Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer
Hereford & Worcester and Shropshire, England

Operated by Bewdley District Scouts & Guides (Hereford & Worcester) & the Cleobury Mortimer Scouts & Guides (Shropshire). Serves the area developed during the 1991-6 joint Bewdley/Stourport operation bounded by Mamble, Bayton, Kinlet, Pound Green, Trimpley, Wribbenhall, Blackstone, Ribbesford & Heightington plus the new extension in 2000 to Cleobury Mortimer & the surrounding villages of Doddington, Farlow, Hopton Wafers, Milson, Neen Savage, Neen Sollars, Oreton & Stottesdon. Also delivered via informal exchange to the area covered by the Kidderminster Post (qv) in 2000 only, as the Kidderminster Post did not continue in 2001. Although the Kidderminster post restarted in 2003, different closing dates prevented even an informal exchange. In 2012 merged with the Stourport-on-Severn Post and shared a stamp issue. See "Bewdley, Cleobury Mortimer & Stourport-on-Severn" post for issues from 2012 onwards.

Bewdley was a separate district within the Scout County of Hereford & Worcester, from 2002 Bewdley District was subsumed into the newly formed Severn and Teme District (together with the old Stourport, Tenbury and Witley District). Cleobury Mortimer is a district within the Scout County of Shropshire.

2000 (issued 25th November)

Types 1 to 5, 27x40mm, designed by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 1, 2, 3, & 4 and five for type 5). First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 black. Ordinary post cancelled as P1 black, P3a blue or P3b violet.

2001 (issued 25th November)

Types 6 to 10, 27x40mm, designed by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 6, 7, 8, & 9 and five for type 10. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 black. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 black, P3a blue or P3b violet.

2002 (issued 25th November)

Types 11 to 15, 40x27mm, designed by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 11, 12, 13, & 14 and three for type 5. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 black. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 black, P3a blue or P3b violet.

2003 (issued 25th November)

Types 16 to 20, 27x40mm, pictures by local artist John H. Instance, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 16, 17, 18, & 19 and five for type 20. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 green. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 green, P3 blue or violet.

2004 (issued 25th November)

Types 21 to 25, 27x40mm, pictures by Scout & Guide band member Richard Maggs, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by Bewdley Printing Company, Kidderminster on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 21, 22, 23, & 24 and five for type 25. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 red. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 red, P3 blue or violet.

2005 (issued 25th November)

Types 26 to 30, 27x40mm, designs based on Scout & Guide badges (from left to right - Scouts, Brownies, Explorers, Cubs, Guides), layout by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 26, 27, 28, & 29 and five for type 30. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 violet. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 violet, P3 blue or violet.

2006 (issued 25th November)

Types 31 to 35, 27x40mm, designs based on Anniversary badges with relevance to Scouts & Guides, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 31, 32, 33, & 34 and five for type 35. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 blue. Ordinary post cancelled as P1 blue, P3 blue or violet.

2007 (issued 17th November)

Types 36 to 40, 27x40mm, designs based on Scouting Centenary & clipart illustrating the first 4 days of Christmas, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 36, 37, 38, & 39 and five for type 40. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 red. Ordinary post cancelled as P1 red, P3 blue or violet.

2008 (issued 22nd November)

Types 41 to 45, 27x40mm, designs based on Bewdley Scout Fellowship badge & clipart illustrating the second 4 days of Christmas, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 41, 42, 43, & 44 and five for type 45. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 violet. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 blue, P3 blue or violet.

2009 (issued 21st November)

Types 46 to 50, 27x40mm, designs based on Guide Centenary badge & clipart illustrating the last 4 days of Christmas, layout by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 46, 47, 48, & 49 and five for type 50. First day covers with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 blue. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 blue, P3 blue or violet.

2010 (issued 20th November)

Types 51 to 55, 27x40mm, designs based on photographs by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10), imperforate three sides of sheet (top, right & bottom, leading to two partially imperforate variations for types 51, 52, 53, & 54 and five for type 55. A set of five First day covers each with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 red. These illustrate the five churches from the stamps. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 red in Bewdley, P3 blue or violet in Cleobury.

2011 (issued 19th November)

Types 56 to 60, 27x40mm, designs based on photographs by J. Crabbe, printed by TAWS Printing Company, Telford on gummed paper, line rouletted about 5, in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), imperforate three sides of sheet (left, right & bottom, leading to one partially imperforate variations for types 57, 58, & 59 and two each for types 55 & 60. A set of five First day covers each with full set of stamps on locally designed pre-dated covers, cancelled P2 blue. These illustrate the five churches from the stamps. Ordinary post cancelled as P4 blue in Bewdley, P3 blue or violet in Cleobury.

Cancellations

Type P1 - used on all ordinary mail posted in Bewdley in 2000, 2006 & 2007.

Type P2 - used on all FDCs, 2000 onwards.

Type P3 - used on ordinary mail posted in Cleobury, 2000 onwards.

Bewdley postmark 2005, 2008, 2009 & 2011

Type P4 - used on ordinary mail posted in Bewdley, 2001 to 2005 & 2008 onwards.

Type P5 - used on ordinary mail posted in Cleobury, 2000 onwards.

Statistics

Year	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Start	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Nov 25
Printed	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	25,000
Sold	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	17,500
Carried	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	15,000
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Start	Nov 25	Nov 25	Nov 25	Nov 25	Nov 25	Nov 25	Nov 17	Nov 22	Nov 21	Nov 20
Printed	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	.
Sold	18,500	19,000	19,000	19,000	16,500	16,500	16,500	16,500	16,500	16,000
Carried	14,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	14,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	14,500
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Start	Nov 19	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Printed	25,000	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Sold	16,000	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Carried	12,000	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None