AUGUST 2019 CL226 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors ENGLAND WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP

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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

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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. Doubled at Windsor to mark the Christening

BCE23B £13.95

BCE23 £12.95 BCE23A £13.95 We mark Archie’s birth with our special cover featuring We also produced this double special, postmarked on the couple and their new arrival, cancelled with a their Wedding day (19th May 2018) and the day Archie special Windsor royal baby postmark. was born (6th May 2019). 50 YEARS the investiture of hrh prince of wales

BC618PW £14.95 Celebrating 50 years since the Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince of Wales, postmarked on his 70th birthday and doubled with the date of his Investiture also featuring a special Investiture cachet.

FC737X £14.95 1st July 1969 Investiture cover which we have doubled on the 50th anniversary and also features our special Investiture cachet. Original stamps and placement may vary.

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Issue Date: 24th May 2019 Make these covers the jewel of your collection! The Birth of a Queen 2019 heralds 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, one of Britain’s longest reigning monarchs.

BC624 £18.50 Our cover features a wonderful illustration of Kensington Palace, where Victoria was born and grew up. Cancelled on the first day of issue with our special Kensington postmark.

BC624S £TBC Signer to be confirmed.

BC624M £18.50 Celebrating the life and achievements of Prince Albert our miniature sheet cover features the Great Exhibition which was housed in the newly built Crystal Palace. The sheet is cancelled with our special Victoria and Albert, Windsor postmark. BC624MS £TBC Signer to be confirmed. BC624MB £18.50 Barcoded miniature sheet cover BC624MBS £TBC Signer to be confirmed. TO COLLECT MINIATURE SHEETS, TICK THE MINIATURE SHEET CLUB BOX BELOW THE ORDER FORM PRINCE ALBERT BICENTENARY

BC624MD £12.95 Our Queen Victoria 200 miniature sheet cover with stamp from the Legacy of Prince Albert Miniature Sheet postmarked on the first day of issue and doubled on the 26th September, the bicentenary of Albert’s birth, with portrait label and second stamp from the sheet.

8 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 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.

125th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE west highland railway to fort william 7th August 2019 In 1894, the railway line to Fort William was publicly opened. The line had been constructed despite the remote and difficult terrain and was opened in two stages: the section from Craigendoran to Fort William opened in 1894, with a short extension to Banavie on the Caledonian Canal opening in 1895. R346 £10.95 Reserved for the Rail Club steam on the underground 22nd June 2019 To mark 150th anniversary of the opening of the District Line, London Underground are running steam trains on the line from 22 to 23 June between Ealing Broadway and High Street Kensington, the last time steam trains are expected to travel to Central London on the London Underground. This cover was carried on the first day of the weekend. R345 £10.95 THE RAIL SERIES SO FAR THIS YEAR...

R344 £12.50 R343 £12.50 R342 £10.95

R341 £10.95 R340 £12.50 R339 £15

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WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 It’swww.buckinghamcovers.com easy to join the Rail Club - 9 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] just tick the box below the order form or call us on 01303 278137 BUCKINGHAM MARITIME SERIES 50th Anniversary Continuous At Sea Deterrent 5th July 2019 Marking 50th Anniversary of Continuous At Sea Deterrent with special CASD 50 postmarks 3rd May 2019 for National Service of thanksgiving Westminster Abbey and 5th July 2019 - Naval Parade HMNB Clyde Helensburgh

BCN029 £10.95 Reserved for Maritime Club Commemorating Sir William Cornwallis 5th July 2019 Commemorating 200 years since the death of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis, Commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. Cornwallis’ blockade of the French port at Brest is considered to be one of the pivotal points which helped towards the eventual defeat of Napoleon at Trafalgar. The artwork shows the famous manoeuvre called ‘Cornwallis’ Retreat’ in which Cornwallis was able to fool the French Fleet into retreating, thinking that Cornwallis had allies arriving over the horizon. BCN028 £11.95

