Lot No. Starting Price
Public Auction of a selection of GB First Day Covers from a Leading Collector
We have not used the words “Scarce” or ”Rare” in any of the descriptions in this catalogue as these items could be applied to so many of the covers listed, including many unique covers that we have never previously seen.
Catalogue prices quoted are from the Booth Catalogue “Collect GB First Day Covers” 2007 (except for QEII Official FDCs which are from Bradbury’s “Collect British First Day Covers 2009”).
Please note that the prices in the right column are not estimates * but Reserves or Starting Prices. *
1924 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1 1½ d printed lettercard with additional two 1½ d stamps with Palace of Industry Wembley special H/S. Cat £250+ AW £200
2 1½ d printed lettercard with additional two 1½ d stamps with Palace of Industry Wembley special H/S. Cat £250+ AW £295
1925 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 3 2 x 1d on one cover & 3 x 1½ d on another, both with Palace of Industry Wembley special H/S. Cat £1850+ 1d AP & 1½ d AW (see photo) £1,400
4 Last Day of Exhibition (Oct 31st 1925): Pair of matching plain covers with 2 sets on each, 1d with Empire Exhibition Wembley special H/S & 1½ d with Empire Exhibition Wembley Park slogan. AW £60
5 Wallace Bros printed FDC with two sets with Palace of Industry Wembley special H/S. Cat £1850+ AP (see photo) £1,500
1929 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS 6 Low value set in blocks of 4 on pair of plain FDCs with Registered London Chief Office oval H/Ss. Horizontal fold at bottom of each cover. Cat £1000. AW £400
7 Low value set on pair of plain FDCs with Postal Union Congress London CDS. Cat £1000. UA & AW £450
8 Low value set on Official Postal Union Congress Embossed Card with Postal Union Congress London CDS. Cat £2000. AW (+ on reverse "Would you like this as a souvenir of the Postal Congress?" (see photo) £1,500
1935 SILVER JUBILEE 9 Canada Honours Silver Jubilee illustrated FDC with London FS M/C & CDS. Cat £450. AW (see photo) £185
10 Plain FDC with set of 3 booklet stamps with Liverpool CDS. Very rare. Cat £200. AT airmail to Khartoum & re-addressed to Liverpool. (see photo) £165
1937 CORONATION 11 Block of 36 (3 x 12) on piece with Bridgend CDS on each stamp. Unusually large multiple. £50
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12 Illustrated FDC with London E M/C. Cat £25. AT (George King, Kingston) £15
13 Picture postcard of the King & Queen with London WC M/C on reverse. AW £35
1940 CENTENARY 14 British Pavilion New York World's Fair printed FDC with London 261 CDS. Cat £40. AP £20
15 James Chalmers Arbroath FDC with Arbroath CDS signed by 2 members of the Chalmers family. Neatly opened at right. Cat £175. AW (S.Chalmers, New York) (see photo) £150
16 Mulready style illustrated FDC with Philatelic Congress of Great Britain Bournemouth special H/S. Cat £100. AW £50
1946 VICTORY 17 (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with London W1 slogan "Don't Waste Bread". Cat £75. AT £35
1948 SILVER WEDDING 18 (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with Sutton Coldfield CDS. Cat £325. AW (F.Field) £140
19 2½ d block of 4 on (A.J.S.) illustrated FDC with London 14 CDS. AW £10
1948 CHANNEL IS LIBERATION 20 J.Sanders FDC with London slogan "A Distinguished Career Nursing". Cat £75. AP £40
21 Plain FDC with 1d block of 4 & 2½ d block of 9 with Jersey reg CDS. AW £15
1948 OLYMPIC GAMES 22 Illustrated FDC with Olympic Games Wembley slogan & Wembley CDS. Cat £60. AT £30
1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 23 Illustrated FDC with Battersea M/C. Cat £60. AP (Stamp Shop, Festival Gardens, Battersea) £35
24 Illustrated FDC with Cardiff slogan "Festival of Britain". Neatly slit open at top. Cat £400. AT (see photo) £400
1953 CORONATION 25 BPA/PTS FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £1500. Neat AW (see photo) £1,200
26 Greetings Telegram envelope with 2½ d value only with Cheltenham slogan "Long Live the Queen". AT £20
27 Guernsey Map FDC with Guernsey reg CDS. Neat AW £20
28 Illustrated FDC with Arundel reg CDS. Cat £190. AT (see photo) £160
29 Illustrated FDC with Registered Windsor oval H/S. Opened at top, slight creasing at right. Cat £250. AT £135
1957 SCOUT JUBILEE JAMBOREE 30 Plain airmail FDC with B.F.P.O. Christmas Island CDS. Cat £75. AW £60
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1958 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES 31 PTS FDC with Llanberis slogan "British Empire & Commonwealth Games". Cat £90. UA £50
32 RAFA Philatelic Society FDC with Empire Games Village Barry hooded cancel. Cat £380. UA (see photo) £325
33 South Africa Empire and Commonwealth Games Team Cardiff 1958 printed airmail envelope with Empire Games Village Barry slogan "British Empire & Commonwealth Games". AW £80
1960 GENERAL LETTER OFFICE 34 Illustrated FDC with Eastbourne slogan "International Postal Conference Eastbourne". Cat £150. AT £100
35 Lombard Street GPO illustrated FDC with Lombard Street CDS. Cat £75. AT £50
36 Postal History Society Henry Bishop First Postmaster General 1660 Card with Lincoln M/C. Slight creasing. Cat £200. AT (see photo) £185
1960 EUROPA 37 Illustrated FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £85. UA £70
1961 P.O.S.B. 38 POSB HQ Blythe Road FDC with Lombard Street CDS. Cat £80. AT £50
39 POSB HQ Blythe Road FDC with Blythe Road CDS. Cat £275. AP £200
1962 NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY YEAR 40 Ordinary & phosphor sets together on illustrated FDC with Fareham CDS. Cat £180. AT £125
1963 FREEDOM FROM HUNGER 41 (Ordinary) with Tenth Anniversary Stampex 1963 London SW1 special H/S. Cat £85. AP £50
42 Ordinary & phosphor sets together on illustrated FDC with London WC slogan "Freedom from Hunger Week". Cat £80. AT £50
1963 PARIS POSTAL CONFERENCE 43 (Phosphor) cylinder block of 4 with Dover Packet Service special H/S. Cat £435+ Neat AW (see photo) £375
1963 NATIONAL NATURE WEEK 44 (Ordinary) with Selborne CDS. Cat £100. AT £60
45 (Ordinary) with Colliers Wood reg CDS. Cat £120. AT £75
46 (Ordinary) with Forest Row CDS. Cat £120. UA £100
47 (Phosphor) with Selborne CDS. Cat £110. UA £60
1963 INTERNATIONAL LIFEBOAT CONFERENCE
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48 (Ordinary) with Battersea reg CDS. Neatly slit open. Cat £90. AT (+ handwritten "Special postmark"). £70
49 (Ordinary) Lifeboat Photo Card with Walmer CDS. Cat £100. UA £80
1963 RED CROSS CENTENARY 50 (Ordinary) with London EC slogan "Red Cross Centenary A Century of Service". Cat £75. AP £50
51 (Phosphor) with London EC slogan "Red Cross Centenary A Century of Service". Cat £100. AP £60
1963 COMPAC CABLE 52 (Ordinary) on reverse of postcard of Cable laying Ship with London EC First Day of Issue slogan. AW £40
53 (Phosphor) with Southampton T M/C. Cat £50. AT £30
54 (Phosphor) Philart card with Western Central District Office CDS. Cat £50. AP £35
1964 SHAKESPEARE 55 Ordinary & Phosphor sets together on large Anne Hathaway's Cottage FDC with Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary Stratford upon Avon special H/S. Cat £75. UA £50
1964 GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS 56 (Ordinary) with Greenwich First Day of Issue slogan. Cat £300. AT (see photo) £245
1964 BOTANICAL CONGRESS 57 (Ordinary) GPO FDC with Primrose Valley reg CDS. Cat £185. AP £150
58 (Ordinary) GPO FDC with Tenth International Botanical Congress Edinburgh special H/S. Cat £225. AT £180
59 (Phosphor) Connoisseur FDC with Kew Gardens reg CDS. Cat £225. AT £180
1964 FORTH ROAD BRIDGE 60 (Ordinary) GPO FDC with South Queensferry CDS. Cat £100. AW £50
1965 CHURCHILL 61 (4d Ordinary & 1/3d Phosphor) with London SW slogan "First Day of Issue Westminster". Cat £100. AT £75
62 (Ordinary) (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with Dover CDS. Cat £60. AW £40
63 (Ordinary) GPO FDC with Field Post Office 755 CDS. Cat £60. AW £30
64 (Ordinary) GPO FDC with Churchill Bristol reg CDS. Cat £90. AT £60
65 (Phosphor) GPO FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £85.AW £40
66 (Phosphor) Stuart FDC with Churchill Oxford CDS. Cat £100. UA £70
1965 DE MONTFORT'S PARLIAMENT 67 (Ordinary) (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with House of Commons CDS. Neatly slit open at top. Cat £110. AT £70
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68 (Ordinary) Connoisseur FDC with Evesham reg CDS. Cat £125. AP £100
69 (Phosphor) incl. 2/6d with House of Commons CDS. Cat £100. AP £60
