“MILVERTON
/ 169” 1801
Discovered at the Spring Stampex 1990 and described in an article in the October 1990 S&DPHG Journal (Vol.3-2), the handstamp
was illustrated but unfortunately not the complete cover.
The handstamp was used in 1801. As described in an article in the
September 1994 S&DPHG Journal (Vol.3-10), at that time
Milverton did not have an official office and mail from Wiveliscombe
and Milverton would be brought into Wellington by one messenger. The
Milverton mileage mark was to indicate to the Wellington postmaster
how to apportion the fees between Milverton and Wiveliscombe (so
there may be a missing “WIVELISCOMBE / 169” to find). The '169' mileage in the Milverton handstamp would be the
mileage for Wellington, though when the Wellington mileage mark was
issued it was for '168' miles.
“MILVERTON
/ 172” 1805-1833
This second handstamp dates from after an official Receiving House was set
up in Milverton, and the mileage from Wellington was 'calculated into
the entire distance each letter will be conveyed' [Freeling Reports
25 July 1804].
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