SS Savannah - 200 YEARS 20th June 2019 Arriving in Liverpool on 20 June 1819, the SS Savannah was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. The voyage lasted 29 days and 11 hours. BCN027 £10.95

OPERATION OVERLORD 6th June 2019 6 June 1944 began one of greatest undertakings in the history of war. D Day (or Operation Overlord) was the largest amphibious operation in history which paved the way for Allied victory on the Western Front and the liberation of German-occupied France. BCN026 £10.95

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10 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] flight covers First International Passenger Service 25th August 2019 BCFL06 £10.95 Club Price £9.95 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the World’s First International Passenger Service our cover features an image of an Airco De Havilland DH.16 biplane of the British airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited. 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. 100th Anniversary of the First Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight 15th June 2019 BCFL05 £12.95 British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919 - leaving from St. John’s, Newfoundland on the 14th June they flew their Vickers Vimy, arriving in Connemara, County Galway at 8.40am on the 15th.

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BCFL01 £10.95 BCFL02 £20 BCFL03 £10.95 Centenary of the Birth of Captain Eric 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747 100 Years since the first mail carrying ‘Winkle’ Brown Jumbo Jet’s first flight. service between Folkestone & Cologne.

BCFL04 £15 BCFL05 £15 Tornado GR4 First non-stop withdrawal from transatlantic flight. service.

IT’S EASY TO JOIN THE FLIGHT CLUB, JUST TICK THE FLIGHT CLUB BOX BELOW THE ORDER FORM ✦ ✦ ✦ World’s first regular international NEXT IN THE SERIES passenger airline service ✦ WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 11 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] SERIES 6 SIGNED CHECKLIST ¨ BC601AS 2018 Game of Thrones Fire ¨ BC614S 2018 Post & Go - Mail by Bike - Mark Heap Dean-Charles Chapman (played (postman in Larkrise to Candleford)..... £30 Tommen Baratheon)...... BUYING £20 ¨ BC615S 2018 World War I - Sir Hew Strachan ¨ BC601S 2018 Game of Thrones Ice - Wilf Scolding (military historian)...... £30 (played Rhaegar Targaryen)...... £32.50 ¨ BC616AS 2018 Harry Potter - Joshua Herdman ¨ BC601MS 2018 Game of Throne Miniature sheet - (Gregory Goyle)...... £30 Jonathan Pryce (High Sparrow).. BUYING £20 ¨ BC616S 2018 Harry Potter - Adrian Rawlins (James ¨ BC602S 2018 Post & Go - Beasts & Blades - Potter) & Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley).£40 Sam Coleman (played young Hodor)£27.50. ¨ BC616MS 2018 Harry Potter Miniature sheet - Paul Benteall (played Uncle Vernon/ ¨ BC603S 2018 Post & Go Mail by Sea - Jan Harvey Serverus Snape/Voldemort on stage)... £30 (played Jan Howard in Howard’s Way).£30 ¨ BC617S 2018 Christmas - Neil Dudgeon ¨ BC604S 2018 Votes For Women - Dame Harriet (played Harry Goodwin in Sorted)...... £30 Walter (played Emmeline Pankhurst).... £35 ¨ BC617MS 2018 Christmas Miniature - Hugo Speer ¨ BC605S 2018 RAF 100 - Spitfire pilot signed...... £30 (played Charlie King in Sorted)...... £30 ¨ BC605MS 2018 RAF 100 Miniature Sheet - Kirsty ¨ BC618S 2018 Prince Charles Miniature sheet - Murphy (first female Red Arrow pilot)... £30 Ian Skelly (Co-author with the Prince). £30 ¨ BC606S 2018 Reintroduced Species - ¨ BC619MS 2019 Stamp Classics Miniature sheet - Paul Dame Jane Goodall (British primatologist Skinner (Head Curator of the Philatelic and anthropologist)...... £30 Collections at the British Library)...... £30 ¨ BC607AS 2018 Little Owl - Iolo Williams ¨ BC620AS 2019 Leonard Da Vinci - Madonna (Nature Television presenter)...... £30 Tom Riley (played Leonardo in ¨ BC607S 2018 Barn Owl - Jemima Parry-Jones DaVinci’s Demons)...... £30 (Conservationist and author)...... £30 ¨ BC620S 2019 Leonardo Da Vinci - Angel ¨ BC608S 2018 Royal Wedding Miniature sheet -Elin Samuel West (narrated a documentary of Manahan Thomas (sang at the wedding).£30 The Last Supper)...... £28.50 ¨ BC621AS 2019 Marvel - Neil Edwards (comic artist).. ¨ BC609S 2018 Royal Academy - Barbara Davis Rae ...... £32.50 (work featured on £1.25 stamp)...... £30 ¨ BC621S 2019 Marvel - TBA...... £TBA ¨ BC610S 2018 Dad’s Army - Ian Lavender (Pike) and Frank Williams (Vicar)...... £45 ¨ BC621MS 2019 Marvel - Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (played the Ebony Maw in Avengers).£32.50 ¨ BC611S 2018 Hampton Court Palace - Dr Jonathan Foyle (Architectural historian ¨ BC622AS 2019 Birds of Prey - Kestrel - David Bradley and broadcaster)...... £30 (played Billy Casper in Kes)...... £28.50 ¨ BC622S 2019 Birds of Prey - White-Tailed Eagle ¨ BC611MS 2018 Hampton Court Palace Miniature John Aitchison (BAFTA and Emmy award sheet - Tracy Borman (historian, author winning wildlife film maker)...... £28.50 and Joint Chief Curator)...... £30 ¨ BC623S 2019 British Engineering - TBA...... £TBA ¨ BC612S 2018 Captain Cook - Jonathon Coy (played Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ¨ BC623MS 2019 Harrier Miniature sheet - Bob Marston in Longitude)...... £30 (Harrier pilot and Author)...... £28.50 ¨ BC624S 2019 Queen Victoria - TBA...... £TBA ¨ BC12MS 2018 Captain Cook Miniature sheet - Vanessa Collingridge (author of a ¨ BC624MS 2019 Queen Victoria Miniature sheet - TBA. biography Cook)...... £30 ...... £TBA ¨ BC613S 2018 The Old Vic - Anthony Horowitz ¨ BC625S 2019 D-Day - TBA...... £TBA (novelist and screenwriter)...... £35 ¨ BC625MS 2019 D-Day Miniature sheet - TBA...... £TBA

