OCTOBER 2019 CL229 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors Christmas 5th November 2019
SEE THE FULL CHRISTMAS ISSUE ON PAGE 3 > The Gruffalo 10th October 2019
A Modern Classic Brand new stamps featuring Julia Donaldson’s Award Winning The Gruffalo, feature on our beautiful woodland design Children’s Books cover. Make sure you don’t miss out on these delightful limited edition First Day Covers. FULL DETAILS ON PAGE 4
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • CRICKET WORLD CUP • THE LATEST NEW ISSUES • ARMISTICE DAY • FANTASTIC NEW SIGNERS • APOLLO 12 • SPECIALIST FDCS • FLIGHT, RAIL & MARITIME COMMEMORATIVES & MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Buckingham Covers - The First in First Day Covers A WORD FROM “Our Christmas cover has been produced alongside Save the CRAIG Children and £1 will be donated to BUCKINGHAM COVERS the charity for each cover sold.”
Dear Collector, the charity for each cover sold. There is one more issue to come this year and it is another ‘Secret Issue’ so we can’t advertise it As I write this on a cold October morning the news has just come far in advance. Make sure you sign up to our emails to hear about onto the radio that one lucky UK winner has won £170 million it first (sign up online at www.buckinghamcovers.com/family). on the Euromillions; sadly it wasn’t me or I perhaps would have stopped writing this and headed for sunnier shores! Thank you for all the entries into our last magazines caption contest. The winning entry was ‘The life of Brian, you jammy By the time you read this I will have just got back from the thing!’ Salisbury and Birmingham stamp shows which are the final two we are attending this calendar year. A few dates to get into your Enjoy the magazine, I’m off to double check my lottery ticket. diary for 2020: our first show will be in Liverpool on the 7th & 8th February and of course the big one is the Stampex International, Happy Collecting held at usual venue in Islington from the 2nd to 9th May. NEW BOOTH
It’s October now so not too early to showcase our Christmas CATALOGUE covers. With RM alternating between religious & secular designs, AVAILABLE this year’s set of eight features nativity scenes. Our cover has been Craig Buggins SEE PAGE 13 produced alongside Save the Children and £1 will be donated to October 2019
10 ALBUM NAVY COVER COLLECTION
Brand new in is this fantastic Navy collection with most of the covers from the 1970 – 1990s, there are in excess of 750 covers plus postcards and newspaper cuttings. There are over 240 Navy Multi signed covers, which individually worth around £15 each, but we have seen the World War II Veterans fetch much more. Then there are over 190 single signed covers and over 340 unsigned covers. Included in these are some unusual 1960s covers which include a number of submarine covers, which I think are very good. We are happy to talk you through the collection in more detail, please do call us.
COL2489 £2500 £500 per month for 5 months
OVER 750 COVERS PLUS POSTCARDS & EXTRAS INC MANY SIGNED A word about our clubs... We have tried to simplify our clubs to make them Don’t forget clubs are free to join and there’s no easier to understand. We have two main clubs obligation to buy. Becoming a member simply means for new issue customers, Classic and Signed. that you won’t miss out, and you’ll receive discounts If you are a member of one of these clubs your covers on some covers. So what’s stopping you? will automatically be reserved for you, so there’s no Full details on page 14 need to order. Items reserved for Club Customers are still available to order, but there may only be a We also run clubs for thematics like Rail, Maritime limitied number so will be subject to availability. and Flight. Contact us for more details.
2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] £1 from the sale of each of our Christmas covers will Christmas be donated to Save 5th November 2019 the Children Fund Our beautiful 2019 Christmas covers feature stunning monochrome illustrations of the nativity, perfectly showcasing the stamps. We are working with and raising money for Save the Children
BC632 £18.50 Club Price £17.50 BC632S £28.50 ‘Wise Men’ stamps cover, with full set of Christmas Signed by TV Presenter Pam Rhodes - well stamps and our Save the Children FDI postmark. known for presenting Songs of Praise.
BC632M £18.50 Club Price £17.50 BC632MB £18.50 Barcoded miniature sheet. ‘Nativity’ miniature sheet cover, with full Christmas miniature BC632MBS £28.50 Signed by former Blue Peter sheet and our Save the Children, Ellesmere FDI postmark. Presenter Lesley Judd. BC632MS £28.50 Signed by former Blue Peter Presenter Lesley Judd.
£1 from the sale of our Christmas covers will be donated to Save the Children Fund Registered Charity No. 213890 (England & Wales) and SC039570 (Scotland). For complaints or general queries regarding this product contact Save the Children via [email protected].
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] The Gruffalo 10th October 2019 A Modern Classic Julia Donaldson’s Award Winning The Gruffalo, now immortalised in stamps! A firm favourite with adults and children alike, The Gruffalo was the first of her books to be adapted for BBC1’s Christmas Day schedule with an all star cast. These delightful newly released First Day Buckingham Covers are LIMITED EDITION, so make sure you don’t miss out on this modern classic!
BC631M £18.50 Club Price £17.50 BC631MS £TBC Signed TBC. Woodland design Gruffalo miniature sheet, including Woodland Road sponsored ink postmark 10.10.2019 on the first day of issue.
BC631 £18.50 Club Price £17.50 Our Children’s Books ‘Branch’ First Day Cover with all six Gruffalo stamps postmarked on the first Day of Issue with a Donaldson Road London special postmark.
BC631S £TBC Signed TBC.
BC631MA £18.50 Club Price £17.50 The stamps which can only be found in the BC631LSET £29.50 miniature sheet on our Buckingham ‘Woodland’ Pair of Children’s books covers featuring five smiler cover. stamps and a Gruffalo label on each. BC631MAS £TBC BC631L £10.95 Signer to be confirmed. Children’s Books cover with single smiler stamp & label, our choice.
4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] CRICKET WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS For the first time in history both the Men’s and Women’s Teams hold the ICC Cricket World Cup titles. Following the Men’s triumphant win on the 26th September 2019 14th July brand new stamps are due to be released on 26th September 2019 to celebrate this amazing sporting feat.
BC628M £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with full Men’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. BC628MS £28.50 Signed Liam Plunkett, English Cricketer.
BC628MA £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with stamps from the Men’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark.
BC628MAS £28.50 Signed Mark Wood, English Cricketer.
BC628M2 £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with full Women’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark.
BC628M2S £28.50 Signed Heather Knight, the Captain of the Women’s England Cricket Team.
BC628MA2 £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with stamps from the Women’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. BC628MA2S £28.50 Signed Tammy Beaumont, English Cricketer.
BC628MF £24.95 Full set cover - featuring all 8 stamps from the two miniature sheets on our World Cup Champions cover. Limited Edition.
BCCR20DBL £19.95 Cricket World Cup cover with 1st Class stamp and London postmark on the day England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time! Doubled with four stamps from the Men’s World Cup miniature sheet and will be postmarked on issue day.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] MUSIC GIANTS - ELTON JOHN 3rd September 2019
BC629 £18.50 On the 50th anniversary of his first album and to mark Elton’s Farewell Tour, Elton John is number one in the latest Music Giants series. Featuring 8 stamps with album artwork from across the years. Postmarked at Elton John’s birthplace of Pinner. NEW SIGNER! BC629S £32.50 Signed by Ray Williams who was manager at Liberty Records and is credited with discovering Elton John, and pairing him with lyricist Bernie Taupin.
BC629M £18.50 Also known for his amazingly weird and wonderful glasses, this ‘spectacle’ of a cover is sure to sparkle in your collection, featuring a miniature sheet with stamps showing images from some of Elton John’s most famous live shows. This cover is postmarked at Elton Way, Watford as Elton is a lifelong Watford supporter, becoming chairman of the football club in 1976. BC629MS £TBC BC629MB £18.50 Barcoded miniature sheet. Signer to be confirmed. BC629MBS £TBC Barcoded miniature sheet, signed TBA.
6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] ROYAL NAVY SHIPS HMS KING GEORGE V
19th September 2019 Throughout the United Kingdom’s history, as an island nation, it has been vitally important to have the means to travel across the sea to trade, defend and travel throughout what would become a huge empire. The development of ships and navigation through the years has meant that the Royal Navy has a rich and varied history. Cancelled with our Portsmouth postmark, this cover features a stunning image of HMS King George V.
BC630S £28.50 Admiral The Right Honourable The Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC, retired admiral the first Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff from 2002 to 2006. He also told the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century in a 2014 15 part BBC Radio 4 series ‘Britain At Sea’. BC630 £18.50 Full set of 8 stamps on our cover featuring HMS King George V.
2019 High Value Definitives £2, £3, £5 high values change of printer from De La Rue to International Security Printers Walsall non visible change, postmarked 24.10.2019 London, SW1. BCD42A £24.95
BREXIT - LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT 31st October 2019? It’s probably the most significant, and controversial, political change in recent times for the UK. If and when it happens we will mark this historic event with our Brexit cover.
BCSP40B £10.95 Our cover features a Artists impression Union Jack stamp with London SW1 postmark. Marking a defining moment in history when Britain finally leaves the European Union. WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] QUEEN VICTORIA NEW SIGNERS! nigel Lindsay BC624MS £28.50 Nigel Lindsay who portrayed Sir Robert Peel in the first two series of Victoria has signed our Queen Victoria miniature sheet covers.
daisy goodwin BC624MAS £28.50 Signed by writer and television producer Daisy Goodwin, author of the novel ‘Victoria’ (2016), and creator and writer of the TV series Victoria. lucinda hawksley
BC624S £28.50 Lucinda Hawksley is a British biographer, author and lecturer. She is the great-great-great- granddaughter of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine, amongst the books written by Lucinda is Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise. She was also part of a TV miniseries Queen Victoria’s children in 2013.
