Here is a homage cache to the Dartmoor
Letterboxes. Found inside will be a logbook with examples of
some of the Letterbox stamps cut from pencil erasers that can be
found across Dartmoor. The cache also contains an old stamp that
has been retrieved from the moor at Belstone.
Please note the parking co-ordinates. Although legal to park at
the closest spot to the cache it is not recommended, there is close
safe parking at the given waypoint
Making the stamps requires a degree of patience.
With your design identified it must be photocopied then ironed onto
a rubber with a cool iron. The design is then cut using a fine
bladed lino cutter and the whole thing mounted on a bit of perspex.
When we used to go Letterboxing there were some fantastically
gifted stamp cutters, this one has one of the simplest designs
taken from a lager tin!
Have a go at your own stamp, post a copy of the
impression made and there will be a prize of an unactivated geocoin
for the best one each calendar year (including 2006 so you don't
have to wait long!)