Somerset & Bristol Postal History

This first item is from Kingweston to Wells in 1971 and has two diamond census marks - these were normally applied at the receiving town, in this case Wells.

These next items are from Knowle (which I have posted about before but only the Penny Post handstamp).  The first item is a Greeting Telegram from 1938 with a single ring "KNOWLE-BRISTOL 4." handstamp.

The next two items have two different "KNOWLE . BRISTOL 4" handstamps, from 1978 and from 1997.

Knowle Park is just west of Knowle.  The post office opened in 1927 and the sheet below has a single ring cancel from 1952 and a self-inking datestamp from 1997.

In 1839 new types of village Penny Post handstamps started to be introduced (just in time to be made unnecessary with the introduction of the uniform penny post).  Five such handstamps were introduced under Bristol - Brockley, Knowle, Redland, Westbury-on-Trym and Whitchurch.  The handstamps were used for approximately ten years.