BRITISH COVERS
1970
11th Feb 1970: SG815 to SG818 - "Rural British Architecture"
1st Apr 1970: SG819 to SG823 - "General Anniversaries"
From My Collection
Private First Day over with local cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - 1 APR 1970"
3rd Jun 1970: SG824 to SG828 - "Literary Anniversaries"
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day of Issue cancelled "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE SWINDON, WILTS - 3 JUN 1970"
17th Jun 1970: SG829 to SG831 - "High Value Decimal Issue"
These were Britain's first decimal stamps and were issued to start the change to decimalisation. 'D-Day' as it was called was on 15th Feb 1971 and these stamps were issued early to ease the pressure on the stamp printers and distributors who would be overloaded with new issues early in 1971. This First Day Cover was designed by Stuart Rose.
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day over with special cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE WINDSOR, BERKS - 17 JUN 1970"
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day over with special cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE LEICESTER - 17 JUN 1970"
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day over with special cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE LEICESTER - 17 JUN 1970"
From My Collection
Private First Day over with special cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CARDIFF - 17 JUN 1970"
15th Jul 1970: SG832 to SG834 - "Ninth British Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh"
18th Sep 1970: SG835 to SG837 - 'Philympia 70' Stamp Exhibition
From My Collection
Official Exhibition First Day over with local cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE HASTINGS SUSSEX - 18 SEP 70". This cancel is interesting in that the 'year' on the date stamp was missing and was hand entered as '70'. The way the number '7' is written was not common in the UK in the '70's but was widely used in other European countries.
25th Nov 1970: SG838 to SG840 - "Christmas"
These stamps were created from illustrations from the De Lisle Psalter which forms part of the Arundel Collection in the British Museum. This cover was designed by J. Sutherland-Hawes and is also derived from the De Lisle Psalter.
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day over with local "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE READING, BERKS - 25 NOV 1970"
From My Collection
Official Post Office First Day over with local "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE LEICESTER - 25 NOV 1970"
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