JOLLY BOYS OUTING - MARGATE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the great Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special ‘Jolly Boys Outing’.
Design, to be unveiled soon, will feature the Margate wooden roller coaster otherwise known as the Margate Scenic Railway, the oldest roller coaster in the UK which marks its 100th anniversary in 2020! ‘Jolly Boys Outing’, Margate Christmas Day postmark 25.12.2019.
Limited Edition cover with the hope of signed editions to follow.
Unsigned - £10.95 QUOTE: OFAH Signed - £TBC QUOTE: OFAHS
8 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF Peet13 [CCCL229 BY-SA 4.0 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected](https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] BUCKINGHAM RAIL We produce 10 to 15 covers each year celebrating events and significant anniversaries in the history of the Railway across Britain. Steam trains, bridges, preservation groups and new developments - we celebrate our rich transport heritage.
Leighton Buzzard 17th November 2019 R348 £10.95 Rail Club Price £9.95 Leighton Buzzard Railway celebrates the centenary of the civic opening. Our cover features a selection of their locomotives and is postmarked on the day of the centenary celebrations.
Longmoor Military Railway 31st October 2019 50th anniversary of the closure of Longmoor Military Railway, postmarked at Longmoor, Liss on the day of it’s closure. R347 £10.95 Rail Club Price £9.95
THE RAIL SERIES SO FAR THIS YEAR...
R346 £10.95 R345 £10.95 R344 £12.50
R343 £12.50 R341 £10.95 R340 £12.50 R342 £10.95
R339 £15 R338 £15 R337 £15
It’s easy to join the Rail Club - WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229just tick the box belowwww.buckinghamcovers.com the order form or call us on 01303 278137 9 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] www.buckinghamcovers.com/clubs ARMISTICE 11th November 2019
BCSP56D £11.95
On 7th November 1919 King George V issued a proclamation which called for a two minute silence to be held on Armistice Day. Our cenotaph cover features a poppy stamp, postmarked on 11th November and a King George V stamp and special cachet..
hms prince of wales double 8th September 2017 & 19th November 2019 BCN07 £12.95 The latest aircraft carrier to the Royal Navy Fleet starts her journey at sea. This fantastic cover is postmarked at Rosyth, Dunfermline 8th September 2017 when she was named. Doubled on 19th September 2019 when the ship first moved from Rosyth, with sister ship HMS Queen Elizabeth stamp and first day of issue Portsmouth postmark where the pair will be based. Also includes our Sea Trials cachet and Royal Navy image of the ship. hms medway 19th November 2019 BCN032 £10.95 The newest addition to the Royal Navy fleet. HMS Medway is a River-Class offshore patrol vessel & 2nd of a batch of 5 ordered for the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned on the same day as the Royal Navy Ships stamps 19/09/19 & our choice of stamp.
cutty sark 22nd November 2019 BCN031 £10.95 Marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of the Cutty Sark. Our cover features a Scottish definitive stamp with Dumbarton, Scotland anniversary postmark issued 22/11/19. The 10 cover encompassesWARREN a HOUSE,genuine 9d SHEARWAY Cutty Sark ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 stamp fromTEL 1969. 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] D-DAY NEW SIGNER!
BC625MS £28.50 75th Anniversary of D-Day, our cover shows an image of Mulberry Harbour in Arromanches, with full miniature sheet & FDI Southsea, Portsmouth postmark issued 06/06/2019, signed Dr Roderick Bailey, historian, author who wrote ‘Forgotten Voices of D-Day’
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tirpitz 12th November 2019 Marking 75th Anniversary, Sinking of the Tirpitz with this dramatic painting by Mark Postlethwaite GAvA featuring a Tirpitz label and poppy stamp postmarked in Lossiemouth 12.11.19. BCN030 £10.95
BUY OUR 2019 TIRPITZ COVER TOGETHER WITH AN IOM 2004 TIRPITZ COVER, SIGNED BY DAMBUSTERS PILOT TONY IVESON FOR JUST £20! LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE - SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY
BCSP08S13 £15 IOM 2004 Tirpitz cover, signed by Dambusters Pilot Tony Iveson While stocks last, limited number available. tirpitz iom double signed
BCSP08S12 £20 The Sinking of the Tirpitz flown 2004 cover with IOM stamp, and flown cachet, double signed by James Tait, officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who conducted 101 bombing missions, including the one that finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944 and Tony Iveson, Royal Air Force Pilot, Flight Lieutenant in No. 617 Squadron RAF the Dam Busters. Promoted to Squadron Leader in October 1944, he took part in some 27 operations, including the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz. He was awarded a Distinguished WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229Flying Cross in March 1945. www.buckinghamcovers.com 11 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] flight covers 50th Anniversary CONCORDE BREAKS THE SOUND BARRIER 1st October 2019 Concorde 001 exceeded Mach 1 for the first time on 1st October 1969. At an altitude of 36,000 feet about 75 miles from Toulouse it held Mach 1.05 for 9 minutes. Our cover, featuring an artist’s vision of Concorde from the front page of a children’s newspaper in 1963, marks the 50th anniversary of this amazing achievement. BCON039A £10.95
First International Passenger Service 25th August 2019 BCFL06 £10.95 Our cover celebrates the Centenary of the World’s First International Passenger Service featuring an image of an Airco De Havilland DH.16 biplane. The inaugural flight from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome (Heathrow), to Le Bourget, Paris, 25th August 1919 launched the first regular daily international service in the world. With special postmark on the anniversary date. red arrows ONLY 5 REMAINING BC605M2 £25 RAF Centenary first day cover with full Red Arrows miniature sheet and first day of issue Scampton postmark 20.03.2018. Doubled with Union Jack 1st class stamps and Scampton postmark 08.10.19 to mark the End of the Red Arrows North American Tour.
BC605MA2 £20 LIMITED EDITION RAF Centenary first day cover with Red Arrows stamps 20.03.2018. Doubled with Union Jack 1st class stamps and Scampton postmark 08.10.19 to mark the End of the Red Arrows North American Tour.
ONLY 2 REMAINING BC605MA2S £20 RAF Centenary first day cover with Red Arrows stamps 20.03.2018. Doubled with 1st class stamps and Scampton postmark 08.10.19 to mark the End of the Red Arrows North American Tour. Signed by Ben Murphy former RED1 & now Blade 2.
12 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] APOLLO 12
If you have signed up to our Moon Club these covers will automatically be allocated for you, so no need to order.
Artists Impression
BCSP61B £20 The next in the Apollo Missions series these Artists Impression covers celebrate the 50th anniversary of launch and lunar landing of Apollo 12 - the second manned mission to land on the moon in 1969.
MOON LANDING 50th Anniversary TCS988 £12.95 Jersey Man On The Moon 50th Anniversary cover with six stamps & FDI postmark issued 20/07/19.
TCS989 £9.95 Jersey Man On The Moon 50th Anniversary cover with miniature sheet & FDI postmark issued 20/07/19.
The Booth Catalogue Collect GB First Day Covers YOURS FOR £25.95 JUST PUBLISHED (Including postage) TBCAT19 The new edition of this popular catalogue runs to over 550 pages. Covering Commemorative and Definitive Issues, as well as GB Overprints, Pre-release covers and Missing Colours. It includes illustrations of ‘FDC Gems’, plus additional information on many of the Commemorative Issues. Extensively illustrated with covers and postmarks, this is an authoritative and well known work by Jeffrey Booth, a long time collector and knowledgeable GB philatelist. Call us on 01303 278137 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 13 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Visit us online at www.buckinghamcovers.com Email us at [email protected] The Portfolio
FC044ZA £125 £25 per month for 5 months 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, single 1½d stamp cancelled with London WC 124 CDS on unaddressed cover also marking the 20th Anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania. Illustrated with a picture of both sides of the German Lusitania medal. The cover has a cachet address on the £55 per month for 2 months FC134 £110 reverse to the International Historical Cover Committee in 3rd May 1951 Festival of Britain, Battersea SW11 Arlington Massachusetts, this and a letter with the cover leads wavy line slogan postmark on illustrated cover us to believe this is an American produced cover. with cachet address to The Stamp Shop in the Festival Gardens.
FC903 £175 £35 per month for 5 months FD178D £120 £20 per month for 6 months 21st June 1972 British Architecture Village Churches, Earls Barton Northampton CDS on clean unaddressed Post Office cover. This is 3rd November 1941 3d Pale Violet with Station the church featured on the 4p stamp. Parade CDS.
FC4183M £150 £50 per month for 3 months 3rd February 1998 Diana, large Windsor Castle SL4 1NJ CDS on Royal Mail cover with a typed address to the Police Lodge at the Castle.
FC4184G £125 £25 per month for 5 months
24th February 1998 Queen’s Beasts, Windsor Castle SL4 1NJ large CDS on Royal Mail cover with a typed address to the Police Lodge at the Castle.
14 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FD168G £500 £50 per month for 10 months
21st August 1939 King George VI 5/- Red, Shepherds Bush BO W12 oval Registered CDS postmark, plus registration label 516 on registered cover with neat handwritten address to Amersham Bucks.
