Some mail to / from abroad

Here are a number of covers to or from abroad, starting with one going by airmail from North Curry to Australia in 1946.  Apart from the high franking value of 1/3 there is nothing odd about the cover - though as it was from before the introduction of a general scheme for airmails in January 1947 it's difficult to know what the correct postal rate would have been.

 

This next cover is from Antigua to Wells in 1841.  The letter was charged 1/-.  The contents relate to shipments of sugar.

And finally the letter below was sent to Cyprus Poste Restante from Weston-super-Mare in August 1960 but was not claimed so was returned and was charged based on it being underfranked at 6d rather than 9d.

Undated Circular Handstamps - North Curry, Stogumber

Here are two examples of the North-Curry UDC handstamp from 1846 and 1848.

 

And two examples of the Stogumber UDC handstamp.

 

Taunton Penny Post - boxed "No.12"

North Curry became a Receiving House late in 1829 and was assigned the boxed "No.12" handstamp - despite it being opened before Creech St. Michael was allocated its boxed "No.11" handstamp.  The handstamp exhibited the usual wear over time.

Main period sans-serif 25mm UDCs under Taunton - part 2

There were 48 offices under Taunton that had main period UDCs issued to them (one, Fitzhead, had two issued).

Bicknoller had its UDC issued on 22nd September 1845. Usage is known from the example below on 24th July 1851 to December 1854.

North-Curry also had its UDC issued on 22nd September 1845.  Usage is known in black from June 1846 to November 1850 and in blue from October 1852 to September 1855.  The examples below in black are from June 1846 and September 1847.

Stogumber also had its UDC issued on 22nd September 1845.  Usage is known in red (October 1845 to November 1851), Yellow (February 1848 to July 1849), Black (May 1849 to March 1858) and blue (December 1858).  The example below is dated May 1849 and is either in orange or faded red.

Washford again had its UDC issued on 22nd September 1845.  Usage is known in red from January 1846 to August 1851 and in black from December 1854 to August 1859.  The first example below in red is from December 1851, which extends the known usage.

 The following two examples in black are from November 1852 (earlier than previously known usage) and January 1853.

 

Williton's UDC was issued on 22nd September 1845, and is known used in red (between November 1845 and April 1848), blue (May 1849) and black (January 1851).  The example below is in red from December 1846.

Taunton Penny Posts - part 4

The final part of my examples of the Taunton Penny Post - a couple of examples of the unboxed "No.10" Receiving House handstamp from Monksilver from 1834 and 1835.

And two examples of the boxed "No.12" handstamp from North Curry, the first from 1834:

The second example is from 1842 where it has been used as a receiving handstamp.

North Curry

There does not seem to be an obvious way to sequence these posts so sometimes they jump purely based on the alphabet.  Here are a few items from North Curry, just outside of Taunton.

North Curry was a Receiving House under the Taunton Penny Post from 1829 with a boxed "No.12" receiving house handstamp.  Here are a couple of examples.

An interesting letter from 1847 with a North Curry undated cancel, being a letter from the Dykesreeves of the North Curry sewers to a solicitor in Wells.

And finally some postcards from 1909 to 1944 with a variety of North Curry cancels showing views of the interior of the local church and of the village.