Rugby
Warwickshire, England

Operated by Rugby District Scouts with Oxfam.

The 1994 stamp celebrates 10 years 1985-1994, this was believed to be the anniversary of the whole District's involvement. However, one Group - Long Lawford - started on their own in 1985, expanding the service in subsequent two years. 1988 saw the first stamps designated Rugby Scout Post without a reference to Long Lawford as well.

Rugby District Scouts are part of the Scout County of Warwickshire.

Poster(s)
Rugby poster

Long Lawford
Warwickshire, England

1985

1985 issue

Type 1, 40x56mm, designed by ? & printed by ? on coloured imperforate paper.


Long Lawford + 1st Rugby Scouts + Oxfam
Warwickshire, England

1986?

1986? issue

Type 2, 40x56mm, designed by ? & printed by ? on coloured imperforate paper.


Long Lawford + 6th Rugby Scouts + Oxfam
Warwickshire, England

1986?

1986? issue

Type 3, 40x56mm, designed by ? & printed by ? on coloured imperforate paper.


Long Lawford + 6th Rugby Scouts + Oxfam
Warwickshire, England

1987

1987 issue

Type 4, 40x56mm, designed by ? & printed by ? on coloured imperforate paper.


Rugby District
Warwickshire, England

198?

1985 issue

Type 1, 31x49mm, designed by ? & printed by ? on rolls of self-adhesive labels on imperforate backing paper. Issue date of this item is unknown.


Rugby District
Warwickshire, England

1988

1988 issue 1988 issue 1988 issue 1988 issue

Types 2 to 5, 35x37mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?) on imperforate gummed paper. A souvenir card was produced with all four stamps.


From 1989 to 2006 all Rugby stamps are produced by photocopying onto A4 sheets of 24 self-adhesive coloured labels (when viewed in portrait format, 8 rows of three) and two stamps are printed on each label. As the stamps are often printed in landscape format this can give vertical pairs of stamps on each label, but the sheets are then guillotined into horizontal strips of 8 stamps so the customer only sees individual labels ready for use. From now on new designs are produced each year.

1989

1989 issue

Types 6 to 7, 37x35mm, designed by ? &.


1990

1990 issue 1990 issue

Type 8 to 9, 37x35mm, designed by ?.


1991

1991 issue

Types 10 to 12, 37x35mm, designed by ?.


1992

1992 issue

Types 13 to 14, 37x35mm, designed by ?.


1993

1993 issue

Type 15, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout.


1994

1994 issue

Type 16, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout.


1995

1995 issue

Types 17 to 19, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the two sheet layouts which illustrate two of the varieties produced (one has only 2 designs instead of all 3 on the sheet).


1996

1996 issue

Types 20 to 25, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout.


1997

1997 issue

Types 26 to 31, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout. The last stamp in each row was printed without a right-hand border - see below.


1997 issue

Types 26a to 31a

Recent discoveries imply that not only were there a full set of six designs as in previous years but that a part of the print run for 1998 was actually made on the remaining blue paper from 1 the 1997 issue.


1998 (blue)

1998 issuecenter 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue

1998 (yellow)

1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue 1998 issue

Types 32 to 43, 37x35mm, designed by ?.

1999

1999 issue 1999 issue 1999 issue 1999 issue 1999 issue 1999 issue

Types 44 to 49, 37x35mm, designed by ?.

2000

2000 issue

Types 50 to 57, 37x35mm, designed by ?.


2001

2001 issue
2001 issue

Types 58 to 73, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layouts.


2002

2002 issue
2002 issue

Types 74 to 89, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layouts.


2003

2003 issue

Types 90 to 97, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout.


2004

2004 issue

Types 98 to 105, 37x35mm, designed by ?. See the sheet layout.


2004 (emergency issue)

2004 emergency issue

Types 106 to 113, 37x35mm, designed by ?. An undated issue produced to cover a shortage of the original printing. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps.All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2005 (with Oxfam)

2005 issue

Types 114 to 121, 37x35mm, designed by ?. A short-lived issue due to Oxfam's HQ telling the local shop that they could no longer participate. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps.All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2005 (without Oxfam)

2005a issue

Types 122 to 129, 37x35mm, designed by ?. An urgent reprint with the Oxfam name removed. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps.All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2006

2006 issue

Types 130 to 137, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps.All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2007

2007 issue

Types 138 to 145, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps.All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2008

2008 issue

Types 146 to 153, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps, usually cut into strips before sale.


2009

2009 issue

Types 154 to 161, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2010

2010 issue

Types 162 to 169, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2011

2011 issue

Types 170 to 173 in pairs, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. All supplies cut into strips before issue.


2012

2012 issue

Types 174 to 181, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2013

2013 issue

Types 182 to 187, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 8 columns of 6 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2014

2014 issue

Types 188 to 193, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 8 columns of 6 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2015

2015 issue

Types 194 to 199, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 8 columns of 6 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2016

2016 issue

Types 200-247, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue. The "Thanks Rob" issue comemmorates the death of Robert Cox, an earlier District Commissioner.


2017

2017 issue

Types 248-295, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2018

2018 issue

Types 296-343, 37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


2019

2019 issue 2019 issue

37x35mm, designed by ?. Printed on a sheet of 24 labels, 2 per label, giving 6 rows of 8 stamps. Most supplies cut into strips before issue.


A whole sheet as in previous years was issued - only the above strip images are available at present. Images of the other four strips are still being sought.


2020/2021/2022

Services suspended in 2020 & 221 due to Covid pandemic - in 2022 announced that the post would not be operating again.


Cancellations

1988 cancel

Type P1 - used in 1988. Long Lawford were the instigators of the post in Rugby.


 

1989/90 cancel

Type P2 - used in 1989 & 1990.


 

1991 cancel

Type P3 - used in 1991.


 

1991 cancel

Type P4 - used in 1991.


 

1992 cancel

Type P5 - used in 1992 and 2013.


 

1993 cancel

Type P6 - used from 1993 onwards.


 

2005 cancel

Type P7 - used from 2005 onwards.


 

1986 cancel

Type P8 - used in 1986.


 

Statistics

Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Start None None None None . . . . . .
Charge None None None None 5p 8p 8p 10p 10p 10p
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Start . . . . . . . . . .
Charge 12p 12p 12p 12p 12p 14p 14p 14p 14p 14p
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Start . . . . . . . . . .
Charge 14p 14p 14p 15p 15p 15p 16p 16p 16p 20p
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Start . . . . . . . . . None
Charge 20p 22p 25p 25p 25p 30p 30p 30p . COVID
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