(items provided to my "New Issue" service - in delivery order)
(this will include any previous year's releases that were not distributed at the time)
(distributed as batch 1, 10th January 2005)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 1 | Bricket Wood 2003 (late delivery) | 2 cachets | a: "MERRY Christmas / From BRICKET / WOOD Scouts" (black) b: two footprints (red) |
| 2 | Amersham & Chesham 2003 (late delivery) | 8 stamps overprinted 2003 - 4 from 2000 and 4 from 2002 | a: rectangular, boxed, text & date (green) |
| 3 | Amersham & Chesham 2003 (late delivery) | 2 large FDCs, each with strip of 4 stamps | a: rectangular, boxed, text & date (green) |
| 4 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | strip of 5 new stamps | |
| 5 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | Used covers | a: circular "Bewdley, Far Forset & Wribbenhall" aroung logo (green) b: Cleobury Mortimer Scouts & Guides with logos (blue) b: Cleobury Mortimer Scouts & Guides with logos (violet) |
| 6 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | First day covers | a: circular fdc cancel (green) |
| 7 | Cuffley | 1 new stamp | |
| 8 | Cuffley | First day covers | a: new scout logo (violet) |
| 9 | Old Windsor | strip of 5 new stamps | |
| 10 | Derby | 1 new stamp | |
| 11 | Derby | First day cover | |
| 12 | Stourport-on-Severn | 1 repeat stamp | |
| 13 | Kidderminster | 3 repeat stamps | |
| 14 | Morpeth | 1 cachet | a: "4th Morpeth Scouts / Christmas Post" (black) |
| 15 | Croydon (Croham Valley) | 7 overprinted stamps | |
| 16 | Croydon (Croham Valley) | 11 new stamps | |
| 17 | Croydon (Croham Valley) | First day covers with all 18 stamps | a) rectangular boxed text & badges as previous years (blue) |
| 18 | Wrington | 10 new stamps | |
| 19 | Wrington | Used covers | a) boxed Wrington Scouts / Christmas Post (green) (the handstamp used to create the 2001 stamp issue) |
| 20 | Rugby 1985 (very late delivery!) | 1 new stamp | |
| 21 | Rugby | 8 new stamps | |
| 22 | Rugby | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed "RUGBY/CHRISTMAS/POST" (blue) |
| 23 | Salisbury & South Wilts | 3 repeat stamps | |
| 24 | Salisbury & South Wilts | Used covers | a: various designs as previous years |
| 25 | Otford | 15 new stamps | n/a |
(distributed as batch 2, 21st January 2005)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 26 | Liphook | 6 new stamps | a: single line date (black) |
| 27 | Clevedon 2002 (late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 28 | Clevedon 2002 (late delivery) | Used covers | a: large scout logo (green) |
| 29 | Clevedon | 1 new stamp | |
| 30 | Clevedon | Used covers | a: large scout logo (red) |
| 31 | Kendal | 1 new stamp | n/a |
| 32 | Aspley Guise 2003 (late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 33 | Aspley Guise | 1 new stamp | |
| 34 | Castle Hedingham | 4 new stamps | |
| 35 | Castle Hedingham | Used covers | a: large circular name, date & logos (black) b: large circular name, date & logos (pink) |
| 36 | Cardiff & the Vale | 1 new stamp | |
| 37 | Cardiff & the Vale | Used covers | a: almost always unfranked |
| 38 | Newport | 1 new stamp | n/a |
| 39 | Keyworth | 2 repeat stamps | |
| 40 | Keyworth | Used covers | a: teddy bear (black) |
| 41 | Stoke Golding | 1 new stamp | n/a |
| 42 | Turner's Hill & Crawley Down | 5 new stamps | |
| 43 | Turner's Hill & Crawley Down | First day covers | a: single line datestamp (black) |
| 44 | Turner's Hill & Crawley Down | Used covers | a: single line datestamp (black) |
| 45 | Amersham & Chesham 2002 (late delivery) | First day covers | a: Chesham cancellation - large logo (red) |
| 46 | Amersham & Chesham 2003 (late delivery) | 2 First day covers | a: Chesham cancellation - large logo (red) |
| 47 | Amersham & Chesham 2003 (late delivery) | 2 First day covers (type 2) | a: Amersham cancellation - rectangular (green) |
| 48 | Amersham & Chesham | First day covers | a: Chesham cancellation - large logo (red) |
| 49 | Amersham & Chesham | First day covers | a: Amersham cancellation - rectangular (green) |
| 50 | Amersham & Chesham | 4 new stamps |
(distributed as batch 3, 28th February 2005)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 51 | Amersham & Chesham | Used covers | a: Amersham cancellation - rectangular (green) b: Chesham cancellation - large logo (red) |
| 52 | Prestwood | 6 new stamps | |
| 53 | Prestwood | Used covers | a: rectangular text/date/text (blue) |
| 54 | Dronfield | 5 new stamps | |
| 55 | Dronfield | First day covers | a: circular text and date around "1" (black) |
| 56 | Dronfield | Used covers | many different as previous years (black) |
| 57 | Blackwater | 1 repeat stamp | |
