Ilminster Paid Marks, 1954 - 1965

When Ilminster Council sent out the Rate demands they prepaid the postage, with PAID marks used to indicate this.  The following three sheets show a progression from 1954 to 1965, starting with a couple of different Krag PAID marks from 1954 and 1955.  The top example is "ILMINSTER", the second "ILMINSTER.SOM".

In 1956 and 1957 "PAID" handstamps were used.

Then from 1959 Unified machine PAID marks were used - I don't know what was used in 1958 !  As you can see below the cost of the postage increased over time.