FD171HWB £700 £100 per month for 7 months
9th March 1942 King George VI 2/6d Yellow Green, Neasdon BO NW10 CDS plus Willesden registration label 4903 on plain handwritten cover. Neat handwritten address to Middle Lodge Farm, Pewsham Chippenham, where you can still buy a tractor today.
FD001 £2500 £250 per month for 10 months
1st October 1870 Bantam Half Penny plate 1 cancelled by a London NW CDS. This British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females voting form is addressed to Lady Mary Ingles with all three votes given to Mary Tennant.
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BC015K £150 £30 per month for 5 months Leslie Thomas signed 2002 Rudyard Kipling cover, one the Wales top authors whose comic novel The Virgin Soldiers was inspired by his own National Service experiences.
BC318MS13 £100 £10 per month for 10 months Jonathan Pryce signed 2008 James Bond Diver miniature sheet cover, starred as Bond villain Elliot Carver in the World is Not Enough.
BC331LS £25 Wendi Peters signed 2008 Christmas cover, best known as Cilla Battersby in Coronation Street.
BC033R £250 £50 per month for 5 months Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Mike Westmacott, George Band, & Doug Scott signed 2003 Everest 50th anniversary cover. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]
BC421LS10 £25 Gary Wilmot signed 2010 London Palladium Centenary cover doubled with a 2011 Stage Musicals BC424S4 £70 £35 per month for 2 months stamp, rose to fame on New Faces and later hosted James Earl Jones signed 2011 Royal Shakespeare So You Want To Be Top & Showstoppers. cover, acted in many Shakespearean plays as well as his iconic voiceovers in Star Wars and The Lion King.
16 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BC437MAS2 £55 BC565C £20 Quentin Blake signed 2012 Roald Dahl miniature Kirstie Allsopp signed 2017 Celebrating Childhood sheet cover, cartoonist and writer best known for cover with Handmade Fair Hampton Court Palace illustrating Roald Dahl books. postmark, TV star and host of the Handmade Fair.
BCCR20S12 £19.95 Deryck Murray & Andy Roberts signed 2019 Cricket BC567MS2 £150 £30 per month for 5 months World Cup cover, two West Indian cricketing stars. Justin Welby signed 2017 Christmas miniature sheet cover, current Archbishop of Canterbury.
BCSP50S3 £20 Fred Beviss signed 2018 75th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid, WWII Bomber Command veteran. BCSP04S10 £75 Jim Wallwork, Richard Todd & Edward Gueritz signed All covers on pages 16-17 are 2004 D-Day cover with IOM, GB, & French postmarks, three veterans of the Normandy Landings. LIMITED EDITIONS of 5
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CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 17 IN OUR OPINION Brian’s Desk Mary Rose Double When I saw that a new Mary Rose THE BEST FIRST DAY COVER ALBUM stamp was part of this year’s Navy Ships issue I searched out a few ON THE MARKET! 1982 Maritime covers (where it was on the 15½p stamp) to do some doubles, just 15 available. More covers from the stock that FC4035ZA £9.99 has either just come in or that I am rediscovering!
Post Office FD531 £10 Definitive Covers 11th August 1971 10p Orange-Brown, For the first half of the 1970’s The Post Windsor FDI. Office issued special definitive covers for what they considered new Machin issues, at some point I will try and compile a list of all of them (and try and offer of course) but here are three to get you started.
FD566 £25 6th December 1972 £1 Black Redrawn, Windsor special FDI FD600 £5 postmark. 24th October 1973 4½p, 5½p and 8p, Windsor FDI postmark.
My Unusual Findings I get to sort through lots of boxes of covers and find lots of nice things, some of which I should not buy, but can’t resist, here is my new selection 01303 278137 TCS990 £20 1963 Scottish Greenland Expedition cover dated 27th August, the cover has had an Expedition Successful cachet added and has been signed by the Deputy Leader. TCS991 £4.95 TCS992 £75 1930’s Thunderstorm Report Cards, which were completed by the observer and A lovely stamp shaped then returned to Mr Morris Bower. Mr Bower advert for Sunlight soap collected data on Thunderstorms between (13cm x 15cm) - Stamps 1924 and 1982, set up the Thunderstorm out dirt, there is a mount Census Organisation and was known as the mark on the reverse, but man who collected thunderstorms. a lovely item I have never seen before.
TCS993 £50 1897 Railway TCS994 £25 Mission - Total 1959 Stephenson Abstinence Locomotive Society Pledge from the Golden Jubilee Tonbridge Wells Dinner menu, at Branch signed the time the Vice by Sarah Ann Presidents included Fermor. Oliver Bulleid and Sir William Stanier.
18 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] IN OUR OPINION THE BEST FIRST DAY COVER ALBUM ON THE MARKET!
I looked at the available luxury albums and decided that the Safe 800 series was the best for our Buckingham Covers. The 14 ring mechanism is quality nickel-plated easy to use and only available from Safe. The album lies perfectly flat and you can remove pages or covers easily. It has two heavy-duty sheet lifters. The luxury binder is padded and the matching slip-case again looks quality as indeed it is. The leaves are the best available and your first day covers look superb. Yes, they sound expensive with only 11 leaves, but we are selling them well below the proper price so they are a bargain.
ALB01 £99.95 Blue ALB01A £99.95 Red £99.95 ALB05 £99.95 including Blue album for postage smiler sheets Extra leaves are available at £15 for 10
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SCA01B £22.50 *Polypropylene is a clear material which according to the experts is totally safe. Some Outside Rail Album album leaves are dangerous as they suck out ink from the covers. PVC in particular can be lethal to your covers and if you have old PVC You can also claim one for 15 tokens pages in albums the leaves should be replaced.
WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 19 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] More and more it is about hunting for connected postmarks, but even if you are looking at the 1960s you can still find these in 1960s good condition without spending a fortune. The Special and Connected postmarks We have found all of these in our stock, as usual these are listed by postmark, so let us know if you only want the illustrated.
FC196 £15 18th September 1961 CEPT, Torquay Special slogan postmark.
FC187 £100 £50 per month over 2 months 7th July 1960 General Letter Office, Lombard Street, London EC3 CDS, PTS London Stamp Exhibition cover.
FC205 £85 14th November 1962 National Productivity Year, National Productivity Year FC201 £50 special slogan. 25th September 1961 Parliament, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference special slogan postmark.
FC224 £40 7th May 1963 Paris Postal Conference, Dover Packet Service special postmark.
FC253 £70 31st May 1963 FC215 £50 International Lifeboat 21st March 1963 Freedom from Conference, Edinburgh Hunger, Freedom from Hunger Lifeboat Conference special slogan postmark. special slogan, PTS illustrated cover.
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20 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC316 £45 5th August 1964 10th Botanical Conference Edinburgh, Edinburgh FDI postmark.
FC291 £15 23rd April 1964 Shakespeare, Stratford FDI postmark. FC336 £35 4th September 1964 Opening of the Forth Road Bridge, South Queensferry special postmark.
FC351 £20 8th July 1965 Sir Winston Churchill, Bladon FDI postmark.
FC388 £40 9th August 1965 Salvation Army, London EC FDI postmark. FC370 £40 19th July 1965 700th Anniversary of Simon De Montforts Parliament, Evesham FDI postmark.
FC486 £15 25th January 1966 Robert Burns, Alloway special postmark.
FC509 £25 28th February 1966 900th Anniversary of FC429 £80 Westminster Abbey, 13th September 1965 25th Anniversary of the Battle of London SW FDI. Britain, Biggin Hill large CDS postmark.
FC520 £75 2nd May 1966 British Landscapes, FC537 £60 Lewes FDI postmark. 1st June 1966 World Cup, Wembley FDI.
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 21 FC557 £30 1960s 18th August England Winners, Harrow & The Special and Connected postmarks Wembley FDI.
FC596 £15 1st December 1966 Christmas, Bethlehem FDI postmark.
FC574 £20 FC609 £40 14th October 1966 900th Anniversary 20th February 1967 of the Battle of Hastings, Battlefield EFTA, NATO special special postmark. Portmeirion postmark.
FC633 £35 10th July 1967 British Paintings, Art on Stamps Exhibition Strand postmark.
FC647 £20 19th September 1967 Discovery & Invention, HMS Discovery Exhibition special postmark.
FC666 £50 1967 Christmas, Double dated cover, both Bethlehem FDI postmarks. FC641 £10 24th July 1967 Sir Francis Chichester Greenwich Globe special postmark.
FC691 £35 12th August 1968 British Paintings, Philatex Woburn special postmark. FC669 £10 29th April 1968 British Bridges, Bridge, We run regular thematic Emails with exclusive offers Kent special FDI. Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to ensure you’re not missing out
22 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC710 £30 15th January 1969 British Ships, Cutty Sark, Greenwich special postmark.
FC705 £17.50 25th November 1968 Christmas, FC716 £20 Bethlehem FDI. 3rd March 1969 “f CMYK / .eps Concorde, Filton FDI. Find us online at: www.buckinghamcovers.com @BuckinghamCover @BuckinghamCovers1
FC722 £35 2nd April 1969 British Anniversaries, Alcock & Brown Manchester special postmark.
FC730 £20 FC737 £12 28th May 1969 British Cathedrals, St Paul’s 1st July 1969 Investiture special postmark. of the Prince of Wales, Caernarvon FDI.
FC756 £15 1st October Post Office Technology, Giro Exhibition London special postmark.
