Sunday 6 May 2018

Corston, Cranmore, West Cranmore

This first sheet has two different cancels in use at Corston, a "CORSTON / BRISTOL" single ring known used from 1908 to 1921, and a "CORSTON / BRISTOL" double circle double-arc ('Dulwich') cancel known used from 1928 to 1932.

This first example from Cranmore also shows a 'Dulwich' cancel on a registered letter sent in 1941.

The cancels on this next cover from 1980 are not very clear, but it could be the same cancel still in use.

Cranmore also had a commemorative cancel for the East Somerset Railway in 1992.  The post office closed in 1998.

West Cranmore, one mile to the south of Cranmore, had the post office up until 1937 when it moved to Cranmore - here is an example of a single ring cancel from 1919.

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