However Bruton was not a Post Town in 1841, although it had been previously. Before the introduction of the Uniform Penny Post it was under the Fifth Clause Posts of Wincanton and Shepton Mallet. By 1844 it came under Bath. One assumption would be that the Maltese Cross was applied in Wincanton en route to Yeovil. However there are no Wincanton marks to confirm this (both my examples of Wincanton Maltese Crosses have other clear Wincanton marks as seen below).
However Bruton was a major sub-office, and although it does not appear in the 1844 list of post-towns issued with the barred numeral obliterators, which went up to number "947", it did receive the next number "948".
Hi Leamphil,
ReplyDeleteBruton appears to have used a MX between May 1844 and Jan 45 (and probably up to May 45 when it was issued with a Numeral). Typically the ink matches the UDC. I have seen similar examples before 1844 and suggest they were also cancelled at Bruton
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