April 2016 Issue 16 TAKE OFF! AIR16

BC019XFB Very Rare Buckingham Concorde cover. It has been postmarked 4 times - 07/11/01 Heathrow Airport, 02/05/02 Heathrow Airport, 10/04/03 Alderney, Guernsey, and 09/05/03 Douglas, Isle of Man - and was flown on board the World Record Heathrow - Boston flight piloted by Mike Bannister. There were only three of these covers produced and it’s the first time we have had one to offer since 2005! £200 £50 a month for 4 months

1937 Brisbane - Cape Town cover signed ARO68 ARA149 1931 Francis Chichester signed cover flown on by H B Bonney with purple rectangular ‘My Little the world’s first long distance seaplane solo and first solo flight Ship II’ flown cachet. £375 from Australia - Japan. £200 £50 a month for 4 months

ARL101S 1977 Freddie Laker signed Laker Airways First Skytrain Flight London - New York. £75

ARZ41 1937 LZ 129 ARL100S 1977 Freddie Laker signed Hindenburg with purple Laker Airways First Skytrain Flight New ‘Luftschiff Hindenburg York - London. £75 Deutschlandfahrt am 1. Mai 1937’ cachet, the Zeppelin crashed just 6 days later on May 6th so this was one of its final flights, our choice. £100

ARZ42 1935 In Memory of ARA148S 1931 Los Angeles - Hawaii, First USS Macon cover. £60 Pacific Coast Experimental Flight of Shore to Ship mail with fantastic green cachet and signed by Earle Ovington with his flown cachet.£90

Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ARW107D 1941 Unused example of the first POW airmail letter. £20 ARG23 1938 UK - Argentina via Germany with purple ‘Deutsche Luftpost Europa-SudAmerika’ cachet, our choice. £45

ARO70 1959 Tealectra New Zealand - Australia first flight. £15

ARZ44 1974 Zeppex 1, ARO69 1959 Tealectra Australia - Zeppelin Collectors Club for New Zealand first flight.£15 the 50th Anniversary of the ZR3 Flight to America, signed by Carl and Ruth Grissman. £15

ARO35 1934 The first official airmail New Zealand - Australia, flown by Ulm and Boulton in the Avro 10 ‘Faith ARO26 1934 Australia - New Zealand in Australia’. £40 with first official air mail cachet, carried by Ulm and Allan in ‘Faith in Australia’. £30 Half Price Collections! ARJ48 Herm Island collection of 46 flight covers, flown to and from Herm, one of the Channel Islands. £750 Special Offer £375

ARJ48A Jethou and Lihou Islands collection of 27 flight covers flown to and from Jethou and Lihou, both Channel Islands. £450 Special Offer £225

ARJ48B Lundy Island collection of 18 01303 flight covers flown to and from Lundy 278137 (largest island in the Bristol Channel). £300 Special Offer £150

2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] Qantas ARQ02 1952 Sydney - Mauritius. £20

ARQ01 1952 Sydney - Johannesburg. £20

ARQ07 1952 Sydney - Sydney via our choice of stop. £20 ARQ05 1952 Johannesburg - Cocos Islands. £20

ARQ29 1952 Johannesburg - Sydney. £20

ARQ28 1952 Mauritius - Johannesburg. £20

ARQ13 1959 Qantas Boeing 707 first scheduled jet flight Sydney - London, our choice of journey leg. £15

ARQ14 1959 Qantas Boeing 707 first scheduled jet flight London - Sydney Our choice of journey leg. £15

ARQ31 1952 Johannesburg - Mauritius. £20

ARQ19A 1962 Australia - London, first flight of Kangaroo route 1962 London - Australia, first flight of ARQ19 service. £15 Kangaroo route service. £15

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BCON005B Scarce Concorde cover with Union Jack single band FDC, only 150 produced. £125 30th Anniversary of the first flight to BCON005S £25 a month for 5 months Bahrain signed by Deputy Test Pilot John Cochrane. £90 £30 a month for 3 months

BCON005XS 10th Anniversary of the record JFK to Heathrow flight signed by the Captain Leslie Scott. BCON005S2 £50 30th Anniversary of the first flight to Bahrain signed by Tony Benn. £50

