Special Event Handstamps - 1979

The Special Event postmarks for the year 1979. These are referenced between 3737-4095. The lines below contain some images, if there is a blank space then I am on the look out for new images. If you have a selection why not send them to us for inclusion. Where images are not available the relevant lines have been ommitted. If you would like a full list of all the 1979 special handstamps please download the pdf file here.

	Unknown Nr - 22 Nov 1979 Heathrow Airport London, Hounslow Middlesex
3737 - 2-31 Jan 1979 Anniversaries British Library	3738, 2-31 Jan 1979, Jamaica Stamps & Postal History Exhibition Warwick	3739, 10 Jan 1979, First Day of Sale Picture Postcards WMPB 9-14 Cardiff
3746, 30 Jan 1979, Up-Helly-Aa (Fire Festival) Lerwick Shetland	3747, 1-28 Feb 1979 NZ Pictorial Issue Exhibition Warwick	3748, 3 Feb 1979, Electric Lamp Centenary 1879-1979 Newcastle upon Tyne
3749, 3 Feb 1979, BFPS 1000 (used at RAF Cardington for First Flight of AD500 Airship -repeat of 3493) (struck in blackish violet)	3750 7 Feb 1979 Spillers Congratulate Kennel Club on Crufts Exhibit London EC4	3751. 7 Feb 1979, England v N Ireland European Championship (football) Wembley
3755, 1 Mar 1979, 60th Anniversary First UK Regular Air Mail BFPS 1919	3756 1-31 March 1979 Egypt Postage Stamp Exhibition, Warwick	3757, 3 Mar 1979, Scotland v Ireland (Rugby Union) Edinburgh (see also 3741)
3761, 17 Mar 1979, Pres Markischer Kreis Flag to Royal Irish Rangers BFPS 1636	3762, 21 Mar 1979, Nottm Forest v Southampton League Cup Final Wembley	3763 21 March 1979 WI (E Kent Fed Dia Jubilee) Canterbury Kent
3764, 21 Mar 1979, 125th Anniversary of Paddington Station London W2	3765 21 March 1979 Rural Blisworth Exhibition Northampton	3766 21 March 1979 Penzance Cornwall, 20th Anniv Nat Assoc Flower Arrangement Socs
3767 21 March 1979 St Mary's Isles of Scilly	3768, 21 Mar 1979, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Richmond Surrey	3769, 20th Anniv Founders Day Bluebell Railway Uckfield E Sussex
3776, 4 Apr 1979, Thirty Years of Peace NATO 1949-1979 BFPS 4449	3777 - 5 Apr - 2 Jul 1979 Derby 200 Exhibition Royal Academy London W1	3778, 7 Apr 1979, Last Day of the RT Type Buses Barking
3779 7 Apr 1979, Brighton flower and Horticultural Show Brighton	3780 7 Apr 1979 NEPA (Philatelic) Convention City of Newcastle Upon Tyne.	3781 9 Apr 1979, 10th Anniv of First Flight Concorde 002 Filton Bristol
3803, 4 May 1979, HMS Broadsword Commissioned Plymouth Devon	3804, 8-10 May 1979, STAMP ISSUE DAY 9 May -European Assembly (see also 3777, 3801) 20th Anniv Nat Assoc Flower Arrangement Socs Blackpool	3805 9 May 1979 1st British European Parliamentary Elections London SW1
3806 9 May 1979, National Stamp Week Europa Day Cameo stamp Centre London WC2	3807 9 May 1979 Strasbourg Meeting Place Euro Assembly Twin City Leicester.	3808 9 May 1979, Entente Cordiale Stowmarket
3809 9 May 1979 Inst of Gas Engineers 50 Years Royal Charter London SW	3810 9 May 1979 Lions District 105-D Holiday-79 Hayling Island Hants	3811 9 May 1979 1st Day Worth Valley Rly Letter Service Haworth Stn Keighley
