Drimpton (Dorset)

Drimpton post office was open for three separate periods; from 1852 to 1866, from 1885 to 1900, and from 1927 to 1994.  It has come under Crewkerne, Bridport and Beaminster.

The sheet below has an example of the Drimpton UDC in blue (one of two currently recorded examples, the only one in blue) from May 1853.  The UDC was issued in June 1852 under Crewkerne.  By 1856 Drimpton was under Bridport, but the 1853 cover below appears to have come under Beaminster, with a Beaminster barred numeral cancel and double-arc dated handstamp on the reverse.