Blackwater (Sea)
Essex, England

Operated by 1st Blackwater (Sea) Scouts. Part of the East Essex Consortium. Serving Tollesbury.

1st Blackwater (Sea) was a Group within the District of East Essex in the Scout County of Essex. Later it merged with Blackwater Land Scouts and a combined service was provided from 1990 onwards.

1982 (11th December)

Types 1 and 2, copied by Xerography on imperforate ungummed paper in panes of 9, 3 columns of 3, left-hand 10p, centre & right 5p. Some gummed by hand at point of sale. Souvenir covers (undated) with both stamps were issued on plain envelopes.

1983 (3rd December)

Types 3 and 4, copied by Xerography on imperforate gummed paper in sheets of 18, 3 columns of 6, left-hand 10p, centre & right 5p, spacing somewhat irregular as can be seen from the illustration. First day covers with both stamps were issued on plain envelopes.

1984 (6th December) - 1988

Types 5 and 6, designed by S.Martin and printed by MRC Print Ltd, Maldon, Essex, in sheets of 14 (2 strips of 5x5p & 2x10p), line rouletted about 9. Some imperforate. Used each year 1984-88. First day covers with both stamps were issued on plain envelopes.

1989 (2nd December)

Types 7 and 8, each design separately printed locally, as tete beche pairs onto sheets of two self adhesive labels (two per label), backing sheet imperforate and stamps also imperforate between. Rounded corners at the left or right, not both. (As an example of this 4-stamp format see the 1990 Blackwater (Combined) issue). No first day covers are known.

Cancellations

Type P1, used in 1982 & 1983.

Type P2, used in 1984.

Type P3, used from 1984 to 1989.

Statistics

Year	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Start	None	11 Dec	3 Dec	6 Dec	7 Dec	6 Dec	5 Dec	3 Dec	2 Dec	None
Printed	None	600x5p 600x10p	600x5p 600x10p	5,000x5p 2,000x10p	0	0	0	0	?x5p ?x10p	None
Carried	None	.	.	1,250	.	.	.	.	.	None

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