I have posted an example of the "AXBRIDGE / 141" boxed mlieage mark before here, but I have now acquired a slightly better example.
The contents of the letter from the Reverend Sydenham Teast Wylde at a formal attestation that he qualifies for a Deputy Lieutenancy in the county of Somerset. With thirteen children one might speculate that he could do with some extra income.
Here are a couple of examples of the "YEOVIL / 125" boxed mileage mark, known in use from 1801 to 1811. The first is from 1802 ...
... and the contents are a report on the bids for land at auction.
The second is from 1808 with a cleaner handstamp. The contents also relate to land purchase and are a memorandum about the purchase of various farms and estates by Sir John Lethbridge of Sandhill Park.
The "WELLS-S / 129" circular mileage mark was known used from 1825 to 1829. The example below from November 1824 brings the earliest date known forward.
The entire below went from Old Down to Bath in the Penny Post, and then to London and Louth in Lincolnshire. It was written in Oakhill, three miles south of Old Down.
