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Circular Delivery Company Issues
Circular Delivery Company Issues are now included in the Stanley Gibbons GB Specialised
Catalogue, Volume 1, which listing is a long overdue recognition of these issues
in the development of postal services in the United Kingdom.
Prior to 1870 there was no cheap 'printed paper' service provided by the British
Post Office for the delivery of addressed printed circulars, and similar material,
which were becoming increasingly important to many retail businesses which had been
set up during the economic expansion of the 1860s. In 1865 an Edinburgh printer,
Robert Brydone, advertised the services of the Edinburgh & Leith Circular Delivery
Company and its associated parcel delivery company. Though he went bankrupt he soon
moved to London and formed the London Circular Delivery Company. Through expansion,
and association with other companies the network developed across Britain, before
the Post Office, seeking to protect its' monopoly, successfully moved against the
Companies through the courts.
During the short life of the Circular Delivery Companies a wide range of lithographed
stamps were issued, and significant quantities, including whole sheets, errors,
and varieties, plus an extensive range of well documented forgeries, survive to
this day. However, because of the early demise of the Circular Delivery Companies
in favour of the Post Office monopoly very few used Circular Delivery Company stamps
or covers exist, These attract fierce competition when offered in auction.
Following massive sales our once extensive stocks are almost exhausted, so
WE ARE BUYERS of very fine condition CIRCULAR DELIVERY STAMPS