I picked this cover up on eBay and there is a pencil marking on it that says that it is from the" Postal Strike of 1971; no date". The CDS does not bear a date at all, date or year. I can't say that I recall a GB postmark without a date and none of my sources at home are helping me and was...

many thanks. Your help is greatly appreciated.

My guess is that this was for the lighter weight given the size of the wrapper, but given the lack of a date on the item, it remains a guess.
ATB,

Larry

Hi, I have a wrapper from the UK, HM Stationery Office, to the US franked with a 6d Machin. There is no postmark date legible. I could use help wrt the rate used. I am using Johnson & Peet to see rates that fit the 6d and there is a foreign newspaper rate but that is to Group A. There are some p...

Yes, 15 February was during the middle of the 1971 Postal Strike, but a number of small sub-offices remained open. These sub-offices were small fixtures tied to small local retail establishments. I have a number of FDCs actually stuck on the day. Elsewhere on the GBPS site there is a display by Maur...

Hi, Back from NY2016. I had been thinking of other covers which might show early confusion wrt the new decimal stamps. This is this one: http://i.imgur.com/VVczreI.jpg?1 Postmarked on 15 February 1971, franked with a 5p, perhaps? misfranked by someone confused and mistaking for a 5d??. Clearly phila...

I do suppose they could have gone from 10s to 100p. I believe that was the path taken elsewhere. Australia? South Africa? Probably Canada? Even though they might have feared an implied devaluation they got it just the same via inflation. In terms of rates, I'm amazed that 1st class inland went from ...

Thanks. I like the idea that the 10p was read as 1s. No way to know, but I like the idea of it. I think i've seen other examples of figures being mis-read during the D Day process.

HI, I have a very large cover, measuring 12 by 5 inches, sent registered airmail to the US, postmarked 17 July 1970. The cover is franked with a 10p and a 5/- Machin, total franking of 7/-. My read of the tables is that registry was 3/-, leaving 4/- to be accounted for. The 1oz rate was 3/- and the ...

thanks, very helpful.

Very much appreciated.

Hi, I've got this label franked with 3 x 10p, 6d and 1/- . The postmarked date is difficult to read but my best guess is 14 January 1971, just prior to the postal strike and D Day. Hence, I would calculate the total postage as being 7/6. I am not familiar with the green special delivery label and wo...

I have what appears to be a 20 December 1976 cover from Renfrewshire to the US, via airmail. The cover is franked with a 6½p regional Scots and ½p Machin. The cover has no discernible back stamp but there are some marking that are barely visible. I cannot figure out the franking of this cover with m...