(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, 5th February 2007)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 1 | Caerphilly | 1 re-issued stamp | |
| 2 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | 5 new stamps | |
| 3 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | First day covers | a: circular "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" around logo (blue) |
| 4 | Cuffley | 1 new stamp | |
| 5 | Cuffley | First day covers | a: Scout logo & unit name (violet) |
| 6 | Otford | 18 new stamps (6 designs, 3 colours) | |
| 7 | Otford | Used covers | a: Guide logo + three lines of text (black) |
| 8 | Kendal | 1 new stamp | |
| 9 | Chipping Sodbury | 6 new stamps | |
| 10 | Rugby | 8 new stamps | |
| 11 | Rugby | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed, 3 lines of text (black) |
| 12 | Derby | 1 new stamp | |
| 13 | Derby | First day covers | a: circular, date & 2 lines of text (black) |
| 14 | Stourport-on-Severn | 5 repeat stamps | |
| 15 | Strathaven | 1 new stamp | |
| 16 | Strathaven | Souvenir cover (undated) | |
| 17 | Crowborough | 1 repeat cachet | a: three lines of large text (black) |
| 18 | Wrington | 10 repeat stamps (2005 issue) | |
| 19 | Oakley | 1 repeat cachet | a: text, badge & text (black) |
| 20 | Burntisland | 1 new cachet | a: circular, greeting & logo (black) |
| 21 | Taff Ely | 1 repeat stamp (2004 issue) | |
| 22 | Wirral | 1 new stamp | |
| 23 | Wirral | First day cover | a: rectangular, boxed "WIRRAL CHARITY POST" (black) |
| 24 | Wirral | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed "WIRRAL CHARITY POST" (black) |
| 25 | Lympstone | 1 new cachet | a: circular "1st LYMPSTONE SCOUT GROUP" around logo (green) |
(distributed as batch 1, 5th February 2007)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 26 | Cardiff & the Vale | 1 new stamp | |
| 27 | Cardiff & the Vale | Carried covers | Unmarked |
| 28 | Edinburgh | 1 new stamp | |
| 29 | Liphook | 2 new stamps | |
| 30 | Liphook | Used covers | a: single line datestamp (black) |
| 31 | Weare 2005 (late delivery) | 2 new stamps | |
| 32 | Weare 2005 (late delivery) | 2 First day covers | a: circular date stamp (red) |
| 33 | Swindon | 5 new stamps | |
| 34 | Swindon | Used covers | a: boxed, rectangular, text/date/text (black) |
| 35 | Northowram | 1 new stamp | |
| 36 | Keyworth | 1 new stamp | |
| 37 | Keyworth | Used covers | a: Rainbows teddy design, as before (black) |
| 38 | Cuffley | Used covers | a: Scout logo & unit name (violet) |
| 39 | Castle Hedingham | 4 new stamps | |
| 40 | Castle Hedingham | Used covers | a: large circular c.d.s (pale pink) |
| 41 | Syston | 1 new stamp | |
| 42 | Syston | Souvenir covers | a: irregular rectangular, holly + text (black) b: also a single line datestamp (black) |
| 43 | Beacon Hill | 1 new stamp | |
| 44 | Beacon Hill | Souvenir covers (very limited issue of 10) | a: rectangular, boxed, text & logo (red) b: circular tree, logo & text (red) |
| 45 | Beacon Hill | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed, text & logo (red) b: circular tree, logo & text (red) c: rectangular, boxed, Grand Jumble Sale advert (red) |
| 46 | Dronfield | 5 new stamps | |
| 47 | Dronfield | First day covers | a: circular, town & date (black) |
| 48 | Dronfield | Used covers | a: various unit-based postmarks as previous years (black or greenish) |
| 49 | Copthorne | 1 new stamp | |
| 50 | Copthorne | First day covers | a: rectangular, boxed, name, date & thanks (black) |
(to be distributed as batch 2, July 2007)
| Post | Description | Cancels | |
| 51 | Newport | 1 new stamp | |
| 52 | Silver End | 5 new stamps | |
| 53 | Silver End | Used covers | a: boxed, rectangular text (black) |
| 54 | Rivenhall possibly 1998 (very late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 55 | Southminster 1998 (very late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 56 | Bewdley & Cleobury Mortimer | Used covers | a: rectangular, boxed logo & text (blue) |
| 57 | Darwen | 1 new stamp | |
| 58 | Didcot | Three cachets | a: two new dated cachets (black) b: 1 re-used undated cachet (black) |
| 59 | Hinchley Wood & Thames Ditton | One new cachet | a: rectangular, boxed, Unit name, "Christmas Post" & web address (black) |
| 60 | Salisbury & South Wiltshire | 30 new stamps (1 complete sheet) | |
| 61 | Parkeston | 1 cachet | a: Santa & text (red) |
| 62 | Turners Hill & Crawley Down | 5 new stamps | |
| 63 | Turners Hill & Crawley Down | First day covers | a: single line date (black) |
| 64 | Turners Hill & Crawley Down | Used covers | a: single line date (black) |
| 65 | Derby | Used covers | a: circular large DEC 2006 (black)b: circular small DEC 2006 (black)c: circular year 06 on ram's head (red)b: circular large DEC 2006 (red> |
| 66 | Boreham | 1 new stamp | |
| 67 | Boreham | First day covers | a: oval, text and date (black) |
| 68 | Boreham | Used covers | a: oval, text and date (black) |
| 69 | Exeter | 2 new stamps | |
| 70 | Exeter | First day cover | a: large circular "EXETER SCOUTS / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" and date (black) |
| 71 | Exeter | Used covers | Coded for delivery areas but not franked |
| 72 | Todmorden 1982 (very late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 73 | Todmorden 1984/5 (very late delivery) | 1 new stamp | |
| 74 | Abingdon | 1 new cachet | a: design as previous years, dated 2006 (blue) |
| 75 | Darwen | Used covers |
A few late deliveries have been moved to the 2007 new issues list for distribution with the first new items that year.
