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href='http://machinmania.blogspot.com/2023/05/gurkha-welfare-appeal-1971.html'>GURKHA WELFARE APPEAL 1971 </a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-910956811620250401' itemprop='description articleBody'> <p> </p><p style="text-align: left;">These three interesting covers arrived on my desk a couple of weeks ago I thought I would share them with you</p><p style="text-align: left;">Each envelope has a different date and a different military cancel, namely Aldershot ,Colchester and Harrow/Wembley. The cachets show three named Gurkha soldiers who are recipients of the Victoria Cross which is the highest military medal of honour won for bravery on the field of battle.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I do not collect covers myself  but I thought there must someone out there that does. If you are interested they are now listed as a set on eBay for less than a fiver. See pics below.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHlakpMN0bIGCgdUImQ7GGGuTitxCqNAJCemjO8x8c5hCgND4vTrSEATn1yWwYKrqJMAaYtCerx9aAbmqVqfCtdJo6fySYTr4ZEbQ2dqh3FmmqTINb4YHYQyXTo7__pmncKA0l7pGO0rGSHNRpj4wwjs1QRFCGlhzfOhY0k6D5PmLPV-jrPYW4GGUhA/s1152/s-l1600%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="715" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHlakpMN0bIGCgdUImQ7GGGuTitxCqNAJCemjO8x8c5hCgND4vTrSEATn1yWwYKrqJMAaYtCerx9aAbmqVqfCtdJo6fySYTr4ZEbQ2dqh3FmmqTINb4YHYQyXTo7__pmncKA0l7pGO0rGSHNRpj4wwjs1QRFCGlhzfOhY0k6D5PmLPV-jrPYW4GGUhA/s320/s-l1600%20(1).jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijE3GaJvpy82dFam9UtsCMlvRjntEaHZn3peF9IulhHOOLwT4Kfp263JRCpKOSJnHsgI7iW_HKyFyKgEfPhlCpWgU0X-mIuzPNi5UyH7Gb1etF1hSxsO9_W63oA_9GSlqTmMA6ik5c56Yy1q9WztJJbz9HMIpP_g1CNI2OKTrJmnGPZnzJsCYmLd40Hw/s500/s-l500%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;">15 x 15. </span></p><p><span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;">Where were can I get them ?  Are they rare ?  Do I have any spare? </span></p><p><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84b3oOGERqZRt59SKCsNImRBTBRF43_VUyv6t6Pa7DwVoN1bBJbb9msJrC-RhJ6-zrLp8SDqG_DCSvScqfxVNCTyTxX7lxYT1_1KY5fHInJGNHOvhTuPs8kSws_KqUb_ZblWJ7M7c-auYE2h2r0KI6fCm86VSqVl_7iw5LOlmqvfsrHaLQ_pjleCnHw/s337/MILLENNIUM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84b3oOGERqZRt59SKCsNImRBTBRF43_VUyv6t6Pa7DwVoN1bBJbb9msJrC-RhJ6-zrLp8SDqG_DCSvScqfxVNCTyTxX7lxYT1_1KY5fHInJGNHOvhTuPs8kSws_KqUb_ZblWJ7M7c-auYE2h2r0KI6fCm86VSqVl_7iw5LOlmqvfsrHaLQ_pjleCnHw/s320/MILLENNIUM.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> I try not to repeat information written on my previous blogs so my answer is always the same. Please use the search facility at the top of the page, if the information has been written about you will find it. The word Millennium will take you to all previous posts going back 20 years or so. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">    I have just tested the search engine facility and it works perfect. This is just one of the results  </span></span></span><a href="http://machinmania.blogspot.com/2007/02/millennium-machin-variety.html">Machin Mania: Millennium Machin Variety</a> Try it out.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">  </span></span></span></p> <div style='clear: both;'></div> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-1'> <span class='post-author vcard'> </span> <span class='post-timestamp'> at <meta content='http://machinmania.blogspot.com/2023/04/millennium-machin-23-years-on.html' itemprop='url'/> <a class='timestamp-link' href='http://machinmania.blogspot.com/2023/04/millennium-machin-23-years-on.html' rel='bookmark' title='permanent link'><abbr class='published' itemprop='datePublished' title='2023-04-24T02:06:00-12:00'>02:06</abbr></a> </span> <span class='post-comment-link'> <a class='comment-link' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/3322543472485475876/4753237238698723452' onclick=''> 1 comment: </a> </span> <span class='post-icons'> <span class='item-action'> <a href='https://www.blogger.com/email-post/3322543472485475876/4753237238698723452' title='Email Post'> <img alt='' class='icon-action' height='13' src='https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_email.gif' width='18'/> </a> </span> </span> <div class='post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> </div> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-2'> <span class='post-labels'> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'> <span class='post-location'> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class='date-header'><span>Sunday, 2 April 2023</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class='post-outer'> <div class='post hentry uncustomized-post-template' itemprop='blogPost' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <meta