Some items from Bridg(e)water (the "E" in the middle appeared and then disappeared from cancels) starting with an undated Bridgwater "123" 3-bar vertical oval single cancel (3VOS). No dated examples of the Bridgwater "123" 3VOS are known, while undated examples are normally on newspaper wrappers. The "123" 3VOS was issued in March 1877.
Next, going back to 1820, here is an example of the large "No.1" receiving house handstamp in the Bridgwater Penny Post. The entire below originally came from Bridport to Bridgwater for 9d and was then redirected to Bath for a total of 1/5d. It looks like the postal route was not very direct, firstly going Bridport - Dorchester - Shaftesbury - Sherborne - Taunton - Bridgewater (about 90 miles), and then Bridgewater - Wells - Bristol - Bath (about 60 miles).
Next is another redirected item, from 1880, going from Bridgwater to Haselbury Plucknett, and then reposted to Weston-super-Mare. The stamp has a "W.B." perfin from W.Brice, a solicitor.
Finally an item that was compulsorily registered in 1893 because it contained coin. As such it was charged a special registration fee of 8d, as described by the label fixed to the reverse of the envelope.
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