A few covers from Wellington, Somerset (as opposed to Wellington Shropshire), starting with an entire from Wiveliscombe going via Wellington to London in November 1789, originally charged 6d but uprated by an inspector to 1/-.
This undated entire has a straight line "WELLINGTON" which is known used 1829-1830. The contents ask for notices for the year 1829.
This registered envelope from March 1910 went to Newport, Isle of Wight and received a "WELLINGTON / M.O & S.B." single ring cancel. Wellington was a Money Order branch from 1792 and a Savings Bank branch from 1861. The cancel would have come to hand when the envelope was presented at the post office counter in Wellington.
The envelope below from August 1970 received a framed "NOT KNOWN / WELLINGTON SOMERSET" cachet. Wellington, Somerset is often confused with Wellington, Shropshire but in this case it looks as if it should have been Wallington in Surrey (near Sutton).
And finally an unfranked postcard from Florence with a 2d Inland Section postage due in April 1914 (and a similar one to Taunton dated 1916).
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