Otford
Kent, England

Operated by 1st & 3rd Otford Guides serving Otford village only, from 1984-86 cooperating with Shoreham Guides. Main postbox in local library, cards handed to librarian with the money, franked & handed back for posting. Cachets slightly different each year, produced with a ‘John Bull’ set so also quite variable due to loose type. Undated, no FDCs. No cancellations used on stamps until 2005. Funds raised are often donated to another local charity - in 1997-2000 this was the children's hospice "Demelza House" in Sittingbourne - in 2005 the proceeds were shared between thr Hospice in the Weald and Kent Air Ambulance Trust.

From 1982-1994 Otford Guides used "John Bull" style printing outfits to produce their handstamps - these varied in detail & were probably not all used the same year. Colours also varied from year to year. The following three versions are probably not the only ones, and probably also were used in other colours. The dates given were supplied by a collector along with photocopies so no coloured illustrations are currently available.

1983/1989

Type C1. Blue in 1983, green in 1989.

1984

Type C2. Grey in 1984.

1985/1988

Type C3. Blue in 1985, green in 1988.

1995

Types 1 to 2, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

1996

Type 3, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

1997

Types 4 to 7, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of gummed imperforate paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

1998

Types 8 to 11, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of gummed imperforate paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

1999

Types 12 to 15, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2000

Types 16 to 19, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2001

Types 20 to 37, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2002

Types 38 to 55, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2003

Types 56 to 70, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 40 (8 rows of 5) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2004

Types 71 to 85, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 40 (8 rows of 5) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. No cancellations used.

2005

Types 86 to 103, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 48 (8 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. Cancelled with type P1 in black.

2006

Types 104 to 121, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 48 (8 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. Cancelled with type P1 in black.

2007

Types 122 to 139, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 42 (7 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. Cancelled with type P1 in silver. This illustration shows the stamps as cut into strips ready for sale, individual stamps usually have the irregular border on all four sides.

2008

Types 140 to 157, approximately 28x28mm, designed by ? and computer-printed locally on A4 sheets of imperforate gummed paper with 48 (8 rows of 6) stamps per sheet. No first day covers were produced. Cancelled with type P1 in black.

Cancellations

Type P1 (black). Used in 2005/2006 & 2008.

Type P1 (silver). Used in 2007 for 25th year of the Post.

Statistics

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