BCON006S5 30th Anniversary of the first commercial flight to Washington signed by Gilbert Defer. £65 BCON005XS2 10th Anniversary of the record JFK to Heathrow flight signed by the CaptainLeslie BCON010S Scott and Senior Flying Officer Tim Orchard. 30th Anniversary £60 of prototype 101 retiring to the Science Museum at Duxford signed by Barbara Harmer. £50

BCON011S3 Concorde cover with Nauru Concorde stamps and FDI signed by USA film Star George Kennedy. £80 £40 a month for 2 months BCON011S Set of 4 Concorde covers with Nauru stamps and FDI signed by Captains Jock Lowe, Adrian Thompson, Paul Douglas, and Les Brodie. £85

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BCON019SP4 40th Anniversary of the First British Flight of Concorde, signed by John Cochrane and Alan Haywood. £75

BCON019SP2 Concorde se-tenant block of 4 from the Design Classics PSB booklet on our Queen of the Skies cover, signed by John Cochrane. £80 £40 a month for 2 months

BCON019SP 40th anniversary of the first flight of Concorde signed by John Cochrane. £100

5th Anniversary of the last BCON006S4 BCON015SP 30th Anniversary of commercial flight to Barbados signed by Captains the first passenger Les Brodie and Mike Bannister. £45 flight to Washington signed by Peter Baker. £35

BCON008S2 30th Anniversary of the first flight to Singapore signed by BCON007S2 30th Anniversary of the first flight Captains Andrew to New York signed by Captains Tim Orchard Baillie and David and Peter Duffey. £30 Edmondson. £30

BCON008S6 30th Anniversary of the first flight to Singapore signed by Captains David Edmondson, BCON008S3 30th Anniversary of the first Andrew flight to Singapore signed by Captains Richard Baillie, and Adrian Thompson. £40 Routledge and Jeremy Rendall. £30

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www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 Buckingham Concorde BCON011S4 Nauru Concorde cover signed by Captains Steve Wand and John Massie. £35

BCON007SET Set of 3 30th Anniversary of Concorde’s first BCON011S5 Nauru Concorde cover signed by flight to New York each featuring Captains Edouard Chemel and Peter Horton. a stamp and label from our final £25 Concorde sheet. £50

BCON008SET Set of 3 first flight to Singapore covers each featuring a stamp and label from our final Concorde sheet.£50

BCON009SET Set of 3 first flight to Barbados covers each featuring a stamp and label from our final Concorde sheet.£60

Set of 10 Concorde 30th Anniversary BCONXL005 £50 a month of 1st flight to Bahrain covers, each with different labels for 4 months from our 1st exclusive Concorde sheet. £260 BCONXL006 Set of 10 Concorde 1st flight £130 a month for 2 months to Washington covers, each with a different label from our 2nd exclusive Concorde sheet. £200