70 GPO FDC with Philatelic Bureau H/S signed by the three Party Leaders at that time: Harold Wilson, Edward Heath & Jo Grimond. AT £60
1965 SALVATION ARMY 71 (Ordinary) on 7-8-65 issue of "The War Cry" with London SW FDI H/S. Unusual & probably unique. UA £90
1965 LISTER 72 (Ordinary) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh FDC with Edinburgh First Day of Issue slogan. Opened & slightly torn at top. Cat £130. AT £85
73 (Ordinary) with Paddington First Day of Issue slogan. Cat £135. AT £115
74 (Ordinary) with Wandsworth slogan "Commonwealth Arts Festival". Cat £220. Neat AW £100
1965 COMMONWEALTH ARTS FESTIVAL 75 (Ordinary) Stuart FDC with Hampstead slogan "Commonwealth Arts Festival". Cat £525. AP (see photo) £450
1965 POST OFFICE TOWER 76 (Ordinary) Leicester Philatelic Society Official FDC. Cat £75. AT £50
1965 UNITED NATIONS 77 Leicester Philatelic Society Official FDC. Cat £75. AT £50
1966 ROBERT BURNS 78 Greenock Philatelic Society FDC with Greenock special H/S + on reverse 1996 Robert Burns set with Auld Lang Syne Ellisland Farm Dumfries special H/S. AP £25
1966 WESTMINSTER ABBEY 79 (Ordinary) Philart FDC with London SW slogan "First Day of Issue Westminster". Cat £135. AT £90
1966 WORLD CUP 80 4d value only on (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with Sheffield slogan "World Cup City Sheffield City of Steel". Cat £150. AT £125
1966 TECHNOLOGY 81 (Ordinary) Stuart FDC with Macclesfield CDS + Jodrell Bank cachet. Cat £160. AP £100
1966 BATTLE OF HASTINGS 82 5 different 4d values each on illustrated FDC with Hastings slogan "Hastings Popular with Visitors since 1066". Cat £200. UA £175
1966 CHRISTMAS 83 (Ordinary) Rheindahlen Garrison Stamp Club FDC with British Stamp Exhibition BFPS 1000 special H/S. Cat £35. AT £20
84 (Ordinary) Sanquhar Post Office FDC with Sanquhar CDS. AP £40
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1967 WILD FLOWERS 85 (Phosphor) with Kew Gardens CDS. Cat £150. AL £120
1967 BRITISH PAINTINGS 86 1/6d value on front of Lowry Industrial Landscape Card with London WC FDI H/S signed by the painter L.S.Lowry. UA £185
1967 CHICHESTER 87 GPO FDC with Portsmouth FDI H/S signed by Francis Chichester. AP £30
88 Pure New Wool FDC with Hull slogan "Hull Gateway to Europe". Cat £80. Neat AW £50
1967 CHRISTMAS 4D 89 GPO FDC with Jericho CDS. Cat £160. UA £125
1967 CHRISTMAS 3D & 1/6 90 3d value only on New Life Souvenir Postcard with Coleraine slogan "First Ever Christmas Present - God gave his son". Cat £90. AT £45
91 Pair of GPO FDCs with 4d (Oct 18th) & 3d + 1/6d (Nov 27th) with Bethlehem First Day of Issue slogans. Cat £87. AT £50
1968 BRIDGES 92 Philart FDC with Menai Bridge First Day of Issue slogan. Cat £80. AL removed. £50
1968 ANNIVERSARIES 93 House of Commons embossed envelope with House of Commons CDS. AT £35
94 Unusual large FDC with Hendon pictorial FDI H/S. Cat £60. Large AL removed. £30
1968 PAINTINGS 95 Portsmouth & District Philatelic Society Official FDC. Small tear at top. Cat £60. AT £35
1969 SHIPS 96 Philart de Luxe FDC with Lloyd's of London New Coffee House special H/S. Cat £90. AP £60
1969 CONCORDE 97 GPO FDC with Filton FDI H/S + French stamp with 2-3-89 special Concorde 20th Anniversary H/S. Cat £30. AL £20
98 GPO FDC with Filton FDI H/S + French Concorde stamp with 2-3-69 Toulouse pictorial FDI H/S. Cat £175. UA £150
99 House of Commons embossed envelope with House of Commons CDS. AT £30
1969 CATHEDRALS 100 Croeso 69 Tywyn Official FDC signed. Cat £50 unsigned. AW £25
101 German British Culture Week Dortmund BFPS 1078 Official FDC. Cat £40. AL removed. £25
102 Ulster Recruiting BFPS 1085 Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £25
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1969 PRINCE OF WALES INVESTITURE 103 British Forces Postal Service 1000 Official FDC. Cat £175. ATL £100
104 Connoisseur FDC with Nettleham special H/S. Cat £110. UA £80
105 Croeso 69 FDC with Talyllyn Railway Tywyn special H/S. Cat £45. AT £25
106 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £280. AT £200
107 Stuart FDC with Margam Abbey special H/S. Cat £118. UA £80
108 with Investiture Day Cardiff special H/S. Cat £120. UA £80
1969 GANDHI 109 H.C.R.C.Exhibition London E8 Official FDC signed. Cat £30 unsigned. AT £20
1969 POST OFFICE TECHNOLOGY 110 Connoisseur FDC with Philatelic Stand Ideal Homes Exhibition Birmingham special H/S. Cat £240. Neat AW £125
1970 GENERAL ANNIVERSARIES 111 Cameo FDC with Arbroath (large size) FDI H/S. Cat £50. UA £35
112 Cameo FDC with Arbroath (small size) FDI H/S. Cat £50. UA £40
113 GPO FDC with Florence Nightingale Memorial Committee London SE1 special H/S. Cat £45. UA £30
114 GPO FDC with Florence Nightingale Hospital London NW1 special H/S. Cat £65. UA £45
115 GPO FDC with Sir William Herschel Slough special H/S. Cat £75. AT £50
1970 LITERARY ANNIVERSARIES 116 Trident FDC with E78 Chigwell special H/S. Cat £60. UA £35
117 Wordsworth House Cockermouth FDC with Cockermouth FDI H/S. Cat £30. UA £20
1970 PHILYMPIA 118 GPO FDC with National Postal Museum London EC1 special H/S. Cat £65. AT (name AW) £45
1971 ULSTER PAINTINGS 119 53rd Philatelic Congress of Great Britain Ulster Paintings Day Norwich Official FDC. Cat £75. AT £40
120 GPO FDC with Botanic Gardens Belfast special H/S. Cat £75. AL £40
121 Northern Ireland Parliament Stormot FDC with Northern Parliament Belfast reg CDS. Cat £85. AP £45
1971 LITERARY ANNIVERSARIES 122 GPO FDC with Thomas Gray Stoke Poges special H/S + "Carried by Mail Coach" cachet. Cat £40. AL £20
123 GPO FDC with John Keats Shanklin special H/S. Cat £125. AP £65
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1972 VILLAGE CHURCHES 124 Action for the Crippled Child FDC with Village Churches Letheringsett special H/S. Cat £33. AP £20
125 Parish Church of St Mary Langley Slough Official FDC. Large cover with slight creasing around edges. Cat £250. Neat AW £125
126 Philart FDC with Huish Episcopi Langport special H/S. Cat £33. UA £20
127 Village Churches Earls Barton Official FDC signed by stamp designer Ronald Maddox. Cat £50 unsigned. AL £30
128 World's oldest wooden Church Greensted Ongar Official FDC. Cat £95. AL £60
1972 B.B.C. 129 BBC Radio Leicester Official FDC. Cat £100. UA £85
130 BBC Radio Brighton FDC with Brighton slogan "BBC Radio Brighton". Cat £450. AT (see photo) £375
131 BBC 50th Anniversary Pebble Mill (BBC Logo) Official FDC. Cat £150. UA £90
132 First World and British Relay TV Network Opened - Gloucester Official FDC. Cat £250. AT £200
1972 CHRISTMAS 133 Borough Jubilee Watford Official Card. Cat £150. AT £90
1972 SILVER WEDDING 134 Philart de Luxe FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. "730" handwritten & some creasing. Cat £190. AT £110
135 Queen's Royal Lancers BFPS 1922 Official FDC. Cat £80. AL removed. £40
1973 E.E.C. 136 Commissioning of new Parcel Office Southampton Official FDC. Neatly opened at top. Cat £125. AT £70
137 GPO FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £55. UA £35
138 with Royal Engineers Brennan Torpedo BFPS 1343 special H/S. Cat £40. UA £25
1973 EXPLORERS 139 3p se-tenant pair on GPO FDC with Livingstone CDS. Cat £60. AT £25
1973 COUNTY CRICKET 140 Mercury FDC with Birthplace of English Cricket Hambledon special H/S. Cat £58. UA £30
141 Set of 18 TCCB Official FDCs in special album with team photos. Cat £200. AL £130
1973 INIGO JONES 142 Inigo Jones Newmarket Official FDC. Cat £150. AL removed. £120
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1973 PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE 143 GPO FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £80. UA £65
1973 ROYAL WEDDING 144 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £165. AT £100
145 Philart de Luxe FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. "540" handwritten on cover. Cat £175. AT £120
146 Royal Engineers King's Bastion Gibraltar BFPS 1387 Official FDC. Cat £40. AL £25
147 The Chinese Exhibition London W1 Official FDC. Cat £150. AL £120
1974 FIRE SERVICE 148 GPO FDC with Hose CDS. Cat £265. UA (see photo) £250
149 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. "40" handwritten. Cat £280. AT £250
1974 U.P.U. 150 1890 Uniform Penny Postage illustrated FDC with National Postal Museum pictorial H/S. Cat £60. AL £30
1974 GREAT BRITONS 151 GPO FDC with Normandy CDS. Cat £85. UA £65
152 Philart FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £35. UA £20
153 Royal Tournament BFPS 1974 Official FDC. Cat £70. UA £40
1974 WINSTON CHURCHILL 154 Action this day Woodford Green (Conservative Association) Official FDC. Cat £45. AL £25
