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Concorde Sale Magazine Sale Ends Monday 19Th February John Cochrane Signed Covers JANUARY 2018 ISSUE 3 CSM03 CONCORDE SALE MAGAZINE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY JOHN COCHRANE SIGNED COVERS John Cochrane was a British CE130 £75 Test Pilot for the Anglo-French OFFER £65 Supersonic airliner. His career 1969 GPO Cover. began when he joined the renowned 617 Squadron (“Dambusters”) where he flew the English Electric Canberra bomber, Britain’s first jet powered bomber. Once Cochrane resigned from the RAF he was appointed project test pilot as assembly of the British Prototype CE132 £75 began at Filton 1966. OFFER £65 Concorde 002 First Flight BAC stamp cover with Filton special postmark. GILBERT DEFER SIGNED COVERS Gilbert Defer from Toulouse had 1450 hours of piloting Concorde and has also been one of the test pilots of the supersonic aircraft. He was a respected figure in the French Air Force. CE211 £85 OFFER £75 CE210 £100 OFFER £90 1969 Concorde Modele French cover. £15 per month for 6 months 1969 GPO doubled in France on the 20th Anniversary. MICHAEL RETIF SIGNED COVERS Michael Retif a former CE200 £50 Flight Engineer. Retif was OFFER £45 on board Concorde French Modele first day cover with Prototype 001 on the maiden Toulouse special postmark. flight at Toulouse as one of the engineer observers. CE205 £50 OFFER £45 Blue illustration. CE204 £50 OFFER £45 French Europa FDC, Toulouse special postmark with Strasbourg CDS. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY ANDRE TURCAT SIGNED COVERS Andre Turcat was a French Chief Test Pilot. He was present on board the Air France Concorde (F-BVFC) during its retirement flight, on the 27th June 2003, to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, where the French aircraft was built. CE237 £400 OFFER £350 1983 Concorde Flown French Space Academy Cover. CE238 £400 OFFER £350 1969 French cover with Toulouse CDS. CE239D £400 OFFER £350 1969 Full Colour postcard with Toulouse special postmark. CE239F £400 These covers are OFFER £350 1987 Air available on France multi- postmarked Flexi Pay round the world cover. at £35 per month over 10 months HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS YET? Exclusive Offers - Rare Autographs - Specialist Covers! What do YOU want to hear about? Get priority news & special offers about just what interests YOU straight to your inbox! Signed covers, rare GB FDC, new issue covers, bargain offers, online magazine access or just a round-up of the latest news from Buckingham Covers. Whatever you want to hear about we’ve got it covered. Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to find out what you’ve been missing out on! 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY MIKE BANNISTER SIGNED COVERS Captain Mike Bannister is most famous as the Chief Pilot of BA’s C184BS £40 Concorde fleet. He joined BA’s OFFER £35 crew in 1977 where we became its 24th October 2003 Concorde youngest pilot, completing the first Final Flight, New York to London. ever course for ‘Line Flight Crew’. Over the years Mike was a member of a number of government & industry policy groups dedicated to aviation safety & became a Concorde instructor in 1986. Mike was the pilot for the last ever commercial C184CS £40 Concorde flight on 24th October OFFER £30 2003 when 3 Concordes landed in 17th November 2003 succession at Heathrow, ending 27 Concorde Final Flight, years of supersonic operations. London - Barbados. C185J £50 OFFER £45 24th May 1976 Airletter London - Washington, re flown 24th October 2003 New York - London. C185D £150 OFFER £125 C185K £75 OFFER £70 £25 per month for 5 months 22nd January 1976 Airletter 22nd January 1976 Concorde Airletter carried flown Bahrain - London, re on the first (Bahrain) and last (New York - flown 24th October 2003 London, 24th October 2003) Commercial New York - London. flight of Concorde. ONLY 1 AVAILABLE C185I £200 OFFER £150 £30 per month for 5 months 22nd Jan 76 Bahrain - London Airletter, plus 20th Oct 2003 New CE150 £45 OFFER £35 York - London and 26th BHC cover double Nov 2003 Heathrow postmarked 2001 First flight - Filton, signed by after the fire and 2003 Last Les Brodie and passenger flight. Mike Bannister. CE152 £35 OFFER £30 2002 Airliners 50 years of 01303 Jet travel cover. 