27. POSTAL ITEMS

This is a small collection of stamps and first day covers, concentrating almost entirely on and ringing in the 'English' tradition.

Acc. Date No. of issue 3460 First Day Cover The Dewsbury Church Knell 18.xi.1986 Single 31p stamp with ringer and two watchers 'The Dewsbury Church Knell' Eldridge Cover with story of the knell, illustration of the arrival of the Christmas mail

Special hand stamp 'The Devil's Knell All Saints Church Dewsbury W. Yorks' around image of the church and a with '18 Nov 1986'

Addressed to G Eldridge 177 Mousehole Lane Bitterne, Southampton SO2 4TD (SG 1345)

3689 First Day Cover To Commemorate 150 Years of John Taylor 20.iii.1989 Single 26p definitive stamp Bellfounders on Loughborough 1839-1989 Cover with John Taylor Bellfounders logo, three images relating to the Loughborough War Memorial and one of the interior of the

Handstamp; First day of issue Loughborough, Leics. 20 Mar 1989

3573 First Day Cover Centenary of CCCBR 13.xi.1990 Five stamps with snowy scenes - 17p, 22p, 26p, 31p, 37p A G Bradbury Green cover with photo of Sir 1849-1916 Founder of the Central Council, photo of St Alkmund, Duffield, Sir Arthur Heywood's Parish Church, The Ringing World Masthead and The Central Council of Ringers Centenary 1891 1991

Special hand stamp - CCCBR Duffield 13th November 1990

No 333 of a limited edition of 500 Unsigned - some were signed by Christopher Groome or by the Bishop Peter of Derby (limited edition of 125).

3464 First Day Cover Centenary of CCCBR 13.xi.1990 Five stamps with snowy scenes - 17p, 22p, 26p, 31p, 37p A G Bradbury Later pink cover after 3573 above was sold out Engraving of St Paul's Cathedral Venue of the Centenary service instead of St Alkmund, Duffield

Special hand stamp - CCCBR RW masthead and St Paul's London EC4 13 November 90 Not limited edition

3514 First Day Cover Centenary of CCCBR/ Christmas 1990 13.xi.1990 Five stamps with snowy scenes - 17p, 22p, 26p, 31p, 37p Royal Mail FDC Cover has similar snowy scene

Special hand stamp - CCCBR Duffield Derby 13th November 1990 Complete with insert card

Addressed to A G Bradbury, 3 Link Road, Leicester

3629 First Day Cover Centenary of CCCBR/ Christmas 1990 13.xi.1990 Five stamps with snowy scenes - 17p, 22p, 26p, 31p, 37p Mercury Cover has cruder snowy scene

Addressed to A G Bradbury, 3 Link Road, Leicester

Special hand stamp - CCCBR Duffield Derby 13th November 1990

3558 First Day Cover 40th anniversary of QEII's accession 6.ii.1992 Six stamps - Coronation 1953 2½d; 1966 Westminster Abbey 3d; 1972 wedding 3p; 1977 Silver Jubilee 9p; A G Bradbury No 103 1978 25th anniversary of coronation - the sovereign's orb 11p; 1992 40th anniversary of the accession 24p

Cover with portrait of HM in coronation robes with 'Central Council of Church Bell Ringers'.

Two handstamps: Blue coach and 'Happy and Glorious 1952-1992'; Black crown '1952-1992 Happy and Glorious 6 Feb 92'; Westminster Abbey 'Westminster London SW'; and bells 'Central Council of Church Bell Ringers'

First Day Cover 40th anniversary of QEII's accession 6.ii.1992 As 3558 above but with 1978 25th anniversary of coronation - the imperial state crown 13p instead of the sovereign's Not held A G Bradbury No 103 orb 11p, and red coach handstamp instead of blue.

2547 First Day Cover 40th anniversary of QEII's accession 6.ii.1992 Five stamps - all 24p - Head of State, Head of the Church of , Head of Royal Family, Head of Armed Forces A G Bradbury No 103 and Head of Commonwealth

Cover with portrait of HM in coronation robes with 'Central Council of Church Bell Ringers'.

