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Post by rod222 on Dec 27, 2013 12:59:55 GMT
1971 British Postal Strike. Bournemouth & District Emergency Postal Service Morris Minor Panel Van. Exist in other forms with sterling currency optd. A lovely beach side suburb of Dorset, where I had bucket and spade in the sand as a toddler. We know Christopher Columbus visited Bristol, he may have well stopped off here en passage. He did send his brother to petition the King for his voyage costs, but we were too busy fighting wars.
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Post by Ryan on Jun 25, 2014 5:29:03 GMT
I don't really know whether GB strike post should be considered as cinderellas or a local post. Some strike post labels did actually serve as a form of postal payment during the 1971 strike, which lasted for 7 weeks. But the majority of them were probably philatelic. The triptych below was undoubtedly produced for collectors, and although the overprinted Staffa stamps were originally found on an envelope, these too are certainly something for collectors, especially given the fine reputation of Clive Feigenbaum's other Staffa products! Ryan
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Post by jamesw on Jul 1, 2014 13:50:24 GMT
Bit of an oversight labelling Neil Armstrong on an Apollo 14 stamp. Missed it by 3.
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Post by rod222 on Dec 24, 2014 4:38:37 GMT
Moderators: Feel free to move if this is placed incorrectly. Great Britain 1971 Postal Strike Emergency Air Mail Service. England to Australia Hornadge has it under "Local Stamps of Australia" (1982 Review Publications)
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 25, 2014 13:47:42 GMT
Rod, I've never seen the perforated examples from the last post...very nice. I have the perforated sheet you showed in the clipping, but it's badly toned and in the discarded box. I'll move those when I start a thread about Strike Mail labels....coming shortly. [Truth is, I thought I had started one already but upon searching. found I hadn't].
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Post by rod222 on Dec 25, 2014 14:12:52 GMT
Rod, I've never seen the perforated examples from the last post...very nice. I have the perforated sheet you showed in the clipping, but it's badly toned and in the discarded box. I'll move those when I start a thread about Strike Mail labels....coming shortly. [Truth is, I thought I had started one already but upon searching. found I hadn't]. You have a "discarded Box" !*&%^$#!? That sounds like a box for me If you don't want it, whack it up for auction here, or link to ebay . The paper is fairly modern, and would possibly react well with cleaning. I was surprised you hadn't had a thread for strike mail, I went looking for it also. One of the catalogues I would like, but still have not got around to securing one.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 12:37:12 GMT
This thread is for any Brtish Strike Mail labels and covers you may have, covering any year, not only 1971 when the bulk of them were issued. I have put the thread in the Cinderella section rather than under Locals/Private as many of these are bogus or fantasy items and much research is needed. Should the situation change in the future, the thread will be seperated or chamged accordingly and placed in it's rightful place. I do have a catalogue on CD but cannot use it at present because my CD reader is not reading !! So any items I , or others, post will have missing info added if and when.
There will be a few 'moved' posts added which you will have seen before this introductory effort.
WElcome to the intricate world of British Strike Mail.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 19:59:21 GMT
You have a "discarded Box" !*&%^$#!? That sounds like a box for me If you don't want it, whack it up for auction here, or link to ebay . The paper is fairly modern, and would possibly react well with cleaning. Yes, the 'discarded' box is actually quite good. Some nice material but not grade one and lots of [mostly minor?] toning. I just don't seem to find the time to do anything with it. Maybe I'll put it up and see what happens.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 20:26:46 GMT
1971 CROYDON POST [incorporating Croydon-Gatwick service]
A number of items were issued for this valid service, including the 2 below. Will post others when I find them.
The misplaced printing is surely contrived !
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 20:31:16 GMT
1971 EUROPA AIRMAIL SERVICE
These labels bear a remarkable resemblance to Mr.A.Grant's 1962 Strike labels of which there are many types.
More to come from this issue and the earlier strike too.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 20:33:55 GMT
Emergency Mail Service labels in decimal currency. Exists also in pre-decimal shillings and pence, same colours.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 27, 2014 20:57:36 GMT
BRITISH POSTAL STRIKE, January 20th-March 8th 1971. BRITISH POSTAL STRIKES, 1962 & 1964.
Postal workers walked out on January 20th after their demands for a 20% pay rise were not met. Many official and unofficial delivery services delivered mail all over the UK and to destinations abroad. Many so-called services were 'set-up' for collectors and many labels and sheets that exist are actually bogus. Genuine and bogus types may exist in both decimal and pre-decimal currency. Decimalization took place in the UK on 15th February 1971 in the middle of the strike.
Previous to this, strikes also occured in 1962 and 1964 . Labels and covers exist for these years also.
Here are examples of the People's League Delivery [A.Grant] of 1962 overprinted for Edinburgh deliveries.