| 58 | Abingdon 2003 (late delivery) | 1 new cachet | a: rectangular boxed, dated (green) |
| 59 | Abingdon | 1 new cachet | a: rectangular boxed, dated (red) |
| 60 | Northowram (Halifax) | 1 new stamp | n/a |
| 61 | Martlesham | 1 new cachet | a: rectangular boxed text & logo (black) |
| 62 | Edinburgh | 1 new stamp (darker shade) | n/a |
| 63 | Syston (Wreake Valley) | 1 new stamp | |
| 64 | Syston (Wreake Valley) | Used covers | a: fancy design as previous years (black) |
| 65 | Beacon Hill 2000 (late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 66 | Beacon Hill | 1 new stamp | |
| 67 | Strathaven | 1 new stamp | |
| 68 | Strathaven | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed "STRATHAVEN SCOUTS / HAPPY CHRISTMAS / SCOUT POST" (BLACK) |
| 69 | Cuffley | Used covers | a: Large logo & text (violet) |
| 70 | Boreham | 1 new stamp | |
| 71 | Boreham | First day cover | a: oval text & 27 NOV 2004 (black) |
| 72 | Boreham | Used covers | a: oval text & DEC 2004 (black) |
| 73 | Wirral | 1 new stamp | |
| 74 | Wirral | First day cover | a: boxed rectangular "WIRRAL/CHARITY/POST" (black) |
| 75 | Wirral | Used covers | a: boxed rectangular "WIRRAL/CHARITY/POST" (black) note: dimensions and typeface used vary |
(to be distributed as batch 4, May 2005)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 76 | Blackwater | Used covers | a: text & logo (black) b: text & logo (red) |
| 77 | Bath | Used covers | |
| 78 | Coggeshall | 5 new stamps | |
| 79 | Coggeshall | First day cover | a: Rectangular, boxed, Scout & Guide logos (black) |
| 80 | Coggeshall | Used covers | a: logos & text "DELIVERED BY/COGGESHALL/SCOUTS & GUIDES" (black) |
| 81 | Coggeshall | Booklets of 5 or 10, green or white covers | |
| 82 | Bath | 4 new stamps | |
| 83 | Castleside | 1 new stamp | |
| 84 | Castleside | First day cover | a: boxed "B-P SCOUTS / CHARITY POST / CASTLESIDE" + 25 NOV 2004 & LOGO (black) |
| 85 | Castleside | Used covers | a: boxed "B-P SCOUTS / CHARITY POST / CASTLESIDE" + DATE & LOGO (black) b: boxed "B-P SCOUTS / CHARITY POST / CASTLESIDE" + DATE & LOGO (violet) |
| 86 | Derby | Used covers (2003 stamp used 2004) |
a: circular - as before (black) b: circular - as before (red) |
| 87 | Derby | Used covers (2004 stamp) | a: circular - as before (black) b: circular - as before (red) |
| 88 | Wraysbury | 1 new stamp | |
| 89 | Wraysbury | Used covers | a: single line datestamp (black) |
| 90 | Penn & Tyler's Green | 2 reissued stamps | |
| 91 | Penn & Tyler's Green | Used covers | a: Range of designs as previous years in red, blue, black or green |
| 92 | Penn & Tyler's Green | 1 new stamp (later emergency issue) |
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| 93 | Penn & Tyler's Green | Used covers (later emergency issue) |
a: small black circle with handwritten "S" in red |
| 94 | Silver End | 7 new stamp designs on eight different paper shades | |
| 95 | Silver End | Used covers | a: boxed "www.SilverEnd-Scouts.org.uk" |
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Sadly, we have had to say goodbye to the following Postal Services in the last few years.
| Post | Did not operate in |
| Bristol and Kingswood | 2004 |
| Lawford | 2003 |
On a brighter note, news of the following new (or revived) posts has arrived and (**) indicates that samples have been / are being distributed. Supplies of the rest are being sought and will be distributed if and when they become available.
Making contact with these postal services is surprisingly difficult and any assistance would be welcomed with open arms.
| Post | Started in |
| (**) Aspley Guise (Bedfordshire) | |
| Baildon (West Yorkshire) | |
| Bampton (?) | |
| Barton Segrave (Northamptonshire) | |
| Binfield (Berkshire) | |
| Bradninch (Devon) | |
| (**) Bricket Wood (Hertfordshire) | |
| Broughton (Northamptonshire) | |
| Broughty Ferry (Dundee) | |
| Budleigh Salterton (Devon) | |
| Crediton (Devon) | |
| Eastfield [49th Scarborough] (North Yorkshire) | |
| Fenstanton & Hilton (Cambridgeshire) | |
| Four Marks (Hampshire) | |
| Geddington (Northamptonshire) | |
| Gourock/Greenock (70th Renfrew scouts) | |
| Harefield (Middlesex) | |
| Histon Guides (Cambridgeshire) | |
| Huntspill & Highbridge (Somerset) | |
| Leven (?) | |
| Longfield & Hartley (Kent) | |
| Malden (Surrey) | |
| (**) Martlesham (Suffolk) | 2002 |
| Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) | |
| (**) Morpeth (Northumberland) | |
| Oban (Argyll) | |
| (**) Prestwood (Buckinghamshire) | 2004 |
| Shefford (Bedfordshire) | |
| (**) Stoke Golding (Warwickshire) | |
| Taff Ely (Mid Glamorgan) | 2004 |
| West Linton (Borders) | |
| Wheathampstead (Herts) | |
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