Compton Martin is known to have used a 24mm "COMPTON MARTIN / BRISTOL" single ring handstamp from 1907 to 1956. The first sheet has examples from 1910 and 1925 ...
... while this sheet has an example from 1956. This cover bears a bisect 3d stamp that has been properly cancelled by the post office - is this a philatelic favour or was there a genuine shortage of stamps at Christmas so bisects were used temporarily ?
This final cover is a 1964 first day cover from Compton Martin with "COMPTON MARTIN / BRISTOL" Birmingham cancels (double circle with two line arcs), so-called because they were first issued to Birmingham.
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