Edinburgh
Lothian, Scotland

Organised by Edinburgh Area Scout Council. Serving postal areas EH1 to EH17 and EH28 to EH30.

By 1996 about 120 groups including Guides, Boys Brigade and other charities were involved with over 1,000 collecting points across the city. Over 500,000 cards per year were handled between 1991 and 1995. Closed after Christmas 2008.

1984

Types 1 & 2, designed by ?, type 1 printed by Able-Label on 41x19mm self-adhesive labels, type 2 photocopied onto imperforate, ungummed paper in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). As the total print run was inadequate many covers received ONLY the cachet C1 which was also used to postmark stamped mail. A souvenir cover was produced for each issue, cancelled type P1 - these cannot be called "First Day Covers" as they do not carry a specific date indication. Standard Post Office fdc envelopes were used.

1985

Types 3 & 4, designed by ?, printed by local Printshop, imperforate, in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). A souvenir cover was produced for type 3, cancelled type P8 - again these cannot be called "First Day Covers" as they do not carry a specific date indication. Standard Post Office fdc envelopes were used.

1986

Type 5, designed by A. McAlpine (Scout Publicity Officer), printed by Russelprint (Edinburgh) on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7). A souvenir cover was produced for type 5, cancelled type P2 - again these cannot be called "First Day Covers" as they do not carry a specific date indication. Standard Post Office fdc envelopes were used. Spare stock re-used in 1987.

1987

Type 6, designed by A. McAlpine (Scout Publicity Officer), printed by Russelprint (Edinburgh) on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7). A souvenir cover was produced for type 6, cancelled type P8 - again these cannot be called "First Day Covers" as the date is either the last day of sale or the date of delivery. Specially designed envelopes were used.

1988 - 1990

Type 7, designed by A. McAlpine (Scout Publicity Officer), printed by Metropress (Edinburgh) on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7). A souvenir cover was produced for type 7 in 1988, cancelled type P4 - again these cannot be called "First Day Covers" as the date is either the last day of sale or the date of delivery. Specially designed envelopes were used. While the stamps were identical, there were two distinct printings - one in 1988 which had the matrix (the adhesive paper between the stamps) intact, the other in 1989 which had the matrix stripped off the sheet before issue.

1991

Type 8, designed by A. McAlpine (Scout Publicity Officer), printed by Metropress (Edinburgh) on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

1992

Type 9, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

1993

Type 10, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

1994 - 1996

Type 11, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

1997 - 1998

Type 12, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

1999

Type 13, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

2000

Type 14, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 35 (5 rows of 7).

2001

Type 15, much whiter paper than previous blue versions, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of ? (? rows of ?).

2002 - 2003

Type 16, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9), the matrix was stripped away before issue. The sheet had different marginal inscriptions in 2003 but the individual stamps were indistinguishable.

2004

Type 17, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9). A distinct shade when compared with the 2002/3 issue & the sheet had no marginal inscriptions at all.

2005

Type 18, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9).

2006

Type 19, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9).

2007

Type 20, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9).

2008

Type 21, designed by ?, printed by ? on 32mm diameter self-adhesive labels in sheets of 54 (6 rows of 9). Undenominated, sold at 21p in 2008.

Cancellations

Type C1/P1 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail and souvenir covers in 1984.

Type C2/P2 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail and souvenir covers in 1986.

Type C3/P3 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail in 1986.

Type C4/P4 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail and souvenir covers in 1988.

Type C5/P5 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail in 1997.

Type C6/P6 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail in 1986.

Type C7/P7 - used as cachet or postmark on ordinary mail in 1998.

Type C8 - used as cachet on ordinary mail and souvenir covers in 1985 & 1987.

Type C9 - used as cachet on ordinary mail in 1986.

Unit-Specific Cancellations

Types X1a to X1e - used on ordinary mail.

Types X2a to X2e - used on ordinary mail.

Type X3a - used on ordinary mail.

Statistics

Year	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Start	None	None	None	Dec 9	.	Dec 1	Dec 4	Dec 12	Dec 10	Dec 4
Printed	None	None	None	20,000	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carried	None	None	None	35,000	38,000	84,000	187,000	262,000	380,000	345,000
Year	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Start	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Printed	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carried	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Start	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	None	None
Printed	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	None	None
Carried	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	None	None