Auctioneers Licence issued at Bath for Auctioneer in Shepton Mallet, 1911

Auctioneers required Licences from 1845 to 1949.  Below is an example of a Licence issued by Customs and Excise in Bath in 1911.

The Licence would have been sent in an envelope similar to the one below, which was most probably used for the licence for the previous year, 1910.