TCMAG05 JULY 2019 the collector
A WORLD OF COLLECTING INSIDE A WORD FROM “We have reached out into some new areas too, including CRAIG fossils and meteorites” BUCKINGHAM COVERS
Dear Collector, We have another big variety of collectables for you inside from each island. Lastly, with the 50th anniversary of the with our classic assortment of postal history, stamps, and moon landing nearly upon us interest in space covers this currency but we have reached out into some new areas year is peaking, and talking of Peake we have several Tim too including fossils and meteorites to name a couple. Peake signatures inside too, the best range we’ve ever been able to offer. Scarce autographs on offer for the first time include Harry Houdini (assuming we can find it), famous stamp dealer Happy Collecting, Oswald Marsh, and French figurehead Charles de Gaulle. I’ve also put together a couple of features on Jersey and the Falklands comprising of a great mix of collectables Craig Buggins July 2019
DR SEUSS
SGS104A £750
£75 per month over 10 months
This original drawing by Dr Seuss of his iconic Cat in the Hat character is a superb collectable of the likes which seldom turns up on the market. He has signed the artwork and added the caption ‘Here is some extra-special Christmas mistletoe for Amanda from The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’. Measuring 5.5 x 8.5” this stunning illustration would fit perfectly into your album or could be easily framed.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991), better known by his pen name Dr Seuss was an American children’s author and illustrator who published over 60 books selling more than 600 million copies worldwide.
Geisel adopted the name Dr Seuss during his time studying at Dartmouth College and Oxford. After leaving Oxford in 1927 he worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair as well as on various advertising campaigns, before publishing his first children’s book in 1937.
During WWII he illustrated political cartoons and worked in the US Army film department producing both live and animated films including the Academy Award winning ‘Design for Death’. After the war he wrote many of his classics like The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas which have stood the test of time in their popularity through to the modern day.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] ROYALTY
Envelope addressed to a Miss Hammond 1997 Princess Diana with King George Queen of Hearts cachet, includes mint miniature sheet. original letter written on Marlborough House headed TCS954 £10 card, various available dates from 1910s and 1920s.
TCS957 £7.50
1901 Queen Victoria mourning card with medal TCS364VA £50 illustration on front and typed poem inside.
ROY111975 £250
£25 per month over 10 months
Queen Mother signed official 1975 Christmas card with a black and white photo of her with Charles and Andrew.
ROY08A £500
King George V signed document dated 1923 nominating Harry Clifford Longden Esquire to be a member of the Fourth Class of Our Royal Victorian Order. £100 per month over 5 months
ROY10 £400
£40 per month over 10 months King George VI signed document dated 11th July 1942 addressed to the Governor of Wormwood Scrubs & pardons Stewart Gordon Carter who had been sentenced to 9 months for receiving stolen property.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com FALKLANDS
TCS966 £34.99 TCS966A £19.95 1974 Proof coin set of the first ever Falklands coins - 1/2p Salmon, Set of five 2018 Penguin 50p coins - 1p Gentoo Penguin, 2p Upland Goose, 5p Black-browed Macaroni, King, Gentoo, Magellanic and Albatross, 10p South American Sea Lion. Rockhopper Penguin.
TCS966B £19.95
Set of eight current circulation coins - 1p Gentoo Penguin, 2p Upland Goose, 5p Albatross, 10p Sea Lion, 20p Romney Marsh sheep, 50p Warrah, £1 Falklands Crest, £2 bi-metallic millennium coin. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]
BACK FRONT
FRONT TCS638 £4.95
25th Anniversary of the Falklands War silver medallion. BACK
TCS831 £2.95 TCS966C £14.95
Brunel Bicentenary £5 Falklands Islands banknote, crown coin. current issue, uncirculated.
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TCS967B BACK FRONT £9.95 50th Anniversary of the Liberation £1 note, used.
TCS967 £3.50
George VI Liberation shilling, used.
BACK FRONT
TCS967A £3.50 TCS968 £55 Elizabeth II Liberation shilling, used. German Channel Island WWII occupation banknotes, four different, used.
