Dulverton "803" barred numeral cancels

Dulverton was allocated post office number 803 from 1844.  It was issued with two horizontal oval, one 4-bar vertical oval and two 3-bar vertical oval cancels.

This first sheet has an example of the second horizontal oval cancel and the 4-bar vertical oval cancel.

This second sheet has an example of the second 3-bar vertical oval cancel.

Somerton "720" horizontal and vertical oval cancels

The two sheets below have examples of the Somerton "720" 1844-type horizontal oval cancel, from 1844 and 1855.  The cancel is known used in black from May 1844 to March 1874, and in blue from September 1849 to January 1852.

Somerton also had two 3-bar vertical oval cancels, the first with a dot (so "720.") was issued in January 1875, and the one shown below without a dot (so "720") was issued in July 1881.

Taunton 3VOS issued on 13th January 1873, & 3VOS used on Newspaper Wrappers

According to the Steel Impression Book (SIB), three-bar vertical oval single cancels (3VOS) were issued on 13th Janaury 1873, 28th October 1876, 17th November 1876 and 10th May 1879.  I've only got examples of the first of these cancels, used in June 1873 and October 1876.

These cancels were also used as precancels on Newspaper Wrappers - here are a couple of examples on the Somerset County Gazette and the Devon and Somerset Weekly News.  Neither example is clear enough to be able to distinguish which 3VOS cancel was used.

Taunton 4VOS issued on 30th August 1869

Taunton had a four-bar Vertical Oval Single cancel (4VOS) issued on 30th August 1869.  This cancel wore away so that by 1872 it was a three-bar vertical oval single cancel (3VOS).

Here are some examples of the 4VOS cancel from October 1869, June 1871 and September 1871.

And here is an example from November 1872, by when the cancel has worn to a 3VOS.