A Miscellany - Beckington, Milton Road (WSM), Putsom, Roman Road (Taunton), Yeovilton

Herewith a miscellany of postmarks, starting with a Beckington skeleton cancel in March 1905.  This skeleton is only known used on 30th March 1905.

Vaguely alphabetically, the next cover is from Milton Road, Weston-super-Mare in May 1940.  The post office was established in 1931 so this is likely to be the original cancel supplied to the office.

This example of the Putsom UDC from May 1849 is the earliest date recorded so far.  The contents are a Life Assurance letter.

Moving on, this next is a First Day Cover from Roman Road, Taunton.  The post office opened in 1939 but this is the first postmark I have encountered.

And finally a registered cover from Yeovilton Royal Naval Air Station in September 1975, using a Yeovil registration etiquette.  I have an earlier registered cover dated 1947 that used a Yeovilton etiquette.

Yeovil, and Yeovilton

A series of covers from Yeovil starting with a 4-bar vertical oval (4VOD) cancel from 1870.  It's sometimes difficult to date these, but in the example below there is a manuscript date on the reverse of 9th December 1870.

The large OHMS envelope below was sent in August 1900 and has oval "REGISTERED / YEOVIL" cancels.

A postcard to Trowbrige om June 1927 with a "YEOVIL.SOM" Krag cancel - and a sticker for Yeovil Carnival.

More modern now, some meter mail from Yeovil with a triangular Royal Mail Quality Control Yeovil cachet saying that the meter mark has the wrong date - firms had to remember to update the date manually at the start of a new day.

And finally a certificate of posting with a Yeovilton Royal Navy Station postmark from April 1995, and a Savings Certificate form with a preprinted address for the post office.

Yeovilton Royal Naval Air Station

Here is a registered envelope from Yeovilton (the address on the back says R.N. Air Station) from 1947.

Some special commemorative cancels associated with the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton.