Ashby de la Zouch
Leicestershire, England

Operated by 4th Ashby de la Zouch Scouts. Serving Ashby de la Zouch, Packington, Shellbrook & Smisby.

The post operated from the Town Hall, Ashby on three consecutive Saturdays each year, the date shown is that of the first one. A leaflet drop to approximately 4,600 households was made on the first Saturday each year from 1987 onwards. Most covers in later years were not cancelled in any way.

1982 (27th November) - 1983

Type C1/P1, used as a stand-alone cachet in 1982 & 1983, subsequently used as a cancellation each year up to and including 1987.

1984 (8th December) - 1986

Type 1, 25x25mm, blue, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on square-cut self-adhesive sheets of paper on an imperforate yellow backing sheet. Single cut stamps will have backing paper of exactly the same size. Re-used 1985/6.

1987 (5th December)

Type 2, 25x25mm, slightly lighter blue, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on square-cut self-adhesive labels in coils on an imperforate translucent backing strip. Single cut stamps of this and all subsequent issues will normally have backing paper that extends beyond the stamp on all sides.

1988 (3rd December)

Type 3, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils, note the rounding of the corners. A souvenir postcard was issued in 1985, labelled "first day cover" but without an exact date of issue.

1989 (2nd December)

Type 4, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils, design as 1988 but note the sharper rounding of the corners. This issue was re-used for several years (probably up until 1995) until stocks ran out.

1990 (1st December) - 1993

Type 5, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils, design as 1989 but printed in green on blue paper.

1994 (3rd December) - 1998

Type 6, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils, design as 1989 but printed in black on brighter blue paper.

1999 (7th December)

Type 7, 50x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2000 (5th Decenber) - 2002

Type 8, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2003? to 2006

Type 9, 50x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2007

p>Type 10, 50x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2008 - 2010

Type 11, 50x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2011 - 2013

Type 12, 50x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2014 - 2017

Type 13, 25x25mm, designed by the Executive. Printed by Saxby Press, Leicester on self-adhesive labels in coils.

2018-2019

2020

Closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

2021 onwards

Special Delivery Stamps

These isues are not available for general use, and therefore are listed separately.

2000

Type S1, 63x38mm, only 105 copies of these were printed and all were applied to "thanks" Christmas cards from the Post Committee addressed to people who had made a significant contribution to the operation of the Post over the years. Covers uncancelled. Designed & produced by Marie Ecclestone, the Group Secretary on sheets of 21 self-adhesive labels.

2001

Type S2, 63x38mm, only 105 copies of type S2 were printed and most were applied to "thanks" Christmas cards from the Post Committee addressed to people who had made a contribution to the operation of the Post in 2001. Covers uncancelled. Designed & produced by Marie Ecclestone, the Group Secretary on sheets of 21 self-adhesive labels.

2002

Type S3, 63x38mm, only 126 copies of type S3 were printed and most were applied to "thanks" Christmas cards from the Post Committee addressed to people who had made a contribution to the operation of the Post in 2002. Covers uncancelled. Designed & produced by Marie Ecclestone, the Group Secretary on sheets of 21 self-adhesive labels. The logo on the cabin door is from the 20th World Scouts Jamboree in Thailand 2002/3, attended by four group members.

2003

Type S4, not yet seen.

2004

Type S5, 38x21mm, Most were applied to "thanks" Christmas cards from the Post Committee addressed to people who had made a contribution to the operation of the Post in 2004. Covers uncancelled.

Cancellations

Type C1/P1, used as a cachet in 1982/3, and as a cancellation in 1984/7.

Type P2, introduced in 1987 when the group was no longer sponsored by the Baptists. Used from then on, although many later covers were not cancelled at all.

Statistics

Year	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Start	None	27 Nov	2 Dec	8 Dec	7 Dec	6 Dec	5 Dec	3 Dec	2 Dec	1 Dec
Carried	None	1,300	1,360	2,210	2,800	2,100	2,700	3,750	4,600	3,500
Charge	None	8p	8p	8p	10p	10p	10p	10p	10p	10p
Year	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Start	7 Dec	5 Dec	4 Dec	3 Dec	2 Dec	10 Dec	6 Dec	12 Dec	7 Dec	5 Dec
Carried	3,500	4,700	4,800	4,680	4,320	4,200	3,380	4,100	4,167	4,618
Charge	10p	12p	12p	14p	15p	15p	15p	15p	15p	15p
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Start	4 Dec	3 Dec	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carried	4,602	4,437	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charge	15p	15p	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Start	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	None
Charge	20p	20p	20p	20p	.	.	.	.	.	COVID
Year	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
Start	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Charge	30p	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.