BSG.BS.01460 — Post Office GPO Square Seal, Southampton

Found in Dorset, 18mm, 9.9g.

Standard General Post Office square bag seal with (G.?)P.O.S(ENT?) above and (A)MPT(ON?) below. A Southampton letter bag seal - see other Southampton seals.

Oliver Cromwell established the General Post Office in 1657. For an overview of the history of British postal history from Roman times onward see here.