content='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6GTxQUvv-o7TS_CX3whTU_DvoLewMXI5wx3nNOk1BzRVTGymobzLCanosgpf89fLHpuac6V-iFFRro53oXUHGFsj3GPusz_PW1CVtDpZBV2JhUBiIcIcz8UEGHS2uWoP8beUO8BPeUzvFrhFobkETV9Jw6aKlR7A3vhLi4JDIwZ7TCT0PBNDZbHZEg/s320/56019.jpg' itemprop='image_url'/> <meta content='3322543472485475876' itemprop='blogId'/> <meta content='87780190516174405' itemprop='postId'/> <a name='87780190516174405'></a> <h3 class='post-title entry-title' itemprop='name'> <a href='http://machinmania.blogspot.com/2023/04/delayed-by-post-office-strike.html'>Delayed By Post Office Strike</a> </h3> <div class='post-header'> <div class='post-header-line-1'></div> </div> <div class='post-body entry-content' id='post-body-87780190516174405' itemprop='description articleBody'> <p> </p><p>I have just picked up a two cheap covers depicting the first 10p decimal booklet panes from number one in the series of post boxes issued on February 15th 1971. Although these covers arrived late to collectors they were still cancelled on the date of issue and a cachet announcing that they were delayed due to industrial action. </p><p>Covers with the 12 single stamps from the sheet issues and the horizontal coil were also available these  have the same delayed cachet, they are more widely in circulation than the booklet pane covers. Although non of them are worth a fortune, they do add that little bit of interest to a booklet pane or Machin collection.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6GTxQUvv-o7TS_CX3whTU_DvoLewMXI5wx3nNOk1BzRVTGymobzLCanosgpf89fLHpuac6V-iFFRro53oXUHGFsj3GPusz_PW1CVtDpZBV2JhUBiIcIcz8UEGHS2uWoP8beUO8BPeUzvFrhFobkETV9Jw6aKlR7A3vhLi4JDIwZ7TCT0PBNDZbHZEg/s600/56019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="600" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6GTxQUvv-o7TS_CX3whTU_DvoLewMXI5wx3nNOk1BzRVTGymobzLCanosgpf89fLHpuac6V-iFFRro53oXUHGFsj3GPusz_PW1CVtDpZBV2JhUBiIcIcz8UEGHS2uWoP8beUO8BPeUzvFrhFobkETV9Jw6aKlR7A3vhLi4JDIwZ7TCT0PBNDZbHZEg/s320/56019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIxIIiyvPcTKCUbVfsXi19jufu3ado5DD77u8axKB2TGhaQ4uYbNovsXRljyE-FPpZokNHER2Cs0DaTz0arxuGOzrwhSqlzHGoRC9dzPPgRZZFMRBOtKNfLTEWTz_Zm9lCcSlgMvMrUZfyhR5Rk5dptI1zZnaQrHK9E3D5VoHn7POlKwfIiesLkrL4w/s375/10p%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="375" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIxIIiyvPcTKCUbVfsXi19jufu3ado5DD77u8axKB2TGhaQ4uYbNovsXRljyE-FPpZokNHER2Cs0DaTz0arxuGOzrwhSqlzHGoRC9dzPPgRZZFMRBOtKNfLTEWTz_Zm9lCcSlgMvMrUZfyhR5Rk5dptI1zZnaQrHK9E3D5VoHn7POlKwfIiesLkrL4w/s320/10p%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">The two panes both had four stamps - 2 x 2p se-tenant vertically with 2 x ½p and a second pane 2 x 1p se-tenant vertically with 2 x 1½p</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdWtjr1kjA7NpuRtux8wQJBJ34otNlA0v0Nu5mQ9y5NR49hGJQet6HXi0L5NgwUgyLRQC7o3FoILxxHWqoP8Fdd6to4aJs1uK_Cg47Dggv2wkYVSLMJHHwOA5C5e-S-ALHCIE2epfIWV9AgJCka2pPfxqRJLRNhu-cD2QxPTARUbCsqxFPy37tcc4gg/s1600/10p%20panes%20on%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdWtjr1kjA7NpuRtux8wQJBJ34otNlA0v0Nu5mQ9y5NR49hGJQet6HXi0L5NgwUgyLRQC7o3FoILxxHWqoP8Fdd6to4aJs1uK_Cg47Dggv2wkYVSLMJHHwOA5C5e-S-ALHCIE2epfIWV9AgJCka2pPfxqRJLRNhu-cD2QxPTARUbCsqxFPy37tcc4gg/s320/10p%20panes%20on%20cover.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul></ul></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><li><br /></li>The illustration on the front cover of the actual booklet was of the earliest London type, the green Giant Pillar Box from 1855. This illustration was to be used on two different issue dates . The February 1971 issue and the April 1971 issue. These dates can be found at the bottom of the back cover. On inspection they are slightly different. The first booklet issue had a hight of 48mm and the second a reduced hight of 44mm. It has been said this was changed due to production problems,   <p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_snLeex0DriS_QPsOXYHsdfKxPxjjSRxT_85Zm7ouwWYl4jIkVJcTyOQnqEcQVJmi5kEegwmLfHhQ36sV1p7WUNOJoAbM7gxTBVzJzISjRMXGrBnCDo3jXO8ENZxXl09feTShr_B_YeoeturGNJtwhd858MjqOwIkxFQtOsg2d0-m_gsTLqF74H4EA/s207/cover%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="162" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_snLeex0DriS_QPsOXYHsdfKxPxjjSRxT_85Zm7ouwWYl4jIkVJcTyOQnqEcQVJmi5kEegwmLfHhQ36sV1p7WUNOJoAbM7gxTBVzJzISjRMXGrBnCDo3jXO8ENZxXl09feTShr_B_YeoeturGNJtwhd858MjqOwIkxFQtOsg2d0-m_gsTLqF74H4EA/s1600/cover%2001.jpg" width="162" /></a> </li><p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>All stamps from the booklet pane covers had 2 phosphor bands and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gum. They were printed on Original Coated Paper (OCP) by Harrison & Sons. Surprisingly the number printed was over 2,215,00 for each booklet. 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