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ACCOUNT No (If Known) I would like to join the Signed club: NAME ¨ Signed Stamps covers ADDRESS ¨ Signed Miniature Sheet covers (you can opt to receive either or both) POST CODE TEL No: 12Email: WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT01303 CT19 4BF 278137 CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected]: [email protected] FC4173 £12.50 1997 1997 King Henry VIII.

FC4174 £5 1997 Missions of Faith.

FC4175 £7.50 1997 Horror.

FC4176 £10 1997 Architects of the Air. FC4177 £10 1997 Queen’s Horses.

FC4179 £12.50 1997 Enid Blyton.

FC4178 £7.50 1997 Post Office.

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FC4181 £12.50 1997 Golden Wedding.

COMPLETE 1997 FC4180 £10 1997 Christmas. YEAR SET 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] £75 £25 per month over 3 months

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FC097Y £25 26th April 1948 Silver Wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Low Value, Kingston upon Thames slogan on plain Dibden and Sons stamp dealer cover. Can we claim a FC080F £75 'King' collection. 6th May 1940 Centenary of the Penny Black, Red Cross London Exhibition special postmark on Royal Philatelic Society cover.

FC227 £75 7th May 1963 Paris Postal Conference, ordinary and phosphor stamps, Totton Southampton CDS postmark, typed. FC338A £75 4th September 1964 Forth Road Bridge, South Queensferry CDS on typed GPO cover. A little grubby round the edges so we will say grade I - II.

FC740C £60 1st July 1969 Investiture of the Prince of Wales, Croeso 69 Official cover, carried on Talyllyn Railway with Railway Letter Stamp and postmark.

