Somerset & Bristol Postal History

Monksilver's UDC is known in red between February 1847 and January 1851, and in orange between February 1847 and April 1850.  The four examples are either red or orange (!), I've plumped for orange for the last example and red for the other three, but I'm not sure - I need to see some good examples to know what shades to look for.


Here is an example of the Monkton UDC in black from May 1855, currently the only known example.

This last cover has a clear blue UDC from Seavington along with a faint black Hazelbury UDC.  This is currently the latest example known of the Seavington UDC in blue and of the Hazelbury UDC in black.

Chard had eight sub-offices with main period UDCs while Crewkerne had two.  I've got one example from each.

Wadeford's UDC under Chard was issued on 5th November 1855.  Its usage is not recorded in the S&DPHG catalogue - here is an example from August 1859.

Hazelbury's UDC under Crewkerne was issued on 26th December 1855 and is recorded used in black in December 1856 and in blue in March 1859.  This blue example from 15th January 1858 predates the other known usage.