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British Strike Post Stamps And Covers
In the UK, where the Government has given the Royal Mail a degree of protection from competition in the past, emergency rules had to be created to allow strike mail services to operate. Examples of UK strike post can be found for the periods of industrial unrest affecting Royal Mail in 1962, 1964 and 1971.
During the 1971 Postal Strike it is believed that more than 500 various emergency delivery services were offered and many privately issued stamps and covers can be found which makes it an ideal specialised collection theme.
In the UK another form of officially sanctioned private local mail to watch out for are the local Christmas delivery services that voluntary organsations like the Scouts have been allowed to run. As Scouting is a major thematic collecting topic in its own right good examples of Xmas mint or used Scout stamps and covers can prove scarce and highly collectable.
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