Wednesday 24 June 2015

Newton St. Lo[o]e UDC

Up until 1862 Newton St. Loe (or Newton St Looe as it used to be called) came under Bath as its Post Town.  An undated circular (UDC) handstamp was known from 1848 according to the British County Catalogue, but here are two more examples that extend its date range from 1841 to 1858.

The Maltese Cross in the first example from 1841 came from Bath.

In this second example from 1858 the handstamp was probably bought back into use just to indicate the misdirection of the letter, with manuscript "not for" endorsed in the centre of the handstamp.

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