£20 per month TCS613 £100 over 5 months
Unmounted Mint Channel Island Wartime collection - two Jersey Arms and six Views plus five Guernsey Arms on Banknote Paper.
TCS523B £8.95 TCS504J £25 2015 Elizabeth II Longest 1995 50th Anniversary of the Liberation, Reign FDC. £1 note cover.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com MIXED COLLECTABLES
OUTSIDE TCS963 £35
Isle of Man £2 D-Day coin in presentation booklet, limited edition of 750. A brilliant uncirculated £2 coin and commemorative sheetlet endorsed by Lord Dannatt, Patron of the Spirit of Normandy Trust. Both are presented in a specially designed folder which is individually numbered. The coin has a worldwide mintage of only 9995 and the folder contains £8.14 of mint D-Day stamps.
INSIDE
01303 278137 TCS964 £32.50
Isle of Man set of three uncirculated 2019 £2 coins. Isle of Man have honoured three influential British leaders of the Second World War - Winston Churchill, Bernard Montgomery, and King George VI. This complete set of D-Day coins are in brilliant uncirculated condition and feature a portrait of each figure whilst also being inscribed with one of their famous wartime lines. VINTAGE RAILWAY TICKETS KILOWARE
TCS830 £10
Our railway series continues to be enjoyed by many collectors so I hope these interesting lots of used vintage railway tickets will make a nice addition to your collection. The majority date between the 1950s and 1980s from numerous routes across the country. We are offering our choice of ten tickets but if there is a specific geographical area or route you are particularly interested in please let us know and we will do our best to include them.
TCS817 £5 per 100g
These varied sets of Kiloware comprise of predominately QEII GB commemoratives, with a few definitives or different countries included. These are used stamps so cannot be used for postage. There may be some minor duplication of stamps when buying larger quantities.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FOSSILS & METEORITES
12 piece fossil collection 12 Piece Fossil Collection comprising of a Shark Tooth, Gastropod, Brachiopod, Bivalve, Ray Tooth, Dinosaur Eggshell, Dinosaur Bone, Mosassaur Tooth, Goniatite, Crinoid, Turtle Shell, and a Mammoth Tusk - a tremendous variety of fossils.
TCS950 £29.99 dinosaur bone from the morrison formation
TCS953 £2.99
Dinosaur Bone from the Morrison Formation, approximately 150 million years old. The Morrison Formation is renowned as the most abundant source of dinosaur fossils in North America. Located in the western United States, it covers an area of 1.5 million square km and was named after the town of Morrison in Colorado where the first fossils were discovered by Arthur Lakes in 1877. campo del cielo meteorite Campo Del Cielo Meteorite, measures roughly 8-10mm. The Campo del Cielo are a group of iron meteorites found in Argentina about 1,000 km northwest of Buenos Aires. The crater field was first reported in 1576, and covers a large of area of at least 26 craters, the largest being 377 by 299 feet! These meteorites fell between approximately 4,200 to 4,700 years ago. There have been two GB stamps TCS951 £7.50 issues commemorating dinosaurs which would fit perfectly alongside your fossil collection.
BC471 £20
2013 Dinosaurs FDC with full set of ten stamps and our official Maidstone, Kent postmark ALSO AVAILABLE signed John Hurt who narrated the BBC1 production ‘Planet Dinosaur’ £30 (BC471S)
FC4120 £7.50
1991 Dinosaurs FDC. We have several illustrations and special postmarks available for this issue, please let us know when ordering if you would like a specific cover.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com AUTOGRAPHS
OUTSIDE
INSIDE TCS923 £100 £20 per month over 5 months
John Betjeman signed poetry book ‘A Nip in the Air’, English writer and broadcaster who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 for twelve years. INSIDE TCS922 £175 £25 per month over 7 months OUTSIDE Peter Blake signed t-shirt featuring his artwork, he co-created the sleeve design for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
£39 per month TCS924 £195 over 5 months
Elton John & Bernie Taupin signed 1974 book edited by Paul Gambaccini all about the duo, singer and lyricist who have been song writing partners since 1967 and have collaborated on more than 30 albums.
TCS927A £250
£25 per month over 10 months David Jason signed A4 script page from Only Fools and Horses, starred as Del Boy Trotter in the hit show.