FC762 £12.50 ALL 37 COVERS 26th November 1969 Christmas, Bethlehem FDI. FOR £1160, PLUS WE WILL INCLUDE ONE OF OUR LUXURY 01303 278137 ALBUMS FOR FREE (WORTH £99.95) EMAIL: [email protected] £116 per month over 10 months
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CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 23 POSTAL HISTORY
PH664 £10 1950 Horse Guards Parade ticket.
PH663 £20 British postal order school specimen used to teach children financial matters. PH1014 £75 1900 Boer War postcard addressed to President of the South African Republic Paul Kruger, propaganda card giving support to Kruger as the face of the Boer cause against the British.
01303 PH669 £25 WWII Letter by the Commander-in- 278137 Chief on Non-Fraternisation, original booklet with a typed message TCS825C £125 by Field Marshal Montgomery WWII POW mail with instructing troop’s behaviour on Oflag IVC camp cancel how to win the peace. which is the famous Colditz camp, scarce & historical postmark.
PH666 £50 TCS956 £50 Collection of 14 Cunard postcards from the 1993 Collection of 30 DC Comic cards from a variety of official Marine Art Posters series. comics, fantastic mix and at a bargain price.
24 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] German Postcards
TCS414XB £30 Hitler circular postcard. TCS414Q £30 Europe Annexed ‘We thank our Leader’ postcard.
TCS414XH £10 Autobahn postcard. TCS414XC £50 Iron Cross postcard.
TCS414XF £50 Day of the German Art postcard.
TCS414XJ £20 Wartime front postcard.
TCS414XG £7.50
Brandenburg Gate postcard. www.buckinghamcovers.com
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BC014B £75 2001 Robins, signed by actor George Cole (1925 - 2015) St Trinians and Minder.
BC025D £65 2002 Coventry Cathedral, signed by the Archbishop BC040B £40 of Canterbury and Dean John Irvine. 2003 Westminster Cathedral pair covers, signed by the Duke of Norfolk and Father Mark Langham of Westminster Cathedral.
BC346S £40 2009 Stained Glass, signed by actor Neil Pearson who plays the choirmaster in ‘All the Small Things’.
BC212S £40 2004 Raymond Brigg’s Father Christmas cover, signed by the artist himself.
BC244S £60 BC226S £30 2006 40 Years of Christmas stamps, signed by stamp 2005 1300 years of Christianity at Wells, signed collector and actor Richard Briars (1934 - 2013). by the Bishop of Bath and Wells. BUY ALL 18
BC435S £30 2017 St Martins Church, Canterbury, £600 signed by Robert Willis, Dean of SAVES OVER £100! Canterbury. £50 per month over 12 months
26 CL229 SIGNED CHRISTMAS COVERS
BC331S £35 2008 Pantomime, signed by, and featuring Christopher Biggins.
BC315S £45 2007 Worcester Cathedral, signed by the Bishop of Worcester, John Inge.
BC435S £30 2011 Peterborough Cathedral, signed by Bishop of Peterborough, Donald Allister. BC417S £30 2010 Wallace & Gromit, signed by Nicholas Smith voice of vicar in Curse of Were-Rabbit.
BC473S £30 2013 Salisbury Cathedral, signed by artist Lynda Appleby.
BC457S £35 2012 Christmas Bear, signed by illustrator Axel Scheffler.
BC533S £30 2015 Desert Scene, signed by artist BC514S £30 David Holmes. 2014 Last Day of Term, signed by the artist Malcom Root.
BC550S £35 2016 50 Years of Christmas stamps, signed by one BUY ALL 18 of the 1966 designers Tasveer Shemza.
BC617S £30 £600 2018 Christmas post, signed by actor Neil SAVES OVER £100! Dudgeon, Harry Goodwin in TV series Sorted.
CL229 27 BuckinghamCOVERS SERIES 1 6th February 2002 The Golden Jubilee
BC016QS1 £75 OFFER £55 Sandringham postmark doubled with Parliament Square postmark. Signed by HRH Duke of Kent.
19th March 2002 Coastlines
BC017B £50 BC016C £50 OFFER £37.50 OFFER £37.50 Signed by Countess Mountbatten of Burma. 19/03/02 Coastlines. Signed BC016B £35 OFFER £25 Classic. Chay Blyth. BC016X £30 Windsor special gold BC017 £40 postmark, doubled with gold Pall Mall postmark. Classic 9th April 2002 Circus
BC017AS2 £55 Signed by David Hasselhoff. BC018B £75 Signed Ronnie Corbett. BC017C £45 OFFER £35 BC018A £60 Classic. Signed by Robin Knox Johnston. BC017A £40 Classic. 2nd May 2002 Jet Aircraft, 50 years of Passenger Jet Travel
BC019J £175 £25 per month over 7 months 02/05/02 Aircraft double postmark. Signed by Chief Concorde Pilot 01303 Mike Bannister. 278137 BC019A £75 Classic.
28 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 2nd May 2002 Jet Aircraft, 50 years of Passenger Jet Travel
OFFER £170 BC019D £225 £17 per month over 10 months Miniature sheet. Signed Sir George Edwards, one of the designers of Concorde.
BC019LTDS4 £55 50th Anniversary of Comet’s 1st flight BC019G £100 OFFER £75 London-New York Aircraft Comet cover. Signed John Cunningham on 4th Oct 1958. & John Wilson. Signed John Wilson, John Massie, BC019E £45 Classic. Steven Wand & Peter Duffey.
BC019LTDS £40 OFFER £30 Signed John Wilson.
21st May 2002 Football
BC020FCLTD £425 Flexi Pay is available 21/05/02 World Cup cover signed by 9 of the 1966 winning team, Jackie Charlton, Nobby Stiles, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Gordon Banks, Roger Hunt, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson, George Cohen & Jimmy Greaves.
OFFER £45 BC020C £60 Wembley postmark. Signed Sir Tom Finney, Preston North End. Sir Tom Finney Way Special Postmark.
Signed Bobby Robson. BC020FC3 £175 £25 per month over 7 months OFFER £55 BC020FC22 £75 Single stamp, Wembley postmark. Signed Jimmy Greaves & Terry Butcher.
16th July 2002 Commonwealth Games
BC021B £125 OFFER £90 16/07/02 Commonwealth Games. Signed Matthew Pinsent & James Cracknell.
BC021A £40 OFFER £30 Henley on Thames Stopwatch postmark. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] www.buckinghamcovers.com 29 CL229 BuckinghamCOVERS SERIES 1 10th September 2002 London Bridges
BC022B £45 Signed Barbara Windsor. BC022A £35 London Bridge postmark. Classic.
24th September 2002 Astronomy
BC023D £200
£50 per month over 4 months Astronomy Prestige Booklet. Signed Arthur C. Clarke, Sir Martin Rees (The Astronomer Royal) & Professor Alec Boksenberg.
BC023BA £65 Miniature sheet. Signed Sir Bernard Lovell.
8th October 2002 Postboxes
5th November 2002 Christmas
BC024BB £100 £20 per month over 5 months Postal Museum. Signed by former Post master Generals Roy Mason, Chris Chataway, Tony Benn & Edward Short.
BC024A £45 Postal Museum cover, Postal History Brought to Life, Postal Museum (running date postmark). Classic. BC025D £65 Coventry Cathedral. Signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury & Dean John Irvine. 25th April 2002 Tribute to the Queen Mother BC025B £30 Classic.
OFFER £35 BC026S £45 Queen Mother Tribute. Signed Juliet Aubrey, the award winning actress.
01303 Classic. BC026 £40 278137
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BC028B £85 BC027B £60 Signed Dame Maggie Smith. Signed by the Earl of Lichfield (Patrick Lichfield). BC027S3 £100 Flexi Pay Available BC028A £60 Signed by Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney. 50th Anniversary, London SW1 postmark. Classic. BC027F £40 Classic. 14th January 2003 Birds of Prey 4th February 2003 Occasions BC029B £45 Barn Owl Centre. Signed Carla Lane.
BC029D £45 Eagle Heights. Signed Bill Oddie.
25th February 2003 The Secret of Life
BC030B £65 OFFER £48 Signed by Ian Carmichael.
BC030AS £60 Signed Bo Derek.
BC030I £65 OFFER £48 Signed Ian Carmichael & George Cole.
BC030A £30 Classic.
25th March 2003 Fun Fruit and Veg
BC031C £500 £50 per month over 10 months 25/02/03 DNA cover with Cambridge postmark. Signed Francis Crick. BC031A £45 Classic.
BC032A £30 OFFER £20
Great Ormond Street Hospital official pair BC032DS £75 of covers. Full set cover. Signed Richard Griffiths. BC032H £35 Single cover. Signed Jenny Agutter. BC032D £85 Classic. BC032I £35 OFFER £25 Single cover. Signed Hayley Mills.
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 31 2nd June 2003 29th April 2003 Extreme Endeavours 50th Anniversary of the Coronation
BC034B £55 Pair of covers. Signed by Baroness Willoughby de Eresby & Duchess of Grafton.
BC034A £45 Classic pair of covers.
BC033BA £195 Flexi-Pay Available Our choice of postmark. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Band & George Lowe. 17th June 2003 BC033A £50 The Conquest of Mount 4th November 2003 Christmas Everest, London SW1 postmark. Classic. 21st Birthday Prince William of Wales
15th July 2003 BC035A £40 OFFER £30 Scotland, A British Journey 17/06/03 Prince William. Our choice of postmark.