FC698 £35 16th May 1973 Centenary of County Cricket, Essex CCC special postmark, Chelmsford 01303 278137 special postmark on unaddressed Post Office EMAIL: [email protected] cover with posted at the Ground cachet.

14 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC429 £80 13th September 1965 25th Anniversary of the Battle FC1169A £150 £50 per month over 3 months of Britain, Biggin Hill large CDS postmark on large 11th June 1975 Sailing, all the black rigging missing from the clean Connoisseur cover with small cachet address. 8p stamp. Bury St Edmunds FDI postmark on unaddressed Post Office cover.

FC4004N £40 5th July 1978 Horses, Shire Horse Society FC1352A £100 £50 per month over 3 months Stamp Publicity official cover. 29th September 1976 William Caxton, Natsopa Celebrates London Official cover, typed. FC4008P £45 21st March 1979 Flowers, Rural Blisworth Exhibition Official cover.

FC4013N £45 26th September 1979 Police, Bedfordshire Police Official cover, Bedford FDI postmark, label address. Due to its style we FC4057C £50 would assume it 12th March 1985 Insects, Stamp Bug Club was produced by Official cover. Cotswold Covers.

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WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 15 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC4106I £50 3rd May 1990 Penny Black Miniature Sheet, Stanley Gibbons Official cover produced by Benham. FC4060F £35 30th July 1985 Royal Mail, 10 Downing Street, London Official cover.

FC4129K £40 15th September 1992 Conservation, Preserve Our Planet, Coventry FC4085X £20 Co-Op Official cover. 10th May 1988 Transport, Mallard cover with a Crewe Glasgow SC TPO postmark. Also Available FC4085Z Down Special TPO...... £20 FC4085ZF Up Special TPO (EH)...... £20 FC4085ZG Up Special TPO seat 2...... £20 FC4085ZH Caledonian TPO Day Up Seat 1 CDS...... £20

FC4259A £75 2nd June 2003 Coronation, Buckingham Palace Large CDS postmark on unaddressed Royal Mail cover.

FC4127E £40 16th June 1992 Civil War, Whitefriars Coventry Official cover.

FC4185K £50 24th March 1998 Lighthouse, Seamark Loughborough Official cover.

FC4244A £50 FC4149D £25 2nd May 2002 2nd August 1994 Summertime, Marylebone Airlines, Jet Cricket Club Official cover. Travel, Heathrow Airport London, Also Available Concorde Cambridge FC4149E Kent County Cricket Club Official cover Official cover...... £25 (two different FC4149F Essex County Cricket Club available). Official cover...... £25

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£50 per month over 3 months 9th July 1980 Authors, missing p on the 12p Charlotte Bronte stamp. Clean Post Office cover with a Haworth special postmark.

FC4285A £45 8th April 2005 Royal Wedding Miniature Sheet, Large Buckingham Palace CDS postmark on unaddressed Royal Mail cover.

FC4040D £40 FC4320A £20 5th June 2007 Arnold Machin Miniature 26th January 1983 Sheet, Queenborough Kent CDS British River Fishes, postmark on unaddressed Royal Mail Pike Anglers Club cover. The Queen's Head, of course, official cover. features on his iconic design.

FC4056ZA £40 22nd January 1985 Trains, Talyllyn Railway Official cover with an Aberystwyth FDI postmark, carried with a 20p Railway Letter Stamp. FC4021A £45 10th September 1980 British Conductors, Sponne School 550th Anniversary Official cover.

FC4192N £35 12th January 1999 Inventors Tale, The Flying Scot Edinburgh Official cover.

FC4188I £35 21st July 1998 Magical World, The Railway Children Keighley Official cover.

FC4192V £35 12th January 1999 Inventors Tales, The Wooden FC4192W £35 Horse Official 12th January 1999 Inventors Tales, Whisky Galore cover. Official cover.