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ARA04 06/05/74 Air Anglia Leeds - ...... £10 ARA42 14/08/78 Air Anglia - ...... £10 ARA07 04/04/77 Air Anglia London - Norwich...... £10 ARA44 06/05/74 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Norwich.....£10 ARA08 04/04/77 Air Anglia Norwich - London ...... £10 ARA11 29/03/75 Air Anglia Humberside - .....£10 ARA45 06/05/74 Air Anglia Norwich - Aberdeen.....£10 29/03/75 Air Anglia Jersey - Humberside..... ARA12 £10 ARA51 27/10/76 Air Anglia Leeds - Jersey...... £10 ARA13 10/05/75 Air Anglia Jersey - Aberdeen...... £10 ARA53 25/10/76 Air Anglia Norwich - Aberdeen.....£10 ARA14 10/05/75 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Jersey...... £10 ARA15A 01/04/74 Air Anglia Aberdeen - ....£10 ARA57 10/02/75 Air Anglia Aberdeen - ...£10 ARA16A 01/11/78 Air Anglia Stavanger - Aberdeen....£10 ARA59 06/05/74 Air Anglia Edinburgh - Leeds...... £10 ARA18A 30/06/77 Air Anglia Commemorates the visit of the Queen to London...... £10 ARA60 06/05/74 Air Anglia Leeds - Edinburgh...... £10 11/07/77 Air Anglia Commemorates the visit of ARA18B ARA61 01/11/77 Air Anglia Humberside - Glasgow.£10 the Queen to Norwich...... £10 02/02/76 Air Anglia - Leeds...... ARA18C 14/07/77 Air Anglia Commemorates the visit of ARA65 £10 the Queen to Cleveland...... £10 ARA66 01/11/77 Air Anglia Norwich - Humberside£10. ARA19 06/05/74 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Leeds...... £10 ARA68 01/11/77 Air Anglia, flown Humberside - Jersey ARA26 01/04/74 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Amsterdam.£10 ARA27 01/04/74 Air Anglia Amsterdam - Aberdeen.£10 with special Amy Johnson Festival, North ARA28 29/03/76 Air Anglia Humberside - Aberdeen...... £10 Humberside postmark...... £10 ARA30 01/04/75 Air Anglia Edinburgh - Amsterdam...... £10 01/11/78 Air Anglia Stansted - Aberdeen...... ARA31 01/04/75 Air Anglia Amsterdam - Edinburgh...... £10 ARA71 £10 ARA32 14/05/77 Air Anglia Amsterdam - Jersey...... £10 ARA72 01/11/78 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Stansted...... £10 ARA33 14/05/77 Air Anglia Jersey - Amsterdam...... £10 ARA73 01/11/78 Air Anglia 21st Anniversary of the ARA35 03/11/75 Air Anglia Stavanger - Norwich.....£10 ARA36 25/08/75 Air Anglia Aberdeen - ...... £10 ...... £10 TEL: 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] Have you seen our online auctions? View the latest offers at www.buckinghamcovers.com/auctions

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ARJ05 ARJ19 ARJ22 ARJ02 1937 Jersey Airways, Southampton - Jersey first flight...... £30 ARJ03 1937 Jersey Airways, Jersey - Southampton first flight...... £30 ARJ04 1937 Jersey Airways, Jersey - London first flight...... £30 ARJ05 1937 Jersey Airways, Jersey - Sheffield first flight...... £30 ARJ19 1937 Jersey Airways, Jersey - Newport first flight...... £30 ARJ22 1937 Coronation first flight from Isle of Man - Blackpool, illustrated cover...... £75 ARJ27 1976 30th Anniversary of the first Alderney - Guernsey Mail Flight, Air Services...... £10 ARJ27A 1976 30th Anniversary of the first Guernsey - Alderney Mail Flight, Aurigny Air Services...... £10 ARJ33 1972 BEA 25th Anniversary of airmail from London - Channel Islands...... £10 ARJ34 1973 BEA Guernsey - Amsterdam...... £10 ARJ35 1973 BEA Amsterdam - Guernsey...... £10 ARJ36 1975 BA Jersey - Dusseldorf via Guernsey...... £10 ARJ38 1971 25th Anniversary of the first airmail from Guernsey - Alderney...... £10 ARJ39 1980 Jersey European Airways, Jersey - Brest first flight...... £10 ARJ41 1972 60th Anniversary of the first aircraft to land at Jersey...... £10 ARJ55 1939 Newport - Lundy with Lundy cachet...... £10 ARJ68 1975 BA Jersey - London, first passenger flight...... £10 ARJ70 1979 Intra Airways Jersey - Dinard- Jersey, last Dakota flight...... £10 ARJ71 1980 Jersey European, Jersey - Paris first flight...... £10 ARJ12 1973 J. F. Airlines, Portsmouth - Guernsey first flight...... £15 ARJ26 1970 25th Anniversary of the Return of the Islanders to Alderney...... £15 ARJ50 19 The first Isle of Man Internal Flight. Ronaldsway - Jurby...... £15 We run regular thematic emails with exclusive offers Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to ensure you’re not missing out

8 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ARJ08 1939 Guernsey Airways, Guernsey - first air mail, our choice. £25

ARJ06 1939 Southampton - Guernsey first flight, our choice of cover. £25 ARJ31 1982 60th Anniversary of the first air control operation, flown, signed by four members of the crew. £30

ARJ72 1945 Channel Islands Liberated, ARJ62 1946 Victory Stamps FDC, flown to the first mail to Channel Islands, our choice. £50 England. £25