BC035M £40 Signed Andrew Morton.
12th August 2003 Pub Signs
BC036B £50 15/07/03 Scotland, Loch Ness cover. Signed Richard Wilson. BC036A £35 Classic.
18th September 2003 Transports of Delight
BC037T £125 Flexi-Pay Available The Spitfire, Pub Signs. Signed by Neville Duke & Peter Twiss.
BC037C £100 Flexi-Pay Available Signed Paul Tibbets.
BC038D £65 Official Hornby cover. Signed BC038I £50 OFFER £37.50 Frank Martin, Chief Hornby TPO Executive of Hornby, Double. PLC of the year.
Doubled with a Hornby TPO BC038MSA2 £50 postmark. Classic. Margate postmark. BC038A £55
Hornby stamp & the Cinderella BC038P £60 miniature sheet with Stampex postmark Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months
32 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 2nd June 2003 50th Anniversary of the Coronation 7th October 2003 British Museum
BC038G £80 Full miniature sheet. Signed by artist David Shepherd. BC039B £45 BC038F £70 Classic. 07/10/03 British Museum - Tintagel Old Post Office. Signed by Philip Schofield. 4th November 2003 Christmas BC039B £45 Classic.
19th December 2003 Rugby World Cup
BC040B £40 OFFER £30 BC041B £90 Signed by Ben Cohen. Signed by the Duke of Norfolk & Father BC041A £60 OFFER £50 Classic. Mark Langham of Westminster Cathedral.
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CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 33 SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER n January 28th 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger was not designed to fly in the cold conditions which broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading were present on the launch day. The disaster resulted Oto the deaths of all seven crew members. The in a 32-month halt of the shuttle program and the disaster was caused by an o-ring seal on one of its subsequent Rogers Commission found NASA managers rocket boosters failing at liftoff. This allowed burning gas had known about the fatal flaw in the o-ring, and to escape and reach an external fuel tank, causing the disregarded warnings about the dangers of launching separation of the rocket booster and structural failure in such low temperatures. of the fuel tank. It was later discovered that the o-ring
SP(SH)020 £1500 Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik, Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Ronald McNair signed Space Shuttle Challenger cover with 28/01/86 launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark.
£150 per month over 10 months
1983 space shuttle challenger sts-8
This superb 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger STS-8 cover was actually carried into space on board the Space Shuttle Challenger. It has been triple postmarked on the day of issue (14th August), the missions launch day (30th August), and the shuttles return day (5th September). STS-8 was the eight Space Shuttle mission and third of the Challenger shuttle. Commander Richard Truly led the five man crew which included the first African- American astronaut, Guion Bluford. The mission was FLOWN a success and achieved its research and scientific objectives, including the environmental testing of new IN SPACE! hardware intended for future spacecraft and research into ‘space sickness’. This is a truly fantastic piece of space memorabilia which is supplied in a special presentation folder. Working in conjunction with the US Post Service, STS-8 carried 260,000 covers all with a $9.35 stamp which were made The cover available for sale to collectors. The goal was to create is supplied a highly collectable item which had been carried into space, but at an affordable price for all. There is no in a special doubt that this stand out collectable would make a presentation wonderful addition to your collection or as a perfect folder gift for friends and family.
SP(SH)001 £60 £30 per month for 2 months
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BCU01 £12.50 BCU02 £12.50 2015 50th anniversary of Alexei Leonov’s first 2015 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope spacewalk, limited edition of 50 covers. launch, limited edition of 50 covers.
BCU04 £27.50 BCU05A £12.50 2016 Launch of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission, signed Dr Manish Patel Co- 2016 25th anniversary of Principal Investigator for the NOMAD instrument Helen Sharman becoming on board, limited edition of 50 covers. the first Briton in space.
BCU06 £12.95 BCU07 £12.95 2017 50th anniversary of the 2017 50th anniversary of the Ariel Outer Space Treaty, limited 3 launch, the first British satellite, edition of 75 covers. limited edition of 50 covers.
BCU08 £11.95 BCU09 £11.95 2017 50th anniversary of the first 2017 50th anniversary of the first Lunar lift off of NASA surveyor 6 Pulsar observation by Jocelyn Lunar lander, limited edition of Bell Burnell & Antony Hewish, 25 covers. limited edition of 25 covers. EACH COVER HAS ITS OWN WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 35 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] SPECIAL CACHET APPLIED The Portfolio POSTMARKS Signed ONE OF A KIND GWD005 £100 These covers featured in a recent £25 per month Signed Portfolio, but we decided for 4 months that they were too good for just 1993 Greetings cover one magazine, and decided to offer signed in 2007 by them in Cover Lover as well. If you children’s illustrators don’t already receive the Signed Quentin Blake, Portfolio and would like to, just ask. Raymond Briggs & Michael Foreman.
GWD008 £150 £50 per month for 3 months GWD009 £200 £50 per month for 4 months 1999 Entertainers Tale cover signed by two of the stamp designers Peter Blake & Ralph Steadman. 2000 Art & Craft cover signed by artists Frank Auerbach, Ken Howard, Peter Blake, Raymond Briggs and Grayson Perry.
GWD012 £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1979 American John Steinbeck cover signed by writers Norman Mailer & John le Carré. GWD013 £200 £50 per month for 4 months American Human Rights cover signed by Glenda Jackson, Hilary Mantel, P D James, Antonia Fraser and Ruth Rendell.
GWD016 £100 £50 per month for 2 months
1977 Racket Sports cover signed by Bjorn Borg. GWD018 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 2012 Royal Mail Diamond Jubilee cover signed by jockeys Willie Carson and Lester Piggott, playwright 01303 278137 Tom Stoppard, actress Jane Asher, actor Tom EMAIL: [email protected] Courtenay and writer Jeffrey Archer.
36 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] POSTMARKS SPECIAL & CONNECTED
(All supplied on our choice of cover, if you only require the illustrated one just let us know) 25th january 1966 robert burns The six special postmarks sponsored by the GPO were available in two sizes, 38mm if the cover was postmarked in the town and 34mm if done at the Philatelic Bureau. The Greenock and Mauchline ones were privately sponsored and only available in one size.
FC486 Alloway special postmark (38mm)..£15 FC487 Ayr special postmark (38mm)...... £15 FC486A Alloway special postmark (34mm)..£15 FC487A Ayr special postmark (34mm)...... £15 FC498 Phosphor stamps, Alloway special FC499 Phosphor stamps, Ayr special postmark postmark (38mm)...... £15 (38mm)...... £20 FC498A Phosphor stamps, Alloway special FC499A Phosphor stamps, Ayr special postmark postmark (34mm)...... £15 (34mm)...... £18
FC488 Dumfries special postmark (38mm).£15 FC489 Edinburgh special postmark (38mm)...£15 FC488A Dumfries special postmark (34mm).£15 FC489A Edinburgh special postmark (34mm)...£15 FC500 Phosphor stamps, Dumfries special FC501 Phosphor stamps, Edinburgh special postmark (38mm)...... £18 postmark (38mm)...... £18 FC500A Phosphor stamps, Dumfries special FC501A Phosphor stamps, Edinburgh special postmark (34mm)...... £18 postmark (34mm)...... £18
FC490 Glasgow special postmark (38mm).£15 FC491 Kilmarnock special postmark (38mm).£15 FC490A Glasgow special postmark (34mm).£15 FC491A Kilmarnock special postmark (34mm).£15 FC502 Phosphor stamps, Glasgow special FC503 Phosphor stamps, Kilmarnock special postmark (38mm)...... £18 postmark (38mm)...... £18 FC502A Phosphor stamps, Glasgow special FC503A Phosphor stamps, Kilmarnock special postmark (34mm)...... £18 postmark (34mm)...... £18
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BC226M £25 2005 Celebrating Christmas at Canterbury.
BC212M £30 2004 Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas.
BC244M £25 2006 Bath Postal Museum cover.
BC315M £35 2007 Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ cover.
BC331M £20 2008 Pantomime. BC346M £30 2009 Ely Stained Glass Museum.
BC435M £20 2011 St Martins BC417M £17.50 Church ‘The 2010 Wallace and Gromit. Bullring’ Birmingham.
38 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Christmas MINIATURE SHEETS
BC457M £20 2013 Salisbury Cathedral. BC473M £25 2012 Christmas Bear.
BC514M £20 2014 The Christmas Post.
BC533M £22.50 2015 Christmas.
BC567M £25 2017 Madonna and Child.
2016 The Postman. BC550M £35
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01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] BC617M £20 2018 Snowy Holly Berry. ALL FIFTEEN COVERS £300 - SAVES £70 £50 per month over 6 months
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 39 Ordinary or Phosphor?
Or in this case both. Between 1962 and 1967 the GPO were experimenting with different ways of sorting post. So for each set of commemorative stamps between 1962 National Productivity Year and 1967 Flowers, there were two sets, one with, and one without phosphor bands. Some clever Collectors and Dealers who knew what they were doing stuck both sets on one cover. Some are very rare, and there are a few we can do a special offer on.
