A 'Facsimile label cancel' was the term adopted by the Post Office to denote large rectangular rubber datestamps that were issued from about 1884 ("The Parcel Post of the British Isles" by James A Mackay). As such they imitated the paper labels used previously.
The block of 6 stamps shown below have a partial example of a "CREWKERNE / SOMERSET" parcel post handstamp used in February 1929 - the "2" bottom left indicates that the office may have had two of the handstamps.
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