Bristol Packet Cancels part 7 (the last !)

And finally, coming to the last sets of variants of the Bristol Packet Cancels, "BRISTOL / BATH AND TAUNTON" with codes at the bottom preceded with a "W".

The next one is "BATH AND  TAUNTON / BRISTOL" with the code at the bottom, followed by some for the "BRISTOL MAIL CENTRE" without a code.

 

There are also packet cancels for "FOREIGN SECTION / BRISTOL BATH TAUNTON" and "KEYNSHAM DELIVERY / OFFICE / PRIORITY SERVICES". 

 And I think we'll all be glad that that's the lot !  Why were there so many ??

Bristol Packet Cancels part 6

Getting close to the end (!), we now move to "Bristol / Bath Taunton", code at the top, with upper and lower case letters.

 

Next we go back to uppercase lettering with "BRISTOL / BATH AND TAUNTON" with codes at the top.

 

And finally "BRISTOL / BATH AND TAUNTON" with the code at the bottom.

 

 

Bristol Packet Cancels part 5

Back to the Packet Cancels, here are some "BRISTOL / BATH/TAUNTON" cancels with a slash rather then an ampersand.

Then we get more "BRISTOL / BATH & TAUNTON" with code at the bottom but with the date line raised.

 

 

 

Bristol Packet Cancels part 4

More Packets, here are some cancels in the form of "BRISTOL / BATH & TAUNTON" with code at the top, "BRISTOL / BATH, TAUNTON" with a comma rather than an ampersand, and "BRISTOL / BATH & TAUNTON" with the code at the bottom.

 

Bristol Packet Cancels part 3

Back to the Packet Cancels, this next set are "BRISTOL / BATH TAUNTON" with code numbers (1-80) at the bottom.  This post illustrates a large number of examples with different code numbers in this range.

 

Bristol Packet Cancels part 2

Next on the list are Packet Cancels with an "*" and no code ....

.... and a plain cancel with "BRISTOL", no code and no "*".

Next are a series of cancels with "BRISTOL" and a code but nothing else.  The code goes up to 75.

Were handstamps assigned to individuals ?  Is that why the code numbers range up to 75, because there were a lot of people working to cancel the packets (multiple teams, multiple shifts) ? 

 

Bristol Packet Cancels part 1

As this blog has been running since July 2011, I'm beginning to run out of items to post up, so interspersed in the next few posts will be ones about Bristol Packet cancels.  These are plain circular cancels with a variety of lettering ("BRISTOL", "BRISTOL, TAUNTON", "BRISTOL / BATH & TAUNTON" plus others) and often with a range of code numbers.  A catalogue of these cancels can be seen here.  I'm going to be posting up relatively modern examples (1970s onwards).

This first set I'm showing here have "- * -" at the bottom with a variety of sizes of "BRISTOL" at the top.  As "Packet Cancels" the cancels have been collected on piece.   

The next set also have "-*-" at the bottom but also have a code number in the range of 1 to 48 or 50, so there are a lot of examples to collect, or maybe accumulate is a better word.