A few posts on Ilminster coming up .... starting with a 20mm single ring receiving mark from March 1886 on a postcard from Yeovil "Please let yr Chestnut mare be in the Sale Yard at abt 11 o'clock and much oblige. Also kindly let us know your reserve price."
From January 1888, here is a piece from a parcel from Ilminster to Cullompton in January 1888. The Post Office parcel service started on 1st August 1883. 6d was the parcel rate for 2-3 lb.
The "ILMINSTER / +" double circle double-arc cancel is shown here in use from 1903 to 1908.
Single ring cancels were also in use, as shown by these examples from 1912 and 1924.
Here are a couple of unadopted large registration etiquettes, the top from 1912 and the bottom one undated with a violet straight-line "ILMINSTER".
