Another Miscellany - Cannington, East Anstey Camp, East Chinnock & a Penang Paquebot to Bristol

Here is another miscellany, starting with a skeleton from Cannington in May 1903.  Unfortunately the postcard has a filing hole through the year in the Cannington pstmark but the year can readily be een from the Bridgwater cancel.

This next item is another skeleton, from East Anstey Camp in 1908.  Earlier East Anstey Camp skeleton cancels are from Tiverton but it is likely that by 1908 East Anstey Camp came under Dulverton.  The reverse of the postcard shows a Parade which the message identifies as a Church Parade.  The writer starts by saying "Have had a ripping time here the past week" - I hope he survived WWI but there is no way of establishing his name.  The addressee, Miss F. Cruttenden, is still at the same address in the 1911 census and was unmarried.

This next postmark is a Climax rubber cancel from East Chinnock in 1911 - this is the first recorded example.  There was also an earlier rubber cancel issued in 1889 but no usage of that has been recorded.

Finally here is a "PAQUEBOT / PENANG" cancel on a P&O envelope to Bristol in 1934.

East Anstey, Devon

East Anstey in Devon is four miles west of Dulverton and 13 miles north of Tiverton.  A post office is known from 1909 under Dulverton, where it remained until 1932 when it transferred to Tiverton.  The post office closed in 2000.

The top postcard below has an "EAST ANSTEY CAMP" skeleton postmark from July 1908.  It seems likely that East Anstey Camp came under Dulverton as the post office is known to come under Dulverton from 1909.

East Anstey (Devon), East Brent, East Pennard, Erdington, Exford

East Anstey is in Devon, about four miles west of Dulverton.  Its post office came under Dulverton until 1932 when it transferred to Tiverton, 13 miles to the south.  The post office closed by 2000.  The date on the postcard below is unreadable but should be before 1932 as the cancel is "EAST ANSTEY / DULVERTON.SOMERSET".

East Brent was originally under Weston-super-Mare before transferring to Bridgwater in 1870.  It then transferred to Highbridge by 1891, which would have been its post town when the two items below were posted.  The second item is a piece from a parcel with 1/9d postage due cancelled by violet framed "CHARGE NOT COLLECTED / FRESH LABEL REQUIRED" cachets in 1956.

The postcard below from East Pennard has an "EAST PENNARD / SHEPTON MALLET" cancel from 1937.  The post office was closed by 1971.

The next two postcards from Erdington were posted on the same day in July 1904 and have identical cancels - both with the year in the "ERDINGTON / SOM" single ring cancel inverted.

 

The postcard below was posted in Exford in 1976.  Exford initially came under Taunton in 1852, then transferred to Minehead RSO, then back to Taunton, then to Dunster RSO, then back to Taunton, then to Dunster, then back to Taunton and finally to Minehead in 1932 !