Retford
Nottinghamshire, England

Organised by 7th Retford (St Swithuns) Scout Gruoup.

Retford Scouts are part of the Scout County of Nottinghamshire.

In 2022 deliveries could be made to All areas ofRetford and Ordsall and the following villages: Askham, Babworth, Barnby Moor, Church Laneham, Clarborough, Clayworth, Darlton, East Drayton, East Markham, Eaton, Elkesley, Gamston, Grove, Habblesthorpe, Hayton, Headon, Laneham, Little Gringley, Lound, Markham Moor, Mattersey, Mattersey Thorpe, Milton, Morton, North Leverton, North Wheatley, Rampton, Ranby, Ranskill, Rockley, South Leverton, South Wheatley, Stokeham, Sturton-le-Steeple, Sutton-cum-Lound, Torworth, Treswell, Tuxford, Upton, Welham, West Drayton, West Markham and Woodbeck.

From 1st December 2012 Retford District is being combined with Warsop District to form the new Bassetlaw District. For the purposes of this catalogue I cannot keep up with these changes all over the country so all posts are left indexed via the names when they started.

Poster
Wirral poster

1991

1991 issue

Type 1, 40x30mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P1 in black.


1992

1992 issue

Type 2, 40x30mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P1 in blue.


1993

1993 issue

Type 3, 38x28mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (100 rows of 5) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in blue.


1994

1994 issue

Type 4, 28x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in blue.


1995

1995 issue

Type 5, 28x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in blue.


1996

1996 issue

Type 6, 28x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


1997

1997 issue

Type 7, 28x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


1998

1998 issue

Type 8, 38x28mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


1999

1999 issue

Type 9, 28x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


2000

2000 issue

Type 10, 32x40mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 45 (5 rows of 9) on gummed paper line rouletted about ?. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


2001

2001 issue

Type 11, 32x40mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


2002

2002 issue

Type 12, 30x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. First day covers produced on locally designed envelopes, cancelled by P2 in black.


2003

2003 issue

Type 13, 30x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5.


2004

2004 issue

Type 14, 30x38mm, designed by ? & printed by ? in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on gummed paper line rouletted about 5. No cancellations used.


2005-2011

No service during these years

2012

2012 issue

Types 15 to 20, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2013 - 2014

2013 issue 2013 issue

Types 21 & 22, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2015

2015 issue 2015 issue

Types 23 & 24, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 65 (13 rows of 5) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2016

2016 issue

Types 25-27, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 65 (13 rows of 5) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2017

2017 issue

Types 28-32, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 65 (13 rows of 5) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2018

2018 issue

Types 33-37, 28x21mm, designed by Annabel & printed by ? in sheets of 65 (13 rows of 5) on self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.


2019 onwards

2019 issue

Cancellations

postmark

Type P1 - used 1991-1992.


 

postmark

Type P2 - used 1993-2002 (maybe to 2004).


 

postmark

Type P3 (code 1 below text) seen in 1992.


 

postmark

Type P4 (code 2 below text) seen in 1992.


 

postmark

Type P5 (code 4 below text) seen in 1997.


 

postmark

Type P6 seen in 2017.


 

Statistics

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Start 30 Nov 28 Nov 27 Nov 19 Nov 2 Dec 30 Nov 29 Nov 28 Nov 27 Nov 25 Nov
Charge 13p 13p 13p 15p 15p 15p 15p 15p 15p 15p
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Start 24 Nov 30 Nov . . None None None None None None
Charge 15p 15p 15p 15p None None None None None None
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Charge None 30p 30p 30p 30p 30p 30p 35p 35p covid
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Charge 35p . . . . . . . . .
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