Shaftesbury (Dorset) Penny Post in Somerset

Fifth Clause Posts from Shaftesbury (in Dorset) to Bruton, Castle Cary and Wincanton have already been covered in this blog.  This post is about the Penny Post from Shaftesbury that extended into Somerset, specifically to Henstridge and Milborne Port.

This first sheet describes the assignment of Receiving Houses handstamps.

In 1823 Henstridge was assigned a boxed "No.8" handstamp (I don't have an example of the pre-1923 "No.2" assigned to Henstridge).

Milborne Port was initially allocated the boxed "No.12" handstamp and then, from about 1835, the unboxed "No.10".

Here are a couple of examples of other Receiving House handstamps in the Shaftesbury Penny Post from Receiving Houses in Dorset.