From 1979 mail from Ilminster went to Bristol for sorting and cancellation as witnessed by this postcard from dentists in Ilminster to an address in Ashill. The addressee had "Gone Away" so it was returned to Ilminster.
From 1988 to 1990 mail posted in Ilminster for an Ilminster address was sorted locally at Ilminster and cancelled with rubber packet cancels or obsolete handstamps.
The practice was short lived and was stopped by Royal Mail, the decision not being reversed despite protests by local residents in the newspapers and TV.
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