November 2019 The Portfolio Issue 17 SPM17 Signed

SGT002A £495

£45 per month for 11 months 1987 American Enrico Caruso cover signed by The Three Tenors: Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras & Luciano Pavarotti

CR03 £650 £65 per month for 10 months Letter on Lords headed paper signed by W G Grace

At186A £850 £85 per month Flexi-pay for 10 months available on 1965 American Physical Fitness all items! signed by Jesse No interest charged - Owens, 4-time payment options up to Gold medallist 12 months at the 1936 Olympic Games

SGT044ZD £1995

£199.50 per month for 10 months 1972 60th Anniversary cover signed by survivors Edwina Troutt MacKenzie, Frank Aks, Marjorie Robb, Beatrice Sandstrom, Michel Navratil, Edith Haisman, Eleanor Shuman, Louise Pope, Millvina Dean, Bertram Dean, and

Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ACHIEVEMENTS AND ENDEAVOURS Sir Francis Chichester Sir Francis Chichester was an expert aviator and sailor who was knighted for being the first to sail solo along the entire clipper route and for being the fastest to sail around the world in just 9 months and 1 day. As an aviator, Chichester attempted to make a solo circumnavigation of the entire globe. He got as far as Japan, where he crashed into an overhead cable on take-off, sustaining serious injuries and writing off his aeroplane. SGC013H £100 1967 Francis Chichester Pure New Wool cover

SGC013L £100 1967 Francis Chichester blue Circumnavigation cover

SGC013J £100 1967 Francis Chichester Outward Bound Trust cover

BCSP31S2 £295 £59 per month £50 per month for 5 months SGM182A £250 for 5 months Donald Campbell cover with the inserted Guglielmo Marconi signed piece signature of Kaye Don (1891 – 1981), record breaking car and speedboat driver

£30 per month 01303 SGC177 £300 for 10 months Malcolm Campbell signed typed letter dated 23rd September 1936 regarding his 278137 upcoming trip to Southport for a lecture

£299.50 per month for 10 months SGE051 £2995 Thomas Edison signed typed letter dated 1st July 1911 on his own headed paper regarding his colleague who he is sending to capture ‘photographically characteristic scenes, life, and industries’

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SGH006KA £250 £50 per month for 5 months 1953 Coronation cover signed by Sir Edmund Hillary SGH006P £600 £60 per month for 10 months 1978 cover marking the 25th Anniversary of the Conquest of Everest, signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, and Tenzing Norgay

SGH006WA £200 £40 per month for 5 months 1970 Antarctica Base cover signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, £35 per month for 5 months SGH006SC £175 George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, George Band, and Mike 1965 Indian cover commemorating the Conquest of Westmacott Everest, signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, and George Band

BC016D £125 £25 per month for 5 months £27 per month for 5 months 2012 Royal Golden Jubilee cover signed by Sir Edmund BC033V £135 Hillary 2003 50th Anniversary of the Ascent of Everest, postmarked to mark this & the 50th Anniversary of the Coronation, and signed by Sir Edmund Hillary.

BC033MT £350 £35 per month for 10 months 2003 Buckingham Covers Extreme Endeavours cover with a GB stamp and 29th April 2003 postmark and 2 New Zealand stamps and 29th May 2003 postmark. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe and George Band & applied is a piece signed by Tenzing Norgay.

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SGB020A £750 £75 per month for 10 months 1979 American Love cover signed by David Bowie

SGC060B £100 1979 Year of the Child NSPCC cover signed by Roy Castle SGC059C £175 £35 per month for 5 months 1998 Comic Heritage cover signed by Phil Collins and June Whitfield

SGM190 £250 £25 per month for 10 months 2007 Beatles cover signed by £25 per month for 4 months SGM035B £100 George 1987 Gala Concert cover signed by Yehudi Menuhin Martin

SGP051A £450 £45 per month for 10 months 1950 American Boy Scouts cover signed by Cole Porter, SGP046C £125 £25 per month for 5 months composer 1980 BBC Symphony Orchestra cover signed by and Andre Previn songwriter

SGR016A £150 £25 per month for 6 months 1982 Youth Organisations Boys Brigade cover signed by Cliff Richard SGS021F £100 1981 Disabled, Church of Children’s Society International official cover signed by Harry Secombe

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BC238SETS £275 £25 per month for 11 months 6th June 2006 A collection of 9 World Cup first day covers for the 40th Anniversary. Each cover has a full set of World Cup stamps and different postmark, and has been signed by a different member of the 1966 England World Cup team

BC308LSETS £300 £30 per month for 10 months 17th May 2007 Set of 5 covers for the new Wembley Stadium, each with 4 stamps and labels from the Smilers Sheet and signed by sporting legend Sir Henry Cooper

