Registration Label

[Peter Grimley]

I have a Registration Label Felixtowe 6, not on cover - The only information I can find is that it was for 33rd Phil. Eng. GB, whatever that means - Could this be an army,RAF or Navy designation as all three were in and around the Felixtowe area in the 40's - It was in a lot of RAF reg labels I recently acquired so I am hoping that it has RAF connotations and that someone can let me know

[Michael Dobbs]

Peter

I'm sorry, but I think its for the 33rd Philatelic Congress of Great Britain held at Felixstowe in 1951 (29th May - 1st June).

I've had a look on the web, but cannot find a cover with registration label to confirm the Felixstowe number.

Regards, Mike  :'(

[Peter Grimley]

hi mike -

thanks for the reply - there is a Felixtowe 8 listed so i find it hard to believe that Felixtowe Post Office issued a Number 6 for a Philatelic Conference lasting just 3 days - Unless it was an old disused RAF label they had a few of knocking about - only speculation on my part, but i must have 30+ Felixtowe 6 reg labels, and mail from the Congress presently available on the web does not show one reg label, as you discovered - i have now emailed the sec of ipswich philatelic society to see if he can throw any light on the subject so watch this space......................................

[Peter Grimley]

last weekend at the Solihull Stamp Society show i saw a Felixtowe 6 registration label on a 1951 Philatelic Congress envelope - i have to say that the fonts and number 6 were different to the ones i have so i still believe that these i have are raf but earlier - can anyone else add to the debate - also if anyone has any raf station registration labels on cover that they would like to sell, please email me -