Handstamp: Black crown '1952-1992 Happy and Glorious 6 Feb 92'; Westminster Abbey 'Westminster London SW'; and bells 'Central Council of Church Bell Ringers'

Limited edition signed by Christopher Groome, President of the CCCBR Also produced without signature

Not held First Day Cover 40th anniversary of QEII's accession 6.ii.1992 Five stamps - all 24p - Head of State, Head of the Church of England, Head of Royal Family, Head of Armed Forces Royal Mail FDC Happy and Glorious and Head of Commonwealth

Cover with 'Happy and Glorious', stylised '40th 1952-1992' and 'The fortieth anniversary of the accession'

Special hand stamp: Black crown '1952-1992 Happy and Glorious 6 Feb 92'; Westminster Abbey 'Westminster London SW'; and bells 'Central Council of Church Bell Ringers'

3608 First Day Cover Centenary of Bangor Parish Church Bells 23.ix.1999 Four stamps - N Ireland definitives 19p, 26p, 38p and 64p MS No. 451 on reverse of cover Cover with drawing of the church, latin inscription on the Tenor bell and 'Bangor parish church bells celebrates (sic) a century of calling people to worship'

Special hand stamp - bell and headstock - 1899-1999 - 23-9-1999 Centenary of Bangor Parish Bells . Bangor . County Down . Illustrated card and poem enclosed.

3630 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Royal Mail Loughborough handstamp Cover with coloured streamers forming outline of UK With printed insert card

Special hand stamp - Black bell with Sound and Vision . Bell Ringing across the Country . Loughborough . 05.12.2000

Addressed to Royal Mail 21 South Gyle Street Edinburgh EH12 9PD

3642 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Royal Mail Oxford handstamp Cover with coloured streamers forming outline of UK With printed insert card (see 3630 above)

Special hand stamp - Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers 5th Dec 2000

Addressed to Royal Mail 21 South Gyle Street Edinburgh EH12 9PD

Not held First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Royal Mail Cover with coloured streamers forming outline of UK

Special hand stamp - The Five Bells Bugbrooke, Northampton 5th Dec 2000

Addressed to Royal Mail 21 South Gyle Street Edinburgh EH12 9PD

3631 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry A G Bradbury Cover with photos of John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd foundry and their logo

Special hand stamp - Taylor bell logo and 'The world's Leading Bellfounders - Loughborough, Leics 5th December 2000'

No 192 of a limited edition of 250 Addressed to The Bellfoundry, Freehold Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 1AR

3592 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Stuart Cover with embossed 'Sound and Vision' design and 'First Day of Issue' Complete with card insert

Special hand stamp - WBF three bell logo and ' Whitechapel London 5th December 2000'

3593 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Single stamp - Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Havering (No 19) Cover with colour illustration of from Whitechapel catalogue, 'Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1420 - 2000 ...where the tradition of British lives on'

Special hand stamp with Whitechapel three bells logo and 'Whitechapel Bell Foundry Whitechapel London 5th December 2000'

150 club Havering No 19 Romford Essex

3645 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Heyden Series No 109 Cover with design including four bells in different positions

Special hand stamp - Black bell with Sound and Vision . Bell Ringing across the Country . Loughborough . 05.12.2000

Not held First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Cotswold Covers Cover with 'Sound and Vision' and image of mobile phone

Special hand stamp - Black bell with Sound and V ision . Bell Ringing across the Country . Loughborough . 05.12.2000

3643 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Single stamp - Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Benham Millennium Collection No 45 'Bells across the country' Cover with composite colour picture of bells and monochrome foundry scene. Special hand stamp - Black bell with Sound and Vision . Bell Ringing across the Country . Loughborough . 05.12.2000

3688 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Benham Millennium Collection December MILL 12 Coin Cover Cover with watercolour illustrations of foundry activity by Scarlett Rickard and photographic image of pouring metal into mould.

Capsule with 1952 USA half-dollar featuring the

Special hand stamp with outline of a bell, London E1, Sound and Vision, and 5.12.00

Addressed to Benham, Folkestone, Kent. Limited edition (186/4000) and Certificate of Authenticity.

3857 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Benham Millennium Collection December MILL 12 Coin Cover Cover with watercolour illustrations of foundry activity by Scarlett Rickard and photographic image of pouring metal into mould

Capsule with 2000 Isle of Man 'Millennium Bells' £1 coin

Special hand stamp with outline of a bell, London E1, Sound and Vision, and 5.12.00

Addressed to Benham, Folkestone, Kent

Sound and Vision Benham coin cover with 2000 IOM £1 coin.