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Post by rod222 on Dec 28, 2014 1:31:41 GMT
GB Apollo 14 Penny Black Johnson Grover 33 Warren St W1 10p Dromoderry (sic)
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Post by Londonbus1 on Dec 28, 2014 19:03:08 GMT
Vectis Postal Service, covering the Isle of Wight on Britain's South Coast. Set up by R.Cawdell of Ryde. A legitimate service. Labels shown below in both Decimal and pre-decimal currency.
Exist other types.
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Post by rod222 on Dec 28, 2014 20:27:20 GMT
Vectis Postal Service, covering the Isle of Wight on Britain's South Coast. Set up by R.Cawdell of Ryde. A legitimate service. Labels shown below in both Decimal and pre-decimal currency. Exist other types. Further Information on Vectis. Observed on cover. VECTIS POSTAL SERVICE The first national postal strike created a unique situation in British postal history where the lifting of the monopoly allowed private postal services to operate under licence. The Vectis Postal Service came into operation on January 22nd, 1971 with a delivery area covering the whole of the Isle of Wight. The stamps were issued imperforate on January 22nd and then in rouletted sheets of 48 on January 23rd. The design was by R. J. Cawdell and was printed by offset litho by Robert Vale, Printer Limited of Ryde. The Vectis postal service came into operation in 1971 when a delivery area covering the whole of the Isle of Wight was started. The stamps were issued imperforate on January 22nd and then in rouletted sheets of 48 on January 23rd. The design was by R.J.Caldwell and were printed by offset litho by Robert Vale Ltd (Ryde) Due to the length of the postal strike (and to the success of the Vectis Postal Service) a second printing of stamps became necessary. The new issue, in green instead of blue, was first issued on the 16th February 1971. By this time upwards of 1,500 were being handled daily by the service, which was organised and set up by a group of Ryde business men, led by R.W.Cawdell, C.C., who acted as head postmaster for the service. Both issues were produced by offset litho in rouletted sheets of 48, in one value only: 5p (1/- or one shilling) these stamps also come in a presentation pack (scarce) Philatelic cover www.barrym0iow.co.uk/iow/
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Post by jamesw on Mar 21, 2015 21:10:56 GMT
here's a Brit 1971 postal strike piece. Though it has full gum, it also has incredibly jumbo margins, more like a souvenir sheet.
As the Bus mentioned in another thread about postal strike stamps, these may have been produce for the philatelic market with no intention of usage.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 6, 2016 20:07:17 GMT
Hill, Clayton & Co offered a local Courier service in the Home Counties during the 1971 Postal strike. My information tells me that it was a short-lived legitimate service who also delivered to London and overseas. They were a long-established Shipping and Air agent and freight Contractors.
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Post by Anping on May 9, 2017 20:03:49 GMT
This air letter has been franked with an overprinted Malawi 30 tambala SG 369, which was issued for use on letters carried by an emergency airmail service from Malawi to Great Britain during the British postal strike. The surcharged stamp was issued 8th February 1971 and was the only value produced with an overprint. The fee of 30 tambala was to cover the charge for delivery by a private service. The 8 tambala was the normal airmail charge. As for the blue Randall label; this is denominated in the new decimal currency '10 pence' (2 shillings - or 2/-). The new currency came in on 15th February 1971. So we have the Malawi stamp 'overprinted' 3/- (the old currency) and the Randall label at the new 10p currency. I'm just guessing that the S.A.D.S label might refer to Special Air Delivery Service. Although this is obviously philatelic, it is one of the more interesting strike mail offerings.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on May 9, 2017 20:31:48 GMT
This air letter has been franked with an overprinted Malawi 30 tambala SG 369, which was issued for use on letters carried by an emergency airmail service from Malawi to Great Britain during the British postal strike. The surcharged stamp was issued 8th February 1971 and was the only value produced with an overprint. The fee of 30 tambala was to cover the charge for delivery by a private service. The 8 tambala was the normal airmail charge. Although this is obviously philatelic, it is one of the more interesting strike mail offerings. Well, Anping, I neither know much nor have much in the way of postal history in my collection, but what is there is sadly neglected. I need to do something with it at some point. Anyway, just wanted to say that this is, indeed, a beautiful piece of material, in my opinion, and I really appreciate that you chose to share it--thanks!
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Post by Anping on May 10, 2017 0:08:47 GMT
Here is a country specific 'destination' strike mail label, sent to Nicosia in Cyprus. The cachet is interesting in that it states the service has been authorised by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. I'm not sure what the significance of the numbers 27?71 is; licence number ? Similarly, FB 971; Foreign Branch ref. no?
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Post by tomiseksj on May 10, 2017 13:58:13 GMT
...I'm not sure what the significance of the numbers 27?71 is; licence number ? Similarly, FB 971; Foreign Branch ref. no? ... There are several variations of this marking on Jim Forte's Postal History website. Here is a cleaner strike of the one shown above. I am assuming that "27171" represents the date January 27, 1971 and perhaps is the date the authorization was effective. A second assumption is that "FEB 1971" is the period during which the authorization was effective. Here is what was likely an early form of the hand stamp, referencing the Ministry authorization "27171." Assuming that the authorization references are dates, the addition of "2271" to the marking below suggests a modification/refinement of the initial authorization was made on February 2, 1971. Lastly, as the strike lingered on, "FEB" was removed from the Special Courier Mail marking. To be clear, all of the above is supposition on my part that would need to be validated by Ministry of Post and Telecom directives regarding this class of strike mail.
