistic message. The postcard was asking for support for Sir Peter Spokes in an election to Director of the National Provident Institution. The respondent has filled in "I shall if spared have pleasure in Voting for Sir Peter Spokes ...".
The entire below was sent from "Combe Down near Bath" to Stafford in November 1836, and received a blue "No.10" receivin house handstamp. The "No.10" receiving house handstamp is known in use at Widcombe, about a mile north of Combe Down, from 1829, and was previously only known used in blue in 1844.
Below are two invoices from Bristol bottle works in Temple Gate, Bristol, from 1831 and 1847.
Here is an underpaid letter from Iowa to Weston-super-Mare. It had a 2c stamp (the standard US domestic rate) rather than 5c, equivalent to 2½d which from 1892 was the standard UPU foreign mail rate.
