Wednesday 6 November 2024

Taunton Miscellany part 2

Taunton continued ... with a Taunton circular duplex cancel from 1869 on a life insurance application fo a Mr Rowle for £300.  This is equivalent to about £30,000 today.

The item below has a Taunton 4-bar vertical oval duplex used in 1871 to send a blank petition about the Endowed Schools Act

The OHMS envelope below related to Income Tax sent in 1896 has a 1d lilac with an IR OFFICIAL overprint.

... as does the first item below sent in 1899.  One can see some of the variation in the Taunton squared circle cancel as it was recut a number of times.

... more Taunton squared circle cancellations, from 1906, 1907.

... and finally in 1907, currently the latest known usage of a Taunton squared circle cancel.



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