c.1970
(STA-070/SRM-2-4) Football Clubs & Badges
The Stamp Corner, Doncaster
8 cards
John Levitt has been doing some research into The Stamp Corner release of some cards from the Football Clubs & Badges series. The card shown previously and reproduced here includes an offer on the back that costs 1/-. We both resumed that this set was issued around the time of the other versions by Lambert of Norwich, etc. John has provided a scan of another version where the price has changed to 5p. The first decimal coins appeared in December 1968, 5p and 10p only. The official change from £sd to decimal coinage took place in February 1971.
The other changes include the address and the telephone number. I discovered that STD was introduced in 1958 and progressively rolled out, but this process was not completed until 1979. I have been trying to find out when the Doncaster code went live in the hope of working out when the card with the STD telephone number might have been produced, but I've had no luck with that.
John has also found two other backs that have been rubber-stamped. These have been added to the list but they have not yet been confirmed as being used with the Football Clubs & Badges set.
1/-; address 23 Bowers Fold; telephone number 3623
5p; address 23 Bowers Fold; telephone number 3623
5p; address 27 Scot Lane; telephone number 0302 23623
Rubber Stamped - Blue - 1/- set - unconfirmed
Rubber Stamped - Black - 10p discount - unconfirmed
Hi Alan, it appears as though John has stolen some of my thunder on these as I have been working on these Football Clubs and Badges variants (not just Stamp Corner) for some months and have drafted a lengthy post, so lengthy I was hesitating to send it on to you. I didn't have any images of the stamped backs though so that's useful. I will review what I have and forward it on in a few days hopefully.
ReplyDeleteHi David,
DeleteSounds really interesting, I'll look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know if you think I need to make any alterations.
Cheers,
Alan