Stoke-under-Ham straight line handstamp, 1826

Here is an example of the "STOKE UNDER HAM" straight line handstamp used in 1826.  The handstamp is known from 1806, this example being late usage.

Stoke-under-Ham is known in the Yeovil and Ilminster Penny Posts in the 1830s, and may also have been in a South Petherton Penny Post and in the Crewkerne Penny Post.  

The "under-Ham" or later "sub-Hamdon" refers to the nearby Ham Hill.