West Glamorgan
West Glamorgan, Wales

This post involved virtually all the Scout Groups within the Scout County of West Glamorgan. At the inception of the post the following Districts existed: Gower, Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea Central, Swansea North and Swansea Valley. In more recent times these have been reorganised into only four: Afan Nedd, Cwm Newydd, Swansea & Swansea Gower. For the purpose of producing a sensible listing of the many cancellations used I have stuck to the original organisation, but I have indicated where Groups or Units no longer exist. Closed in 2003.

1987 (26th November)

West Glam 1987

Type 1, designed by R. Boulden (organiser). Printed by Glamorgan Press, Neath in sheets of 36 38x26mm self-adhesive labels (6 x 6).


1990 (26th November)

West Glam 1990

Type 2, designed by R. Boulden (organiser). Printed by Glamorgan Press, Neath in sheets of 36 38x26mm self-adhesive labels (6 x 6).


1991 (26th November)

West Glam 1991

Type 3, designed by R. Boulden (organiser). Printed by Glamorgan Press, Neath in sheets of 36 38x26mm self-adhesive labels (6 x 6). All the complete sheets I have seen have a trial "sewing machine" style perforation between the top two rows and the bottom two rows but I do not know whether any were ever fully perforated and issued.


1992 (26th November)

West Glam 1992

Type 4, designed and printed by Hunt (Printers), Cardiff, based upon previous Cardiff (South Glamorgan) issue.

1993 (26th November)

West Glam 1993

Type 5, design as previous year but printed by Smalldon (Printers), Swansea.


1994 (26th November)

West Glam 1994

Type 6, designed and printed by Geoff’s Print Shop, Swansea in sheets of 50(10 rows of 5). Sponsored by the ‘The Wave’ radio station.


1995

West Glam 1995

Type 7, designed and printed by Geoff’s Print Shop, Swansea in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). Sponsored by the ‘The Wave’ radio station. Background pale yellow, border deep yellow. The shade distinctions between this and the next two issues are very dificult to illustrate here. As well as the yellow border shade difference the fleur-de-lys within the red circle in types 7/8 also exhibits the same matt/shiny difference that could be seen in the Machin heads on British definitives of around 1979/81, in 7 it is matt, in 8 shiny.


1996

West Glam 1996

Type 8, designed and printed by Geoff’s Print Shop, Swansea in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). Sponsored by the ‘The Wave’ radio station. Background pale yellow, border yellow.


1997

West Glam 1997

Type 9, designed and printed by Geoff’s Print Shop, Swansea in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). Sponsored by the ‘The Wave’ radio station. Background white, border yellow.


1998

West Glam 1998

Type 10, designed and printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?). Sponsored by the ‘The Wave’ radio station.


1999

West Glam 1999

Type 11, designed by ? and printed by Geoff's Print Shop in sheets of ? (? rows of ?).


2000

West Glam 2000

Type 12, designed by ? and printed by ? in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) line rouletted about 9, all sheet edges imperforate giving 8 "imperf edge" perforation varieties.


2001

West Glam 2001

Type 13, designed by ? and printed by ? in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) line rouletted about 9, all sheet edges imperforate giving 8 "imperf edge" perforation varieties.

2002

West Glam 2002

Type 14, designed by ? and printed by ? in sheets of ? (? rows of ?) self-adhesive labels on a backing sheet line rouletted about 3.

Cancellations

In 1987 the West Glamorgan Area comprised the following Districts, each of which has been allocated a separate page to speed up download times. The tables provided list all those Scout Units believed to have participated in the West Glamorgan Post. Where "existence uncertain" is shown I have, as yet, been unable to acquire a sample of their cancellation (if any actually existed). The dates refer to the earliest use of which I am aware - they may have been in use earlier. They are organised by the Districts in force at the time the Post first started. The quality of the following images leaves a lot to be desired. I am always looking for better copies but it can be difficult to disentangle the cancellation from the stamp beneath.

Gower
Lliw Valley
Neath
Port Talbot
Swansea Central
Swansea North
Swansea Valley

Statistics

Year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Start None None None None None None 26 Nov 26 Nov 26 Nov 26 Nov
Carried None None None None None None 142,486 236,118 281,090 397,209
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Start 26 Nov 26 Nov 26 Nov 26 Nov . . . . . .
Carried 474,929 522,822 476,427 531,162 . . . . . .
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Start . . None None None None None None None None
Carried . . None None None None None None None None

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