More .... Donyatt, Draycott, Dulverton, Dunster

The postcard below was sent locally from Donyatt to Ilminster in 1922.

The Parcel Post Label below is from Draycott, Cheddar under Weston-super-Mare in 1925.  The 1s paid would be for a 5-8lb parcel.

Another parcel item associated with Draycott in 1935 was sent C.O.D. (Cash On Delivery).  The parcel would have gone at the normal parcel rate (6d for up to 2lb) and there would have benn an additional 8d fee to pay for the C.O.D. collection, which would have been included in the money charged.

Another underfranked postcard, this one sent from Clevedon to Dulverton in 1929.

A couple of Dunster items starting with one from 1869 with a single ring handstamp on the reverse with a straight line "DUNSTER" ...

... and one from 1881 with a single ring with a curved "DUNSTER" on the reverse.

The postcard below has a "DUNSTER / TAUNTON" postmark in 1936, while it was under Taunton.

The unfranked smutty postcard below has a "TAUNTON / SOMERSET" handstamp and a Dunster postage due cachet, sent in July 1935.

Ditcheat, Draycott, Drayton, Dundry

Moving on to the "D"s we get to Ditcheat, about six miles south of Shepton Mallet.  The postcards below have "DITCHEAT" single ring cancels from 1906 and 1911.  The post office closed in 2008.

This next postcard is from Draycott in 1907, with a "DRAYCOTT / CHEDDAR R.S.O SOMERSET" single ring cancel.  Draycott had come under Cheddar Railway Sub-Office in 1865.  The post office stopped using the R.S.O. terminology in 1905 but use of this handstamp carried on.

The (philatelic) registered envelope below has "DRAYTON / LANGPORT . SOMERSET" 'Birmingham' cancels from 1975

Dundry is five miles south-west of Bristol - the sheet below shows postmarks from 1909, 1931 and 1980.  The post office in Dundry closed in 1995.