Rothwell
Northamptonshire, England

Operated by 2nd Rothwell (Salvation Army) Scouts. Rothwell is one of a group of seven local postal services that exchange cards for each other's areas. The other posts are Barton Segrave, Broughton, Burton Latimer, Desborough, Geddington, and Kettering, all within the same Scout District. No postmarks were used, stamps were cancelled with a pen.

Delivery areas include Barton Seagrave, Desborough, Loddington, Pytchley, Braybrooke, Geddington, Mawsley, Rothwell, Broughton, Grafton, Underwood, Newton, Rushton, Burton Latimer, Isham, Old Warkton, Cranford, Kettering, Orlingbury, Weekley, Cransley, Little Cransley and Orton.

2nd Rothwell is part of the Kettering District in the Scout County of Northamptonshire.


Poster
Rothwell poster

Thr following map shows the combined area served by the seven posts.

distribution map

Cachets

1990 - 1993, possibly later

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Type C1, 70x25 mm.



1992 - 1995, possibly later

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Type C2, 60x30 mm, full date.



2004, possibly earlier or later

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Type C3, 60x30 mm, partial date only.



2004, possibly later

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Type 1, designed by ?, printed on sheets of 65 )13 rows of 5) self-adhesive labels by ?.



dates unknown

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Types C4 to C6.



Statistics

Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Charge None None None None None None None None None .
Carried None None None None None None None None None .
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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This page last amended 1st June 2023
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