Limited edition (052/1000) and Certificate of Authenticity

3857 First Day Cover Sound and Vision (Millennium 2000) 5.xii.2000 Four stamps including Millennium 2000/45 2nd class featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry Brazier FDC Cover has ODG logo and name in blue

Special hand stamp - Logo of ODG surrounded with 'Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers' and Oxford 5th Dec 2000

Limited edition of 55

3687 Cachet of 'Musée Campanaire' in L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers, Posted Cover with cachet to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of this museum (16.xii.1994) France. 25.viii.2004

3858 First Day Cover Church Bell - Norfolk Island 9.iv.2013 Norfolk Island $5.00 stamp showing Church Bell

Cover with 1906 image of bell hanging at Government House. 'Created by the Russell Sydney Foundry in the late 1800s, this bell was used at Government House to ring in each hour. It now stands at the All Saints Kingston Church (formerly the Commissariat Store) for use in their church services. Photo by: John Watt Beattie 1906'

Special hand stamp showing outline of bell and mounting with 'First Day of Issue Norfolk Island 9th April 2013'

3632 Royal Mail Stamp Card PHQ 226a 5.xii.2000 Sound and Vision - Ringing in the Millennium 2000/45p

Post card sized illustration of the 2nd class stamp featuring photo of bells taken at John Taylor foundry

3633 Pair of GB 2000 Sound and Vision decimal commemorative 5.xii.2000 Catalogue SG 2174 Millennium 2000/45 Ringing in the Millennium 2nd Unused stamps

3634a Lundy 1 puffin stamp 1972 issued for 75th anniversary of St Overprinted 'Bells rehung 1994' Unused Helena's church

Both overprints ('BELLS REHUNG 1994' and 'DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH, LUNDY'S CHURCH BELLS ARE RINGING') were produced in blue and red, and on 1 puffin and 2 puffin stamps, making eight variations in all.

3634b Lundy 2puffin stamp 1972 issued for 75th anniversary of St Overprinted 'Ding dong merrily on high, Lundy church bells are ringing' Unused Helena's church

Both overprints ('BELLS REHUNG 1994' and 'DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH, LUNDY'S CHURCH BELLS ARE RINGING') were produced in blue and red, and on 1 puffin and 2 puffin stamps, making eight variations in all.

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All the variations can be seen left, on the reverse of the post card above showing the bells themselves.

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The McShane Bell Foundry advertising cover 1897 obverse

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The McShane Bell Foundry advertising cover 1870s obverse

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John Warner & and Sons advertising cover posted 1890

3595 Cover has a reproduction of a John Warner & Sons embossed 1d advertising envelope posted in 25.ii.1888 to Dunfermline

This cover posted at The Earls Court Stamp Show 2000 on 25.iv.2000 to Cardiff

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The set of stamps shown above were issued between May and August of 1951 to commemorate the hanging of the in the tower of the Rathaus Schöneberg On this first issue, the bell's clapper is to the left

The West Freedom Bell, or Freiheitsglocke in German, was a gift from Americans to the city in 1950. The 15 ton bell was cast as a symbol of the fight for freedom against Communism in Europe. The design was modeled after the American Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The Freedom Bell is located in the tower of Rathaus Schöneberg, the former city hall of Berlin. Between December 23, 1951 and January 27, 1952, the Berlin Freedom Bell stamps were re-engraved and The bell was cast at the British foundry of Gillett and Johnston foundry in reissued. The re-engraved stamps now have the bell's clapper to the right. Croydon and carries the inscription: "That this world under God shall have a new birth of freedom."

Between July and October of 1952, the Berlin Freedom Bell stamps were again reissued. The colours are a little different than those of the first two issues. These new stamps now have the bell's clapper in the middle. The 20 Pf. 1952 Freedom Bell stamp issue, shown left, was overprinted and issued on July 17, 1954. The overprint reads: "Wahl des / Bundespräsidenten / in Berlin / 17. Juli 1954", and it commemorated the participation of West Berliners in the presidential election of the Federal Republic of .

The 20 Pf. + 10 Pf. stamp, shown right, was issued on August 9, 1956. It incorporates the original Freedom Bell design of early 1951, with the bell's clapper to the left, but the colour has been changed. The overprint reads: "Berlinhilfe für die Hochwassergeschädigten", or "Berlin Aid for Flood Victims". The 10 Pf. surtax was donated to a fund for flood victims.