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Stalybridge Scouts & Cubs Mail Price List
7th Stalybridge Scouts and Cubs
Delivery Service
Information on stamps and covers
Printing Details
The stamps are printed in one colour per year onto white gummed paper. In 1988
the colour was blue, in 1989 red and 1990 purple.
The designs change each year,
and normally include local and scout related subjects and themes.
In 1988 five designs were
used and printed in a strip of five stamps with christmas designs. In 1989 six
designs were used, and printed in a block of varying sized stamps, to represent
a window.
In 1990 the style was
changed to represent local sites. The first being the old Town Hall frontage.
The design was spread over 6 stamps of varying sizes. In order to fully
appreciate the design, two sets per sheet were produced as a miniature sheetlet,
to be used specifically on the first day covers. The designs were created by J
A Wilson.
For the first time in 1990,
due to pressure of time for delivery, covers from two bulk users of the service
were processed as "Bulk" mail, handstamped but no label used. This
service was not available to the general public.
In 1991 the designs were of
scouts delivering letters and the possible problems involved, given a
light-hearted approach by a new designer D Rowbottom. They were printed in red
on white paper,
In 1992 the designs were
based on Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book characters used by Cub Scout organisers,
and were printed on green paper.
By 1993 Mr D Rowbottom had
become our resident designer. He produced a range of designs on triangular and
diamond form. These are all scouting themes and assemble into a large
triangular design. These designs provided us with some headaches in layout, in
printing and in separation, however we feel that the overall effect is well
worth the problems. Again these were printed on green paper.
We are particularly proud
of our 1994 issue of wildlife which were produced in spite of a local burglary
in which the computers and all files pertaining to the issue were stolen. These
stamps are printed in a strip, with a slightly reduced design for the miniature
sheet. These were printed on white paper.
In 1995, due to a variety
of reasons, the size of the operation had to be curtailed, far fewer stamps
were to be used and the service was restricted to a smaller delivery area. For
this reason, it was decided to overprint stamps from earlier issues, 1988 for
normal stamps and 1989 for miniature sheets. Each stamp was overprinted '1995'
in red (black in the case of miniature sheets).
In 1996 the smaller
distribution area was continued. Stamps were similar to the 1995 issue but
overprinted 1996.
For 1997, the original
issues were again overprinted, this time by 1997 in multiple colours.
The 1998 issue was again an
overprint, but this time was also uprated to 15p to take account of the change
in normal postal rates.
Scout & Cub Design
Prizes
In each of the early years,
approximately 6 sheets of stamps were printed on an alternative colour gummed
paper. These were not available to the public and were printed to produce
special First Day Covers to be presented to scouts and cubs as prizes in the
stamp design and other competitions. Total numbers issued therefore are a
MAXIMUM of 30 or 36 for each year. Issued cover numbers are usually in single
figures in most years.
The colours for each year
are as follows :-
1988 - blue
1989 - blue
1990 - 50% blue / 50% beige
1991 - beige
1992 - white
1993 - white
1994 - blue
1995 - none issued.
