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Types 1 and 2, 60x30mm & 30x30mm respectively, designed by M. J. Southall (Beacon Hill SL) & printed by Barham & Moore, Chelmsford in sheets of 30 (6 rows of 4x5p+1x10p) line rouletted about 5. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Types 3 and 4, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by M. J. Southall (DSL) & printed by Barham & Moore, Chelmsford in sheets of 42 (6 rows of 5x5p+2x10p) line rouletted about 5. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Types 5 and 6, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by M. J. Southall (DSL) from designs supplied by Wilkins Jam Ltd & printed in offset litho by M.R.C. Print Ltd, Maldon in sheets of 14 (2 rows of 5x5p+2x10p) line rouletted about 10. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Types 7 and 8, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by Trevor Churchill (SL) and printed electrostatically by East Essex District line rouletted about 5. 5p in sheets of 15 (3 rows of 5) imperf right & bottom, & 10p in vertical strips of 6 rouletted horizontally between stamps only. Various perforation combinations therefore exist. First day covers were issued on plain white envelopes.
Types 9 and 10, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by Mark Shadbolt (cub) and Jon Piper (Scout) and printed in offset litho by Barking College forme rouletted about 7. Sheet layout had several rows of 7x5p at the top and the bottom two rows contained 3x10p each with a further 10p at rightangles on the right. This gives three sets of "two 5p vert se tenant with one 10p" and one 10p with a sideways 5p se tenant. Left, right & bottom sides of the sheet were imperf (as possibly the top was?) giving a range of perforation variations. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Types 11 to 14, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by Mark Shadbolt (cub) and Jon Piper (Scout) and printed in offset litho by Barking College forme rouletted about 7. Sheet layout had several rows of 7x5p at the top and the bottom two rows contained 3x10p each with a further 10p at rightangles on the right. This gives three sets of "two 5p vert se tenant with one 10p" and one 10p with a sideways 5p se tenant. Left, right & bottom sides of the sheet were imperf (as possibly the top was?) giving a range of perforation variations. Souvenir covers with this year's stamps (one shade only) to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Venture Scouting were issued on specially designed envelopes. A second souvenir cover illustrating a Tiptree Jampot was also issued with the two stamps from 1984 (wrongly marked "First Day Cover").
Types 15 and 16, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by Mark Shadbolt (cub) and Jon Piper (Scout) and printed in offset litho by Barking College forme rouletted about 7. Sheet layout had several rows of 7x5p at the top and the bottom two rows contained 3x10p each with a further 10p at rightangles on the right. This gives three sets of "two 5p vert se tenant with one 10p" and one 10p with a sideways 5p se tenant. Left, right & bottom sides of the sheet were imperf (as possibly the top was?) giving a range of perforation variations. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Types 17 and 18, 30x30mm & 60x30mm respectively, designed by Andrea Smith and printed in offset litho by Barking College forme rouletted about 7. Sheet layout had several rows of 7x5p at the top and the bottom two rows contained 3x10p each with a further 10p at rightangles on the right. This gives three sets of "two 5p vert se tenant with one 10p" (as illustrated) and one 10p with a sideways 5p se tenant. Left, right & bottom sides of the sheet were imperf (as possibly the top was?) giving a range of perforation variations. First day covers were issued on specially designed envelopes.
Type 19, 50x38mm, designed by ? and printed by ? on sheets of 8 self adhesive labels (4 rows of 2) on imperforate backing sheet. First day covers were issued on plain white envelopes.
Type 20, 50x25mm, sponsored & printed by Park Communications, London on self adhesive labels supplied by H V Beever, London in sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) on imperforate backing sheet. First day covers were issued on plain white envelopes.
Type 20a, 50x25mm, some of the issued stamps were misaligned - showing the top of one stamp and the bottom of another. These were thought to have been destroyed but some escaped.
Type 20b, 50x25mm, as the previous item but only showing one half of a stamp.
Type 21, 50x25mm, Sponsored & printed by Park Communications, London in sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) on imperforate backing sheet. First day covers were issued on plain white envelopes.
Type 22, 25x50mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet.
Type 23, 50x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by H.V.Beever, London.
Type 24, 50x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 24 (6 rows of 4) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by H.V.Beever, London.
Type 25, 25x45mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by H.V.Beever, London.
Type 26, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by H.V.Beever, London.
Type 27, 25x45mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
Type 28, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
No new issue, used up spare copies from recent years.
Type 29, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
Type 30, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
Type 31, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
Type 32, 25x45mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Park Communications, London on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Park Communications, London.
Type 33, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed in a local copy shop on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Bond labels of Southend. Sponsored by Wilkin & Sons, Tiptree.
No new issue, used up spare copies from recent years.
Type 34, 45x25mm, designed by Colin Smith and laser printed in a local copy shop on sheets of 42 (7 rows of 6) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet supplied by Bond labels of Southend. Sponsored by Tesco.
Type 35, 33x33mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Stickythings of Bristol on sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Sponsored by Wilkin & Sons, Tiptree.
Type 36, 33x33mm, designed by Colin Smith and printed by Stickythings of Bristol on sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive labels on an imperforate backing sheet. Sponsored by Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree.
No service due to Corona Virus restrictions..
Type P1, cancel used in 1982 on FDCs and ordinary mail.
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Type P2, cancel used in 1983 on FDCs and ordinary mail.
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Type P3, cancel used from 1986 to 1990, possibly more, on FDCs and ordinary mail.
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Type P4, cancel used in 1992 on FDCs and ordinary mail.
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Type C1, cachet used in 1982/83 on FDCs.
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Type C2, cachet used in 1986/87 on FDCs.
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Type C3, cachet used in 1988 on FDCs.
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Type C4, cachet used in 1989/90 on FDCs, also used as a backstamp on FDCs in earlier years.
.| Year | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Start | Dec 1 | Dec 4 | Dec 3 | Dec 8 | Dec 7 | Dec 6 | Dec 5 | Dec 3 | Dec 2 | Dec 1 |
| Printed | . | 2,400/ 600 |
7,500/ 3,000 |
5,000/ 2,000 |
. | 3,000/ 1,500 |
. | . | . | . |
| Carried | 2,941 | 3,850 | 4,948 | 5,352 | 5,947 | 6,201 | 6,539 | 6,842 | 6,989 | 7,149 |
| Charge | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p | .5p/10p |
| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Start | Dec 7 | Nov 28 | Nov 28 | Nov 25 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Printed | . | . | 9,600 | 9,600 | 9,500 | 9,500 | 9,500 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Carried | . | . | . | . | . | 9,077 | 9,530 | . | 10,005 | .9,505 |
| Charge | .5p/10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 10p | 12p |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Printed | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 0 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 0 |
| Carried | 9,383 | 8,550 | 8,360 | 7,127 | 6,863 | 7,458 | 4,993 | 4,721 | 4,752 | 4,536 |
| Charge | 12p | 12p | 12p | 12p | 15p | 15p | 15p | 15p | 15p | 15p |
| Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Printed | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 8,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | covid |
| Carried | 2,863 | 2,749 | 2,703 | 2,490 | 2,553 | 2,109 | 1,878 | 1,695 | 1,478 | covid |
| Charge | 20p | 20p | 20p | 20p | 20p | 25p | 25p | 30p | 30p | covid |
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