1990 (1st December)
Blackwater (Combined issues)
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Types 1 and 2, 50mmx38mm, locally printed by letterpress on self-adhesive labels, two stamps side by side on each label, hence rounded corners at the left or right, not both and imperforate between pairs. Sheets of labels were manually cut into pairs before printing, the stamps were then printed tete-beche as per the illustration below. A better (coloured) scan of type 2, both as a single and as a block of four, is still being sought.
Type 3, 50mmx38mm, locally printed (in blue) by letterpress on self-adhesive labels, two stamps side by side on each label, hence rounded corners at the left or right, not both and imperforate between pairs. Sheets of labels were manually cut into pairs before printing, the stamps were then printed tete-beche as per the 1990 illustration above. A better (coloured) scan of type 3, both as a single and as a block of four, is still being sought.
Type 4, 50mmx38mm, locally printed (in green) by letterpress on self-adhesive labels, two stamps side by side on each label, hence rounded corners at the left or right, not both and imperforate between pairs. Sheets of labels were manually cut into pairs before printing, the stamps were then printed tete-beche as per the 1990 illustration above. A better (coloured) scan of type 4, both as a single and as a block of four, is still being sought.
Type 5, 50mmx38mm, locally printed (in red) by letterpress on self-adhesive labels, two stamps side by side on each label, hence rounded corners at the left or right, not both and imperforate between pairs. Sheets of labels were manually cut into pairs before printing, the stamps were then printed tete-beche as per the 1990 illustration above. A better (coloured) scan of type 5, both as a single and as a block of four, is still being sought.
Type 6, 25mmx38mm, printed by ? in offset litho onto self-adhesive labels in sheets of 36, (6 rows of 6, imperforate between). A souvenir cover (inscribed first day cover although it was the second year) on a specially produced envelope was issued in 1995, dated 1 Dec 1995, the first day of that year's service.
Type 7, 25mmx38mm, printed by ? in offset litho onto self-adhesive labels in sheets of 36, (6 rows of 6, imperforate between).
Type 8, 25mmx38mm, printed by ? in offset litho onto self-adhesive labels in sheets of 36, (6 rows of 6, imperforate between). Sold at 10p each. Sponsored by Five Lakes Hotel, Golf & Country Club.
Type 10, 25mmx50mm, designed by E. Ford from suggestions by scout members & printed by Sobar Ltd in rolls of 3000 self-adhesive labels, cut into strips of 10 for sale. Sold at 12p each. A First day cover was issued on a specially produced envelope.
Type P1, used on mail from Tollesbury, 1990 onwards.
Type P2, (proper coloured scan in blue still being sought) used on mail from Tolleshunt D'Arcy in 1990.
Type P3, (proper coloured scan in blue still being sought) used on mail from Tolleshunt D'Arcy in 1990 (as type P2 but "S" went missing between 15/17 December).
Type P4, (proper coloured scan in blue still being sought) used from 1990 onwards.
Type P5, used on souvenir covers in 1995 and general mail from 1995 onwards.
Type P6, used on general mail in 2001/2.
Type P7, used on general mail in 2004.
Type P8, used on general mail in 2004.
| Year | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Start | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Dec 1 |
| Charge | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | 10p |
| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Start | Dec 7 | Dec 5 | Nov 28 | Nov 25 | Dec 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Charge | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Start | . | . | Nov 25 | Nov 25 | . | . | None | None | None | None |
| Charge | 12p | 12p | 12p | 12p | 12p | 12p | None | None | None | None |
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