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RU186 £250 £50 per month over 5 months 1913 LZ17 ‘Sachsen’ postcard with purple flown on board cachet and airmail cancel, illustration of the Sachsen on the reverse, scarce early Zeppelin flight. The Sachsen was a commercial airship later used by the German Army in WWI.

RU182 £110

£11 per month over 10 months 1936 Graf Zeppelin Pamphlet - ‘German youth come to the airship’. It’s rare for original material such as this to be on sale.

BACK INSIDE RU187 £90 1931 Graf Zeppelin flown card on the Upper Silesia flight with superb illustrated purple flown cachet. FRONT

RU190 £260

£65 per month for 4 months 1932 Graf Zeppelin flown envelope with scarce Great Britain cancel on 10d Stamp and two different South America flight flown cachets, Rio arrival backstamp..

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18 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] RU181 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1929 Graf Zeppelin Mediterranean flight with ‘Mittelmeerfahrt’ cachet. In 1929 the Zeppelin flew two trips over the Mediterranean flying over Greece, Hungary, Austria, Egypt, France, Spain, Portugal, and North Africa.

£25 per month for 7 months ARZ42E £175 1934 USS Macon leaves Miami for fleet manoeuvres in Caribbean Sea with Miami postmark, only 20 covers were produced. The USS Macon was an airship built by the US Navy to serve as a ‘flying aircraft carrier’ and carried both single and double seated fighter and scouting aircraft. Launched on 11th March 1933 she was in service for only two years after crashing off the coast of California in 1935 after sustaining damage in a storm. At 785 feet in length she was one of the largest flying objects in the world and still holds the world record for the largest helium based airship. BACK FRONT

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£50 per month for 3 months 1931 LZ 127 Friedrichshafen, Germany - England flown postcard which landed at London Airfield, Hanworth with purple ‘Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Englandfahrt’ showing LZ 127 over Tower Bridge. 01303 278137 RU185 £160 £16 per month for 10 months 1937 Round Australia flight carried by the pilots Jack Clancy and R.H. Julius, only 15 were flown. After damage sustained at Taree halted the attempt a successful flight was made over September & October later that year. This cover is signed by Jack Clancy and also includes a handwritten letter by him, plus a photo of him at Ord River Station in Australia dated 1938.

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1933 Graf Zeppelin Rome Flight, Italian 15c postal stationary card uprated with a 3 Lire Zeppelin Flightstamp and three other Italian stamps (two on reverse). This was flown on a round flight over Rome and features a special Graf Zeppelin Italian Flight cachet plus a Rome cancel on the reverse.

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ARE273 £80 £20 per month over 4 months 1924 Vincennes Aviation Meet in Paris on National Aviation Day postcard with a 15c French stamp plus three interesting Vincennes triangular airmail labels, a very nice item.

ARE226FD £100 £10 per month over 10 months 1929 Catapult mail, carried on the German steamship Bremen across the Atlantic to the east coast of America where it flew the remaining distance to New York, with special German Catapult Mail cachet and postmark.

ARQ09 £25 1958 Qantas Inaugural Flight Round the World, our choice.

ARE226GF £100 £50 per month over 2 months 1932 Catapult, Germany - USA with green ARG02 £75 ‘D.Bremen Southampton’ cachet (advance flight to Southampton from Germany first then onwards 1948 100 Days to NY), with special Bremen New York postmark. Air Bridge Berlin - Frankfurt, our choice of German Berlin overprinted stamps. £20 per month over 3 months

ARO116 £40 1936 WASP Airlines Sydney- Coonamble first flight, nice illustration.

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£30 per month over 2 months ARO75 £60 1933 New South Wales Airmail Society postcard flown in the Aerial Derby and signed by the winning pilot G. M. Reid, 300 flown.

ARO108S £40 1937 Guinea Airways Adelaide - Sydney signed by pilot H. Hughes.

ARO09A £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1934 London - Melbourne, Mac Robertson International £10 per month over 10 months ARO09E £100 Air Race, carried & signed by pilot Flight Officer Kay. 1934 London - Melbourne Air Race carried on plane ‘Miles Hawk Major’ signed by the pilots N. BACK McGregor and H.C. Walker.