155 Action this day Woodford Green (Wanstead & Woodford Synagogue) Official FDC. Cat £45. ATL £25
156 GPO FDC with Normandy CDS. Cat £95. UA £70
157 GPO FDC with Churchill Bristol reg CDS. Cat £148. Neat AW £60
1974 CHRISTMAS 158 St Helen's Church Great Hospital Norwich Official FDC. Cat £45. AL removed. £30
159 The Collegiate Church Exhibition Ottery St Mary Official FDC. Cat £45. AT £30
1975 SAILING 160 Gutter pair set on pair of Philart FDCs with Cowes CDS. (Cat £100 as single set) UA £60
161 Royal Dorset Yacht Club Weymouth Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £45
1975 RAILWAY 162 GPO FDC with South Western TPO Night Down CDS. Cat £42. AP £20
163 Longmoor Military Railway BFPS 1396 Official FDC. Cat £40. AL £20
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1975 INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE 164 62nd Inter-Parliamentary Conference Official FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £55. UA £30
165 GPO FDC with Parliament Street reg CDS. Cat £58. AL £40
166 GPO FDC with House of Lords CDS. Cat £65. UA £35
1975 JANE AUSTEN 167 Gutter pair set on 4 GPO FDCs with Alton slogan "Jane Austen Bicentenary". (Cat £350 as single set). AP £295
1976 TELEPHONE CENTENARY 168 Set on 4 Ben Ham FDCs with one value on each with Bognor Regis slogan "The Samaritans Distress Despair Phone Bognor 25555". (Cat £350 on single FDC) AL £295
1976 SOCIAL REFORMERS 169 GPO FDC with House of Lords CDS. Cat £38. UA £20
1976 ROSES 170 GPO FDC with Glamis reg CDS. Cat £110. AL removed. £60
171 GPO FDC with Kew Gardens reg CDS. Cat £170. Neat AW £80
172 Mothers Union Centenary London SW1 Official FDC. Cat £100. AL removed. £60
173 Philart FDC with Royal Norfolk Show Norwich special H/S. Cat £30. UA £15
174 Year of the Rose Northampton Official FDC. Cat £60. AL removed. £50
1976 CAXTON 175 GPO FDC with Caxton reg CDS. Cat £110. AL removed. £60
176 Gutter pair set on pair of GPO FDCs with Tenterden reg CDS + cachet. AP £40
177 William Caxton Exhibition British Library Official FDC. Cat £50. AL £25
1976 CHRISTMAS 178 Gutter pair set on pair of GPO FDCs with Pincushion CDS. (Cat £55 on single FDC) AP £45
1977 RACQUET SPORTS 179 Badminton Association of England Official FDC. Cat £95. AL £50
180 Gutter pair set on pair of GPO FDCs with Woodside Parade, Wimbledon reg CDS + cachet. (Cat £190 on single set) AP £100
181 Squash Rackets Association Harrow Official FDC. Cat £95. AL £50
1977 CHEMISTRY 182 GPO FDC with Wigton CDS + cachet. Cat £58. AP £30
183 GPO FDC with Barton CDS + cachet. Cat £63. AP £30
184 GPO FDC with Haworth CDS + cachet. Cat £65. AP £35
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1977 SILVER JUBILEE 185 Croydon celebrates the Queen's Silver Jubilee Official FDC. Cat £150. AL removed. £100
186 GPO FDC with Bristol Bordeaux special H/S. Cat £25. AL £15
187 GPO FDC with Jubilee Oak reg CDS. Cat £30. AL £15
188 GPO FDC with Jubilee Fields CDS. Cat £30. AL £15
189 GPO FDC with Hayling Island Philatelic Society Silver Jubilee special H/S. Cat £27. UA £15
190 GPO FDC with Queen's Head CDS. Cat £39. UA £20
191 GPO FDC with Queen Elizabeth Avenue reg CDS. Cat £50. AP £25
192 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £175. AT £100
193 Jubilee Exhibition Bath Official FDC. Cat £30. UA £15
194 The Stamp of Royalty Exhibition Glasgow Official FDC. Cat £30. UA £15
1977 SILVER JUBILEE 9P 195 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £80. AT £45
1977 WILDLIFE 196 Cotswold FDC with Haresfield reg CDS. Cat £43. AP £25
197 Mercury FDC with Badgers Mount reg CDS. Cat £60. AP £30
198 Philart de Luxe FDC with Otterferry CDS. Cat £43. AL £25
1977 CHRISTMAS 199 GPO FDC with Pear Tree reg CDS + cachet. Cat £50. AP £25
200 Gutter pair set on Cotswold FDC with Partridge Green CDS + cachet. Cat £45. AP £25
1978 HISTORIC BUILDINGS 201 Ben Ham FDC with Holyrood reg CDS. Cat £60. UA £30
1978 CORONATION 202 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £155. AT £90
203 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £165. AW £90
204 Mint Sutton Surrey Official FDC. Cat £100. UA £50
1978 HORSES 205 GPO FDC with Ars Gratia Artis London W1 special H/S. Cat £20. AL £10
206 GPO FDC with Horse Fair, Kidderminster reg CDS. Cat £30. AL removed. £20
207 GPO FDC with Studlands Newmarket reg CDS. Cat £45. AL removed. £20
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208 Gutter pair set on Peter Scot FDC with Ascot CDS. Cat £93. AL over AP £50
209 The Royal Show Kenilworth Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
1978 CYCLING 210 GPO FDC with Meriden, Coventry CDS. Cat £90. AL £45
211 GPO FDC with Charlbury CDS. Cat £90. AL £45
212 GPO FDC with Reading slogan "Driver Mind that Bike". Cat £110. AL £60
1978 CHRISTMAS 213 50 Years of Rotary in Clacton Official FDC signed. Cat £60 unsigned. AL removed. £30
1979 FLOWERS 214 Cotswold Bath Europe's Floral City FDC with Bath slogan "Bath Europe's Floral City". UA £50
215 GPO FDC with Spring Gardens reg CDS. Cat £40. AL removed. £20
216 GPO FDC with Flowery Field reg CDS. Cat £50. AL over AP £25
217 GPO FDC with Blue Bell Hill reg CDS. Cat £55. AL over AP £30
218 GPO FDC with Primrose reg CDS. Cat £60. AL over AP £30
219 GPO FDC with Kew Gardens reg CDS. Cat £110. AT £60
220 Rural Blisworth Exhibition Northampton Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £15
221 Stuart FDC with Spalding slogan "Spalding Flower Parade". Cat £95. UA £50
1979 DIRECT ELECTIONS 222 GPO FDC with Northern Parliament Belfast reg CDS. Cat £30. AW £15
223 Worth Valley Railway Haworth Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
1979 HORSE RACING 224 GPO FDC with Victoria Street Derby reg CDS. Cat £35. AP £15
225 GPO FDC with Ascot reg CDS. Cat £75. AL £40
226 GPO FDC with Aintree reg CDS. Cat £86. AP £45
1979 YEAR OF THE CHILD 227 GPO FDC with Childs Hill reg CDS. Cat £50. AL £25
228 GPO FDC with Playing Place CDS. Cat £68. AL £35
229 GPO FDC with Ilford slogan "Barnardo's cares about Children" + cachet. Stained on reverse. Cat £65. £30
230 GPO FDC with Leeds slogan "Give a Child a Home". Cat £110. UA £60
231 New Parks Boys School Leicester Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
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232 Save the Children Fund FDC with Child Okeford reg CDS. Cat £50. AL £25
1979 ROWLAND HILL 233 Bruce Castle Museum Tottenham Official FDC. Cat £45. AL £20
234 Pier Centenary Bournemouth Official FDC. Cat £90. AP £45
1979 POLICE 235 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary Exeter Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
236 GPO FDC with Hendon CDS + cachet. Cat £30. AL £15
237 GPO FDC with Constable Burton reg CDS. Cat £40. AL £20
238 GPO FDC with Crook reg CDS. Cat £40. AL £20
1979 ROWLAND HILL MINIATURE SHEET 239 Bruce Castle Museum Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
1979 CHRISTMAS 240 Centenary of the War Cry Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £30
1980 LONDON 1980 241 Bradbury FDC with Leicester slogan "Collect British Stamps World's Greatest Hobby". Cat £43. AP £20
1980 LONDON LANDMARKS 242 Parish Church Anniversary Hampton in Arden Official FDC. Cat £90. UA £50
1980 AUTHORESSES 243 Cotswold FDC with Inkpen CDS. Cat £24. AP £15
244 Elizabeth Gaskell Chelsea (Hawkwood) Official FDC. Cat £30. UA £15
245 GPO FDC with Altrincham slogan "Knutsford Mrs Gaskell's Cranford". Cat £50. UA £30
1980 QUEEN MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY 246 British Chess Federation Brighton Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
247 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Slight water damage. Cat £150. UA £80
248 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Slight water damage. Cat £135. AT £80
1980 CONDUCTORS 249 Famous British Conductors Bedford (Bedford Music Club) Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
250 Sir Thomas Beecham Birthplace St Helens Official FDC. Cat £55. AP £30
251 Sponne School Towcester Official FDC. Cat £40. AL £20
1980 CHRISTMAS 252 GPO FDC with London W1 slogan "Everyone's shopping by post these days!". Cat £38. UA £20
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1981 FOLKLORE 253 GPO FDC with Thaxted, Dunmow CDS + cachet. Cat £26. AL over AP £10
254 Mercury FDC with Padstow CDS + cachet. Cat £15. UA £10
255 Valentines at the British Library Official FDC. Cat £75. AW £40
1981 DISABLED 256 Arthritis Care London SW1 (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £150. AP £90
257 Cambridge & District Hard of Hearing Association Official FDC. Cat £35. AL removed. £15