TCS929 £250
£50 per month over 5 months Montgomery of Alamein signed handwritten letter dated 17th May 1967 on his official headed paper written to the journalist Derek Jewell. This is a terrific letter with content regarding Monty’s ‘pilgrimage’ back to Egypt and the site of the Battle of El Alamein to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the famous victory.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] TCS931 £50
Jean Simmonds signed piece mounted alongside a photo, measures 11x14”, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning actress whose film career began in Britain during the Second World War.
£15 per month TCS943 £50 TCS926 £150 over 10 months Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh signed 9 x 8” photo, Henry Fonda acting stars and one of Hollywood’s first signed piece ‘Golden Couples’. mounted alongside a photo, measures 11 x 14”, stage and film TCS928 £30 career spanning five decades and Harold Pinter signed won an Academy 10 x 8” photo, a Nobel Prize Award for the 1981 winner in literature and movie ‘On one of the most influential Golden Pond’. modern British writers.
TCS930 £70
James Stewart signed 10 x 8” photo, American actor and military officer and one of the most popular film stars of all time.
TCS932 £40
Darcy Bussell signed £19 per month 10 x 8” photo, retired TCS927 £95 over 5 months ballerina and a former judge on Strictly David Jason signed 10 x 8” photo, best known Come Dancing. as Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses and Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com AUTOGRAPHS
TCS933 £20
Phil Davis signed 10x8” photo, English actor, writer, and director. TCS935 £20
Twiggy signed 10 x 8” photo, singer and a British cultural icon of the swinging sixties.
TCS934 £35
Mike Bannister signed 10x8” photo, former Chief Pilot of British Airways’ Concorde fleet. TCS936 £40
Grayson Perry signed 10x8” photo, contemporary artist known for his ceramic vases and tapestries.
TCS937 £90
£30 per month over 3 months Peter Blake signed 10x8” photo, artist behind the sleeve design for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
TCS939 £35
Pete Best signed 10x8” photo, drummer and TCS938 £90 an original member of the Beatles. £10 per month over 9 months Helen Sharman signed 10x8” photo, first British women in space.
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WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] TCS940 £30
Pattie Boyd signed 10x8” photo, former wife of George Harrison and later Eric Clapton.
TCS941 £50
David Attenborough signed 10x8” photo, naturalist and BBC narrator of many wildlife shows. £20 per month TCS942 £120 over 6 months
Quentin Blake signed 10x8” photo, cartoonist and writer best known for illustrating Roald Dahl books.
TCS949 £175
£25 per month over 7 months Joseph Barbera & Bill Hanna signed 10x8” photo, duo behind many successful animations including The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear.
SGD051A £225
£25 per month over 9 months Diana Dors signature mounted below a photograph, English film actress, singer, TCS948 £250 and socialite.
£50 per month over 5 months David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst signed 10x8” photo, starred as Rodney Trotter and Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools and Horses.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com SIGNATURES
£66.66 per month over 12 months SGH153A £800
Heinrich Himmler signed 2x4” photo. Heinrich Himmler (1900 - 1945) was Commander of the SS which he developed from a small battalion into a strong paramilitary group of over a million people. Himmler was a leading Nazi and the main architect of the Holocaust by overseeing the establishment and control of the concentration camps. He was arrested by British Forces at the end of the war but committed suicide whilst in custody.