Sadly, we have had to say goodbye to the following Postal Services in recent years.
| Post | Did not operate in |
| Aspley Guise (may be back in 2007) |
2006 |
| Bath | 2006 |
| Black Notley | 2006 |
| Castleside | 2006 |
| Croydon (Croham Valley) (may be back in 2007) |
2006 |
| Kirkham & Wesham | 2006 |
| Old Windsor | 2005 |
| Retford | 2006 |
| Weare | 2006 |
On a brighter note, the following new (or revived) posts have been mentioned on the Internet or elsewhere and supplies are being sought and will be distributed if and when they become available. I would be delighted to hear from anyone involved with any of these posts with a view to updating my catalogue as well as purchasing supplies of stamps & covers.
(**) indicates that samples have been acquired and will be / have been distributed.
Making contact with these postal services is surprisingly difficult and any assistance would be welcomed with open arms.
| Post | Started in |
| Bampton (Devonshire) | |
| Barton Segrave (Northamptonshire) | |
| Biggleswade (Bedfordshire) | |
| Binfield (Berkshire) | |
| Bradninch (Devon) | |
| Bridge - nr. Canterbury (Kent) | |
| Broughton (Northamptonshire) | |
| Broughty Ferry (Dundee) | |
| Budleigh Salterton (Devon) | |
| Burntisland (Fife)** | ** before 2003 |
| Crediton (Devon) | |
| Deddington (Oxfordshire) | |
| Dunbar (East Lothian) | |
| Dunfermline (Fife) | |
| East Devon (Devonshire) | |
| Eastfield [49th Scarborough] (North Yorkshire) | |
| Fenstanton & Hilton (Cambridgeshire) | |
| Forres (East Lothian) | |
| Four Marks (Hampshire) | |
| Geddington (Northamptonshire) | |
| Guisborough (Cleveland) | |
| Gourock/Greenock (70th Renfrew scouts) | |
| Harefield (Middlesex) | |
| Hawick (Borders) | |
| Hinchley Wood & Thames Ditton (Surrey)** | **2006 |
| Histon Guides (Cambridgeshire) | |
| Holmes Chapel (Cheshire) | |
| Huntspill & Highbridge (Somerset) | |
| Inverness | |
| Ivybridge (Devonshire) | |
| Leven (?) | |
| Longfield & Hartley (Kent) | |
| Malden (Surrey) | |
| Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire) | |
| Oban (Argyll) | |
| Olton - nr Solihull (West Midlands) | |
| Radcliffe-on-Trent (Staffordshire) | |
| Raglan (Gwent) | 2006 |
| Shefford (Bedfordshire) | |
| Shipley (Baildon Moravian) (West Yorkshire) | |
| Silverton (Devonshire) | |
| Southminster (Essex)** | **1998(only) |
| Stocksfield (Northumberland) | |
| Stowmarket (Suffolk) | 2001(?) |
| Todmorden (West Yorkshire)** | **1982(?) |
| Ulverston (Lancashire) | |
| Wantage & Grove (Oxfordshire) | |
| Wargrave (Berkshire) | |
| West Hoathly (West Sussex) | reported in 1993 |
| West Linton (Borders) | |
| Whitburn (West Lothian) | 1986 |
| Yeovil (Somerset) | |
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