Brown Postal Stationery
2008
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Defence Postal & Courier Services Agency … |
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From these roots … |
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Annual Report and Accounts 1994/1995 … |
May General Election – is your vote safe?
Gordon Brown has announced that the UK general election will take place on May 6 this year, thank you Gordon. After 13 years under Labour rule, will you be voting for change or do you think they are they still doing the best job? If you’re voting in the original way, in other words by attending your local polling station, putting an X by the name of your chosen candidate, posting your marked card into a ballot box and heading home, you’ll no doubt be assuming that that ballot box keeps your vote secret and safe.
You’d hope anyway, and you’d hope that you can find your way to the polling station easily too – who knew there’d be so much more to an election than just a bit of political canvassing? A local or general election is a stationer’s dream, with A boards and pavement signs galore, each pointing the way to the place where you can supposedly make a difference to how your country is run, are they the only ones that really benefit?
But does the ballot box matter at all? In reality does a Labour Government differ that dramatically from a Conservative Government? Or a Liberal Democrat Government from the Green Party? Ok, so that last one probably would shake things up a bit but the point is, if you picked a year in recent history and thought about what had happened in your life during it, whether the Government during that year was Labour or Conservative would probably have had no noticeable impact at all, in fact you might not even be able to name that government!
So it would seem that the only people who truly benefit from these political shenanigans are the politicians who win power and those lucky enough to be providing the display equipment, canvassing leaflets and ballot boxes – perhaps there should be a Stationery Party?
So if you haven’t registered for your right to postal vote and you’re going to make the effort to head down to your local polling station, look out for the stationery party. No doubt led into battle by the A board, ruled by the ballot box and kept in order by the snap frame. If this all sounds a little farcical, perhaps instead of wasting your right to vote or voting for whichever party your parents voted for, you should seriously consider which party will make a difference and which represents your views. The alternative might just be that the Stationery Party stands at the next General Election.
You will see a range of A boards around as well as plenty of snap frames as the election heats up and people head out to vote.
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Defence Postal & Courier Services Agency … |
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From these roots … |
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Annual Report and Accounts 1994/1995 … |
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France 2 C Brown Mint Postal Stationery Wrapper $4.50 |
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Portugal 10 Reis Mint Brown Postal Stationery Card $8.00 |
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ARGENTINA – POSTAL STATIONERY – 1/2c – BROWN – USED $4.99 |
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5c 1892 Mint Brown Postal Stationery Envelope $4.50 |
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US 2c Brown & Blue Mint Postal Stationery Envelope $5.99 |
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