258 Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition Earls Court Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
259 GPO FDC with Stoke Mandeville reg CDS + cachet. Cat £28. AL £15
260 GPO FDC with Dumfries slogan "Can disabled people go where you go?" Cat £43. UA £20
261 GPO FDC with Carlisle slogan "The British Deaf Association Cares". Cat £43. UA £20
262 Le Court First Cheshire Home Petersfield Official FDC signed by Leonard Cheshire. Cat £40 unsigned. UA £30
263 Oaklands P.H.School Salford Official FDC. Cat £90. AP £45
1981 BUTTERFLIES 264 GPO FDC with Sussex Coast slogan "National Butterfly Museum Bramber". Cat £50. AL over AP £20
1981 NATIONAL TRUST 265 Christianity in Otley Leeds Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £15
266 Jaguar Drivers' Club Luton Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
267 Oakham Castle Rutland Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £15
1981 ROYAL WEDDING 268 First Prince of Wales Lincoln Cathedral Official FDC. Cat £60. UA £30
269 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £175. Neat AW £80
270 Loyal Greetings from Watton at Stone Official FDC. Cat £80. UA £40
1981 ROYAL WEDDING DOUBLE DATED 271 Commemorating the Royal Wedding Althorp Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
1981 DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME 272 Duke of Edinburgh's Award Hull (North Humberside Industrial Awards Council) Official FDC. Cat £25. UA £15
273 Royal Mail House Official Opening Wakefield Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
1981 FISHING
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274 Buckie Heart of Scotland's Fishing Industry (Fishermen's Mutual Association) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1981 CHRISTMAS 275 Save the Children Fund FDC with Philatelic Bureau H/S signed under each of the five stamps by the relevant child designer. AL £40
1982 CHARLES DARWIN 276 Set of 4 on 4 Maer Hall Newcastle Official FDCs. (Cat £150 on single FDC). UA £75
277 Valentines at Harrods London SW1 Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £35
1982 YOUTH ORGANISATIONS 278 75th Anniversary of Scouting Glasgow Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
279 Loughborough District Year of the Scout Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
280 The Year of the Scout Peterborough Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
1982 THEATRE 281 Barbican Centre London EC2 Official FDC. Cat £50. AL removed. £25
282 Golden Jubilee Festival Final Pitlochry Official FDC. Cat £60. UA £30
283 GPO FDC with Inverness slogan "Eden Court Theatre of the Highlands". Cat £30. AL removed. £15
284 Mercury Theatre Colchester Official FDC. Cat £45. UA £20
285 New Theatre Hull Official FDC. Cat £45. UA £20
286 Queen Victoria's Visit to Epping Forest Chingford Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £15
287 The Rating & Valuation Association London SW1 Official FDC. Cat £60. AP £30
288 Theatre Royal Bath Official FDC. Cat £30. AL £15
289 Theatre Royal Norwich Official FDC. Cat £45. AP £20
290 Worthing Operatic Society Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £20
1982 MARITIME HERITAGE 291 Axe Valley Seaton Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £35
292 Britannia's Maritime Heritage B.R.N.C.Dartmouth (Britannia Royal Naval College) Official FDC. Cat £90. AL £45
293 Captain Matthew Flinders Discovery of Port Lincoln Australia Official FDC. Cat £90. UA £45
294 GPO FDC with Bristol slogan "Maritime Bristol". Cat £72. AL removed. £35
295 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £80. AT £40
296 Leicester Sea Cadet Corps (LFDC 18) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £15
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297 Lloyd's of London London EC3 (Cotswold) Official FDC. Cat £45. AL £25
298 Maritime England Year Poole Official FDC. Cat £60. AP £30
299 The Missions to Seamen Portsmouth Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
300 Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce Official FDC. Cat £60. AP £30
1982 TEXTILES 301 Arkwright Anniversary Cranford Mills Matlock Official FDC. Cat £30. AL removed. £15
302 Leek Centre of the Textile Industry Official FDC. Cat £80. AP £40
303 Papal Visits in Philately Westminster Cathedral Hall Official FDC. Cat £45. AP £20
304 Royal Tournament BFPS 1840 Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £20
305 School of Textiles Leicester (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
1982 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 306 Computertown Croydon Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
1982 MOTOR CARS 307 35 years of Silverstone Circuit Official FDC. Cat £35. AL removed. £15
308 Ford Motor Company FDC with Birmingham N.E.C. reg CDS + cachet. Cat £78. AP £35
309 Hella Limited FDC with Banbury slogan "Hella of Banbury Motor Show Exhibition". Cat £60. UA £30
310 Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club Paulerspury Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
311 Year of the Car Woodford Green (Highway Windscreens) Official FDC. Cat £130. AL removed. £75
1983 RIVER FISH 312 Birmingham Anglers Association (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
313 Douglas Bader Angling Club Leicester (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
1983 COMMONWEALTH DAY 314 Association of Cricket Umpires Leicester Official FDC. Cat £75. AP £40
315 The Wilberforce Council Hull Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £40
1983 ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS 316 AUEW London SE15 Official FDC signed by the President & General Secretary. Cat £30 unsigned. AP £15
317 Chester-le-Street Durham Official FDC. Cat £35. AL £20
318 Childrens Hospital Radio Rotary Club of Chippenham Official FDC. Cat £45. UA £25
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319 GLC Thames Barrier Woolwich Reach Official FDC signed by Ray Horner, MBE, Engineer in charge of Barrier Construction. Cat £45 unsigned. AP £25
320 GPO FDC with Charlton slogan "GLC Thames Barrier Protecting London". Cat £25. UA £15
1983 BRITISH ARMY 321 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst FDC with Sandhurst reg CDS + cachet. Cat £18. AP £15
1983 GARDENS 322 Capability Brown Kirkharle Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £20
323 DGT Beautiful Britain FDC with London SW1 slogan "Back Beautiful Britain". Cat £40. AP £20
324 GPO FDC with Glamis CDS + cachet. Cat £16. UA £12
325 GPO FDC with Kew Gardens reg CDS. Cat £38. AT £20
326 League of Friends The Grange Biddulph Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £20
1983 FAIRS 327 Goose Fair Tavistock Official FDC. Cat £25. AL £15
1984 HERALDRY 328 50 Years Post Office Stamp Printing High Wycombe Official FDC signed by Jeffrey Matthews. Cat £15 unsigned. AT £15
329 College of Arms Quincentenary London EC4 (Cotswold) Official FDC signed by the Duke of Norfolk. Cat £35 unsigned. AL £25
330 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Neat AW £20
331 Spencer of Althorp Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
1984 URBAN RENEWAL 332 RIBA York (Cotswold) Official FDC. Cat £45. AL £25
333 RIBA London W1 (Cotswold) Official FDC. Cat £45. AL £25
334 The Landscape Institute Liverpool Official FDC. Cat £25. UA £15
1984 GREENWICH MERIDIAN 335 Captain Cook Study Unit Whitby Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £20
336 District of East Lindsey Lincolnshire Official FDC. Cat £35. AL £20
337 Federation of Women's Institutes London W14 Official FDC. Cat £250. AL removed. (see photo) £160
338 John "Longitude" Harrison Copley Gold Medallist Barrow on Humber Official FDC. Cat £85. UA £40
339 Meridian Day Celebrations Swavesey Official FDC. Cat £35. AL £20
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340 Royal Naval College Greenwich Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1984 ROYAL MAIL COACHES 341 Island of Portland Heritage Trust Official FDC. Cat £60. UA £30
1985 FAMOUS TRAINS 342 Great Western Royal Hotel Paddington (Fine Arts) Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £40
343 The Great Western Town Swindon (Hawkwood) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £15
344 The Firefly Project Swindon (Cotswold) Official FDC signed by Terence Cuneo. Cat £25 unsigned. AL £25
1985 INSECTS 345 Stamp Bug Club High Wycombe Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
1985 COMPOSERS 346 GLC Royal Festival Hall London SE1 Official FDC. Cat £15. AP £10
