Sunday 6 May 2012

Bridgwater - Numeric Obliterator and Duplex cancels

Bridgwater was office number "123".  The following three sheets illustrate the Bridgwater Numeric Obliterator (or barred numeral cancel), and also the "BRIDGEWATER" double-arc dated cancel.  The first sheet has the four-bar obliterator, the later two have three bars.
 
 

After the numeric obliterator cancels Bridgwater had a variety of duplex cancels.  This sheet shows two examples from 1874 and 1875, with different sizes of town dies.
 The second item above, from 1885, is a delivery note for sacks hired from Bridgwater Docks.

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