FC408 £65 OFFER £50 1965 Joseph Lister, FC422 £65 OFFER £50 Philart cover 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival, Rembrandt cover
FC481 £60 OFFER £50 1965 International Telecommunications Union, Connoisseur cover
FC481 £60
OFFER £40 FC513 £50 1966 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey, Connoisseur cover
FC612 £30 OFFER £25 1967 EFTA, GPO cover ALL 5 COVERS FOR £200
ALSO AVAILABLE... FC218 1963 Freedom from Hunger...... £75 FC378B 1965 700th Anniversary of Simon De Montfort’s FC227 1963 Paris Postal Conference...... £75 Parliament, GPO cover...... £45 FC247 1963 National Nature Week...... £75 FC392 1965 Salvation Army, a cover...... £90 FC267 1963 Red Cross...... £100 FC284 1963 Commonwealth Pacific Cable...... £125 FC470 1965 United Nations, Rembrandt cover..... £60 FC359 1965 Sir Winston Churchill, Connoisseur FC496 1966 Robert Burns, Connoisseur cover...... £40 cover...... £45 FC602 1966 Christmas...... £60 Pay for any of these items using Flexi-pay and spread the cost up to 12 months - COMPLETELY INTEREST FREE!
40 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 1937 Royal Wedding of Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson Monts France TCS349B £35 postmark on Wedding Early Day Picture cover COVERS
While searching for the best in early First Day Covers, we always come across other covers, a little away from what we normally do, but we rather like. I have now got together the few bits left from last time and lots of nice new things. TCS349C £35 Monts France postmark on Windsor Wedding Day illustration
TCS349D £35 Monts postmark on colour crossed flags illustration
The Americans TCS362A £75 4th July 1932 George Washington The 1930’s Bicentennial, Sulgrace Manor, Ancestral Home cover
TCS362G £50 19th June 1935 Philatelic Congress of Great Britain, Ralph Allen of TCS362F £75 Bath illustrated 3rd June 1935 Silver Jubilee Year, George V King’s cover with Birthday cover, London EC slogan postmark Bath special postmark
The 1940’s
TCS364H £25 1947 Royal Visit to South Africa
TCS364E £35 1939 Royal Visit to Newfoundland
TCS366 £50 1947 Want to spread the payments on Royal Wedding these amazing covers? cover Don’t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details.
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FC150C £750
£375 per month for 2 months
3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace SW1 CDS on plain registered cover with handwritten address
FC205A £85 14th November 1962 National Productivity Year, London special NPY slogan on London Assurance cover with typed FC172H £125 £62.50 per month for 2 months address. 12th September 1957 46th Inter Parliamentary Conference, illustrated cover with Conference special Big Ben postmark, timed at 11:15am
FC212 £175
£35 per month for 5 months 14th November 1962 National Productivity Year Illustrated cover produced by Sanders of Southampton with a Southampton T Slogan postmark. This is the cover for this issue and now it is over 50 years old, covers in this condition are very few and far between.
FC270 £140 £20 per month for 7 months FC244 £110 £10 per month for 11 months 15th August 1963 Red Cross, phosphor stamps, West 16th May 1963 National Nature Week, Selborne, Alton Wellow, Romsey CDS postmark with registration label CDS postmark, cachet address to dealer J Sanders on St Margaret’s Church cover. Signed by the Vicar
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FC429S £275 £55 per month for 5 months 13th September 1985 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, large Biggin Hill CDS on large Connoisseur cover. Signed by World War II fighter pilot Douglas Bader
FC318 £300 £50 per month for 6 months 5th August 1964 10th Botanical Conference GPO registered cover with Primrose Valley FC492B £40 Filey CDS postmark. For those of you who have 25th January 1966 Robert not seen this cover before, it is not unique, R Burns, Greenock postmark K Forster knew what he was doing, he got the on the Greenock Philatelic right postmark, the registered label and the Society cover, cachet cover is beautifully laid out. address. Not an official cover though some people collect it as such (the GPO sponsored the postmark)
FC518A £400 £100 per month for 4 months 28th February 1966 Westminster Abbey, phosphor stamp, unaddressed cover, cancelled with Abbey Road, Blackpool CDS postmark. We can find no record of this postmark being offered before and as it came with other 1966 covers with the same postmark, we would think just done by one collector.
FC537M £895 £45 per month for 11 months 1st June 1966 World Cup, Connoisseur cover with a Wembley FDI, signed by Captain Bobby Moore. Rembrandt who produced the cover had him under contract at the time to just sign covers for them.
Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don’t forget to ask about Flexi FC605A £125 £25 per month for 5 months Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details. 1st December 1966 Christmas, missing T on the 3d value, Chelmsford FDI on Connoisseur cover with a cachet address
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 43 FC628 £160 £40 per month for 4 months FC659A £175 £25 per month for 7 months 18th October 1967 Christmas 4d, Jerico CDS on 24th April 1967 British Wild Flowers, phosphor stamps, unaddressed GPO cover registered typed Stuart cover, cancelled with a clear Kew Gardens Richmond CDS and a Special Delivery label
FC727 £25
2nd April 1969 Anniversaries, Hounslow FDI postmark on unaddressed GPO First Day Cover. Connected to the two flight stamps as Hounslow is the nearest FDI postmark to Heathrow.
FC682 £85 £42.50 per month for 2 months 29th May 1968 British Anniversaries, RAF Hendon special FDI postmark, GPO cover.
FC753A £40 13th August 1969 Gandhi Centenary, Hackney Community FC739A £40 Relations Council London E8 Official 1st July 1969 Investiture of the Prince of Wales cover. Festiniog Railway carried cover. The stamps are cancelled with a Portmadoc CDS and the four Railway Letter Stamps with an oval Fesiniog cancel. There are a number of different combinations of this cover, ask for details.
FC805 £85 3rd June 1970 Literary Anniversaries, Dickens Centenary, Pickwick, Corsham, FC787 £60 Wilts, special postmark on 1st April 1970 Anniversaries, Arbroath Angus Thames cover. FDI postmark on unaddressed Cameo Historical Cover
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44 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC858 £225 £45 per month for 5 months 25th August 1971 General Anniversaries, Post Office cover with Rugby Football Union Centenary ball shaped Twickenham special postmark FC832S £45 16th June 1971 Ulster Paintings, Londonderry special red hand postmark on Stuart cover
FC932B £15 3rd January 1973 European Economic Community, Philatelic Bureau special postmark plus Strasbourg CDS on Philart cover.
FC927B £40 23rd November 1972 Silver Wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip, British Forces Postal Service cover with Field Post Office 949 CDS. The Queen’s strong connection with the Forces gives this cover a good connection
FC975B £45 16th May 1973 Centenary of County Cricket, Official Essex CCC TCCB cover with the Chelmsford special postmark. FC983F £75 This cover was only 1973 Paintings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Royal originally as part of Academy, London Official cover a bigger collection, making them hard to come by
FC1004F £30 14th November 1973 Royal Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, BFPO 1387 Royal Engineers Official cover with an extra Gibraltar stamp added. Only around 500 of these were issued at the time. FC991F £25 15th August 1973 Inigo Jones, Exhibition Wilton House Official cover, produced by 01303 278137 Cotswold covers. EMAIL: [email protected]
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 45 FC1007 £30 FC1034 £75 14th November 1973 Royal Wedding of HRH 12th June 1974 Centenary of the Universal Postal Union. Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, Sandhurst National Postal Museum London EC1 postmark on a cover CDS postmark on Mercury cover with special illustrated with a reproduction of an 1890 Jubilee envelope, delivery label. The then Second Lieutenant clean with a small label address Phillips passed out from Sandhurst as a member of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards in 1969.
FC1063 £35 FC1176A £80 9th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of 13th August 1975 Railway, Wylam Northumberland special Winston Churchill, Post Office cover with postmark on Official Round Table cover, just over 1000 of Tunbridge Wells FDI postmark plus Posted these were originally issued at a cost of £2 each. at Chartwell cachet. This is the nearest FDI postmark to Chartwell.
FC122A £35 22nd October 1975 Bicentenary of Jane Austen, City of Bath Exhibition official cover. Around 750 were originally issued at a cost of £2 each.
FC1215 £55 3rd September 1975 Parliamentary 01303 278137 Conference, House of Commons CDS EMAIL: [email protected] postmark on unaddressed Philart cover
FC1238 £225 £37.50 per month for 6 months 26th November 1975 Christmas, Angel Hill Sutton CDS postmark and Sutton Flexi-pay registration label on available on Post Office cover with all items! cachet address to A G Bradbury. Extra No interest charged - value at the bottom payment options up to to make up the cost 12 months of registration.
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So was it just a coincidence that the Jersey 1d Arms was issued on April Fool’s Day on 1st April 1941. At this point supplies of stamps were running low and the German authorities asked Major Display cover with 1d Jersey Rybot to design a stamp in the Arms ‘Atrocious Adolf’. style of the Guernsey Arms issue. The Major agreed and in each FD200 £125 corner he added a letter ‘A’ £25 per month with a plan to tell the Germans if over 5 months questioned it was just continuing the tradition of letters in the corners started with the Penny 01303 278137 Black. EMAIL: [email protected] In a letter to King George VI after the war he told him the letters stood for Ad Avernum Adolphe Atrox, roughly translated as ‘To hell with you atrocious Adolf’. So maybe it was the occupying Germans who were the fools on issue day. The Major did not stop there Display card with ½d though, if you look closely at the Jersey Arms ‘Bloody Bonito’. initials in the corners of the ½d FD202 £40 issued on the 29th January 1942, you will notice the bottom letters were changed to ‘BB’ Bloody Bonito (Mussolini). BUY BOTH FOR £140 £70 per month over 2 months 1943 JERSEY VIEWS FULL SETS
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Captain Eric Brown (1939 - 1970) RKB04 £125 £25 per month over 5 months Maurice was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Vera was a British intelligence officer who worked in the French Section of the Special Operations Executive from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War. Signed cover of our choice. Air Vice Marshal Harold Arthur Cooper ‘Birdie’ Bird-Wilson, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AFC & Bar (1919 - 2000)
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Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS Duke was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. He was the most successful Western Allied ace in the Mediterranean Theatre, and was credited with the destruction of 27 enemy aircraft. Signed cover of our choice.
