Sunday 3 August 2014

Taunton Penny Post - boxed "No.3" (& not "No.4")

Torre was No.3 Receiving House in the Taunton Fifth Clause Post until April 1823 when it converted to a Penny Post.  Here are two examples of the boxed "No.3" handstamp in the Taunton Penny Post from 1826 and 1827.


There are no examples of the boxed "No.4" handstamp (Dunster) in the Taunton Penny Post as Dunster remained in the Fifth Clause Post until the major reorganisation of the Taunton Penny Post in 1828/9.  After the reorganisation the boxed handstamps were withdrawn, and Dunster became a Bye Office (so post to and from Dunster were charged at the General Post rates based on mileage).

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