The Gallantry Gazette JANUARY 2019 The magazine for collectors Issue 23

VCJ005 £125 08/05/1970 25th Anniversary of V-E Day Royal Air Force Benson cover signed David Jamieson. £25 per month over 5 months

VCS016 £150 15/07/1970 National Army Museum Group 5. No.2. The Victoria Cross cover signed Quentin Smythe. £50 per month over 3 months

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VCN010 £175 26/09/1975 150th Anniversary 15 HQ Squadron Royal Engineers Series No. 28 cover signed Philip Neame. £35 per month over 5 months

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VCA020 £65 04/06/1990 50th Anniversary Operation Dynamo cover signed Richard Annand.

VCP022 £25 01/08/1971 National Army Museum Group 4 No 9 The Battle of Minden 1747 cover signed .

VCG025 £95 £19 per month over 5 months 27/05/1997 The Victoria Cross for Valour, The for Gallantry cover signed VCC057 £60 Lachhiman Gurung. 13/05/1977 Group Captain Leonard Cheshire tribute cover signed by him.

£35 per month over 5 months VCP030 £175 02/10/1976 75th Anniversary of Launch of First Submarine cover signed Godfrey Place.

VCS012 £45 21/10/1997 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting cover signed William Speakman-Pitt.

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2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf GG23 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] VCJ001 £50 13/09/1982 Commemorating the First Award of the Victoria Cross to an Airman 2nd Lt. W B Rhodes-Moorhouse cover signed Norman Jackson.

VCG009 £75 02/05/1995 50th Anniversary Victory in Europe cover signed Gaje Ghale.

VCK031 £40 21/06/2006 Private Edward Kenna VC tribute cover signed by him.

VCL036 £40 01/05/1987 Mentioned In Despatches cover signed Roderick Learoyd.

VCS014 £95 £50 per month over 5 months VCT004 £250 13/11/1997 Golden Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip cover signed Ernest Smith. 08/05/1986 World War II VE Day Anniversary cover signed Frederick A Tilston.

VCP018 £35 05/06/1984 40th Anniversary of the D-Day Operation Overlord Official Wessex cover signed Patrick Porteous.

VCW049 £50 08/05/1995 Victory in Europe 8 May 1945, The Italy Star cover signed Eric Wilson. VCR003G £25 16/11/1979 70th Anniversary of the Formation of the World’s First PLEASE NOTE: Commercial Airline - Deutsche Luftschiffahrts Aktiengesellschaft ONLY THE VC SIGNATURES cover signed William Reid. ARE LISTED

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Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months VCE002 £100 £50 per month over 2 months 11/09/1990 Operation Dynamo cover signed Harold Ervine-Andrews.

VCR027 £80 27/05/1997 The Victoria Cross for Valour, The George Cross for Gallantry cover signed Agansing Rai.

VCH007 £120 £60 per month over 2 months 28/04/1991 Evacuation from Greece cover signed John Hinton.

VCK033 £40 03/08/1973 Welsh Guards Cardiff Tattoo cover signed John Kenneally.

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VCH008 £125 £25 per month over 5 months 18/12/1970 National Army Museum Group 5 No 4 The Sutlej Medal cover signed Ali Haidar.

£35 per month over 5 months VCS008 £95 31/12/1997 Armistice cover signed Ernest Smith.

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VCT014 £75 VCL028 £50 01/01/1972 National 25/05/1978 Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron No. 6 Army Museum Group 1. (Maritime) Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. cover signed Len Trent. No 11 The Brigade of cover signed Rambahadur Limbu.

VCC001 £90 11/05/1980 Wing Commander R F Martin OBE DFC VCW021A £75 AFC cover signed 06/09/1978 Air Commodore F M F West tribute cover signed James Carne. by him

VCW033 £55 27/05/1997 The Victoria Cross for Valour, The George Cross for Gallantry cover signed Tasker Watkins. VCC064 £400 £100 per month over 4 months The Golden Treasury Second Series book printed 1904 signed by Geoffrey Cather with note ‘As a small recognition of many kindnesses’

VCR049 £65 28/03/1972 National Army Museum Group 5 No 12 Indian General Service Medal cover signed Bhandari Ram.

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www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 VCT016 £175 £35 per month over 5 months 08/07/1971 Welfare Appeal Subedar Netrabahadur Thapa VC Souvenir Envelope signed Paul Triquet. VCD002 £275 £55 per month over 5 months Piece measuring 25.4cm x 17.7cm approximately. Signed Job Henry Charles Drain VC (1895-1975). Also giving Regiment and Date of VC.

VCW018 £275 £55 per month over 5 months 11cm x 8cm approximately. Royal Hospital, Chelsea stationary piece mounted on paper signed Sir George S White.

£50 per month over 10 months VCL025 £500 Edward Lawson signed piece mounted with a write up of his actions.

VCL005 £175 £35 per month over 5 months Letter dated 26 March 1990 to Mr Robert Allen Jr making a suitable response to his request, typed on Viscount De L’Isle headed paper and signed by the Viscount.

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VCP034 £395 £79 per month over 5 months Our choice of handwritten letter with address of Sandringham, Norfolk signed Sir Dighton Probyn.

