1958-1964 Saturdays in the Main Office.
Stamped addressed envelopes requesting the commemorative handstamp received in the main office on Saturdays were all postmarked 12.45.PM before the office closed for the afternoon.
A non-registered letter postmarked in the main office 12.45.PM Saturday, 1st July 1961. That year the handstamp without a stop after the post code S.W.19 was used in the main office.
Application for the commemorative handstamp made at the post office at the Ground on non-registered mail were generally sent to the main office for postmarking but this could not be done on Saturdays because the main office closed on Saturday afternoons. The only postmarks stamped in the main office on Saturdays were on items directly received by mail and all were stamped 12.45.PM before the office closed for the afternoon.
A non-registered letter postmarked in the main office 12.45.PM, Saturday, 4th July 1964. That year the handstamp without a stop after the post code S.W.19 was used in the main office.
1965 – 1971 Saturdays in the Main Office
Stamped addressed envelopes requesting the commemorative handstamp received in the main office on the concluding day of The Championships were postmarked 12.45.PM before the office closed for the afternoon.
Postmarks on the last day of The Championships.
A non-registered letter postmarked in the main office 12.45.PM, Saturday, 2nd July 1966. That year the handstamp with the smaller gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the main office.
A non-registered letter postmarked in the main office 12.45.PM, Saturday, 5th July 1969. That year the handstamp with the larger gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the main office.
1965 Saturday in both the Main and Mobile Offices
It would appear that these two stamped, self-addressed envelopes were sent to the main office requesting that they be returned handstamped with the commemorative postmark. That prepared and stamped for registration should have been forwarded to the mobile office which dealt with registration and the other should have been dealt with in the main office where a time was always shown in the handstamp but inadvertently they were switched. This resulted in the non-registered letter being sent to the mobile office and handstamped without a time being shown and the other being handstamped in the main office with the time shown.
Postmarked on the first Monday of The Championships 21st June 1965.
The registered letter postmarked 5.-PM in the main office. In 1965 the handstamp with the larger gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the main office.
The ordinary letter postmarked in the mobile office without a time shown in the handstamp. That year the handstamp with the smaller gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office.
1958-1964 Saturdays in the Mobile Office
Most, but not all cancellations on registered letters left blank the space to show a time.
A registered letter postmarked on the first Saturday of The Championships, 25th June 1960. In 1960 the handstamp without the stop after the post code S.W.19 was used in the mobile office.
A registered letter postmarked on the last day of The Championships, Saturday, 4th July 1964. In 1964 the handstamp with the stop after the post code S.W.19. was used in the mobile office.
All mail, both registered and non-registered, posted in the mobile office was postmarked there showing a time, apart from a few registered letters, because the main office did not stay open Saturday afternoons and there was no time to send it to there to be dealt with, especially when it was the last day of The Championships.
Postmarks on the last day of The championships
A non-registered letter postmarked in the mobile office 6.45.PM, Saturday, 4th July 1959. The handstamp without the stop after the post code was used in the mobile office in 1959.
A registered letter postmarked 6.45.PM, Saturday, 5thjuly 1958. In 1958 the handstamp without a stop after the post code S.W.19 was used in the mobile office.
Normally, non-registered mail was sent to the main office for postmarking but as it was closed on Saturdays afternoons it had to be dealt with in the mobile office. In the main office a time was always shown in the handstamp so a time was added to be handstamp used in the mobile office which normally did not show a time when postmarking registered mail.
Postmarks on the last day of The Championships.
A non-registered letter postmarked in the mobile office 12.45.PM, Saturday, 7th July 1962. That year the handstamp without the stop after the post code was used in the mobile office.
An ordinary letter postmarked 6.45.PM, Saturday, 4th July 1964. That year the handstamp showing the stop after the post code was used in the mobile office.
1965-1971 Saturdays in the Mobile Office
On weekdays ordinary non-registered mail was taken to the main office for postmarking but as the main office closed on Saturday afternoons it was postmarked in the mobile office. The ordinary mail was handstamped in batches and, as was done in the main office where a time was always shown, a time was generally included in the handstamp.
Postmarks on the first Saturday of The Championschips.
Non-registered letters postmarkedin the mobile office 4.15.PM, Saturday, 29th June 1968 and 26th June 1971. Those years the handstamp with the smaller gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office. Note that the 1971 time reads 4 15 without the stop and PM. Others are known to exist.
A non-registered post card postmarked in the mobile office 6.46.PM, Saturday, 26th June 1965. That year the handstamp with the smaller gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office.
On the concluding day of The Championships there was not time to send ordinary non-registered mail to the main office, which closed Saturday afternoons, it was postmarked in the mobile office. Normally the time was shown in the handstamp.
Postmarks on the last day of The Championships
Non-registered letters postmarked in the mobile office 12.45.PM, Saturday, 3rd July 1971 and 4.30.PM 5th July 1969. In 1971 the handstamp with the larger gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office. In 1969 the handstamp with the smaller gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office.
Non-registered mail postmarked in the mobile office 6.45.PM Saturday, 3rd July 1965 as the main office closed on Saturday afternoons. The handstamp with the smaller gap was used in the mobile office in 1965.
1958-1971 Weekday Evenings
Unregistered mail posted at the mobile office was normally taken to the main office to be handstamped but if it was received too late to be included in the day’s collection for the main office, that left about 4 pm, it was handstamped in the mobile office. As it was not practical to keep changing the time in the handstamp when a receipt was required, the time was usually omitted. However, the ordinary mail posted after the last collection for the main office had gone, was handstamped in the mobile office which resulted in ordinary mail being postmarked with the time in the handstamped being left blank.
An ordinary non-registered letter posted Thursday, 2nd July 1964 in the mobile office. In 1964 the handstamp with the stop was used in the mobile office. No time is shown.
An ordinary non-registered letter posted Wednesday, 3rd July 1963. That year the handstamp without stop was used in the mobile office. No time is shown.
The mobile circular handstamp was for use on registered items. It is unusual to find it used to cancel stamps on ordinary mail.
An ordinary non-registered letter posted at the Ground and postmarked Monday, 20th June 1966. In 1966 the handstamp with the larger gap between the words ALL ENGLAND was used in the mobile office.
This is a rare example of an ordinary, unregistered letter being postmarked with both the promotional handstamp and the mobile date stamp. It would have been postmarked in the mobile office because it had missed the last day’s collection for the main office and the space for the time left blank, as was the normal practice up to 1966.
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