Stourport-on-Severn
Hereford & Worcester, England

Operated by Stourport, Tenbury & Witley District Scouts & Guides, Areley Kings District Guides and Abberley & Witley District Guides. Serves area of previous Bewdley & Stourport post (q.v.). Serving Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn & surrounding villages between Mamble, Kinlet, Trimpley, Hartlebury & Martley. Split into separate Bewdley & Stourport-on-Severn posts after 1996. From 2000 exchanged mail with the Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer post, thus serving an extended area. From 2012 actually joined the above post until it finished in2014. In 2015 restarted with a service for Stourport only (using up old stamps in 2015 and issuing it's own in 2016).

Stourport, Tenbury & Witley was a District within the Scout County of Hereford and Worcester, since 2002 it amalgamated with the Bewdley District to form the "Severn and Teme District". Subsequently merged with Kidderminster to form the Wyre Forest District.

1997 - 1998

1997 issue

Type 1, 28x39mm, designed by ?, printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?), line rouletted between stamps about 7, borders of the sheet imperforate.. No First day covers. Sponsored by Eric Firkins Farm Supplies.


1999 - 2004

1997 issue

Type 2, 27x42mm, designed by ?, printed by ? on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 21 (3 rows of 7) on a backing sheet line rouletted about 7. A souvenir cover dated 1999 was produced on locally designed envelopes.


2005 - 2006

2005 issue

Types 3 to 7, 27x42mm, designed by ?, printed by Taws Printers on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on an imperforate backing sheet.


2007

2007 issue

Types 8 to 12, 27x42mm, designed by ?, printed by Taws Printers on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on an imperforate backing sheet.


2008 - 2009

2008 issue

Types 13 to 17, 23x40mm, designed by ?, printed by ?on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on an imperforate backing sheet.


2010 - 2011

2010 issue

Types 18 to 22, 23x40mm, designed by ?, printed by ?on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) on an imperforate backing sheet.


From 2011-2014 joined in the Bewdley, Cleobury Mortimer & Stourport-on-Severn Post (q.v.)

2016 - 2018

2016 issue

Type 23, 23x40mm, designed by ?, printed by ? on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) on an imperforate backing sheet.


2019

2019 issue

Type 24, 23x40mm, designed by ?, printed by ? on self-adhesive labels in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) on an imperforate backing sheet. This is a reprint of the 2016 issue in much paler colours.


Cancellations

postmark

Type P1, thick letters - used from 1997 onwards.


 

postmark

Type P2, thin letters - used from 1997 onwards.


 

Statistics

Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Start None None None None None None Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Start Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 25 Nov 24 Nov 25 . .
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Start Nov 25 . None None None . . . . covid
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