278137 SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY BRIAN TRUBSHAW SIGNED Brian Trubshaw CBE, MVO shot to public attention when he flew Concorde in April COVERS 1969 from Filton to Fairford. He emerged from Concorde 002’s futuristic cockpit CE110 £125 with the words: “It was wizard - a cool, OFFER £75 calm and collected operation.” Weeks 1980 Test Pilot earlier he had piloted an early test series cover on flight of the identical French prototype which he features. Concorde 001. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victoria Order in 1948. He was awarded an OBE in 1964 and a CBE in 1970 and was awarded the French Aeronautical Medal in 1976. He ended his career as divisional director and general manager of the Filton works CE111 £150 of British Aerospace from 1980-1986. OFFER £135 £27 per month for 5 months Supersonic to London 1980 flown. CE112A £200 OFFER £150 £30 per month for 5 months Silk illustration. ONLY 1 CE112 £200 OFFER £150 1969 GPO Cover. AVAILABLE £30 per month for 5 months CE112C £150 OFFER £100 £20 per month for 5 months Connoisseur Cover handwritten address on label. LAST 1 IN STOCK CE112E £200 OFFER £150 Stuart FDC. £20 per month for 10 months CE113C £250 OFFER £200 £20 per month for 10 months BAC First Flight CE113 £250 OFFER £200 of 002. LAST 1 IN STOCK £25 per month for 10 months First flight of Concorde 002 with Filton special postmark. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY MULTI SIGNED CE159 £45 OFFER £40 1976 Concorde Post Office cover. Signed Mike Bannister, Richard Routledge CE135 £85 OFFER £75 £25 per month for 3 months & Edward Signed John Cochrane & Peter Baker Filton FDI postmark. Chemel. CE160 £85 OFFER £70 CE154 £150 OFFER £135 £27 per month for 5 months Signed John Allan, Peter Holding & Mike Addley. Signed Mike Bannister, John Cochrane, Mike Addley, Tony Benn, Peter Holding & John Allan. CE141 £110 OFFER £100 £20 per month for 5 months Signed John Cochrane, Mike Bannister, Tony Benn & Peter Baker. CE140 £100 OFFER £90 Thames cover. Signed John Cochrane, Tony Benn & Allan Haywood. CE145 £250 These covers are OFFER £225 £45 per month for 5 months available on BAC Middle East Airlines. Flexi Pay Signed John Cochrane, Call for details Peter Baker, Les Brodie, Mike Bannister & Paul 01303 278137 Douglas. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY CE162 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 Wessex cover with first flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, signed by John Allan, Mike Addley and Peter Holding. CE158 £100 OFFER £85 1969 Concorde GPO cover, signed by Mike Bannister, John Cochrane and Tony Benn. CE166 £95 OFFER £80 1969 Concorde GPO cover, Air MAil with typed address signed by Alan Haywood, Mike Addley, John Allan and Peter Holding. CE163 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1970 Wessex First Flight at Mach 2 cover, signed by John Allan, Mike Addley and Peter Holding. CE168 £100 OFFER £85 9th April 1969 First Flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, our choice signed by Alan Haywood, Peter Holding, John Allan and Mike Addley. CE165 £95 OFFER £80 1969 Concorde Stuart First Day Cover, signed by Alan Haywood, John Allan, Peter Holding and Mike Addley. CE167 £125 OFFER £100 £20 per month for 5 months 1969 Concorde GPO cover with Hounslow FDI, the nearest to Heathrow, signed by Alan Haywood, John CE170 £160 OFFER £140 Allan, Peter Holding and Mike Addley. £35 per month for 4 months 1969 Wessex cover first flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, signed by Tony CE250 £30 Benn, Alan Haywood, John Allan, Mike OFFER £25 Addley and Peter Holding. Captain Jock Lowe, signed Concorde 01303 278137 cover our EMAIL: [email protected] choice. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY CE192 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 Concorde P J Modele cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE191 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 French Concorde Mariscalchi First Day Cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE195 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 British Concorde FDC, with Filton FDI and Strasbourg CDS, CE193 £150 OFFER £125 signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and £25 per month for 5 months Michael Retif. 1969 Concorde Modele French cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE147 £75 OFFER £65 1969 Philart Cover, signed by John Cochrane and Tony Benn. CE136 £85 OFFER £70 John Cochrane and Peter Baker, signed CE159 £45 1969 Philart Concorde First Day Cover OFFER £40 with Filton FDI. 1976 Concorde Post Office cover, signed by English pilots Mike Bannister and Richard Routledge plus French pilot Edward Chemel.
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