1996 - none issued
1997 - none issued
1998 - none issued
Details
of Stamps Issued
1998 Issue - Individual
stamps
Mint labels (5 @ 15p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
1998 Issue - Sheetlet
Sheetlet (of 6 @ 15p)
First Day Cover - Sheetlet
-
1997 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 1st December 1997)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
1997 Issue - Sheetlet
(FD – 1st December
1997)
Sheetlet (of 6 @ 12p)
First Day Cover - Sheetlet
-
1996 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 2nd December 1996)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
1996 Issue - Sheetlet
(FD – 2nd December
1996)
Sheetlet (of 6 @ 12p)
First Day Cover - Sheetlet
-
1995 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 1st December 1995)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
1995 Issue - Sheetlet
(FD – 1st December
1995)
Sheetlet (of 6 @ 12p)
First Day Cover - Sheetlet
-
1994 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 27th November 1994)
Mint labels (6 @ 14p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
1994 Issue Sheetlet
(FD – 27th November
1994)
Mint Sheetlet
First Day Cover - Sheetlet
1993 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 1st December 1993)
Mint labels (6 @ 14p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
Full sheets of stamps (incl
1 Sheetlet) - face value £3.64
1993 Issue - Sheetlet
(FD – 1st December
1993)
Mint labels (6 @ 14p each)
First Day Cover (Sheetlet)
1992 Issue - Individual
stamps
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
Full sheets of stamps (incl
2xSheetlets) - face value £4.32
1992 Issue - Sheetlet
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Sheetlet)
1991 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 27th November 1991)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
Last Day Cover (Full Set of
Individual Labels) (27th
December 1991)
Full sheets of stamps (incl
2xSheetlets) - face value £4.32
1991 Issue - Sheetlet
(FD – 27th November 1991)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Sheetlet)
Last Day Cover (Full Set of
Individual Labels) (27th
December 1991)
1990 Issue - Individual
stamps (FD – 27th
November 1990)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Individual Labels)
Full sheets of stamps (incl
2xSheetlets) - face value £4.32
1990 Issue - Sheetlet (FD – 27th November
1990)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Sheetlet)
1990 Interim Issue (only
available without perfs) (FD – 27th November
1990)
(These are 1988 issues
overprinted "1990" in red, to allow stamp sales before the actual
start date of the postal service.)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £3.60
1989 Issue (without
perfs) (FD – 25th November 1989)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £4.32
1989 Issue (perforated) (FD – 25th November 1989)
Mint labels (6 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label) (few only)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £4.32
1989 Interim Issue (only
available without perfs) (FD – 25th November 1989)
(These are 1988 issues overprinted "1989" in green, to allow stamp
sales before the actual start date of the postal service.)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £3.60
1988 Issue (without
perfs) (FD – 8th
December 1988)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Single
Label)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels) (4th Dec)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £3.60
1988 Issue (perforated) (FD – 8th December 1988)
Mint labels (5 @ 12p each)
First Day Cover (Full Set
of Labels) (8th Dec)
Full sheets of stamps -
face value £3.60
Varieties
1988 - The stamp designs
were produced on a computer and the sheets assembled on the computer. Each
design has a common size value, except for one Santa stamp per sheet which has
a large '12p'.
1989 - During the assembly
of the sheets one of the stamps in this issue had a Christmas tree omitted from
the design. This was not noticed until the sheets had been printed. Therefore
one in six of the sets contains a "missing tree" variety.
1993 - Due to the style of
these designs, layout was a problem. This led to two of the stamp designs,
being available 'tete-beche'. These were available as a set of two pairs mint,
and a very small number of FDC's of the pairs were produced (55 only).
All these stamps were used
normally, but it means that first day covers with this variety are quite
scarce, particularly the 1988 perforated issue. Mint stamps with the variety
are available only in the block of six as issued.
Enquiries and orders for
all these issues should be sent to :-
J M Bailey
22, Woodend Lane,
Stalybridge,
Cheshire,
SK15 2SR.
General Information
The figures below are
approximate but will give a close guide to the actual usage.
|
Items Serviced |
Total |
Bulk Mail |
FDCs (full set) |
|
1988 |
1200 |
0 |
180 |
|
1989 |
1700 |
0 |
250 |
|
1990 |
1750 |
500 |
220 |
|
1991 |
1800 |
600 |
250 |
|
1992 |
1650 |
550 |
225 |
|
1993 |
1350 |
150 |
200 |
|
T/Beche pairs |
|
|
55 |
|
1994 |
~ 1200 |
0 |
180 |
|
1995 |
~ 800 |
0 |
150 |
|
1996 |
~ 600 |
0 |
150 |
|
1997 |
~ 500 |
0 |
100 |
Cancellations
1988 Red - Type 1
1989 Green - Type 2
1990 Black
1991 Purple (and Green)
1992 Green
1993 Red
1994 Red
1995 Green
Please make cheques payable to:-
Jumbo Coins
Allow
an extra 50p postage for UK recorded delivery.
Please
allow 7 days for delivery - items not stored on premises.
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