Bisected 2p stamp used in June 1974

The envelope below, sent from Taunton to Ashill, Ilminster in June 1974 has a bisected 2p stamp used to make up the 3p second class rate.

The usage appears to have been accepted as the stamps have been cancelled and there is no postage due applied. 

Bason Bridge Climax rubber cancel 1919 - under Bridgwater not Highbridge

This postcard from October 1919 has a previously unknown Climax rubber cancel for "BASON BRIDGE / BRIDGWATER".  The post office in Bason Bridge had closed in 1916 and was thought to re-open in 1920, but this postcard indicates that it opened somewhat earlier. 

Bason Bridge was under Highbridge before it closed, as shown below ....

.... and later was under Highbridge again, as shown in this later envelope from 1939. 

 

WW I Red Cross Prisoner of War postcard redirected to Taunton, 1917

Below is a Red Cross prisoner of war postcard from Doberitz POW camp sent to London and redirected via Kent to Taunton, arriving in April 1917.  The card is signed "Bdsm D. Hall", perhaps Bandsman Hall ?  The card is requesting soap and toilet necessaries in the next Red Cross parcel.

 

Advertising card for The George, Commercial Inn & Post House, Ilminster

Below is an undated advertising card for The George Inn and Hotel in Ilminster.  Queen Victoria stayed there at the age of 7 months in 1819 (as Princess Victoria).  She ascended the throne on 18th June 1837 on the death of her uncle, William IV. 

The George has just reopened in Ilminster as a pub; here is a recent photograph (from a little while before it reopened).