St. Austell (GB)

St. Austell Cornwall 1937 * 2 coded single ring cancel.

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St Austell is a town in Cornwall, England, 10 miles (16 km) south of Bodmin and 30 miles (48 km) west of the border with Devon.

St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958.

St Austell was a village centred around the parish church, until the arrival of significant tin mining in the 18th century turned it into a town. St Austell is named after the 6th century Cornish saint, St Austol, a disciple of St Mewan. In a Vatican manuscript there is a 10th-century list of Cornish parish saints. This includes Austoll, which means that the church and village existed at that time, shortly after 900.

St. Austell was issued with the 670 Post office numeral

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St. Austell (GB)

670 3HOV cancel of St. Austell, Cornwall. This shows the unusual circumstance in which Danish stamps were permitted to be used in foreign countries before they were permitted to be used in Denmark on letters from foreign Countries from 15 July 1854 with the Danish stamp paying the Danish rate. The effective total rate was(GB) 2d Paid as 1d GB + 2S DK. Effective January 1, 1863, a postal convention between Great Britain and Hamburg allowed newspapers and registered price circulars to be sent at a reduced rate. The postage from Great Britain to Hamburg was againset at 2d GB. This made it possible to prepay price circulars to Denmark again.