The Bristol Penny Post extended into both Somerset and Gloucestershire. Here are a couple of examples from Somerset, the first an envelope with an unboxed "No.22" in red used at Flax Bourton as a despatch mark in April 1844. Unfortunately the postage stamp probably does not belong to the envelope.
The wrapper below has a boxed "No.47" receiving house handstamp used at Wraxall as a despatch mark on Christmas Day in 1843.
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