Brightlingsea
Essex, England

Initially operated by the Tornado Venture Unit in 1984 as a free community service. Subsequent years saw the whole 4th Brightlingsea Group involved still serving Brightlingsea Parish only. Letterboxes in 7 shops are operated on the trust principle with customers dropping cards and cash in together. A free box is also provided in Well House old people's home.

Brighlingsea is a Group in the Colchester Central District in the Scout County of Essex. At least five other groups in this district have operated a postal service.

Poster
Brightlingsea poster

1984 (December 5th)
also 1987 to 1995

1984 cachet
Type C1.

1996 (December 4th)

1996 cachet

Type C2, special 50th anniversary cancel.

Statistics

Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Charge None None None free None None 5p 5p 5p 5p
Carried None None None 3,000 None None 3,000 4,380 6,120 7,500
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Charge 5p 5p 10p 10p 10p 10p ? ? ? ?
Carried 7,500 8,000 6,100 6,759 7,390 8,430 . . . .
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Charge ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Charge ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Charge ? ? ? 30p . . . . . .
Scout County of Essex

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