1985 ROYAL MAIL ANNIVERSARY 347 Post Office Archives Glass Hill Street London SE1 (Fine Arts) Official FDC. Cat £75. UA £40
348 Thomas Withering St Andrew's Church Hornchurch Official FDC. Cat £40. AT £20
1985 ARTHURIAN LEGEND 349 Stockton on Tees Town Hall Anniversary Year Official FDC signed by the Mayor. Cat £25 unsigned. AP £15
350 The Great Hall Winchester (Hampshire County Council) Official FDC. Cat £25. AT £15
1985 BRITISH FILM YEAR 351 David Niven Campaign Northampton (Cotswold) Official FDC. Cat £35. AL £20
1986 INDUSTRY YEAR 352 Osram - A Leading Light in Industry Year (G & P) Official FDC. Cat £225. AL over AP £150
1986 QUEEN'S 60TH BIRTHDAY 353 Denman College Chichester Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £15
354 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £127. AT £70
355 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £150. AT £70
1986 NATURE CONSERVATION 356 Hampshire and I.O.W. Naturalists Trust Official FDC. Cat £45. AP £25
1986 MEDIEVAL LIFE 357 Building of Hastings Castle FDC with Peterborough slogan "Hereward Country Fen Heritage & Legend". Cat £80. UA £40
358 Stamplink Portsmouth Official FDC. Cat £35. UA £15
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1986 ROYAL WEDDING 359 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £135. AT £70
360 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £150. AT £70
1986 COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE 361 Finchley Conservative Association FDC with London N1 FDI H/S signed by Margaret Thatcher. UA £25
362 Hawkwood Westminster Abbey FDC with House of Commons CDS. 1 of 100 covers. Cat £42. AP £20
1986 R.A.F. 363 England V N.Zealand Tour Match London NW8 Official FDC. AP £20
364 GPO FDC with RAF Dereham reg CDS + RAF Post Office Dereham cachet. Cat £25. AL removed. £15
365 RAF Swinderby FDC with Swinderby RAF P.O. reg CDS. Cat £25. AP £15
1987 FLOWERS 366 Markton Kew Gardens FDC with Kew Gardens reg CDS. Cat £30. AP £15
1987 SIR ISAAC NEWTON 367 Apple's Tenth Anniversary Hemel Hempstead (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £80. AP £40
368 The George Grantham Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
1987 SCOTTISH HERALDRY 369 Bradbury James II FDC with Galashiels slogan "Discover Ettrick and Lauderdale Heartland of the Scottish Borders". Cat £25. AP £15
370 Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
371 Visit of Duke & Duchess of York York Official FDC signed by Jeffrey Matthews. Cat £35 unsigned. AP £20
1987 VICTORIAN BRITAIN 372 Marconi Philatelic Society Chelmsford (G & P) Official FDC doubled with French stamp with Calais H/S on same day. AP £15
373 Marconi Philatelic Society FDC with St Margaret's Bay Dover reg CDS + cachet. Cat £32. AP £15
374 Victorian Britain Edensor Bakewell (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
1987 CHRISTMAS 375 Hamleys Toy Shop London W1 (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £20
1988 THE WELSH BIBLE 376 Ty Mawr Wybrnant Gwynedd (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £15. AP £10
1988 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 377 Designed by Carroll Dempsey & Thirkell London WC1 Official Card signed by Mike Dempsey. UA £20
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378 Lloyds of London Tercentenary (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £20
1988 AUSTRALIAN BICENTENARY 379 Cricketing Links London NW8 Official FDC. Cat £15. AL removed. £10
380 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. AT £25
381 Wedgwood Barlaston Stoke on Trent Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
1988 ARMADA 382 Armada 400 Plymouth (Plymouth Philatelic Society) Official FDC. Cat £15. UA £10
383 Armada Anniversary Tavistock Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £18
384 Bradbury FDC with Plymouth slogan "Armada 400". Cat £50. AP £25
385 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. AT £25
386 Sighting of the Armada BFPS 2179 Official FDC. Cat £15. AL £10
1988 EDWARD LEAR MINIATURE SHEET 387 S.Muscroft FDC (also with individual set) with Portree slogan "Visit the Isle of Skye". AL £20
1989 SEA BIRDS 388 RSPB Sandy (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1989 FOOD & FARMING YEAR 389 Ministry of Agriculture London SW1 (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1989 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 390 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Industrial Pioneer Bristol Official FDC. Cat £50. AL £25
391 Killiecrankie Tercentenary National Trust for Scotland Official FDC. Cat £75. AL £40
1989 MICROSCOPES 392 Dr Robert Hooke Freshwater Official FDC. Cat £75. AL removed. £40
393 I.M.L.S. Warwick University Coventry Official FDC. Cat £20. UA £15
1989 CHRISTMAS 394 GPO FDC with Stoke Charity reg CDS. Cat £14. AP £10
395 GPO FDC with Hull slogan "BBC Children in Need Appeal". Cat £24. AP £15
396 GPO FDC with Ely slogan "Choose Christmas Stamps". Cat £26. UA £15
397 GPO FDC with Luton slogan "Luton Carol Aid". Cat £44. UA £25
1990 PENNY BLACK ANNIVERSARY 398 1890 Uniform Penny Postage illustrated envelope with National Postal Museum City of London pictorial H/S. Cat £62. UA £30
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399 1890 Uniform Penny Postage illustrated insert card with National Postal Museum City of London pictorial H/S. Cat £62. UA £30
400 British Philatelic Federation London EC1 (Covercraft) Official FDC signed by Jeffrey Matthews. Cat £25 unsigned. AP £20
401 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £82. AT £40
402 Stampway to the World Newcastle upon Tyne Official FDC. Cat £50. UA £25
1990 R.S.P.C.A. 403 Provincial Grand Masters 1996 Festival Hadleigh (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £25. UA £15
1990 EUROPA 404 Alexandra Palace Victorian Heritage (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £15. AP £10
405 Cultural Capital of Europe Glasgow Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1990 QUEEN'S AWARDS TO INDUSTRY 406 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £70. AT £35
407 Laboratory of the Government Chemist Teddington Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
1990 KEW GARDENS 408 Botanical Society of the British Isles London SW7 (Covercraft) Official FDC signed by Paul Leith. AP £20
409 GPO FDC with Twickenham slogan "Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Open 150 years Congratulations from Royal Mail". Cat £40. AL £20
410 The Conservation Trust Reading (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £20. AP £15
1990 QUEEN MOTHER'S 90TH BIRTHDAY 411 Celebrating the 90th Birthday London W1 (Covercraft Radio Times) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £20
412 Clarence House London SW1 (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £45. AP £25
413 Glamis Castle (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £45. AP £25
414 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £118. ATL £60
1990 GALLANTRY 415 GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £62. AT £35
1990 ASTRONOMY 416 Old Royal Observatory Greenwich (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £15. AP £10
1990 CHRISTMAS 417 150 Years of Stamps Nasareth (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £35. AP £20
1991 DOGS 418 Birthplace of George Stubbs Liverpool (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
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419 GPO FDC with Black Dog reg CDS. Cat £20. UA £15
420 GPO FDC with Dog and Gun CDS. Cat £25. AL removed. £15
421 Markton Battersea Dogs Home FDC with Battersea Park Road CDS. Cat £20. AP £15
422 National Canine Defence League London NW1 (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £15
1991 SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS 423 The Industrial Society Peter Runge House London SW1 Official FDC. Cat £20. AP £15
1991 SPORT 424 William Webb Ellis Rugby (Victorian Prints 59) Official FDC. 1 of 78 covers. Cat £40. AP £20
1991 ROSES 425 London Economic Summit Lancaster House London SW1 (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £40. UA £20
1991 DINOSAURS 426 City of Plymouth Museums & Art Gallery (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £55. AP £25
1991 CHRISTMAS 427 PPS Silk FDC with Jerusalem Street CDS. Cat £13. AP £10
1992 HAPPY & GLORIOUS 428 Sooty World Museum Shipley (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £75. AP £35
1992 TENNYSON 429 Poets Corner Westminster Abbey (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £20. AP £15