BC309PSBS £110 £22 per month for 5 months 5th June 2007 Set of 4 covers, each featuring a pane from the 40th Anniversary of Machin stamps Prestige Booklet and signed by John Hedgecoe. It was John BC315LSETS £100 Hedgecoe’s profile shot of the Queen that was used 6th November 2007 Christmas set of covers featuring the label from the by Arnold Machin in the stamp design. Smilers sheets and our choice of postmarks. Signed by Hayley Mills

BC417LSETS £100 BC318SBS £200 £20 per month for 10 months 2nd November 2010 Set of four Wallace & Gromit covers, each having five stamps and labels from the 8th January 2008 Set of 4 James Bond covers, each featuring a Royal Mail smiler sheet and signed by the writer and different pane from the Prestige Booklet, and signed by Bond Girls producer of some of the film scripts, Bob Baker Shirley Eaton, Maud Adams, Eunice Gayson & Britt Ekland. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 SPORT AT049C £225 £45 per month for 5 months 1981 London Marathon cover signed by Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher, and Chris Chataway. The latter were Roger Bannister’s pacemakers on the day that he broke the 4 minute mile. Chris Brasher later became a co-founder of the London Marathon.

SGT084MA £150 £15 per month for 10 months 1970 Gloucestershire CCC Centenary cover signed by Mike Procter, David Shepherd, Anthony Brown, David Allen, , Geoff Pullar, Arthur Milton AT186B £795 £79.50 per month for 10 months (twice?), John Mortimore, Barrie Meyer, plus others 1963 Olympics, Paraguay cover signed by Jessie Owens, 4-times Gold Medallist at the 1936 Olympics, CR240AA £130 £13 per month for 10 months 1970 Kent CCC Centenary cover signed by Derek Underwood, Colin Cowdrey, Graham Johnson, Bob Woolmer, Alan Knott, Mike Denness, Brian Luckhurst, Asif Iqbal, John CR270AB £125 £25 per month for 5 months Shepherd, Alan Brown, Stuart Leary, Norman Sheffield Lovers Society 1968 Tour cover signed by Graham, Alan Dixon Len Hutton, Norman Yardley, Vic Marks, and

CR75B £150 £15 per month for 10 months BOX020A £250 £25 per month for 10 months 1993 USA Boxing Greats cover signed by Joe Frazier 1972 Sussex CCC Centenary cover signed by Jim Parks, Roger Prideaux, Tony Grieg, Mike Griffith, John Denman, John Snow, Peter Graves, Uday Joshi, Geoff Greenidge, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SIGNATURE TO FILL THE Mike Buss, Tony Buss, Jeremy Morley, John Barclay, Alan GAP IN YOUR COLLECTION - PLEASE LET US KNOW. CALL TODAY! Mansell signed 01303 278137 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 6 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM17 MR117E £500 £50 per month for 10 months 1982 cars cover signed Michael Schumacher

BOX032 £250 £25 per month for 10 months John Gully signed piece mounted below a photo. He was an English Prize-fighting boxer and a horse racing owner & fanatic, who was played by Henry Cooper in the 1975 film ‘Royal Flash’

BOX078 £600 £60 per month for 10 months 1985 American Public Education cover signed by Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell

MR153A £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months 2005 Motorbikes cover signed by Giacomo Agostini, Grand Prix Motorcycle Champion 350cc 7 time and 500cc 8 time winner

MR115A £400 £40 per month for 10 months 1980 Great Names in Motor Racing cover signed by Juan Manuel Fangio

BC021IOMS £125 13th August 2004 Great rowing cover postmarked on day of issue BC531S3 £300 £30 per month for 10 months and the opening 2015 Rugby World Cup cover signed by David Kirk, Nicholas day of the Olympic Farr-Jones, Jacob Pienaar, John Eales, Martin Johnson, John Games in Athens, Smit, Tom Croft, Alex Corbisiero, Calum Clark, Dorian West, Ben signed by Olympics Kay, Martin Bayfield, Oliver Barkley, and James Hook legend, Sir Steven Redgrave. £12.50 per month for 10 months www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 FILM & TV

SGC121B £500 £50 per month for 10 months Graham Chapman signed 1985 Films cover (Chapman has added ‘and David Niven’ to the cover, which he used to do as a joke with Niven having died in 1983 - two years before this stamp issue!)

SGD034F £100 £20 per month for 5 months Fred Dibnah signed 2000 Welsh Mountain Rail cover

SGD039G £200 £20 per month for 10 months 1996 cover celebrating 100 Years of Going to the Pictures signed by Hollywood Legend Kirk Douglas SGE013A £150 £15 per month for 10 months 1985 Film Pink Panther cover, signed by Blake Edwards, the director of the films

SGM063A £200 £40 per month for 5 months 1982 Technology Fire Service Benevolent Fund Official cover signed by Eric Morecambe SGO013J £200 £40 per month for 5 months 1984 American Douglas Fairbanks cover signed by Laurence Olivier

SGS201 £100 1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation cover signed by Liz Smith (the Royle Family’s beloved Nana Norma) SGP116 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1987 Paramount Pictures 75th Anniversary cover postmarked Los Angeles & signed by Hollywood stars Jennifer Tilly & Ethan Hawke 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]

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1979 Omnibus plain cover signed by cast members of “On the Buses” Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Anna Karen, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, and Michael Robbins

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BC027S3 £100 £20 per month for 5 months Peter Pan cover with special Great Ormond Street, Tinkerbell postmark. Signed by Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney. Only 30 produced!