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CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 49 WWII 50th Anniversary Britain Declares War Battle of The Atlantic Battle of The River Plate
JS39/01 £5 JS39/02 £5 JS39/03S £30 JS39/01S £75 Signed Admiral Sir Desmond (Parry) Dreyer & Rear Admiral A.R.B Sturdee Former Prime Minister Lord Home
Bomber Command North Sea The Invasion of Norway Invasion of The Netherlands
JS39/04S £20 JS40/01 £5 JS40/02S £15 Bomber Command North Sea Signed Volkert Stolp and JS40/01S £25 Shipping Searches. Signed Air Johannes Christiaan De Keijzer Marshall Sir Gareth Clayton & Sir Kenneth Cross & Major RT Partridge Squadron Leader John Haskins
Invasion of Belgium Evacuation from Dunkirk Fall of France
JS40/03S £60 JS40/04 £5 JS40/05S £15 2nd Lt.Richard Wallace Annand JS40/04S £90 Signed Lt.Gen.Sir Derek Lang & Mr Gordon Skelton Signed Capt.Harold Marcus Ervine- Andrews The British East African Operation Judgement Operation Compass Campaign
JS40/07S £20 JS40/08S £15 JS41/01 £5 Signed Major O Patch & Capt.AWF Signed Field Marshall Lord Carver JS41/01S £35 Sutton Signed Eric Wilson VC
50 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] STANDARD CODE - FLOWN COVER WWII 50th Anniversary CODE ENDING S - SPECIAL SIGNED The Battle of Cape Matapan Evacuation from Greece Operation Halberd
JS41/02S £20 JS41/03S £20 JS41/06 £5 Signed Capt.M Haworth & Capt. D Wing Commander E A Howell & Napper facsimile signature of John Hinton VC
Operation Crusader Operation Cerberus Fall of Singapore
JS41/07S £35 JS42/01S £30 JS42/02S £25 Signed Capt.Philip John Gardner MC Signed Lt Cdr. Kingsmill & Cdr. Lee Signed Private Duncan Ferguson & Gunner Richard Lee
Operation Biting Operation Chariot The Baedeker Raids
JS42/03 £5 JS42/04 £5 JS42/05S £25 JS42/04S £30 Signed Lord Mayor of Canterbury (Pat Burke) and Exeter (Anthony Fry) Signed Captain M C Burn MC & Corporal G R Wheeler Operation Millennium Convoy PQ17 Operation Pedestal
JS42/06S £25 JS42/08S £25 JS42/09 £5 Signed Wing Commander Gwyn Arthur E Clayton DSM & Vice Jones & Flight Lt Gwyn Martin Admiral Sir John Hayes
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 51 25th Anniversary of the THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT We have a good selection of covers Lest We Forget
commemorating the conflict, which BCFK01SP £50 Signed by Sarah Jones we produced in 2007 including signed CBE and Freda McKay, covers by veterans of the conflict. their husbands feature on the Falkland stamps after they were killed during the war and posthumously The Beginning awarded a VC.
BCFK01 Unsigned...... £15 BCFK01S Signed by Sara Jones CBE...... £30
The Invasion
BCFK02SP £40 BCFK03SP £50 Signed by Governor Sir Signed by Lord Carrington, Admiral Rex Hunt, Major General of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach, and Vice Vaux, and Captain Admiral Sir John Coward. Canning. BCFK02 Unsigned...... £15 BCFK03 Unsigned...... £15 BCFK03D Signed by Governor Sir Rex Hunt and Admiral Sir John Sandy Woodward ...... £35 South Georgia BCFK03S Signed by Governor Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands during the invasion...... £30
The Task Force
BCFK04S £30 Signed by Admiral Sir John Sandy Woodward, British admiral who commanded the Naval Task Force in the South BCFK05SP £40 Atlantic during the War. Signed by Captain Brian Young, Captain Barrow, Lt Commander BCFK04A Unsigned...... £15 Stanley, and Rear Admiral Gough. BCFK05 Unsigned...... £12 BCFK05S Signed by Captain Brian Young, Captain of the RAF Joins destroyer Antrim and commander of the Conflict the ships despatched to recover South BCFK06S £60 Georgia during Vulcan Bomber cover Operation Paraquet.£25 signed by Falklands Black Buck mission pilot Martin Withers. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don’t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! BCFK06 Unsigned...... BUYING £15 Call 01303 278137 for full details.
52 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Battle Group Arrives
BCFK07SP £45 THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT Signed Captain Clapp, Admiral Sir Layard, Commander Warwick, Captain A F Pitt. BCFK07 Unsigned...... £12 BCFK07AS Signed by Cecil Parkinson, member of the Falklands War Cabinet...... £25 War at Sea The Sinking of the Belgrano
BCFK09SP £40 Signed by Rear Admiral Salt, Captain Hart-Dyke, BCFK08SP £50 Commander Craig, Captain Roberts. Signed by Captain Wreford-Brown, Captain Morton, and BCFK09 Unsigned...... £12 Vice Admiral Herb. BCFK09S Signed by Rear Admiral Salt, Captain BCFK08 Unsigned...... £12 of HMS Sheffield during the war which became the first British warship to be sunk by enemy action since WWII San Carlos and Goose Green ...... £25
Battle for Stanley
BCFK10SP £45 Signed by Nigel Sharkey MacCartan-Ward, Rear Admiral Layman, Simon Weston and Major Roger Jenner. BCFK10 Unsigned...... £12 BCFK11S £25 BCFK10AS Signed by Major General Sir Iain Mackay-Dick, Signed by Major General Julian Thompson, Falkland’s Falkland’s veteran who led the landing of 600 veteran who commanded 3 Commando Brigade Scots Guards at Fitzroy on East Falkland...... £25 during the war. RAF Joins BCFK11 Unsigned...... £12 the Conflict The Signing of the Ceasefire
£50 per month for 3 months BCFK12SP £150 Signed Major General Sir Jeremy Moore, Field Marshal Bramall, Lt General Sir Pike, and General Sir Rose. BCFK12 Unsigned...... £12 BCFK12S Signed Major General Sir Jeremy Moore, Commander of the British land forces during the war and received the surrender of the Argentine forces...... £50
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 53 CAPTAINS OF CUNARD COMMODORE GEOFFREY MARR Marr joined Cunard in 1936 and aside from five years during WWII, SHP029S £75 spent the rest of his career with the Commodore Marr company. He rose to the highest rank signed 1968 Queen of Commodore Captain of the entire Elizabeth Final call at Cunard fleet and during his career Gibraltar served on the RMS Mauritania, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, and would later command the latter two. During the war he served in a steam drifter during the Dunkirk evacuation and was later transferred to the battleship HMS King George V and SHP030S £75 was onboard during its sinking of the Bismarck. He also saw action in the Commodore Marr signed Baltic, Mediterranean, and Malaysian 1968 Queen Elizabeth waters, and was in Singapore when Last Call at Southampton cover. the Japanese surrendered. CAPTAIN JOHN Treasure Jones joined Cunard in 1937 before seeing military action TREASURE JONES during WWII patrolling the North Sea and Denmark Strait. He was on the SHP011S £75 AMC Laurentic when she was sunk Captain Treasure Jones in November 1940 and was adrift for signed 1967 Queen Mary, over six hours before being rescued. Last Transatlantic Voyage He later served escorting the Atlantic cover with Southampton conveys and in 1943 was promoted to paquebot postmark. Commander. In 1945 he was promoted again to Acting-Captain and sent to South East Asia Command under Admiral Mountbatten. Treasure Jones rejoined Cunard in 1947 and served on SHP013S £75 several ships including as commander Captain Treasure Jones of RMS Mauretania, Queen Elizabeth, signed 1967 Queen Mary’s and the Queen Mary. He retired in 1968, last call at Gibraltar. after a career of 47 years including an incredible 43 continuous years at sea. CAPTAIN WILLIAM WARWICK Warwick joined the British Merchant Service in 1928 and Cunard in 1937. BUY BOTH COVERS FOR £50 During World War II he was in the Royal Naval and served on coastal SHP026S £60 patrols, before being transferred Commodore Warwick to protecting the Atlantic convoys, signed 1967 Queen and later supporting the invasion of Elizabeth II Clydebank Normandy. After the wars conclusion launch cover. he rejoined Cunard and when the QE2 was commissioned in 1964, he had commanded every one of Cunard’s passenger ships. In 1966 he was named Master of the QE2, the SHP042S £75 first person to hold the title. Commodore Warwick signed 1969 QEII preview cruise, Los Palmos 01303 278137 postmark. EMAIL: [email protected]
54 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] CHANNEL TUNNEL FIRSTS
CT001 £10 CT003A £20 CT002 £10 19th May 1994 First Regular Lorry 14th November 1994 The First Eurostar Shuttle through the Channel Tunnel. 27th June 1994 First Official Rail Freight through to Paris through the Channel Tunnel the Channel Tunnel
CT003B £15 14th November 1994 The First Eurostar to Brussels through the Channel Tunnel
CT004 £10 3rd October 1994 First Regular Car Shuttle through the Channel Tunnel. ALL FIVE COVERS £50
CT003C £29.95 1994 First Eurostar through the Channel CT003D £29.95 1994 Channel Tunnel Royal Mail Tunnel cover, carried on the 20th Anniversary. First Day Cover, doubled in Paris on Eurostar’s 20th Anniversary and carried on the journey BUY BOTH COVERS FOR £50
CT029A £30 22nd April 1994, Opening of the CT029B £30 27th April 1994, opening of the Channel Tunnel. Pair of FDC covers, first trial lorry Channel Tunnel, trial rail freight train. Pair of covers, shuttle service. One with Calais and the other with one with Calais and other with Coquelles postmark Coquelles postmark. BUY BOTH PAIRS FOR £50 CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 55 The FDC specialist list
FC080 £75 6th May 1940 Centenary of the Penny Black Adhesive Stamp, Red Cross Stamp Exhibition London postmark on Lancaster House illustrated cover, FC4038A £25 typed. 1982 British Motor Cars FDC, Heritage Collection Syon Park Hawkwood official cover. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]
FC4024A £20 1981 Folklore, St Valentine’s Day FC4023C £10 Cards Exhibition 1980 Christmas, Regent Street Association Bradbury official Havering official cover. cover.
