Kesgrave
Suffolk, England

Operated by the 1st Kesgrave Scout Group. Also exchanging cards with the Ipswich Scout post. Initially using a cachet, issuing stamps from 1997 onwards. These stamps are applied by the scouts, usually on a one-per-house basis, rather than 1 per card.

1st Kesgrave Scout Group is part of the Deben District within the Scout County of Suffolk.

1995 - 1996

1995/6 cachet

Type C1.



1997

1997 issue

Type 1, 53x36mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?) on self-adhesive paper, hand cut into seperate stamps.



1998

1998 issue

Type 2, 53x36mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?) on self-adhesive paper, hand cut into seperate stamps.



1999

1999 issue

Type 3, 53x36mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?) on self-adhesive paper, hand cut into seperate stamps.



2000

2000 issue

Types 4a & 4b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2001

2001 issue

Types 5a & 5b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2002

2002 issue

Types 6a & 6b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2003

2003 issue

Types 7a & 7b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2004

2004 issue

Types 8a & 8b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2005

2005 issue

Types 9a & 9b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2006

2006 issue

Types 10a & 10b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2007

2007 issue

Types 11a & 11b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2008

2008 issue

Types 12a & 12b, 49x34mm approximately, printed by ? in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps/2 labels) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Each label is 98x34mm with rounded corners and has two stamps printed thereon, these are then hand cut before use giving stamps with two round and two square corners, either round at left or round at right.



2009

2009 issue 2009 issue

Types 13 & 14, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2010

2010 issue

Type 15, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.

left or round at right.



2011

2011 issue

Type 16, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2012

2012 issue 2012 issue 2012 issue 2012 issue 2012 issue 2012 issue

Types 17 to 22, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.

left or round at right.



2013

2013 issue

Type 23, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.

left or round at right.



2014

2014 issue 2014 issue

Types 24 to 27, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2015

2015 issue 2015 issue

Types 28 & 29, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2016

2016 issue 2016 issue 2016 issue

Types 30 to 32, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2017

2017 issue 2017 issue 2017 issue 2017 issue

Types 33 to 36, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2018

2018 issue

Type 37, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2019

2019 issue 2019 issue 2019 issue 2019 issue 2019 issue 2019 issue 2019 issue

Types 38 to 44, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2020

NO SERVICE due to COVID.



2021

2021 issue 2021 issue 2021 issue

Types 45 to 47, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2022

2022 issue 2022 issue 2022 issue 2022 issue

Types 48 to 51, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



2023

2023 issue 2023 issue 2023 issue 2023 issue 2023 issue 2023 issue

Types 52 to 57, 49x34mm approximately, printed locally in sheets of 32 (8 rows of 4 stamps) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.



Cancellations

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Type P1 - used from 1995 to 1999 (as a cachet without stamps in 1995/6).

 


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Type P2 - used 2000 onwards.

 


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Type P3 - used 2012 onwards.

 


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Type P4 - used ?.

 


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Type P5 - used 2002.

 



Statistics

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Printed None None None None None None 100 200 250 1,000
Carried None None None None 254 493 490 776 950 3,360
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Printed 1,000 1,250 1,250 1,500 1,500 2,250 2,250 2,250 3,000 3,000
Carried 3,590 4,390 5,500 6,460 6,670 7,700 7,448 7,700 9,261 8,814
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Printed 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 COVID
Carried 9,370 12,381 11,974 11,730 11,141 10,926 10,376 10,435 9,919 COVID
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Printed 3,000 3,200 3,200 . . . . . . .
Carried 8,041 7,721 7,570 . . . . . . .
Cost 30p 35p 35p . . . . . . .

The fact that "carried" exceeds "printed" is due to the fact that a stamp is only applied to the top letter in any individial house's delivery.


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