Baldur Von £25 per month Schirach signed SGR086 £175 over 7 months 5x7” photo. Baldur Benedikt Hans-Ulrich Rudel signed 11x9” photo. von Schirach Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916 - 1982) was the most (1907 - 1974) was decorated German serviceman of the Second head of the Hitler World War and the sole recipient of the Knight’s Youth from 1931 Cross with Golden Oak Leaves and Swords, and to 1940 and then Diamonds. Rudel flew 2,530 ground-attack missions Reich Governor of on the Eastern Front and was credited with the Vienna until 1945. destruction of 519 tanks, 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 70 At the Nuremberg landing craft, and 150 artillery emplacements. Trials he was found guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in the deportation of Viennese Jews to concentration camps and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
SGS203 £550 £55 per month over 10 months
SGT104 £300 £100 per month over 3 months
Josip Tito signed 5x7” photo. Josip Broz (1892 - 1980), usually referred to as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman. During WWII he led the distinguished Partisan guerrilla movement before serving as both Prime Minister and President. He is today often regarded as a benevolent dictator by many Yugoslavs.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] £45 per month over 10 months SGH191 £450
Harry Houdini signed 8x6 piece, has added ‘Best Wishes London 1920’. Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) was a Hungarian-born American illusionist famed for his escape acts. He began in vaudeville in the US before finding huge celebrity as ‘Harry Handcuff Houdini’ during his tour of Europe on which he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. His act soon expanded to include chains, ropes, straitjackets, and even submerging åhimself under water as well as his buried alive stunts.
£25 per month over 3 months SGM200A £75
Oswald Marsh signed 1905 cheque from the London City & Midland Bank. SGM200 £100 £25 per month Oswald Marsh (1880 - 1951) was a London stamp dealer who over 4 months specialised in unadhesive stamps or cut-outs as they are now Oswald Marsh signed 1926 personal cheque, called. Born in Belfast he moved to London around 1900 and superb. started his stamp business shortly after. He also produced first day covers and we have a limited stock available of his classic early commemorative issues, please ask for more details.
FRONT SGG057 £775
BACK £155 per month over 5 months Charles de Gaulle signed postcard size map showing France under King Louis XI. Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970) was a French army officer and statesman. He led the French Resistance against the Nazis during the war and chaired the Provisional Government from 1944 to 1946 to establish democracy in ENVELOPE France. He was elected President of France in 1959, a role he served in for a decade, leaving a lasting legacy on the Cold War era.
SGC199 £400 £50 per month over 8 months Clementine Churchill signed handwritten letter dated May 1944 regarding the struggles of the Russian people during the war, includes original envelope. Clementine Churchill (1885 - 1977) was the wife of Winston Churchill. During WWI she organised canteens for munitions workers with the YMCA for which she was appointed a CBE. In World War Two Clementine was Chairman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund and toured Russia towards the end of the war where she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com GERMAN POSTCARDS
TCS414XB £30
Hitler circular postcard. TCS414Q £30
Europe Annexed ‘We thank our Leader’ postcard.
Day of the German TCS414XD £40 Art postcard TCS414XC £50 Iron Cross postcard
TCS414XF £50
Day of the German Art postcard.
Hitler head and TCS414XE £30 shoulder postcard
TCS414XG £7.50
Brandenburg Gate postcard
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TCS414XH £10 TCS414XJ £20 Autobahn postcard. Wartime front postcard
TCS414XK £20 TCS415A £15 Day of the General 1938 Peace in our Time card with both a Government postcard German & Czech stamp cancelled by an Asch, Czechoslovakia postmark on the day of the Munich Agreement signing, plus a ‘Peace in our Time’ cachet
TCS414U £25 TCS414KD £15 12th January 1941 Pair of covers, marking the first day of the German Third Reich Winter Relief stamps Luxembourg, overprints with special 20th April 1938 cover with two Austrian Luxembourg Parachute postmark stamps and Vienna cancels plus two German stamps with special ‘Fuhrers Geburtstag’ postmarks to mark Hitler’s 49th birthday
TCS414IE £30 Hoffman card P14 - Blasted bridges do not stop the advance
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TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com GERMAN STAMPS AND POSTAL STATIONERY
TCS812 £100 1936 Olympics set of 8 unmounted mint stamps. Catalogues at £160
TCS814 £20
1936 Olympics pair of unused postal stationary cards
TCS813 £150 £50 per month over 3 months
1936 Olympics pair of unmounted mint miniature sheets. Catalogues at £350
TCS811 £50
1935 Winter Olympics set of 3 unmounted mint stamps. Catalogues at £80
1942 Party Official set of 11 TCS815 unmounted mint stamps. £35 Catalogues at £60
ALL OFFERED BELOW CATALOGUE VALUE
1942 Nazi set of TCS816 12 unmounted mint stamps. £35 Catalogues at £55
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 1939 - 1945 German WWII stamps
TCS676 £600 £200 per month for 3 months
If you are hunting for something different to add to your collection then look no further than our fascinating set of German World War Two stamps.