1992 EUROPA 430 Bradbury FDC with London I.S. Maritime Mail CDS. Cat £19. AP £12
1992 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR 431 Whitefriars Coventry Official FDC. Cat £40. AP £20
1992 GILBERT & SULLIVAN 432 Bradbury FDC with London F slogan "Maritime Mail" + Maritime Mail CDS. Cat £15. AP £10
433 G & S Operas Halifax Official FDC. Cat £30. UA £20
1992 CHRISTMAS 434 All Saints Porthcawl (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £20. UA £15
435 Stained Glass Museum Ely (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £20. UA £15
1993 MARINE TIMEKEEPERS 436 Bradbury FDC with London slogan "Maritime Mail" & Maritime Mail CDS. Cat £30. AP £15
1993 MODERN ART
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437 GPO FDC with Glasgow slogan "Royal Mail supports The Arts is Magic Festival". Cat £23. AP £15
1993 ROMAN BRITAIN 438 Museum of London London Wall (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £30. AP £15
1993 SHERLOCK HOLMES 439 GPO FDC with London SW slogan "Autumn Stampex Royal Horticultural Halls". Cat £25. UA £15
1994 AGE OF STEAM 440 Britain's Railway History RMT Euston (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
441 Great Central Railway Loughborough (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £30
442 North Yorkshire Moors Railway York (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £25. AP £15
443 The Age of Steam Derby (LFDC 120) Official FDC. Cat £20. AP £15
1994 D-DAY ANNIVERSARY 444 Bradbury FDC with Normandy reg CDS. Cat £15. AP £12
1994 GOLF 445 GPO FDC with Prestwick reg CDS. AL £15
446 GPO FDC with Troon reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
447 GPO FDC with St Andrews reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
448 GPO FDC with Turnberry reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
449 GPO FDC with The Links reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
450 GPO FDC with Gullane reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
451 GPO FDC with Fairway reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
452 GPO FDC with Golf Road reg CDS. Cat £28. AL £15
453 GPO FDC with Sandwich reg CDS. AL £15
454 GPO FDC with Ballybogey reg CDS. Cat £33. AL £20
455 GPO FDC with Eagle reg CDS. Cat £33. AL £20
456 GPO FDC with Par reg CDS. Cat £33. AL £20
457 Open Champions Carnoustie FDC with Barry, Carnoustie CDS. Cat £28. UA £15
458 The Eighth Hole Royal Troon (Covercraft) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £30
1994 SUMMERTIME 459 YMCA Dulverton Somerset (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £15. UA £12
1995 V E DAY
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460 St Dunstan's London W1 (Arlington) Official FDC. Cat £55. AP £30
1995 RUGBY LEAGUE 461 Association of GB First Day Cover Collectors Harrow (GB1) Official FDC. 1 of 100 covers. Cat £125. AP £85
1996 CHILDREN'S TV 462 GPO FDC with Tyneside slogan "BBC Your Friends in the North". Cat £17. AL £13
1996 CLASSIC CARS 463 The British International Motor Show NEC Birmingham Official FDC. Cat £20. AP £15
1997 GOLDEN WEDDING (GOLD DEFINS) 464 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Neat AW £15
1998 QUEEN'S BEASTS 465 GPO FDC with Court Post Office Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £80. UA £40
1999 ROYAL WEDDING 466 GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £60. AT £30
Definitive covers - not before 3.30 pm
DEFINITIVE FDCS: QUEEN VICTORIA 467 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee illustrated cover with Stoke Newington CDS. Cat £150. AW £70
DEFINITIVE FDCS: KING EDWARD VII 468 1902 Edward VII set of 4 (including 13 x½ d & 3 x 1d) on plain FDC with Earls Court CDS. Cover has been badly folded vertically with a piece missing at top but not affecting the stamps. Cat £1400+ AW (see photo) £700
469 1902½ d & 1d on plain postcard with London 4 CDS. Cat £300. AW (see photo) £150
DEFINITIVE FDCS: KING GEORGE V 470 1911½ d green on reverse of picture postcard showing King George V & the words of "God Save the King". Cat £350. AW £190
471 1911½ d & 1d both bottom marginal copies with "A11" control on plain FDC with Beltinge, Herne Bay CDS. Cat £160 (+) AW (see photo) £75
472 1911 (June 22nd)½ d printed postcard with additional½ d & 1d Downey Head definitives with Leicester CDS. Cat £160 (+) AW (see photo) £90
473 1911½ d green on House of Commons embossed envelope with Westminster Abbey CDS. Opened at top & top right corner of cover above the stamps torn. Cat £2750. AW (see photo) £2,000
474 1911½ d & 1d on Junior Philatelic Society illustrated FDC with London M/C. Cat £300 (with½ d only) AW (see photo) £130
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475 1912 (Oct 15th) 1½ d Royal Cypher & (Oct 18th) 2½ d Royal Cypher on 1890 Uniform Penny Postage illustrated FDC (also with Stamp Exhibition 1d stamp) both with Stamp Exhibition Jubilee International Royal Horticultural Hall SW special H/S on the 2 relevant dates of issue. Cat £2500. UA (see photo) £1,950
476 1912 Wilkinson Experimental Meter Mail First & Last Day handstamps on pair of covers. Cat £550. Both AP (G.J.King) £285
477 1912 1½ d Royal Cypher on plain registered FDC (also with 3 previously issued values & Stamp Exhibition 1d stamp) with Stamp Exhibition Jubilee International Royal Horticultural Hall SW special H/S. Cat £750 (+) AW (see photo) £400
478 1934-35 photogravure set to 3d on matching plain FDCs, each cover also with the matching value from the previous Block Cypher set, with Darlington M/Cs. Cat £225 (+) AT £55
479 1934-35 photogravure complete set of 11 values on single plain FDC with the 9 different Sutton Coldfield Birmingham CDSs on the 9 different issue dates. Cat £3500. AT (see photo) £1,750
480 1934-35 photogravure set of 7 values to 4d on 7 plain FDCs with Wimbledon M/C, Wimbledon reg CDS or (2d) London W reg CDS. Cat £225. AW £45
481 1935 2d photogravure pair on Display FDC with Newport M/C. Cat £40. AP £25
482 1935 4d & 9d photogravure on plain Railway Air Services First Flight Liverpool to Glasgow FDC with Liverpool CDS. Signed by the pilot + cachet. Cat £250. AT £140
DEFINITIVE FDCS: KING EDWARD VIII 483 1936½ d, 1½ d & 2½ d on plain FDC with King Edward Banff CDS. Cat £110. AP £65
484 1936 1d marginal block of 15 on (A.J.S.) hand painted FDC with London F.S. CDS. Rare multiple. Cat £30++ AW £25
485 Pair of (A.J.S.) hand painted FDCs with Barry M/C on 3 values & Southend on Sea M/C on 1d. Cat £270. UA & AT £130
DEFINITIVE FDCS: KING GEORGE VI 486 1937½ d, 1d & 2½ d on plain FDC with Parliament Street, SW1 registered H/S. Cat £70. AW £40
487 1937 2½ d (also with GV photo & Edward VIII 2½ d stamps) on plain FDC with Windsor registered CDS. AW £35
488 1937½ d, 1d & 2½ d on illustrated FDC with Kingstanding Road reg CDS. Cat £60. AT (+ "special p/m" in ink) £40
489 1937½ d, 1d & 2½ d on Display FDC with Hampton Court Camp, Kingston reg CDS. Cat £75. AP £50
490 1937 1½ d on (A.J.S.) hand painted FDC with Edgware M/C. Cat £35. AP £20
491 1938 2d & 3d on plain FDC with Kingston on Thames reg CDS. AP (R.C.King, Kingston) £35
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492 1938 4d & 5d on plain FDC (also with photogravure 4d & 5d) with York Town reg CDS. AT £35
493 1939 6d on plain FDC with Kingston upon Thames reg CDS. AP (R.C.King, Kingston) £35
494 1939 7d & 8d pairs on plain FDC with York Town reg CDS. AT £40
495 1939 9d, 10d & 1/- on plain FDC with Kingston upon Thames reg CDS. Cat £250+ AP (R.C.King, Kingston) (see photo) £180
496 1939 9d, 10d & 1/- on plain FDC with York Town reg CDS. Cat £250+ AT (see photo) £180
497 1939 5/- red Block of 4 on plain FDC with Boroughbury, Peterborough CDS. Cat £800. AW (see photo) £750
498 1940 (Jan 10th) set of 11 Robson Lowe produced souvenir covers each related to a different town to commemorate the centenary of the first Penny Post. Each cover cancelled with replica 1d handstamp from each of the 11 towns. AP £60
499 1941-42 pale colours set to 3d (except 2d) on 5 illustrated (RAF Pilot) FDCs. AP (3d), AT (½ d & 2½ d), UA (1d control strip of 3) & Neat AW (1½ d) £260
500 1941 2½ d pale ultramarine on plain FDC with Registered Kingston upon Thames H/S. AP (R.C.King, Kingston) £35
501 1942 2/6d Green Block of 4 on plain FDC with Whitefield, Manchester CDS. Cat £1500. Neat AW (see photo) £1,200
502 1942 1½ d pale brown on 2½ d postal stationery envelope with Kingston on Thames reg CDS. AW (R.C.King, Kingston) £30
503 1942 10/- Ultramarine Corner Block of 4 (also with previous 10/- Dark Blue matching corner block of 4) on plain FDC with Whitefield, Manchester CDS. Cat £4000+ AW (see photo) £3,250
