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British Postal Stationery from 1971

 

Registered Envelopes

CAT NO. DATE OF ISSUE   VALUE COLOUR SIZE DESCRIPTION & WORDING
             
FORCES REGISTERED ENVELOPES            
1 1971 15-Feb 15p Bright Purple G  
2     15p Bright Purple G "this letter must be.." Wording Missing
3   01-Jul 20p Red G "to a place"
4 1972/3   20p Red G Blue inside not Netting
5     20p Red G "to or from a ..."
6 1974/5   25p Red G  
7     35p Red G  
8     45p   G2  
9 1977 13-Jun 60p Red G2 Compensation on left side
9a     60p   G2 Compensation on right side
10 1979 15-Aug 65p   G2  
11 1980 04-Feb 75p   G2  
12 1981 26-Jan 90p   G2  
13     £1   G2  
14     £1.10   G2  
             
REGISTERED ENVELOPES            
1 1971 15-Feb 17½p+5½p Slate+Blue G  
1a   15-Feb 17½p+5½p Slate+Blue H 8 lines of text under Overseas
1b   15-Feb 17½p+5½p Slate+Blue K  
2     17½p+5½p Slate+Blue H 2 lines of text under Overseas
3   May 3s5d+6p Slate+Blue K Provisional issue
4     15p Claret H Foreign Use - No Postage
5   26-Jul 23p Slate G Netting Inside
5a   26-Jul 23p Slate H Netting Inside
5b   26-Jul 23p Slate K Netting Inside
6 1972   23p Slate H Blue Inside
6a     23p Slate K Blue Inside
7     23p Blue on white G Flap at left - Duplex stock
8 1973/74   23p+½p Slate+Blue G Flap at right
8a     23p+½p Slate+Blue H Flap at right
8b     23p+½p Slate+Blue K Flap at right
9     23p+½p Slate+Blue G Flap at left - Duplex stock
9a     23p+½p Slate+Blue H Flap at left - Duplex stock
9b     23p+½p Slate+Blue K Flap at left - Duplex stock
10 1973   23½p Blue on white G  
11 1974   23p+6½p Slate+Blue G  
11a     23p+6½p Slate+Blue H  
12 1974/75   29½p Blue G Flap at right
12a     29½p Blue H Flap at right
12b     29½p Blue K Flap at right
13     29½p Blue G Flap at left
14     29½p Blue K Front text on a label
15 1975   42p Blue G Flap at right
15a     42p Blue H Flap at right
15b     42p Blue K Flap at right
16     42p Blue G Flap at left
17     42p Blue K Front text on a label
18     53½p   G  
18a     53½p   H  
18b     53½p   K  
19 1977 13-Jun 69p   G  
19a   13-Jun 69p   H  
19b   13-Jun 69p   K  
20 1979 09-Jul 69p   G Postcode added
20a   09-Jul 69p   H Postcode added
20b   09-Jul 69p   K Postcode added
21   15-Aug 75p   G  
21a   15-Aug 75p   H  
21b   15-Aug 75p   K  
22 1980 04-Feb 87p   G  
22a   04-Feb 87p   H  
22b   04-Feb 87p   K  
23 1981 26-Jan £1.04   G  
23a   26-Jan £1.04   H  
23b   26-Jan £1.04   K  
24 1982 01-Feb £1.15½   G  
24a   01-Feb £1.15½   H  
24b   01-Feb £1.15½   K  
25     £1.16   G  
25a     £1.16   H  
25b     £1.16   K  
26 1984   £1.27   G  
26a     £1.27   H  
26b     £1.27   K  
27 1986 23-Sep NVI   G Non-Value Indicator
27a   23-Sep NVI   H  
27b   23-Sep NVI   K  
27c     NVI   G New Printing in Lithography See NOTE 1 Below
27d     NVI   H NVI Rectangle - Increase in Size See NOTE 1 Below
27e     NVI   H New Printing in Lithography See NOTE 1 Below
28 1993 28-Jun NVI Blue Paper DL (S) Registered Plus
28a   28-Jun NVI Blue Paper C5 (M) Registered Plus
28b   28-Jun NVI Blue Paper C4 (L) Registered Plus
29   28-Jun NVI White Paper DL (S) Guaranteed Delivery
29a   28-Jun NVI White Paper C5 (M) Guaranteed Delivery
29b   28-Jun NVI White Paper C4 (L) Guaranteed Delivery
30 1994 Nov NVI Flesh Plastic C5 (M) International Recorded
31 1995 04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C5 (M) Special Delivery
31a   04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C4 (L) Special Delivery
32   04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C5 (M) Registered
32a   04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C4 (L) Registered
33   04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C5 (M) Registered Plus
33a   04-Sep NVI Bk/Red Plastic C4 (L) Registered Plus
34   Nov EXP1 Blue C5 (M) Swiftair Plus Recorded
35 1998 12-Oct PPS* Silver C5 (M) Special Delivery
35a   12-Oct PPS Silver C4 (L) Special Delivery
35b   12-Oct PPS Silver C3 (XL) Special Delivery
36   12-Oct PPS Silver C5 (M) Special Delivery - Welsh
36a   12-Oct PPS Silver C4 (L) Special Delivery - Welsh
36b   12-Oct PPS Silver C3 (XL) Special Delivery - Welsh

 

NOTE 1: For details of 27c/d/e and 2 other small printing variations, see British Philatelic Bulletin 28/5 Jan 1991 p.114

* PPS= Printed Postage Symbol.

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