Wednesday 31 July 2013

Minehead (1788) and Bath (1792)

A couple of fairly recent acquisitions from the 18th century  (one has to make some really tricky decisions doing this, for example whether one put them in alphabetical or chronological order !).

First an entire from Minehead to Nether Stowey near Bridgwater with a two-line "MINE / HEAD" handstamp and the postal rate, 3d, for two stages (which matches the 25 miles from Minehead to Bridgwater).

And then an entire from Bath to London from 1792, charged 10d, which was the double rate, as it had an enclosure.


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