Taunton ½d Postage Due and 8d Postage Due

Here is a Halfpenny Newspaper wrapper posted from Bristol to Minehead and then redirected to Ealing from October 1893.  As a result of the redirection it has a Taunton (776) ½d due handstamp.  This is not a surcharge so is not double the ½d rate.

Staying with the postage due, here is an unfranked item sent within Taunton in January 1971.  As a result it was charged 8d (double the second class rate of 4d).  This caused the recipient to refuse to accept the item, receiving a lot of cachets in the process.