This historical collection of unmounted mint stamps have a tremendous variety of designs including prominent German figures and technological achievements. They offer an intriguing insight into the German culture during the wartime years and highlight how stamps could be used for propaganda purposes in a bid to rally the home front.
The full set can be yours for only £600, and considering the set of unmounted mint stamps catalogues at £995, our price offers excellent value for money.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com QUEEN VICTORIA STAMP CLASSICS
STP002F £500 STP002C £750 £100 per month over 5 months £75 per month over 10 months Penny Black 4 margin plate 10, very fine used Penny Black 3 margin pair, plate 4, very fine used. STP005C £500
£50 per month over 10 months STP005B £400 3 Margin 1840 2d Blue pair, £50 per month over 8 months plate 1, very fine used 3 Margin 1840 2d Blue plate 2, very fine used
STP126 £300 STP076 £600 £25 per month over 12 months £100 per month over 6 months 5/- Rose, plate 1, very fine used 3d Bright Carmine- Rose, fine used
STP121A £1200 STP128 £995 £120 per month over 10 months 2/- Brown, used £99.50 per month over 10 months 10/- Greenish Grey, very fine used
STP130 £750 £75 per month over 10 months
5/- Rose, fine used STP137 £2950 £590 per month over 5 months £5 Orange, very fine used
STP185 £750
£75 per month over 10 months £1 Brown, fine used STP183PAIR £750
£125 per month over 6 months STP212MM £1795 10/- Ultramarine pair, very fine used £359 per month over 5 months CALL US ON: £1 Green, mounted mint 01303 278137
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR’S MEDALS
• Limited to just 9,995 worldwide • Embossed on both sides • Individually numbered • Officially licensed by Universal Studios • Supplied in a display pack • Measure 38mm TCS978 £11.99 TCS978A £11.99 • Heavyweight silver edition Back to the Future Jurassic Park: T-Rex
MARVEL MEDALS
• Embossed on both sides • Officially licensed by Marvel • .999 Silver plated • Measure 44mm TCS978B £14.99 TCS978C £14.99 Spiderman Hulk
TCS978D £14.99 TCS978E £14.99 TCS978F £14.99 Captain America Thor Iron Man COLLECTOR’S STAMP PRESENTATION PACKS
R2D2 £15
A build-your-own R2-D2, perfect for all Star TCS908 £35 Wars fans, big or small. Complete with the Marvel Art Collectors Set showcasing the artwork of Marvel artist eight special Star Wars stamps that were Alan Davis, in a 12” album sleeve style presentation. Includes full released in 2017. set of 10 stamps, miniature sheet and 10x 12” framable prints. TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com 50p COINS
All coins sold in circulated condition
TCS701 £4 TCS701A £4 TCS701B £4 TCS701C £4
2016 Beatrix Potter 2016 Peter Rabbit 2016 Squirrel Nutkin 2016 Tiggy Winkle
TCS701D £4 TCS701E £4 TCS701F £4 TCS701H £4
2017 Tale of Peter Rabbit 2017 Jeremy Fisher 2017 Benjamin Bunny 2017 Tom Kitten
TCS823J £4 TCS702 £3 TCS702A £3 TCS704 £3
2013 Christopher Ironside 2006 VC Soldier 2006 VC Medal 2007 Scouting Centenary
TCS704A £3 TCS705 £3.50 TCS703 £3.50 TCS706 £3
2010 Girl Guide Centenary 2015 Battle of Britain 2016 Battle of Hastings 2016 Olympics Team GB
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All coins sold in circulated condition
TCS823 £3 TCS823A £3 TCS823B £3 TCS823C £3
1998 EU 2005 Samuel 2004 Roger Bannister 2000 Libraries Johnson Dictionary
TCS823P £6 TCS823E £3 TCS823F £3 TCS823H £3
1993 D-Day 1998 NHS 2013 Benjamin Britten 1973 EEC 2018 SERIES
TCS701J £4 TCS701K £4 TCS701L £4 TCS701M £4
2018 Peter Rabbit 2018 Tale of Gloucester 2018 Mrs Tittlemouse 2018 Flopsy Bunny
TCS823K £4 TCS823L £4 TCS823M £4 TCS823N £15
2018 Paddington Bear - 2018 Paddington Bear - 2018 Representation 2018 The Snowman, brilliant Train Station Buckingham Palace of the People Act uncirculated condition TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com BANK NOTES
TCS955 £10
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe One Hundred Trillion Dollars ‘gold’ banknote.
