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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
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 |
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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
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 |
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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
"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 Warning 500Kb scan |
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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
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. |
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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
"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. |
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(RCSD) It's cinderella time.
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. |
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