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Line 27: In 2013, ''Welly Post'' was established as a private carrier of local mail by EJ Teare Newsagents in Wellington, Somerset, United Kingdom. Local delivery was limited to the village of Wellington and 2 {{frac\|1\|2}} miles outside the village. The service was established after customers complained about the high price of postage.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Somerset-newsagent-sets-Welly-Post-customers/story-20348613-detail/story.html \|title=Somerset newsagent sets up 'Welly Post' after customers complain about the Royal Mail - Western Morning News \|publisher=westernmorningnews.co.uk \|author=Western Morning News \|date=Dec 20, 2013 \|accessdate=2014-10-15 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020140608/http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Somerset-newsagent-sets-Welly-Post-customers/story-20348613-detail/story.html \|archive-date=2014-10-20 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, Penny Farthing Post in [[Bude]], Cornwall, operated a mail service for Bude, Stratton, and Poughill delivering post on a [[penny farthing]] bicycle for 25 pence. Graham Eccles printed his own stamps and set up the service in response to the [[Royal Mail]] raising postage stamp prices to 60 pence.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2012-04-04 \|title=Post delivered by penny-farthing in Bude \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-17607089 \|access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Cunningham \|first=Emily \|date=2012-04-22 \|title=Look out, Royal Mail – it's Penny Farthing Post! \|language=en-GB \|work=The Guardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/shortcuts/2012/apr/22/royal-mail-penny-farthing-post \|access-date=2023-06-27 \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Closed June 2012, due to excessive volumes of post. In 2012, in Bude, Cornwall. Penny Farthing post operated in the local area delivering post on a penny farthing bicycle for 25p. Covered in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, this local post registered with Ofcom and received a CL number. Closed June 2012, due to excessive volumes of post. ==Private local posts of the United States==

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