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TCS714 £10 10/- Banknote, used. FRONT
BACK
TCS715 £6 £1 British Banknote, 1970- 1978 issue, used.
TCS965 £25
Collection of 10 different worldwide uncirculated banknotes, our choice.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BANK NOTES 2014 RYDER CUP £5 NOTE TCS614 £32.95
This is a very special fiver specially issued to commemorate the Cup being held at Gleneagles in Scotland. It hit the headlines at the time as though legal tender it was not generally released. It was also the first note to be printed on a mix of paper and polyester ‘A hybrid paper’. We have a limited in the official presentation packs
1922 GERMAN 10,000 MARK ‘VAMPIRE’ BANKNOTE
TCS615 £9.95 These banknotes were issued during the German hyperinflation during the early 1920’s. These notes are famous because hidden in the portrait of the Merchant is a vampire sucking at his neck. This was sneaked in to signify the payments Germany had to pay after World War I which was bleeding the country dry.
Can you spot the vampire?
1912 RUSSIAN BANKNOTE
TCS616 £11.95
A 500 Rouble note (used), often cited as the most beautiful banknote of the 20th century, a classic for your collection.
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£10 per month RU163 £100 over 10 months
1924 Vincennes Aviation Meet in Paris on National Aviation Day postcard with a 15c French stamp plus three interesting Vincennes triangular airmail labels, a very nice item.
£20 per month over 5 months PH0011A £100
1854 Penny Red Stars block of four, initials SD, SE, TD, TE, plus a further two values added, all cancelled with a Hereford postmark dated March 1858, nice wax seal on reverse - a scarce block of four
£50 per month BP107 £150 over 3 months
1843 cover with two unperforated 1d Reds, initials AB & BB, each postmarked with a Maltese Cross Number One cancel. Rye postmark dated 12th October and red receiving marks dated 14th on the reverse.
£15 per month over 10 months BP108 £150
1843 cover with unperforated 1d Red, initials GK cancelled with a Maltese Cross Number Six postmark and East Grinstead arrival mark on reverse.
£40 per month BP109 £160 over 4 months
1843 cover with unperforated 1d Red, initials KD cancelled with a Maltese Cross Number Eight postmark and Whitehaven arrival mark on reverse dated 18th August.
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1874 cover with 6d Grey cancelled by a London Duplex dated 15th April. Addressed to Genoa, Italy with an Aynard & Ruffer, London logo plus a receiving mark on the reverse dated 18th April.
£50 per month over 7 months BP116 £350
1853 wrapper with a pair of 1/- Green embossed values with Paid cancel, addressed to New York, 8th April ‘FH’ datestamp on reverse. Opens to reveal a long letter written in French on headed paper for a Zinc Mining Company, interesting item.
£35 per month over 10 months BP117 £350
1856 wrapper with 2d Pale Blue, initials NJ, and a 6d Dull Lilac embossed stamp addressed to Paris with 19th August Calais arrival datestamp.
£50 per month BP118 £600 over 12 months
1841 wrapper with pair of 1d Blacks, initials CD & CE, plate 4, cancelled by a black Maltese Cross postmark, addressed to Edinburgh. An 11th March backstamp and remnants of wax seal on the reverse, plus prior mounting marks.
£56 per month over 5 months BP120 £280
1856 cover with a superb block of four 1d Red-Brown values each with a Duplex 659 cancel, plus Rugby and Hinckley backstamps dated 4th and 5th November respectively. Includes the original correspondence comprising of two letters, fantastic item.
TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com FLIGHT
GRAF ZEPPELIN
RU168 £280 £28 per month over 10 months
1935 Flown card from Montevideo, Uruguay to Germany with a Friedrichshafen arrival datestamp and a large blue Condor Zeppelin cachet, scarce. £25 per month RU169 £225 over 9 months RU170 £150 1931 First South America Flight card from Germany to Brazil, this was flown from £15 per month Friedrichshafen to St Vicente on the Cape for 10 months Verde Islands, nice illustration and has a special green flown cachet plus arrival 1932 South America Flight card datestamp on reverse. forwarded from the Netherlands to Friedrichshafen, Germany where it then flew to Rio, Brazil. Has an unusual blue illustration 01303 278137 and green flown cachet plus an EMAIL: [email protected] arrival datestamp on the reverse.
RU159 £200 £50 per month for 4 months £20 per month RU171 £200 over 10 months 1933 Graf Zeppelin Rome Flight, Italian 15c postal stationary 1932 South America Flight card forwarded from Hungary card uprated with a 3 Lire Zeppelin stamp and three other to Friedrichshafen, Germany where it then flew to Italian stamps (two on reverse). This was flown on a round Paraaguay. Has an unusual blue illustration and purple flight over Rome and features a special Graf Zeppelin Italian flown cachet plus an arrival datestamp on the reverse. Flight cachet plus a Rome cancel on the reverse
RU173 £395
£79 per month for 5 months
1936 Hindenburg First Transatlantic Flight cover flown from Kingstown, Jamaica to England via Lakehurst and Frankfurt. With a purple flown cachet plus a Frankfurt arrival datestamp on the reverse. In average condition with foxing and a vertical fold but this is a rare cover.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FLIGHT AMERICAN PIONEER FLIGHTS RU176 £395 £79 per month over 5 months 1919 American Government First Flight cover flown on the return leg of an experimental flight on October 23rd of 50 miles from Augusta to Portland in Maine, with both appropriate datestamps, very few were flown this is a rare cover.
RU178 £140 £20 per month for 7 months RU177 £175 £25 per month for 7 months 1920 American Government First Flight cover flown from 1920 USA to Cuba Experimental Foreign Air Mail Route No.4 St Louis to Chicago on August 16th piloted by Russell first flight cover flown from Key West, Florida to Havana, Jones, the service lasted less than a year. Cuba. This 100 mile route was run by Florida West Indies BACK Airways and in operation for less than 10 months.
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RU180 £80 £20 per month for 4 months RU179 £80 £20 per month for 4 months 1929 Universal Airlines Contract Air Mail Route No.16 First Flight cover 1928 American Army Flight flown cover on the flown from Springfield, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky, signed by the 8,000 mile inspection flight from Washington DC to pilot Waldo Robey. France Field Canal Zone via Texas and returned by the same route, with a great cachet explaining the flight carried the American Assistant Secretary of FRONT War and the Chief of the Air Corps.
RU06 £300 £30 per month for 10 months 1912 Harvest Festival Aviation Exhibition cover originally intended to be flown on 6th August by George Schmitt but his plane was damaged on take-off and subsequently aviator Earle Sandt carried this airmail two days later on 8th August from the festival to the local Post Office. The cover features a superb Aviation Station, Fort Recovery postmark and a great illustration of the festival BACK on the reverse. TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com SPACE
TCS952 £19.99
Thermal insulating foil from the Space Shuttle Endeavour. This 15mm foil piece was flown aboard the shuttle during the 1996 STS-77 mission which spent ten days in space. Will be dispatched in an acrylic display case.
TCS958 £50 Metal fragment piece from the NASA Launch Complex No.26. This complex was the site of the 1958 www.buckinghamcovers.com launch of the Explorer 1 satellite which witnessed the arrival of America into the Space Age. Two different examples are available.
TCS958A £50
Metal fragment piece from the NASA Launch Complex No.19. This complex was used to launch all of the Gemini manned spaceflights, as well as several Titan I & II missiles.
TCS959 £25
Titan Rocket Complex Access pass used to enter the site for the launch.