ARJ32 1984 Mildenhall Air Fete, flown in Boeing and signed. £25

ARJ52 1936 Atlantic Coast Air Service, Barnstaple Devon - Lundy Island with a ½ ARJ51 1970 Bembridge - Isle of Wight in puffin stamp.£30 a Britten Norman Islander to commemorate ‘Philympia 70’. £15

ARJ53 1937 Want to spread Atlantic Air Services, Barnstaple Devon the payments - Lundy Island with on these four Edward stamps amazing covers? Don’t 2 ½d, 1d, 1 ½d, and forget to ask about Flexi ½d. This was the Pay! Call 01303 278137 last day of Edward for full details. stamps. £75

www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 Airmail Ephemera ARX04B BUY TWO GET ONE FREE ARX01 1934 ‘Reduce the Air Mail Rates - Cheap Postage Pays’ by Rear Admiral Sir Murray Fraser Sueter MP Chairman of the Parliamentary Air Committee - written to argue the case for cheaper rates...... £10 ARX04B December 1948 Air Mail Services pamphlet with info on times and rates...... £10 ARX05A June 1949 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates...... £10 ARX05B July 1949 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info ARX01 ARX05A on times and rates...... £10 ARX06 June 1952 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info ARX10K December 1966 Air Mail with info on times and on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX06B September 1952 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet ARX11 August 1967 Air Mail with info on times and with info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX07 January 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with ARX11A December 1967 Air Mail with info on times and info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 February 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with ARX07A ARX12 January 1968 Air Mail with info on times and info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 October 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with ARX07B ARX12A February 1968 Air Mail with info on times and info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX09A October 1965 Air Mail with info on times and ARX12B March 1968 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX09B November 1965 Air Mail with info on times and ARX12D May 1968 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX09C December 1965 Air Mail with info on times and ARX12E June 1968 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX10 January 1966 Air Mail with info on times and ARX12F July 1968 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 rates...... £10 ARX10A February 1966 Air Mail with info on times and Feb 1938 Empire Air Mail postage rates on A5 rates...... £10 ARX35 piece that was sent to Post Offices and ARX10B March 1966 Air Mail with info on times and directories...... rates...... £10 £10 ARX10C April 1966 Air Mail with info on times and ARX36 1937-9 Empire Air Mail leaflet announcing the rates...... £10 third stage of the empire air mail scheme - ARX10D May 1966 Air Mail with info on times and details of rates/ times/ instructions e.t.c..... £10 rates...... £10 ARX37 July 1938 Empire Air Mail postage rates on A5 ARX10E June 1966 Air Mail with info on times and piece that was sent to Post Offices and rates...... £10 directories...... £10 ARX10F July 1966 Air Mail with info on times and ARX46 November 1934 Post Office notice of new rates...... £10 Sundays services for letter airmail...... £10 ARX10G August 1966 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 ARX10H September 1966 Air Mail with info on times and 01303 278137 rates...... £10 EMAIL: [email protected] ARX10I October 1966 Air Mail with info on times and rates...... £10 VISIT WWW.BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM/MAGAZINES

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BCSHEET28 Unsigned. £30 Special Offer £25

BCSHEET28M Signed by test pilots John Wilson, Peter Duffey and Terence Henderson. £65 Special Offer £55

BCSHEET28S Signed by test pilot John Wilson. £45 Special Offer £40

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ARX38 1931 pair of tickets - an adult and child ticket - for a flight in an aircraft of Air Tours Ltd. The company toured the UK in the early 1930s, flown by Captain Barnard. £60 Special Offer £50

ARE239 1937 Istres - Damascu - Paris air race, covers postmarked on the 20th August also have the special cachet produced by French postal service, unclear what if any covers were flown in race.£40

ARE52 1936 London - Colombo first flight. This cover has the Indo - Ceylon Special Flight Xmas cachet. £50

ARG22 1930 Deutsche Lufthansa First Night Flight, from London-Berlin- Hanover-Rotterdam- Copenhagen-Stockholm, our choice. £40

ARK05S 1936 KLM England - first flight signed by the pilotHouding. £45

ARZ09B 1930 LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, flown on the Lakehurst, New Jersey - Friedrichshafen leg with purple ‘Europe-PanAmerica Round Flight’ and red ‘Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin SudAmerikafahrt’ cachets. £250 £50 a month for 5 months

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