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VCR043 £185 £37 per month over 5 months Letter from Lord Roberts dated 19 September 1894, measures 178cm x 110 cm approximately, signed by him. VCA015 £60 11/09/1990 Copy on card of Royal Mail First Day Gallantry cover signed William Apiata.

VCB030B £150 £50 per month over 3 months General Sir Redvers Buller VC GCB GCMG (1839 - 1908), signed piece (75mm x 40mm) mounted on page with write up and picture of him.

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www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 VCJ012 £275 £55 per month over 5 months Piece measuring 114mm x 45mm with the signature of Dudley Johnson with a newspaper cutting of his Obituary and a write up about him.

VCS030B £250 £50 per month over 5 months Piece measuring approximately 115mm x 80mm signed Gordon C Steele with a copy of the write up for his brave deed and winning the VC and copy of the clipping from the Gazette. 01303 278137 VCW019 £150 £50 per month over 3 months EMAIL: [email protected] 9cm x 6cm approximately piece mounted on card signed Sir Evelyn Wood.

£100 per month over 2 months VCU007 £200 1984 A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year VC & GC Association card signed Charles Upham.

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VCV003 £150

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21/05/1974 The Victoria Cross and George Cross Association Service of Remembrance and Re-Dedication Programme, signed Theodore Veale.

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£35 per month over 5 months VCM025 £175 1966 The Victoria Cross & George Cross Association Christmas and New Year card, personal message inside and signed John Keefer Mahoney.

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VCP035 £250

£50 per month over 5 months Cut out piece, mounted on black board, measuring 8.2 x 4.2 cm, signed Edmund Phipps-Hornby. Brigadier General Royal Artillery, he fought in the Bechuanaland Expedition, 2nd Boer War & WWI.

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BC242S £50 Signed by Keith Payne BC242S1 Edward Kenna...... £50 BC242S2 Tasker Watkins...... £50 BC242S11 & Edward Kenna...... £65 BC242S12 Mark Donaldson, Ben Roberts-Smith & Keith Payne. £60 BC242S13 Tul Bahadur Pun...... £50 BC242S14 Ian Fraser, Eric Wilson, Keith Payne & Daniel Keighran. £70 BC242S15 Signature inserted into cover of George White... £300 BC242AS Rambahadur Limbu...... £50 BC242AS2 Willie Apiata...... £50 BC242AS3 Tul Bahadur Pun...... £50

Limited Edition Anniversary of The Victoria Cross 150th Anniversary of The Crimean War 12/10/2004 doubled with 21/06/2004 IOM, 12/10/2004 first day cover, sign by VC heroes, signed by VC heroes, postmarks may vary postmarks may vary

BCSP09S3 £30 Signed by Ian Fraser BC211P £40 Signed by Keith Payne BCSP09S18 Edward Kenna & Ian Fraser...... £55 BC211S4 William Speakman...... £60

150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross 21/09/2006 first day miniature sheet covers, with various VC signatures, postmarks may vary

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150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross 12/10/2004 first day cover doubled 21/06/2004 IOM, signed by various VC heroes, postmarks may vary

BCSP09FS £50 Signed by Keith Payne BCSP09FS3 Ian Fraser...... £30 BCSP09FS4 Tasker Watkins...... £30 BCSP09FS6 Gerard Norton...... £110 BCSP09FS7 Edward Kenna...... £35 BCSP09FS9 Mark Donaldson & Edward Kenna...... £45

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BCSP09S1 £30 Signed by Keith Payne BCSP09S2 Eric Wilson...... £30 BCSP09S8 Edward Kenna...... £30 BCSP09S9 William Speakman, Keith Payne, John Cruickshank & Tasker Watkins...... £75 BCSP09S15 Eric Wilson, Tasker Watkins, William Speakman, Ian Fraser & John Cruickshank...... £65 BCSP09S17 Eric Wilson & Edward Kenna...... £55 BCSP09S19 Keith Payne & Edward Kenna...... £55 BCSP09S20 Edward Kenna & Tasker Watkins...... £30 BCSP09S23 Edward Kenna, Ian Fraser, Eric Wilson & Daniel Keighran...... £100 BCSP09V Keith Payne, Eric Wilson & Rambahadur Limbu... £75

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BC242JS £50 Eric Wilson & Ian Fraser BCSP09FS5 £45 Signed by William Speakman BC242V Tasker Watkins, Ian Fraser & Eric Wilson...... £60 BCSP09FS8 John Cruickshank...... £45

BC242S7 £125 £25 per month over 5 months 21/09/2006 150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross, Beharry PSB pane, first day cover, signed .

£27 per month over 5 months BC242PSBS £135 21/09/2006 150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross PSB set of 4, signed Tasker Watkins.

BCSP01G1 £75 BC332AS £45 09/08/2001 Douglas Bader Foundation, Bader Bale Out doubled cover signed Keith Payne, Ian Fraser & Tasker Watkins. 06/11/2008 Lest We Forget cover signed Mark Donaldson.

BC432S2 £45 15/09/2011 The Victoria Cross first day cover signed Daniel Keighran.

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