SP509A £395
£79 per month over 5 months Alan Shepard signed ‘Moon Shot’ hardback book, which he has autographed on the index page. Published in 2011 this is the inside story of America’s Apollo programme as told by two of NASAs leading astronauts - Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The pair take the reader on a gripping account from Shepard becoming the first American to fly in space right through the journey of the twelve moon walkers. INSIDE
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WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TCMAG05 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] TIM PEAKE
Peake became the first British ESA astronaut when he launched on December 15th 2015 from Kazakhstan as part of Expeditions 46 and 47. While on the station Peake undertook the first spacewalk by a British astronaut to replace a faulty sequential shunt unit on a solar array. Peake spent 185 days in space aboard the International Space Station during which time he competed over 3000 orbits of the Earth covering a distance of 78 million miles! We seldom have Peake’s autograph in stock so we are fortunate to currently be able to offer three superb signed items, with something for everyone with a choice of a book, FDC, or photo.
OUTSIDE £25 per month over 8 months SP(ESA)01B £200 The Astronaut Selection Test Book, which he has autographed on the index page. It features 100 puzzles and training exercises which are actually used by the European Space Agency during their training program. From perception and logic tests to psychological and teamwork challenges, there is something for everyone and in a variety of difficulties.
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SP(ESA)01 £200 £50 per month over 4 months SP(ESA)01A £200 £50 per month 1990 Astronomy cover. over 4 months 10x8” photo of his spacewalk. COSMONAUTS Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Vasyutin, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Georgy Grechko, and Sergey Volkov signed 1981 Russian cover with a Cosmonauts Day Moscow postmark. This was carried to the Salyut Space Station and has the pentagonal Salyut 7 on board cancel. Savinykh and Dzhanibekov were the Soyuz T-13 crew who flew to Salyut 7 in 1985 to repair the damaged Space Station. Later that year Vasyutin, Volkov, and Grechko of the Soyuz T-14 mission joined them on the Station.
£50 per month over 9 months SP(R)051 £450
The Salyut programme was the Soviet Union’s first space station programme and led to Salyut 1 becoming the world’s first crewed space station. TCMAG05 www.buckinghamcovers.com ESSENTIAL ACCESSORIES
STOCK BOOKS We are pleased to be able to offer a lovely selection of Wessex Knight stock books which would make a great home for your stamp collection. These high quality stock books come with the classic black pages which will highlight your wonderful array of stamps. We have three different sizes which come in our choice of colour of blue, green, or red.
ALB11 ALB12 ALB13 £14.95 £19.95 £34.95 (8 page) (16 page) (32 page) TWEEZERS Everyone has their own preference when it come to tweezers STAMP MOUNTS with many different versions on the market. We offer the Hawid have been a well-respected producer of mounts classic options of spade and pointed ends, both nickel and for over five decades whose products are made from pure measuring 120mm. To keep your pair safe take advantage polystyrene with no harmful additives to ensure your of the chance to purchase one of our leather cases. collection is kept safe. We can offer their packs which contain 25 strips of black background mounts. We have three different sizes, each one ideal for a certain stamp. TCS838 £4 Spade End TCS837 £8.50 TCS838B £3 24x210mm, for Leather Case early GB defins & commemoratives TCS838A £4 Pointed End
STARTER KIT This starter kit includes a pack of 250 different worldwide stamps from 50 countries as well as one special stamp over 100 years old. To keep them safe it also comes with a top quality 12x9” Lighthouse stock album which will hold hundreds of stamps as well as a magnifier to see your new collection in detail. A wonderful gift for a new collector.
TCS837A £8.50 TCS837B 30x210mm, for modern £10.50 GB commemoratives. 41x210mm, for large modern GB commemoratives ALB10 £17.50
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£25 per month SGH006K £250 over 10 months Edmund Hillary signed 1953 Coronation FDC, purple Philatelic Traders Society cover.
£50 per month SGH006KA £250 over 5 months Edmund Hillary signed 1953 Coronation FDC, cream cover with red text.
£50 per month SGH006P £600 over 12 months Edmund Hillary, John Hunt & Tenzing Norgay signed 1978 25th anniversary cover.
£40 per month SGH006C £400 over 10 months Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay signed 1978 25th Anniversary Nepal cover with a silver medallion, supplied in a special presentation folder.
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