Miscellany part 2 - Martock, Sandford, Wellington, Street, Saltford

This Martock Parcel Post Label was used in August 1901 and has a handstruck "4" for the price.  This was the Parcel Rate for 1-2 lb between June 1897 and July 1906.

Here is a nice clear example of a Climax Rubber cancel from Sandford, Bristol used in May 1905.  This is an example of the third of such cancels issued, the first was issued in April 1893, the second is known used in 1903 and this third one is currently known used at the end of May 1905.

The Wellington "WEF" telegraphic cancel below is undated but cancels a KEVII stamp.

Skeleton cancels were used (a) when the normal cancel was mislaid, (b) when the normal cancel had been sent away for repair or updating, or (c) at busy times.  One suspects that the example below from Street in August 1921 was because the normal cancel had been sent away for repair or updating.

Street is one of the more difficult places to search for on the Internet - here is another example from later in 1959, being the windowed envelope for a Telephone Account.  The cancel, a double cicle with doule line-arcs, is known as a 'Birmingham' cancel as that is where the first cancel of this type was used.

Finally, here is a postcard from Saltford to Westminster in April 1923, with small single-ring Saltford cancels.