Here's a the introduction page to an online display from the GBPS (The Great Britain Philatelic Society) on the strike which gives some more background.
According to the scan that Calstamps generously emailed me, British Post Office licensed a number of firms to perform postal services during the strike. Since these private firms were indeed licensed, my opinion is that these private cancels would be considered legitimate. I assume that many of the 'strike covers' are philatelic in nature, but it appears that they were in a legitimate mail stream. Don
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