SGW076C £1250 £125 per month for 10 months USA 1945 Iwo Jima cover signed by John Wayne. He starred in the film “Sand of Iwo Jima” BC032X £175 £17.50 per month for 10 months Great Ormond £50 per month for 2 months Street Hospital BC029J £100 cover featuring 14th January 2003 Eagle Heights cover signed by Harry Potter actress Tippi Hedren stamps, signed by American film Also available actor Tony Curtis, with a London BC029K £100 £20 per month for 5 months postmark. Tippi Hedren signed Barn Owl cover

BC038B £125 £25 per month for 5 months 18th September 2003 Toys stamps on a Great Ormond £20 per month for 10 months BC224AS3 £200 Street Hospital cover, signed by actress Gillian Anderson 15th September 2005 Official TV Times cover featuring the Two Ronnies and personally signed by both the Two Ronnies, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 BC245AS1 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 9th November 2006 Lest We Forget cover doubled with an Irish Battle of the Somme stamp and postmark. It has been signed by actor and US Navy veteran Ernest Borgnine

BC301MS2 £300 £60 per month for 5 months Beatles miniature sheet cover with our official Penny Lane postmark. It has been signed by screen legend and icon of the 1960’s Michael Caine. Limited Edition of 50! BC318BS7 £100 £20 per month for 5 months 12th August 2009 Bond Diamond cover with Canterbury postmark. It has been signed by Sir Roger Moore & Fiona Fullerton

BC410BS2 £100 £20 per month for 5 months The Home Guard cover signed by David Croft OBE & Jimmy Perry OBE creators of Dad’s Army

BC318MS10 £150 £15 per month for 10 months 8th January 2008 James Bond ‘Diver’ cover with a miniature sheet and our official Martini Glass postmark. The cover has been signed by Christopher Lee and Roger Moore

BC417S1 £125 £25 per month for 5 months Wallace & Gromit cover with our official postmark and signed by the voice of Wallace, Peter Sallis

BCC101S03 £175 £25 per month for 5 months BC421LS3 £200 £40 per month for 5 months Jamestown Coin The Centenary of The London Palladium, signed by Cover signed by Bob Hoskins Jean Simmons Also available BCC101S01 £125 £20 per month for 5 months 01303 278137 Signed by Angelica EMAIL: [email protected] Houston

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HA06S £400 £40 per month for 10 months BC019DS £225 £45 per month for 5 months Sir Barnes Wallis Flown & Signed cover. It has been 2002 Aircraft, Concorde miniature sheet, signed personally signed by the Aircraft & Dambuster bouncing by Sir George Edwards, one of the designers of bomb builder Concorde and John Cochrane, with a Heathrow Airport postmark.

BC019K £100 £20 per month for 5 months Comet miniature sheet cover, signed By Neville Duke

£40 per month for 10 months HA23S £400 Sir Frank Whittle Flown & personally signed cover

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WANT TO SPREAD PAYMENTS? If you want an expensive item, you don’t have to pay UK POST & PACKING UNDER £200 £2.45 PER SENDING UK SPECIAL OVER £200 £6.95 for it all at once. We will spread the payment up to 12 months without interest. Tick the box and Nov 2019 we will contact you to discuss a payment plan that suits you. OVERSEAS POST & PACKING UNDER £200 £.3.45 PER SENDING OVERSEAS SPECIAL DELIVERY OVER £200 £7.95 PER SENDING Payment Details TOTAL I enclose my cheque made out to Buckingham Covers for Delivery Details £ . . . . . I would like to pay by Credit/Debit card. I understand you will ACCOUNT No (If Known) keep this number on a secure computer system and I authorise NAME you to charge it when my covers become available. ADDRESS

EXPIRY DATE START DATE POST CODE SECURITY CODE *This is the last 3 digits on the back of your card. We cannot process your order without it. TEL No: SIGNATURE Email: SGB250J £450 £45 per month for 10 months Buster Edwards, Bruce Reynolds, Charlie Wilson, Roy James, Tommy Wisbey, Bob Welch, Jimmy White, Jim Hussey, Roger Cordrey, Gordon Goody signed Guernsey 1980 Police cover

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MR216 £750 £75 per month for 10 months 1968 Italian Cars cover signed by Enzo Ferrari

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SGB193A £300 £30 per month for 10 months Arthur Roy Brown signed 1930 Canada airmail first regular official flight from Winnipeg - Medicine Hat, the pilot credited with shooting down German Ace The Red Baron during WWI, also signed by the pilot W. J. Buchanan

SGA038D £500 £50 per month for 10 months Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers signed USA 1978 Dance FDC

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