FC4026K £25 1981 Butterflies, Wood Green Shopping City Inauguration by the Queen Official cover. FC4024E £30 1981 Folklore, The Robin Hood Society Exhibition, Nottingham Official cover.
FC453A £30 8th October 1965 Post Office Tower, pair of single stamps FC4040J £50 produced by George King, London EC FDI (3d single 26th January 1983 British River Fish, Birmingham Anglers stamp) and London WC FDI (1/3 single stamp, GPO cover). Association official Bradbury cover, numbered limited As always he must have had a reason for doing this. edition of 1000 covers.
56 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC4041A £75 9th March 1983 Commonwealth Day, The Wilberforce Council, Hull official cover.
FC4041B £85 9th March 1983 Commonwealth Day, Dunsmore School for Boys Rugby official cover.
FC4041T £60 9th March 1983 Commonwealth Day, Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire CDS on registered Royal Mail cover with Perth Registration label and cachet stating the Gleneagles Agreement was signed there in 1977.
FC4043L £50 6th July 1983 The British Army, Soldier Print Society Exhibition Worthing official cover. Produced by Stamp Publicity in a limited edition of 500 covers.
FC4037E £60 8th September 1982 Information Technology Year, Computertown Central Library Croydon official cover. Just 450 of this official was produced with most others for this issue 1000.
FC563 £150
£50 per month over 3 months 19th September 1966 British Technology, Macclesfield CDS postmark on Stuart cover with cachet address for the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories plus University of Manchester posted at Jodrell Bank cachet. The telescope features on the 4d stamp.
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CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 57 FC4101B £25 1990 Penny Black, Uniform Penny Post Covercraft official. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months
FC4044P £85 24th August 1983 British Gardens, Hornchurch Cricket Club Bicentenary official cover.
FC734F £30 28th May 1969 Cathedrals, Royal Engineers, Ulster Recruiting Official cover with British Forces 1085 special postmark.
FC4045J £60 5th October 1983 British Fairs, Rowell Lions Club Kettering official cover. 500 of this cover were produced selling at the time for £2.50 each.
FC4062A £395 £79 per month over 5 months 8th October 1985 Films, Royal Mail First Day Cover, the 34p has the Queen’s head dropped below the value. Bristol FDI and a neat handwritten address, a very impressive error.
FC4061B £75 3rd September 1985 Arthurian Legends, ‘Carlisle Worth a Closer Look’ special slogan on Bradbury Carlisle Castle cover, the other values care cancelled with a Carlisle FDI postmark. FC1031C £10 24th April 1974 Fire Service, Philatelic Bureau postmark on a special edition of the normal Post FC4068D £80 Office cover with Merryweather 17th June 1986 The Domesday Book, Hereford County Fen overprinted along Heritage special slogan on unaddressed Mercury cover, the the top. bottom two values are cancelled with the Burg Peterborough FDI postmark.
58 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC1266 £25 FC4057C £50 28th April 1976 Social Reformers, Norwich FDI 12th March 1985 Insects, Stamp Bug Club official postmark on unaddressed Philart cover. She was cover with a High Wycombe special postmark, label born in the city in 1780. address. It is estimated that around 500 of these full set covers were produced costing around £5 each.
FC4085E £85 10th May 1988 Transport, Sheffield and Rotherham Railway official cover. FC4070D £75 22nd July 1986 The Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew 01303 278137 and Sarah Ferguson, Daily Mail Air Race official EMAIL: [email protected] flown and signed cover.
FC1546 £40 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II doubled postmarked Mercury cover, Windsor special FDI postmark on both the set of four (11th May) and 9p (15th June).
FC4002G £75 1st March 1978 Historic Buildings Miniature Sheet, Stampex Silver Jubilee National Philatelic Society Official cover with the printing in blue. Also available with the printing in red. FC4002H £75
FC4038S £75 13th October 1982 British Motor Cars, NEC Birmingham CDS postmark on Ford Escort registered cover.
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 59 FC4006A £20 22nd November 1978 Christmas, The Gold of Eldorado, Royal Academy of Arts London Official cover with a handwritten address. We would not normally feature a cover with a handwritten address but it is believed only 75 covers exist with a full set of stamps.
FC4009A £25 9th May 1979 European Parliament, Dieppe Paquebot plus three Want to spread the ship cachets on Post Office cover with a payments on these small label address. amazing covers? Don’t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details.
FC4011C £30 11th July 1979 Year of the Child, Rotary International official cover, Wokingham special postmark, one of a numbered limited edition of 100 signed by FC4083D £85 the President of Rotary 1st March 1988 Welsh Bible, Jesus is Alive special International. slogan on Royal Mail cover with small label address.
FC4025G £20 25th March 1981 International Year of the Disabled, Leicestershire Committee Official cover.
FC4021K £20 10th September 1980 British Conductors, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Official cover produced by Cotswold covers.
FC4098C £75 5th September 1989 Microscopes, 25th Anniversary of North FC4032A £25 Sea Oil Development Offshore Supplies Office Aberdeen 10th February 1982 Charles Darwin, RSPB Sandy Beds official cover. Official cover. Only 400 of these covers were produced at the time.
60 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL229 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC4009A £25 FC4045E £25 FC4038B £25 5th October 1983 British Fairs, Milk Marketing 13th October 1982 British Motor Cars, Commemorating Board 50th Anniversary Official cover, Newcastle the Millionth New Ford Escort official cover, Halewood Staffordshire special postmark. Liverpool special postmark.
FC4094A £100 £50 per month over 2 months 11th April 1989 Anniversaries, Royal Mail cover with a NATO 40th Anniversary, Manchester special slogan.
FC4098B £75 5th September 1989 Microscopes, Balmoral Castle CDS postmark on typed Royal Mail cover.
FC4109H £30 2nd August 1990 Queen Mothers 90th Birthday, Radio Times Official cover with FC4115A £150 £50 per month over 3 months a London special postmark. 5th March 1991 Scientific Achievements, Comparex Computer Innovation Wembley official cover. Only around 40 of these were produced with a massive new issue price of £40 each.
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FC4113E £50 01303 278137 8th January 1991 Dogs, Buckingham Palace large CDS EMAIL: [email protected] postmark on registered Royal Mail cover, large label address.
CL229 www.buckinghamcovers.com 61 FC160 £40 1953 Coronation Bahrain overprint, FC4036E £90 illustrated cover. 23rd July 1982 Textiles, Coldharbour Mill Uffculme official cover.
FC4066G £25 1986 Queens Birthday, Woman Magazine, Buckingham Palace Official cover.
FC4038H £75 13th October 1982 British Motor Cars, Wiltshire Radio Wootton Bassett official FC078C £75 cover. These originally cost £3 each with only 450 produced. 1940 Centenary of the Penny Black, Stamp Centenary Bournemouth handstamp, Robson Lowe British Red Cross Society cover.
FC4183A £75 FC1499 £15 1998 Diana, Buckingham Palace CDS. 1977 Commonwealth Meeting, House of Commons (wavy line cancel).
FC1016 £25 1973 Christmas error, missing the pink floor on the 3p stamp.
FC4167L £15 1996 Olympics, Duke of Edinburgh Team Challenge Bewdley Official cover.
FC4193D £30 1999 Travellers Tale, Easyjet, Luton Airport Official cover.
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BC419BS £40 Birds Post & Go 2 cover Garden Birds issued 26.01.11 signed by Star of the Show Pauline Quirke.
BC312 £40 British birds postmarked in Keswick, Cumbria 04.09.07. ALSO AVAILABLE BC312S £50 Signed by Bill Oddie.
BC416BS £45 Birds Post & Go 1 issued 17.9.10 signed by Alan Bell Director of Last of the Summer Wine which was last broadcast 29th August 2010.
BC426S £40 Birds Post & Go 3 Water Birds, issued 19.05.11, signed Angela Pleasance.
BC622 £18.50 Birds of Prey cover in association with the International Centre for Birds of Prey issued 04.04.19.
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