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1970 Postal strike (11th in my (1970) postal strike set)
used on cover
Suggest local, Perth, Western Australia
I have not seen this one listed anywhere
so if anyone has seen it before, would appreciate
any info.

Seems this service offered mail via Concorde
Lamborghini and Luxury Yacht
http://cjoint.com/data/kEbuWxL6Rv.htm

On Oct 29, 9:27 pm, "rodney" wrote:
1970 Postal strike (11th in my (1970) postal strike set)
used on cover
Suggest local, Perth, Western Australia
I have not seen this one listed anywhere
so if anyone has seen it before, would appreciate
any info.

Seems this service offered mail via Concorde
Lamborghini and Luxury Yachthttp://cjoint.com/data/kEbuWxL6Rv.htm

This looks more like a local delivery sticker that reproduces the
design
of courier labels used between UK and Australia during the 1971
postal strike in the UK. The original labels are larger and have an
inscription on them.

If I remember correctly, there were two varieties of each of the two
original designs. UK to Aus and Aus to UK.

Lack of a dated cancellation precludes dating this item.

Blair

"Blair (TC)" wrote in message

This looks more like a local delivery sticker that reproduces the
design of courier labels used between UK and Australia during the 1971
postal strike in the UK. The original labels are larger and have an
inscription on them.
If I remember correctly, there were two varieties of each of the two
original designs. UK to Aus and Aus to UK.
Lack of a dated cancellation precludes dating this item.
Blair

Agreed, Blair,
the cover is backstamped from a newsagency I know of,
so I have no doubt they are genuine "locals"
Here are the courier labels to which you refer..........
http://cjoint.com/data/kFaB788FWt.htm

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This looks more like a local delivery sticker that reproduces the
design of courier labels used between UK and Australia during the 1971
postal strike in the UK. The original labels are larger and have an
inscription on them.
If I remember correctly, there were two varieties of each of the two
original designs. UK to Aus and Aus to UK.
Lack of a dated cancellation precludes dating this item.
Blair

Agreed, Blair,
the cover is backstamped from a newsagency I know of,
so I have no doubt they are genuine "locals"
Here are the courier labels to which you refer..........
http://cjoint.com/data/kFaB788FWt.htm


Living in the UK through the 1971 mail strike was the motivation for finding
ways of getting mail home to NZ (in those days we could afford to phone home
only about twice a year!). Mostly we burdened people going abroad with
letters to post. After a bit we obtained somehow some supplies of NZ stamps
and put them on letters for people traveling to NZ to post, when they got
there. My wife's mother - the most frequent recipient - never threw any
away.
This one - http://www.100megsfree3.com/glaw/strike.jpg on a UK aerogramme
written in London 22 Jan 1971, was carried in a diplomatic bag courtesy of
the NZ High Commission (my wife worked there) and bears the cancellation
"Parliament Buildings" - that will be Wellington - not sure if the NZ
Government of the day knew it was strike breaking, but it worked.

"Gazza" wrote in message
...

Living in the UK through the 1971 mail strike was the motivation for
finding
ways of getting mail home to NZ (in those days we could afford to phone
home
only about twice a year!). Mostly we burdened people going abroad with
letters to post. After a bit we obtained somehow some supplies of NZ
stamps
and put them on letters for people traveling to NZ to post, when they got
there. My wife's mother - the most frequent recipient - never threw any
away.

Onya Mum!
without the explanation, one would be wondering
why stamps on the aerogramme.
The strike was rather comprehensive, anybody know
what the strike was over, (pay rates I assume)
The posties must have been doing it tough.

1971: Post strike ends with pay deal
British postal workers have gone back to work today after
seven weeks on strike.
The 200,000 postmen and women voted by 14-1 yesterday in
favour of a deal hammered out after more than 13 hours of
talks at the Department of Employment on Friday.

They had been demanding a 13% pay rise - but they have
settled for a complex package which will award them wage
increases after an inquiry into the efficiency of Post Office staff
and management.

Strikers are disappointed because they are being asked to return
to work without even the 8% rise offered when the walk-out
began on 20 January.

The strike has cost the average postal worker about £150 in lost
earnings over the seven weeks. It has cost the Post Office an
estimated £25m in lost revenue.

Binding

Post union general secretary Tom Jackson had urged his
members to return to work saying it would be unable to make
any more "hardship payments" to the 30-40,000 members who
had no income at all.

At a rally in Hyde Park on Friday, Mr Jackson was jeered when
he announced the terms of the deal. Members called "Sell out"
and "Hey, hey, Tommy J, how about our £3 pay?"

Under the terms of the deal, the outcome of an agreed
independent investigation would be binding on the Post Office
and the union.

Mr Jackson hopes any pay increase will be backdated to
January.

But the deal represents a defeat for Mr Jackson who had set his
face against arbitration.

He said: "If we had had more money, the strike would have
gone on. Facing the reality, this is the best way out of a bad
position."

Postal services have resumed today but it is expected to take
some time before the backlog is cleared.

The Post union submitted a claim for a minimum £3 a week
rise or 15-20% on 30 October 1970. If implemented, it was
estimated it would have cost the Post Office £50m.
Management made an offer of 8% on 14 January. Members
walked out on 20 January at the beginning of the first national
post strike.

Some post offices opened for a few hours each week to allow
pensions and other benefits to be paid.

By the time the deal was announced on 4 March, the workers
had reduced their claim to 13% while the management offer
was increased to 9% with conditions attached.

Decimal currency was introduced on 15 February, so when
postal services resumed the minimum rate for first-class was
set at 3p (equivalent to 7.2d) compared with 5d prior to the
strike.