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Post by Londonbus1 on May 10, 2017 21:11:49 GMT
Here is a country specific 'destination' strike mail label, sent to Nicosia in Cyprus. The cachet is interesting in that it states the service has been authorised by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. I'm not sure what the significance of the numbers 27?71 is; licence number ? Similarly, FB 971; Foreign Branch ref. no? Yes, some strike posts were official and authorized, others did not bother to get any authorization and many more still just jumped on the bandwagon and printed stamps and covers for collectors....to cash in so to speak. These legit labels with Flags were from a service set up by Stamp firm Bridger & Kay who are still going strong today. At Philatex in London 2010, I met and had some long and interesting conversations with Allan Leverson who was one of the Shareholders of the company at the time of the strike. He later left the company to set up his own B & K stamps but took the archive material with him. During Philatex he showed me some of the really nice items from the two Flag series' they offered during the strike, including Proofs, Imperfs and some (contrived ?) errors. it was a fascinating meeting.
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Post by Anping on May 10, 2017 21:32:08 GMT
Thank you for those observations, which now fit nicely and make much more sense. Yes, some strike posts were official and authorized, others did not bother to get any authorization and many more still just jumped on the bandwagon and printed stamps and covers for collectors....to cash in so to speak. These legit labels with Flags were from a service set up by Stamp firm Bridger & Kay who are still going strong today. At Philatex in London 2010, I met and had some long and interesting conversations with Allan Leverson who was one of the Shareholders of the company at the time of the strike. He later left the company to set up his own B & K stamps but took the archive material with him. During Philatex he showed me some of the really nice items from the two Flag series' they offered during the strike, including Proofs, Imperfs and some (contrived ?) errors. it was a fascinating meeting. Interesting extra snippets there. Thanks LB1.
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Post by Anping on May 10, 2017 21:54:41 GMT
Here's a cover from the 'naughty neighbourhood' of Soho, London:
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Post by Anping on May 16, 2017 15:59:02 GMT
Yes, some strike posts were official and authorized, others did not bother to get any authorization and many more still just jumped on the bandwagon and printed stamps and covers for collectors....to cash in so to speak. These legit labels with Flags were from a service set up by Stamp firm Bridger & Kay who are still going strong today. There seem to be numerous B & K produced 'Flagged label' covers around, yet many are unaddressed but have still been 'serviced' by the destination country. So the difficulty is finding those that appear legitimately used. Although this one has the right 'look', I am still suspicious of it. Looking at the difference in dates between dispatch and arrival, I do wonder whether these were produced in batches, then carried at an opportune moment by a 'courier' to Finland, who affixed local stamps and sent them through the Finnish post. Cynical me!
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Post by Anping on May 29, 2017 11:07:16 GMT
Here's an imperforate trio of Emergency Delivery service 'new pence' values. So these were printed for use after the currency change from Pounds, Shillings and pence ( £ s d) on 15th February 1971. The anchor seems a curious choice for a service that appears to have operated from Hampton, which is about 12 miles from the centre of London, in Richmond upon Thames: Here's a singleton from that sheetlet: And here's a 'pre new currency' 10 shilling Eros Post label. The choice of illustration was not too good, as can be seen:
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Post by Anping on May 29, 2017 12:04:03 GMT
Since posting the images of the Dayan's Emergency Delivery Service labels, I've found an imperforate sheet on eBay that shows these were printed interspersed with the towns Hampton, Twickenham, Richmond and Kew Gardens. Nonetheless, the anchor emblem is still odd. Perforate labels also exist, as do Dayan's International labels, of a different design. Here's a philatelic cover showing a February 22nd date; postmarked before the change of currency. This shows examples of the towns Hampton and Kew Gardens:
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Post by tomiseksj on May 29, 2017 13:02:49 GMT
... Nonetheless, the anchor emblem is still odd... Perhaps symbolic of those communities' proximity to the River Thames? Or, perhaps symbolic of a ship (Royal Mail) adrift because it had lost its anchor (employees)...
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Post by Anping on May 29, 2017 13:37:35 GMT
Perhaps symbolic of those communities' proximity to the River Thames? Or, perhaps symbolic of a ship (Royal Mail) adrift because it had lost its anchor (employees)... I was mulling over your first suggestion, however, it isn't that apparent on the images but this is a coastal scene. Here you can see the cottage by the sea and a small fishing boat. There's also a hamlet in the distance with a church:
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Post by Anping on May 29, 2017 13:45:31 GMT
I've just noticed that the 75p value shown in the previous post shows two extra larger 'swallows'; making 14 in total. The others have 12.
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