3812 9 May 1979 British Chess Federation 1904-1979 Norwich Norfolk	3813, 10 May 1979, HM Visit to Preston Lancashire (repeat of 3295)	3814, 10 May 1979, Presentation of Colours by HM The Queen
3899 - 11 July 1979 Beatrix Potter Lived in Near Sawrey	3900 - 11 Jul 1979 NSPCC Bethlehem Llandeilo Dyfed	3901 - 11 Jul 1979 1979 The Year of the Child and Cub Country Year, Birkenhead
3917, 21 Jul 1979, 10th Anniv first Man on the Moon Marshfield Chippenham Wilts	3918 - 21 Jul 1979 Life-Boat Week Lyme Regis Dorset	3919, 21 Jul 1979, 108th Open (golf) Championship Royal Lytham Lytham St Annes
3920, 21 Jul 1979, WI (Wiltshire federation) Diamond Jubilee Swindon	3921, 23 Jul 1979, 85th Anniversary Grand Theatre 1894-1979 Blackpool	3922, 23 Jul 1979, Fire Pump Centenary 1B79-1979 Kirkcaldy Fife
3923, 26 Jul 1979, First Day of Camp Amikaro Warwick	3924 - 27 Jul 1979 Tresco & Bryher Gig Centenary "Czar"	3925, 28 Jul 1979, The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Dia Stakes Ascot Berks
3932 - 31 Jul 1979 Spillers Stewards Cup Goodwood Chichester W Sussex	3933, 1 Aug 1979, Instal HM Queen Mother Lord Warden Cinque Ports Dover Kent	3934 - 1 Aug 1979 Glasgow Central Station Centenary
3941, 6 Aug - 1 Sep 1979, Pier Centenary 1880-1980 Bournemouth	3942 - 6 Aug 1979 Edinburgh's First Infirmary 1729 Edinburgh	3943- 10 Aug 1979 150 Perthshire Advertiser, 1829-1979 Perth
3986, 5 Sep 1979, Commemorative Documentary & Philatelic Exhib Polish Centre W6	3987, 5 Sep 1979, 48th East Midlands Home Life Exhib PO Stand Leicester	3988 - 8 Sept 1979 Gillette Cup Final Lord's Ground London NW8
3989 - 8 Sept 1979 Vernons Sprint Haydock Park Newton-le-Willows Merseyside	3990 - 10 Sept 1979 First Kent-Liverpool Mail by Air Lydd Romney Marsh Kent	3991 - 10 Sept 1979 41 Commando Royal Marines UNFICYP 1979 Medal Day BFPS 1664
3992, 11 Sep 1979, Widecombe Fair Widecombe-in-the-Moor Newton Abbot Devon	3993 - 12 Sept 1979 England v Denmark European Championship Wembley	3994, 13 Sep 1979, 100 Years of Refreshment Travellers-Fare Leeds
3995 - 15 Sept 1979 39th Anniv Battle of Britain RAF Abingdon BFPS 1668	3996 - 15 Sept 1979 Farewell to the Gnat Red Arrows BFPS 1669	3997 - 15 Sept 1979 The St Leger Stakes Jockey Club Doncaster South Yorkshire
	A 3995 - 15 Sept 1979 Battle of Britain Anniv RAF St Athan BFPS 1663
3998, 15 Sep 1979, Masonic Centenary Norwich Norfolk	3999 - 17 Sept 1979 Mod nan Eilean Stornoway Isle of Lewis Western Isles	4000, 19 Sep 1979, The Woodlands School Silver Jubilee 1954-1979 Coventry
4001, 19 Sep 1979, Liverpool FC Champions Back in Europe Liverpool	4002 - 19 Sept 1979 Nottingham Forest European Champions Nottingham	4003 - 20 Sept 1979 K 700th Anniv 1279-1979 Kenilworth Warwickshire
4004 - 21 Sept 1979 Ladbroke (Ayr) Gold Cup The Jockey Club Ayr	4005 - 22 Sept 1979 Great Working Steam Engines Stourpaine Bushed Blandford Forum, Dorset	4006 - 22 Sept 1979 Bi-Centenary of the Flamborough Engagement Bridlington
4007, 22 Sep 1979, East Bergholt-Barbizon Twinning East Bergholt Colchester Essex	4008, 22 Sep 1979, Ysgol Natur Official Opening & Open Day Llanrhaeadr Oswestry	4009 - 22 Sept 1979 Festival 800, 1179-1979 Preston Lancashire
