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Wimbledon’s Tennis Postmarks 1939-2013 Part 14

The Davis Cup

American, Dwight Davis, presented the massive silver punch bowl in 1900 for an annual international men’s team competition. In the first few years the British Isles took up the challenge and from 1904 they were joined by other countries.

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Wimbledon’s Tennis Postmarks 1939-2013 Part 13

The End of an Era

After the finish of the 2003 Championships the Post Office closed.  

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Wimbledon’s Tennis Postmarks 1939-2013 Part 12.

1999 - 2003

In 1999 POC sold commemorative envelopes but owing to an oversight a special postmark was not prepared. In the summer of that year POC introduced a mechanical date stamp for use at events where it had a temporary office. There were two date stamps, one reading “A” and other “B” used in the POC office located in the complex of Court No.1.

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Wimbledon’s Tennis Postmarks 1939-2013 Part 11.

1991 - 1996

The Post Office provided a service from this office in the Octagon from 1991 to 1994

 

 

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Wimbledon’s Tennis Postmarks 1939-2013 Part 10.

1979-1990

From1979 to 1992 the LTA Museum at the All England Club sponsored an annual postmark which was applied at the London Special Handstamp Centre on stemped and addressed envelopes.

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