504 1948 £1 brown Block of 4 on plain FDC with Sheerness CDS. Cat £280. AT (see photo) £275
505 1948 £1 brown on plain FDC with Kingston on Thames reg CDS. Cat £140+ AT (see photo) £120
506 1950 4d light ultramarine on plain FDC with Kingston on Thames reg CDS. Some small rust spots. AT (R.C.King, Kingston) £30
507 1951 Festival Low values on illustrated FDC with Battersea M/C & Battersea CDS. Cat £100. ATL £50
508 1951 Festival Low Values + High Values + commem set all on one plain FDC with Western District Office CDS. Cat £110. AP £75
509 1951 Festival low values on illustrated FDC with Windsor M/C. Cat £160. Neat AW £100
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510 1951 Festival Low Values on 3 illustrated FDCs with Cardiff slogan "Festival of Britain". Cat £400. AT (see photo) £375
511 1951 Festival Low Values on plain FDC with Kingston on Thames reg CDS. AP (R.C.King, Kingston) £25
512 1951 Festival Low Values on House of Commons embossed envelope with House of Commons CDS. Cat £80. AT £50
513 1951 Festival low values on plain FDC with Parliament Street reg CDS. Cat £85. AT £50
514 1951 Festival 10/- on front of maximum card with Caversham Road, Reading CDS. UA £160
515 1951 Festival Low Values to 2/6d & 5/- to £1 on pair of illustrated covers with Festival of Britain London SE1 4-5-51 special H/S on opening day of Festival (not FDI). AT + "n a" & initials inscribed. £90
DEFINITIVE FDCS: QUEEN ELIZABETH II 516 1952-54 Tudor Crown set of 17 on 6 matching J.Sanders FDCs with Southampton CDS (except 9d-11d with Preston, Brighton CDS). Cat £45+. AP, AL or UA (see photo) £350
517 1952 1½ d & 2½ d on Display FDC with Windsor M/C. Cat £72. AT £50
518 1952 1½ d & 2½ d on Buckingham Palace embossed envelope with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Neatly opened at top. Cat £165. AT £140
519 1953 5d, 8d & 1/- on plain FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Neat AW £140
520 1955 Castles High Values on 4 Artcraft FDCs with Preston, Brighton CDS on 2/6d & 5/- & Wallasey CDS on 10/- & £1. £1 cover with (coffee?) stain at left. Cat £780. 2/6d & 5/- UA, 10/- & £1 neat AW £450
521 1955 Waterlow 2/6d on illustrated FDC with Carrickfergus CDS. Cat £260. UA (see photo) £200
522 1957 (Dec 19th) Graphite set on pair of J.Sanders Display covers with Southampton M/C 19-12-57 = Day of introduction of sorting machine, not FDI. Cat £80. AT £50
523 1958 (March 17th) Graphite set on illustrated cover with Southampton M/C 17-3-58, day of introduction of Automatic Letter Facing Equipment, not FDI. Neat AW £50
524 1959 4½ d on Display FDC with Norwich M/C. Cat £150. AT £85
525 1959 Phosphor Graphite set on pair of J.Sanders Display FDCs with Southampton M/C. Cat £118. AT £70
526 1960 Inauguration of World's First Phosphor Line Sorting Machine J.Sanders pair of covers with 9 Wilding defins with Southampton M/C 6-7-60 = date of introduction, not FDI. Cat £140. AT £90
527 1961 (Feb 4th) First Day of Recorded Delivery Service: 1½ d & 3 x 2½ d on plain Recorded Delivery cover with Greenock CDS. Cat £68. Neat AW £40
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528 1963 Holiday booklet se-tenant pane on City of Winchester FDC with Winchester CDS. Cat £95. AP £50
529 1963 Holiday booklet 4 x 2½ d Type II pane on City of Winchester FDC with Winchester CDS. AT £35
530 1964 2½ d Type II watermark sideways (ex 1964 Holiday booklet) on Connoisseur FDC with Totton, Southampton CDS. Cat £40. UA £25
531 1965 (May 17th) 3d Left Band & Right Band pair + 4d Two Bands on (A.J.S.) Hand painted FDC with Southampton T M/C. Cat £130. AT £80
532 1965 2½ d, 3d & 4d phosphor on plain cover with London SE1 M/C 17-5-65, First day of new postal rates, not FDI. AP £20
533 1965 4d Two Bands on Display FDC with Southampton T M/C. Cat £72. AP £40
534 1965 3d Right Band on Southampton illustrated FDC with Southampton CDS. Cat £76. AP £45
535 1965 Holiday booklet 3d-1d Phosphor se-tenant pane onillustrated FDC with Botley, Southampton CDS. Cat £82. UA £50
536 1965 Holiday booklet (Ordinary) 1d-3d se-tenant pane on City of Winchester FDC with Winchester CDS. Cat £82. AP £50
537 1967-68 Castles No Watermark set on 3 matching plain FDCs with Lordship Lane Dulwich reg CDS (5/-, 10/- & £1) & 2/6d illustrated FDC with Houndsditch CDS. Cat £1290. AT or AP (see photo) £850
538 1967 4d, 1/- & 1/9d on Royal embossed cover with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £65. AT £55
539 1967 3d, 9d & 1/6d on Stuart FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £55. Neat AW £45
540 1967 3d, 9d & 1/6d on GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £65. AW £55
541 1968½ d-6d on GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £55. Neat AW £45
542 1968½ d-6d on Connoisseur FDC with Sandringham CDS. Cat £75. AP £50
543 1968 10/- Livingstone booklet set of 3 panes on Stampex FDC with Stampex London SW1 special H/S. Cat £100. AL £75
544 1968 (June 4th) 2/6d Chalky Paper on Connoisseur FDC with Houndsditch CDS. Cat £320. AT £210
545 1968 4d, 1/- & 1/9d on Wessex FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £55. Neat AW £45
546 1968 (Sept 16th) 2/- booklet both panes with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £26. AP £15
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547 1968 (Sept 16th) 4 x 1d & 2 x 4d se-tenant pane with selvedge ex 10/- booklet on Connoisseur FDC with Chandlers Ford CDS. Cat £42. UA £25
548 1968 (Sept 16th) 4/6d booklet both panes with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £46. AP £25
549 1968 10/- Scott booklet all 3 panes with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £85. AP £50
550 1968 10/- booklet set of 3 panes with selvedge on 3 J.Sanders Display FDCs with Southampton CDS. Cat £85. AT £50
551 1968 5/- Ightham Mote booklet pane with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £70. UA £50
552 1969 (Feb 28th) 6 x 4d red booklet pane with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £78. UA £50
553 1969 (March 3rd) 2/- booklet both panes with selvedge on Philart FDC with Canterbury CDS. Cat £82. AP £25
554 1969 High Values on Philart de Luxe FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £135. AT £65
555 1969 £1 Cook booklet set of 4 panes with selvedge on 4 Philart FDCs with Milk Marketing Board Thames Ditton special H/S. Cat £65. AP £30
556 1970 Philympia booklet 6 x 5d pane with selvedge on Philympia FDC with Stampex London SW1 special H/S. Cat £45. UA £30
557 1971 (Feb 15th) 25p booklet 3 panes on plain FDC using booklet cover as illustration with Crown Street, Stowmarket CDS. Sub office open during strike - no cachet. UA £40
558 1971 (Feb 15th) 50p booklet set of 4 panes on plain FDC using booklet cover as illustration with Crown Street Stowmarket CDS. Sub office open during strike - no cachet. Cat £100. UA £60
559 1971 Decimal low values on Stuart FDC with Hythe slogan "Decimal currency in the Post Office. Take a leaflet". Cat £125. AL £95
560 1971 (Sept 17th) 25p & 50p booklet set of 5 panes: 5 x½ d + B.Alan label booklet pane with selvedge on B.Alan Ltd. Display FDC & the other 4 panes with selvedge on pair of Esso Petroleum envelopes, all with Croydon CDS. UA £145
561 1972 (April 23rd) 3p Gum Arabic on Cotswold FDC with Marshfield Chippenham CDS + cachet. Cat £45. AL £30
562 1972 Wedgwood booklet set of 4 panes with selvedge on 4 Isaac Newton Plaque FDCs with Barlaston pictorial FDI H/S. Cat £120. UA £60
563 1972 (Sept 13th) 2½ p Gum Arabic on Cotswold FDC with Marshfield, Chippenham CDS + cachet. Cat £35. AL £25
564 1972½ p Gum Arabic + Scotland 2½ p & Wales 2½ p Gum Arabic on Stuart FDC with Leeds CDS. Cat £130. AT £65
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565 1972 (Oct 31st) 4p Gum Arabic on Cotswold FDC with Marshfield Chippenham CDS + cachet. Cat £50. AL £40
566 1973 50p All Over Phosphor on Stuart FDC with Leeds CDS. Cat £90. UA £45
567 1973 3p centre band +½ p Dextrin Gum on Stuart FDC with Windsor CDS. Cat £32. AL £25
568 1973 1p, 2p & 3p Dextrin + 3p Centre Band PVA on Mercury FDC with Windsor CDS. Cat £125. AL removed. £75
569 1973 4½ p, 5½ p & 8p on GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace CDS. Cat £65. AT £40
570 1973 4½ p, 5½ p & 8p on GPO FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Some rust spots. Cat £75. AT £40
571 1973 (Nov 30th) 20p Contractors Paper on Cotswold FDC with Marshfield, Chippenham CDS. Cat £370. UA (see photo) £295
572 1974 (Feb 10th) First Self Adhesive set on Display FDC with Wimbledon CDS. Cat £275. AT £195