4010, 22 Sep 1979, Municipal Transport 75 Years Rodbourne Centre Swindon Wilts	4011 - 22 Sept 1979 Earp Centenary Walsall W Mids	4012 - 24 Sept 1979 Centenary Southwold Railway Southwold Suffolk
4013 - 25 Sept 1979 GB's 1st Lady Prime Minister opens shopping area Milton Keynes	4014, 26 Sep 1979, STAMP ISSUE DAY 26 Sep -Police (see also 3976, 3983) 40th Anniv Shooting down first enemy aircraft BFPS 1662	4015, 26 Sep 1979, 40th Anniversary of Sir John Gielgud at Blackpool
4043, 17 Oct 1979, Royal Visit Police Tattoo Wembley Arena Middx HA9 ODW	4044, 18 Oct 1979, Blackpool Aviation Week Commemorative Issue Blackpool	4045 - 20 Oct 1979 Official Naming of Blyhe Life-boat Blyth Northumberland
4049 - 23 Oct 1979 Berlin Tattoo 1979 BFPS 1666	4050, 24 Oct 1979, STAMP ISSUE DAY 24 Oct - Rowland Hill Min Sheet (see also 3976,4031) - Bruce Castle Museum Tottenham N17 (repeat of 3961)	4051, 24 Oct 1979, Sir Rowland Hill Director/Chairman London & Brighton Railway Company 1843-1846 Brighton
4052, 24 Oct 1979, Cartoonists Club honour Sir Rowland Hill London (Gatwick) Airport Horley Surrey	4053 - 25 Oct 1979 10th Anniv The Royal Hussers	4054, 26 & 27 Oct 1979, Souvenir London Championship (fur/feather) Show N22 (separate handstamp each day, same design)
4055, 29 Oct 1979, Windmuller Trust 1914-1979 Age not protect from folly LondonN3	4056 - 29 Oct 1979 Royal Infirmary 1879 Edinburgh	4057 - 30 Oct 1979 Official naming of Dover Life-Boat
4061 - 1 Nov 1979 35th Anniv Attack on Walcheren Island	4062, 3 Nov 1979, Inter Postal 79 Postal History Exhibition London WC2	4063, 3 Nov 1979, Borough of Blackburn Passenger Transport 50 Lancashire
4064, 5 & 6 Nov 1979, Confederation of Brit Industry Nat Conference Birmingham (used with PO produced commemorative cover)	4065, 5 Nov 1979, International Archives Week Ipswich Suffolk	4066 - 7 Nov 1979 Sunderland AFC Centenary
4067 - 10 Nov 1979 Remembrance Festival, Royal Albert Hall	4068 - 10 Nov 1979 Mackeson Gold Cup The Jockey Club Cheltenham	4069, 10 Nov 1979, Golden Jubilee Exhib Peterborough & Dist Philatelic Society
4070 - 10 Nov 1979 60th Anniv 1st Regular UK International Air Mail BFPS	4071 - 12 Nov 1979 60th Anniv of First Flight England to Australia	4072, 12 Nov 1979, 35th Anniversary of Sinking of the Tirpitz Lincoln
4079 - 21 Nov 1979 RHDR salutes Cheriton tradersXmas Lights, Folkestone Kent	4080 - 21 Nov 1979 Father Christmas Special, Kent and East Sussex Railway, Tenterden, Kent	4081 - 21 Nov 1979 Centenary of the War Cry
4085, 21 Nov 1979England v Bulgaria (football) Wembley	4086 - 22 Nov 1979 Year of the Child RSSPCC Melville House Edinburgh	4087, 26 Nov 1979, TMD (Telephone Managers Division) 21st Anniversary Coventry
4088, 26 Nov 1979, Mail Trains of South west Postcard first Day of Sale Swindon (also PO applied cachet on some cards 'Air Dropped by LXX Squadron)	4089, 28 Nov 1979, The Postbus in Scotland Glasgow (used in connection with new Postbus postcards SP81-5)	4090 - 1 Dec 1979 40th Anniv Formation of the Air Transport Auxiliary
4094 - 24 Dec 1979 Christmas Greetings Llandeilo Dyfed	4095 27 Dec 1979 to 26 Mar 1980 Wintertime The British Library London WC	END OF 1979