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Type 1, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on plain white envelopes.
Type 2, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Types 3 and 4, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. Type 4 has the scout badge omitted and appeared once in each sheet. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Types 5 and 6, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. Type 6 has a small "p" in the value and appeared once per sheet. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 7, 28x40mm, designed by Whitefriars Advertising (Chester) and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 8, 28x40mm, designed by Whitefriars Advertising (Chester) and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 9, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Types 10 and 11, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Professional Marketing Services, rouletted about 7. It is known that some of the printing was subcontracted (but not to whom) and the two red colour variations appeared on slightly different sized paper. Cachet C2 was also used instead of stamps on bulk mail for this year only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Types 12 and 13, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. The violet areas of type 12 appear not to be overlaid with green - the overlapping of green & violet in type 12a leads to a significantly darker effect in the main violet areas (it is not known which came first, or whether the change was deliberate or accidental.). First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 14, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 15, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 16, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 17, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 18, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 19, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 20, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 21, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 22, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 23, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 24, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 25, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Types 26 & 27, 26x37mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, type 26 on gummed paper rouletted about 9, type 27 on self-adhesive labels on a well-cut backing sheet. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
These illustrate the differing perforations at the corners.
Type 28, 40x28mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (10 rows of 5) by Wirral Press, rouletted about 7. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 29, 28x40mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 50 (5 rows of 10) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 vertically only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 30, 38x26mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 horizontally only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 31 to 35, 38x26mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 horizontally only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 36 to 40, 38x26mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 horizontally only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 41 to 45, 38x26mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 horizontally only. First day covers produced on locally designed special envelopes.
Type 41 to 45, 38x26mm, designed by ? and printed in sheets of 40 (8 rows of 5) self-adhesive stamps by Wirral Press, rouletted through the backing sheet about 10 horizontally only.
It is also still possible to find the West Wirral cancellations being used on Wirral stamps. Dates for P1 - P8 are those when first seen by the compiler, usage continued in later years.
Type C1 - used on FDCs in 1987 only.
Type C2 - used on bulk mail (without stamps) in 1994 only.
Type P1, open corners - used from 1987.
Type P2, open corners - used from 1990.
Type P3, closed corners - used from 1990.
Type P4, closed corners - used from 1991.
Type P5, closed corners - used from 1990.
Type P6, closed corners (thin text) - used from 2000.
Type P7, larger - used from 2000.
Type P8, even larger - used from 2000.
Type P9, finer lines - used from 2012.
| Year | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Start | None | None | None | None | None | None | Dec 8 | Dec 6 | Dec 7 | Dec 10 |
| Carried | None | None | None | None | None | None | 443,787 | 500,000 | 650,555 | 678,741 |
| Charity donation | None | None | None | None | None | None | £9,334 | £11,700 | £14,500 | £18,123 |
| Year | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| Start | Dec 9 | Dec 8 | Dec 8 | Dec 7 | Dec 11 | Dec 9 | Dec 8 | Dec 7 | Dec 7 | Dec 11 |
| Carried | 714,869 | 712,470 | 757,544 | 789,749 | 725,023 | 773,216 | 779,848 | 739,267 | 741,151 | 753,776 |
| Charity donation | £20,020 | £19,000 | £20,200 | £20,000 | £24,500 | £23,700 | £24,250 | £23,200 | £22,150 | £23,750 |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Start | Dec 10 | Dec 9 | Dec 8 | Dec 6 | Dec 5 | Dec 5 | Dec 5 | Dec 8 | Dec 7 | Dec 6 |
| Carried | 684,133 | 647,693 | 628,737 | 601,449 | 573,157 | 610,664 | 606,962 | 612,810 | 586,000 | 559,535 |
| Charity donation | £22,200 | £21,000 | £19,740 | £19,000 | £17,850 | £20,550 | £19,500 | £23,000 | £22,150 | £22,500 |
| Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Start | Dec 5 | Dec 3 | . | Dec 7 | . | Dec 5 | . | . | . | covid |
| Carried | 558,772 | 454,272 | 484,847 | 456,448 | 432,427 | 410,370 | 397,557 | . | . | covid |
| Charity donation | £22,500 | £26,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 | £29,000 | £25,000 | £24,000 | . | . | covid |
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