Cover Lover the Magazine for First Day and Commemorative Cover Collectors ENGLAND WIN the CRICKET WORLD CUP
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AUGUST 2019 CL226 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors ENGLAND WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP FULL DETAILS ON PAGE 3 > MOON LANDING 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SEE PAGE 64 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: MEGHAN & HARRY - ROYAL BABY CHRISTENING • THE LATEST NEW ISSUES • FANTASTIC SIGNERS • D-DAY • SPACE • SPECIALIST FDCS • FLIGHT, RAIL & MARITIME COMMEMORATIVES & MUCH, MUCH MORE! Buckingham Covers - The First in First Day Covers A WORD FROM “The fantastic Cricket result BRIAN meant an interesting Monday BUCKINGHAM COVERS, SPECIALIST COVER EXPERT at Warren House” Dear Collector, All this excitement does not mean we have forgotten about our Forests cover, which is on page 5. I was trying to help on the So, last Sunday I sat down on the sofa, for a ‘top’ sporting telephone this morning and I took three calls in a row all ordering afternoon. It was the Wimbledon Men’s final, but tennis is not it, which certainly makes us feel good. really my thing, I could have watched the F1 British Grand Prix, but over the last few years have lost interest. If I had asked Craig I think last month I mentioned we were trying to get 200 Rail Club and Jake they would have insisted I should have watched the members, which we did a couple of weeks ago, so congratulations Cricket final, but it was a sunny July afternoon, so of course I to Mr D, Mr D and Mr E who all received a free railway album. spent 3½ hours watching an extremely long, dull stage of the Tour Our next target and free albums giveaway is at 225! De France, so did I miss anything? At this point, while I am talking about clubs, I need to mention The fantastic Cricket result meant an interesting Monday at that the club we have referred to variously as the main, standard Warren House and, as I write, all we are really sure of is that or stamps club, will now be known as the Classic Club, which we there will be two miniature sheets, Women’s and Men’s, with think much more fitting. everything else to be confirmed as soon as we know, which means Royal Mail have to know first. I think one thing this reminds us Finally part of the enjoyment of working in covers is you never and is very nice/traditional is that Her Majesty still has to approve know what will land on your desk next, if you asked me last all stamps, but we are pretty sure she will say yes (I think she even month would I be offering three lorry covers today I would have tweeted her congratulations). said I don’t think so! To keep up to date with final designs and other new covers make Happy Collecting sure you sign up for our ‘Hear It First’ emails, you can do this on Brian Austin our website at www.buckinghamcovers.com/family. July 2019 Our Laser Lorry Offer ALL 3 FOR JUST £9.99 CS3797 £9.99 Local company Laser Transport contacted us to say they had found a box of covers and would we be interested. Well the answer was yes and after a bit of sorting, we have put together a very special offer. In 1988 they produced a First Day Cover for the Transport issue and to mark their 15th Anniversary, then in 1994 they carried a cover on the first lorry shuttle through the tunnel. Finally in 1998 another tunnel carried cover to mark their Silver Jubilee. We have had all these in the past and individually they would cost around £30, I said we would take them, but had to be able to offer them at a fantastic price to our customers, so can offer all three for just £9.99 2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 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 14th July brand new stamps are due to be released to celebrate this amazing sporting feat. Release Date to be confirmed - pending Royal Approval BC628M £18.50 Club Price £17.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with full Men’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. Artist’s Impression, design may alter, further details will follow in the coming weeks. BC628MA £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with stamps from the Men’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. BC628M2 £18.50 Club Price £17.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with full Women’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. Artist’s Impression, design may alter, further details will follow in the coming weeks. BC628MA2 £18.50 Cricket World Champions first day cover with stamps from the Women’s Cricket World Cup Champions miniature sheet and special postmark. We hope to have signed versions available WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] of these covers - watch this space! CRICKET WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS 14th July 2019 Limited Edition BCCR20F £12.95 Cricket World Cup Final cover with special match details cachet and London postmark on the day England won the Cricket World Cup for the first time! This pulsating and dramatic encounter will surely go down in history as the best ever Cricket World Cup final which included a Super Over scenario and a series of twists and turns throughout. 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. BC628MF £24.95 Full set cover - featuring all 8 stamps from the two miniature sheets on our World Cup Champions cover. Limited Edition. Artists Impression, design will change, more details will follow in the coming weeks. 4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Robin Hood & Sherwood Forest FORESTS 13th August 2019 BC627 £18.50 Club Price £17.50 Forests have always inspired many tales and legends over the years and perhaps among the most famous is the legend of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men who robbed the rich to give to the poor, using Sherwood Forest as their home and hiding place. Postmarked at Sherwood Forest, Nottingham. BC627S £TBC Signer to be confirmed Curious CustomsIssue Date: 9th July 2019 BC626 £18.50 Curious Customs are strange traditions that take place throughout the year, some evolving from ancient origins and others more recent inventions. Our cover reflects on the Hooden Horse originally peculiar to East Kent and the Jack-in-the Green tradition. SIGNED BY FOLK MUSIC ROYALTY! BC626S £34.95 Signed by Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, and Norma Waterson. Fans of Folk music will certainly have heard of this amazing family who are all said to be some of the greatest innovators of Folk music. Between them they have released over 40 albums. Martin Carthy’s music has influenced people like Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Norma Waterson was one of The Watersons, whose music defined much of 1960s Folk music. Eliza Carthy is the daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson and has brought a unique and innovative sound to British folk since the early 1990s. Eliza is also the Vice President of the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society). All three of this talented family are WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 still producing incredible www.buckinghamcovers.commusic to this day. 5 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] The Montgomery Letters As the 21st Army Group made Artist’s Impression it’s way through to Germany, Field Marshal Montgomery wrote six letters to be read to, and to inspire, the troops. We have been given the opportunity to reproduce these and will postmark each as the 75th Anniversary is reached. These will cost £9.95 each and the first one will be issued on the 21st August this year (to mark the Conquest of Normandy) with the last one on the 25th August 2020 (when Montgomery announced the 21st Army Group would now be known as ‘The British Army of the Rhine’). 21st August 1944 - Conquest of Normandy, 17th September 1944 - Conquest of France and Belgium, Christmas 1944 - Good Will and Christmas Greetings, The fighting in Germany has begun, 7th February 1945 - We can’t lose this war, 23rd March 1945 - Conquest of the Rhineland, Pomerania & Russians within 35 miles of Berlin, 25th August 1945 - Conquest of the Rhine and 21st Army Group become “The British Army of the Rhine”. To join this club just call or email quoting ‘MONT’ 6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Duke & Duchess of Sussex New Royal Baby The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed into the world baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor on 6th May (also, as every cover collector knows the 179th Anniversary of the Penny Black). Celebrating the birth of the Royal baby, the cover features a wedding stamp postmarked on the day, a special info cachet plus an image of the couple with the new baby.