Dronfield
Derbyshire, England

Operated by the Dronfield District Scouts. Serving the S18 postcode area comprising the following towns & villages - Apperknowle, Barlow, Coal Aston, Dronfield, Dronfield Woodhouse, Gosforth Valley, Dronfield Hill Top, Holmesdale, Holmesfield, Hundall, Millthorpe, Unstone and Unstone Green.

Dronfield Scout District is part of the Scout County of Derbyshire.

Dronfield Poster

2002

2002 issue

Type 1, 37x28mm, designed by the Dronfield District scouts and printed by Ambrose Printing Ltd., Bakewell, Derbyshire in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), line rouletted about 15. A first day cover was produced using specially printed envelopes.


2003

2003 issue

Type 2, 37x28mm, designed by the Dronfield District scouts and printed by Ambrose Printing Ltd., Bakewell, Derbyshire in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), line rouletted about 15. A first day cover was produced using specially printed envelopes.


2004

2004 issue

Types 3 to 7, 37x28mm, designed by the Dronfield District scouts and printed by Ambrose Printing Ltd., Bakewell, Derbyshire in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), line rouletted about 15. A first day cover was produced using specially printed envelopes.


2005

2005 issue

Types 8 to 12, 37x28mm, designed by the Dronfield District scouts and printed by Ambrose Printing Ltd., Bakewell, Derbyshire in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5), line rouletted about 15. A first day cover was produced using specially printed envelopes.


2006

2006 issue

Types 13 to 17, 38x25mm, designed by the Dronfield District scouts and printed by ? in sheets of 25 (5 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps, on a backing sheet line rouletted about 5. A first day cover was produced using specially printed envelopes.


Cancellations

Dronfield postmark

Type P1 - used on FDCs each year.

 


3rd Holmesfield postmark 81

Type P2 - used on ordinary mail each year.

 


Sheffield Scouts 82 postmark

Type P3 - used on ordinary mail in 2003.

 


4th Dronfield postmark

Type P4 - used on ordinary mail each year.

 


4th Dronfield postmark> 4th Dronfield postmark

Type P5 - used on ordinary mail each year.

 


5th Dronfield postmark

Type P6 - used on ordinary mail in 2002.

 


Sheffield Scouts 84 postmark

Type P7 - used on ordinary mail in 2002.

 


Scouts 84 (Sheffield removed) postmark

Type P8 - used on ordinary mail in 2002.

 


6th Dronfield postmark

Type P9 - used on ordinary mail in 2002.

 


7th Dronfield postmark

Type P10 - 7th Dronfield used on ordinary mail in 2002.

 


Dronfield #79 postmark

Type P11 - #79 used on ordinary mail in 2005.

 


Dronfield 2005 postmark

Type P12 - used on ordinary mail in 2005.

 


Oval 7th Dronfield postmark Oval 7th Dronfield postmark

Type P13 - 7th Dronfield used on ordinary mail in 2005.

 


5th Dronfield #84 postmark

Type P14 - Dronfield #84 used on ordinary mail in 2005.

 


Original Sheffield version text T postmark

Type P15 - Original Sheffield version used on ordinary mail.

 


Revised Dronfield version text & #84 postmark Revised Dronfield version text T postmark

Type P16 - Revised Dronfield version (Sheffield deleted) used on ordinary mail.

 


3rd Holmsfield postmark

Type P17 3rd Holmsfield - used on ordinary mail.

 


#16 postmark

Type P18 - Revised Dronfield version (Sheffield deleted) #16 used on ordinary mail.

 


#78postmark

Type P19 - Revised Dronfield version (Sheffield deleted) #78 used on ordinary mail.

 


6th Dronfield #postmark

Type P20 - 6th Dronfield used on ordinary mail.

 



Statistics

Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Start None 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 29 Nov . None None None None
Printed None . . . . . None None None None
Carried None . . 12,000 10,500 . None None None None

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This page last amended 1st August 2021
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