Christians’ tale FDC with Holy Island postmark. Issued 02.nov 1999. The stamp set includes: the 19p Wesley, 26p King James Bible, 44p St. Andrew’s Pilgrimage and 64p First Christmas. FourpennyPost cachet – catalogue value £25. With Salvation Army meter mark – “For God’s sake still caring” – Loncon EC4 and
Tag Archives: UK Salvation Army covers
2011 – Scarborough Citadel w/ Miniature sheet
Christmas 2011 – Scarborough Citadel 130th Anniversary w/ miniature sheet, issued 08.11.2011 (First day of issues for the sheet). Postmark: Crest – Scarborough Citadel Corps 130th Anniversary logo on Scarborough Citadel special sachet (Bradbury design). Note: Extremely rare, stated to be only 10 Miniature Sheets issued with this cachet design. NB! Reference cover – not in my collection.
1986 – UK – Goodwill FDC
Goodwill Centenary with the special goodwill logo on the cover. This cover is very seldom seen with full set of Industry year stamps. With only one stamp it is more common. The picture was just discovered on a UK FDC seller’s site. Very high catalogue value with full set: £150 in the BFDC Bradbury 2018 catalogue. NB! Reference cover, not in my collection.
1982 – UK – Leicester SIGNED
Christmas 1982 – Leicester region issued 17.11.1982, which was First Day cancel for the stamp set. Postmarked with a special Salvation Army logo – Leicester region. LFDC no. 22 – Salvation Army Crest (AG Bradbury design). The cover was issued in a limited edition of 1000. Of these, only 100 (no 51 to 150) were allocated for signature by William Booth’s granddaughter: Cathrine Bramwell Booth. Cat. value: £25 (BFDC) without the signature. Estimated value £50 +
1997 – UK – Missions of Faith
Missions of Faith FDC with Salvation Army slogan postmark. St Augustine and St Columba cover, issued 11 March 1997. Canterbury Kent postmark on Royal Mail official FDC. Missions of Faith stamp set. Catalogue value £10 ++ for slogan PM. NB! Special delivery cover, see backside.
2011 – UK – Christmas FDC
Christmas 2011 FDC – KJV (King James Bible) with Scarborough Citadel 130th Anniversary Postmark (Salvation Army Crest – special 130th Anniversary logo). Pictorial cover with Souvenir sheet postmark. Cat value £ 10 (BFDC).
1980 – UK – London Sheet
Salvation Army postmark on London Souvenir sheet FDC, issued 07.05.1980. The postmark is a centenary logo for the Belfast Centenary 1880 – 1980, here used on a Cotswold cover. Cat. value: (BFDC) £15
1998 – UK – Christmas FDC
A new UK Christmas FDC 1998 was just observed, issued: 02.11.1998 (First Day for the stamp set). It had Salvation Army logo on automat PM and very rare postmark: Holy Island Berwick on Tweed. The text on the automat PM is the SA logo for that period: “For God’s sake still caring – at work in over 90 countries”.
1998 – UK – Kettering PM
The Kettering corps postmark on a United Kingdom Christmas 1998 FDC. The Salvation Army began its work in Kettering in 1873 (125 years anniversary). The special designed postmark is here placed on a BPCPA cachet. Nice cover!
1980 – UK – Harwich Citadel Corps Centenary
Very colorful British birds FDC; a Salvation Army cachet issued by Historic Relics. The cover celebrated the Centenary of the Harwich Citadel Corps (“One houndred years of worship and service”) and has a special Centenary postmark. Very rare cover! the Catalogue value is high (£ 110 – BFDC 2018) – Estimated value at least £ 70 (sold for £65 on Ebay Spring 2017). The cover is among the first issued by “Historic Relics”, I’ve traced covers from this issuer back to 1979.
1994 – UK Christmas FDC w/ SA PM
Rarely seen combination, a Cotswold Christmas 1994 cover with Salvation Army Cambridge Heath corps centenary postmark. First Day cancel for the stamp set. The catalogue value is £10 (BFDC 2018)