573 1974 9p Dextrin on Cotswold FDC with Marshfield, Chippenham CDS. Cat £150. UA £90
574 1974 (June 19th) Self Adhesive 3p & 3½ p with Trafalgar Square pictorial H/S. Cat £55. AL £30
575 1974 45p booklet pane with selvedge on Stuart FDC with Windsor CDS. Cat £140. AL £75
576 1974 (Oct 23rd) 35p booklet pane with selvedge on Stuart FDC with Windsor CDS. Cat £125. UA £75
577 1974 4½ p All Over Phosphor on set of 3 Philart FDCs with Aberdeen, Cambridge & Norwich CDSs + cachets. Cat £96. AL removed. £50
578 1975 7p Two Bands on GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £60. AT £30
579 1976 9p-20p new values on GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £60. AT £45
580 1976 8½ p Experimental Phosphor cylinder block of 6 on Mercury FDC with House of Lords CDS. Cat £20. UA £15
581 1976 (Oct 13th) 6½ p & 8½ p horizontal coil strips of 4 on GPO FDC with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £160. AL £90
582 1977 50p-£5 High Values set on Cotswold FDC with House of Commons CDS. Cat £46. UA £25
583 1977 (June 13th) 7p & 9p vertical coil strips of 4 on Cotswold FDC with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £125. AL £90
584 1977 (Oct 31st) Halley Press set of 4 on Philart FDC with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £260. AL removed. £150
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585 1979 70p & 90p Derby booklets right margin pair with selvedge + booklet covers tied to Cotswold FDC with Kedlestone Road & Crich CDSs. Cat £130. UA £80
586 1979 8p & 10p vertical coil strips of 4 on Cotswold FDC with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £68. AL £35
587 1980 (June 25th) 50p Chambon booklets reprint pair on pair of GPO FDCs with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £80. UA £45
588 1982 (Feb 1st) 12½ p & 15½ p vertical coil strips of 5 on pair of GPO FDCs with Windsor pictorial H/S. Cat £52. AL £25
589 1984 13p-34p new values on PPS Silk FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £30. AT £15
590 1984 Christian Heritage prestige booklet mixed value pane on PPS Silk FDC with Windsor Castle reg CDS. Cat £48. AT £25
591 1986 British Rail prestige booklet set of 4 panes with selvedge on 4 GPO FDCs with 4 different relevant CDSs. AL £30
592 1988 Castle High Values on GPO FDC with Buckingham Palace reg CDS. Cat £200. AT £80
593 1990 (Jan 30th) set of 7 Penny Black Anniv booklet panes on 4 Up Helly AA Lerwick Official FDCs. AP £20
594 1992 Castle High Values on GPO FDC with Edinburgh reg CDS. Cat £50. AL £25
595 1992 Castle High Values on GPO FDC with Carrickfergus reg CDS. Cat £50. AL £25
596 1992 Castle High Values on PPS Silk FDC with Windsor reg CDS. Cat £50. AP £25
597 1992 Castle High Values on GPO FDC with Caernarfon reg CDS. Cat £50. AP £25
598 1992 Castles High Values Security Printing Windsor (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £75. AP £35
POSTAGE DUE FIRST DAY COVERS 599 1914 (April 20th) First 4 Postage Due stamps each on piece with clear Norwood CDS. (Cat £4200 on full covers) (see photo) £450
600 1970 set of 4 on Philart FDC with London WC CDS. Cat £510. UA (see photo) £350
601 1975 11p on Post Office History and Activities FDC with Hadfield CDS + cachets. Cat £46. UA £30
602 1982 set to 25p only (8 values) in gutter pairs on 6 Cotswold FDCs with Bath Sorting Office CDS + "To Pay" cachet. Cat £190. UA £90
603 1994 set on To Pay Labels Windsor (Bradbury) Official FDC. Cat £50. AP £25
604 1994 set on Philart FDC with COD/Surcharges Bedford CDS. Cat £120. UA £75
REGIONAL FIRST DAY COVERS
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605 1967 (June 9th) Jersey 3d phosphor on Display FDC with George Town CDS. Cat £350. UA £225
606 1967 (Sept 5th) Jersey 4d phosphor on Display FDC with George Town CDS. Cat £350. UA £225
ERRORS ON FIRST DAY COVERS 607 1964 Shakespeare: GPO FDC with Stratford upon Avon FDI H/S, the 2/6d with Dark Black shade. Cat £100. AT £80
608 1978 Horses: GPO FDC with Horsington, Templecombe CDS dated 3rd July = 2 days before issue. Cat £60. UA £40
609 1983 £1.30 Parcel Post on GPO FDC with Hampstead CDS dated 1st August = 2 days before issue. UA (but "Pre-release" handwritten). £30
610 1993 Greetings: Royal Mail FDC cancelled with 3 different handstamps from the 1992 Civil War issue 8 months previously. A small number were done by Royal Mail at the Swindon research & development centre when testing new high speed FDC cancelling equipment. Most unusual. UA (see photo) £350
BENHAM BOCS SERIES 2 (1981-84) 611 1982 Theatre: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford upon Avon Official FDC signed by Peggy Ashcroft. AP £15
BENHAM LARGE SILK FDCS (BLS/BLCS) 612 1985 Famous Trains: BLCS 1 with Great Western TPO CDS signed by Terence Cuneo. AP £25
613 1994 Age of Steam North British Railway Company Waverley Station Edinburgh Official signed by Terence Cuneo. AP £40
BENHAM DEFINITIVE FDCS 614 1983 (Dec 14th) 10p Phosphor Coated Paper (D11) with Windsor Philatelic Counter H/S signed by Arnold Machin. Slight water damage away from signature. AP £12
615 1984 (June 19th) 17p Advanced Coated Paper (D14) with Windsor Philatelic Counter H/S signed by Arnold Machin. Slight water damage just at end of signature. AP £12
616 1984 13p-34p new values (D17) with Windsor pictorial FDI H/S signed by Arnold Machin. AP £15
617 1985 (July 16th) 10p ACP (D27) with Windsor Philatelic Counter H/S signed by Arnold Machin. AP £12
618 1987 £1.60 Parcel Post (D69) with Windsor pictorial FDI H/S signed by Arnold Machin. AP £15
619 1992 Castle High Values (D176) with Castle High Values Windsor special H/S. Cat £35. AP £20
620 1994 Postage Dues set on pair of covers (D222) with Windsor & Tower of London special H/Ss. Cat £23. AP £15
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621 1996 £5 Castle Gum Change (D287) with Windsor Philatelic Counter H/S. Cat £18. AP £10
622 1999 Profile on Print prestige booklet set of 5 panes on 5 covers with 5 different special H/Ss. (D325). Cat £32. AP £20
623 1999 World Changers prestige booklet set of 5 panes on 5 covers with 5 different special H/Ss. (D337) AP £20
624 2000 Special by Design prestige booklet set of 4 panes with 4 different special H/Ss. (D344) £15
625 2000 Stamp Show Palette Min Sheet with Artist's Palette Piccadilly H/S. (D356) AP £10
626 2000 Queen Mother prestige booklet set of 4 panes on 4 covers with 4 different special H/Ss. (D359) AP £15
627 2000 A Treasury of Trees prestige booklet set of 5 panes on 5 covers with 5 different special H/Ss. (D362) AP £15
628 2001 Submarines self adhesive booklet with Submarines NVI Booklet Chatham special H/S (D373) AP £10
629 2001 Unseen & Unheard prestige booklet set of 4 panes with 4 different special H/Ss. (D379) AP £18
630 2002 Golden Jubilee prestige booklet set of 4 panes on 4 covers with 4 different special H/Ss. (D381) AP £14
PHQ CARDS FDI 631 1993 £10 Britannia (D1) with Windsor (Britannia) special H/S on front. Cat £25. UA £15
POSTAL STATIONERY 632 1954 (Nov 29th) 2½ d red small rectangular envelope with Glasgow M/C. Cat £26. Neat AW £15
633 1954 (Nov 29th) 2½ d red small square envelope with London W1 M/C. Cat £22. AW £15
634 1956 (June 1st) 6d Overseas Registered Letter (large size) with Sutton Coldfield reg CDS. Cat £60. AW (Canada) £35
635 1971 (Feb 15th) 2½ p Letter Card with Windsor FDI H/S + cachet. Cat £12. UA £10
636 1971 (Feb 15th) 2½ p Post Card with Windsor FDI H/S + cachet. Cat £12. UA £10
637 1971 (Feb 15th) 3p printed envelope with Windsor FDI H/S + cachet. Cat £12. UA £10
638 1971 (Feb 15th) 3p Letter Card with Windsor FDI H/S + cachet. Cat £12. UA £10
639 1974 (June 24th) 3½ p Letter Card, 3½ p small printed envelope & 3½ p large printed envelope, all with Trafalgar Square pictorial H/S. Cat £21. AL removed. £12
640 1975 (March 17th) 5½ p small & large envelope & (Sept 29th) 8½ p Letter Card & large envelope, all with Trafalgar Square pictorial H/S. Cat £38. UA £22
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AIRLETTERS 641 1948 Olympic Games 6d with Olympic Games Wembley slogan. Cat £35. AW £15
642 1957 Parliamentary Conference 6d with 46th Parliamentary Conference London SW1 special H/S. Cat £45. AT £20
AUTOGRAPHED: STAMP DESIGNERS 643 1969 (Aug 27th) 1/- multi value coil strip on GPO FDC with Windsor CDS signed by Arnold Machin. Cover has been damaged by water but not affecting signature. UA £15
644 1977 50p-£5 High Values on Philart de Luxe FDC with Windsor pictorial FDI H/S signed by Arnold Machin. AL £18
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