The world famous rescue centre has come a long way since 1860, when the temporary home for ‘Lost and Starving Dogs’ was established by Mary Tealby, in Holloway, North London. Eleven years later it moved to Battersea and in 1883 it started taking in cats as well.
Now every year the home takes in approximately 12,000 dogs and cats, and in addition to the main home in Battersea, it also has two other centres in Kent and Berkshire; Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Brands Hatch and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Old Windsor.
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Technical details: The 35mm square stamps are designed by CDT Design Ltd using photography by animal photographer Steve Hoskins. In sheets of 30/60 they are printed in lithography by Cartor Security Printing.
The stamp and postmark images are Copyright 2010 by Royal Mail.
Special
Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown here - others may be
added later;
these may not be to scale. These
postmarks cannot be obtained to order after 11 March.
Ref FD1009 Official Philatelic Bureau FDI. |
Ref FD1010 - Official London SW8 FDI postmark. | Ref FD1010NP Official London SW8 non-pictorial FDI postmark |
Ref L11654 Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, 150 Years, London SW8 1860-2010 | Ref N11658 The UK National Missing Pets Register, Thornton-Cleveleys |
Ref L11649 Dogs and Cats, London SW8 |
Ref L11650 Dogs and Cats, Ash, Sevenoaks. |
Ref L11651 thrive, London N2 8DY |
Ref M11656 Dogkennel Lane, Halesowen |
Ref W11660 - Man's Best Friend, Black Dog, Crediton, Devon |
Ref
W11661 Purrfect Company, Catstree, Bridgnorth |
Ref
L11657 Cats & Dogs Home, Halewood, Liverpool |
Ref
L11652 Battersea, London SW8 |
Ref
L11655 Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Norton, Suffolk (location of The Dog Inn) |
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This page updated 19 February 2010