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ARA159 £50 1929 Universal Airlines Contract Air Mail Route No.16 First Flight cover flown from Springfield, Ohio to ARQ51S £125 Louisville, Kentucky, signed by the pilot Waldo Robey. £25 per month over 5 months 1946 Australia - England via Singapore reopening first flight, signed by Captains A.Furze and J.Moxham.

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£199 per month FC307A £995 over 5 months 1964 Geographical Congress, missing violet error on the 4d value, unaddressed GPO cover, supplied with BPA certificate.

FC479A £1995 £332.50 per month over 6 months 1965 ITU, missing pink error on the 1/6d value, ordinary & phosphor stamps, label addressed Philart cover.

FC675A £4995 £416.25 per month over 12 months 1968 Bridges, missing ultramarine error on the 9d value, typed addressed GPO cover, supplied with David Brandon Expert Committee certificate.

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FD458 £65 3rd March 1970 Philympia 5/- Philympia Booklet, single 6 x FD451 £60 5d plane plus booklet cover attached. Cancelled with 1st December 1969 Stamps for Cooks Booklet, Milk Marketing Board, Stampex special postmark on Thames Ditton special postmark, full panes on set of four large Philympia Exhibition special cover. Wessex covers.

FD467A £100 17th June 1970 High Values, matching pair of full set covers each with Windsor special postmark. All have the cylinder numbers attached which are different on each cover.

FD520A £50 7th July 1971 Regionals, blocks of four on set of three covers, Trafalgar Square CDS postmark (missing Isle of Man).

FD499B £150 £15 per month over 10 months 15th February 1971 Set of 9 covers with 10 booklet panes from the various issued booklets, which makes a complete set. Wessex covers cancelled with a Windsor FDI postmark and Posting Delayed cachet, label address FD543C £75 24th May 1972 Wedgewood £1 Booklet, all four complete panes with Barleston special www.buckinghamcovers.com/family | www.buckinghamcovers.com/magazines postmark. Set of four Cotswold covers.

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£50 per month over 2 months FD552 £100 FD559 £75 23rd August 1972 3p Gum Arabic Definitive, pair 22nd September of stamps with the Margin attached, postcode 1972 2 ½p Scottish slogan and recorded delivery label on Stuart Regional cancelled Definitive cover. with an Edinburgh CDS postmark, Cotswold Regional cover.

FD562 £125 £25 per month over 5 months 31st October 1972 4p Gum Arabic Machin Definitive on Stuart cover cancelled with Marshfield Chippenham CDS as most of these are. A small hole was put into the back of the cover before FD560 £75 the stamp was added, so 22nd September 1972 2 ½p Welsh if you wanted to you could Regional cancelled with a Cardiff CDS check it was Gum Arabic postmark, Cotswold Regional cover. FD593A £100 £50 per month over 2 months 10th September 1973 1p, 2p and 3p Dextrin Gum, each with the salvage attached. Unaddressed Stuart cover with a Tooting London CDS postmark

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FD629 £60 21st August 1974 7p Red Brown Postage Due, Marshfield CDS on Cotswold cover plus cachet

FD607 £175 £25 per month over 7 months 14th November 1973 50p Canada Life Booklet, two panes on a Philart Luxury cover, Windsor CDS postmark

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FD635A £125 £25 per month over 5 months FD639 £125 £25 per month over 5 months 9th October 1974 45p Queen Elizabeth British Crown 23rd October 1974 35p Booklet, single pane with Windsor cover, single pane on special cover with National Postal FDI postmark. Unaddressed Stuart Definitive cover Museum, London special postmark. The booklet cover has been stuck to the front

FD3012 £70 25th June 1980 Pair of 50p Chambon Press Booklets, London Chief Office running postmarks, unaddressed Post Office Definitive covers.

FD3035ZA £200 £50 per month over 4 months 24th February 1992 Castle High Values, set of four CDS postmarks on registered Royal Mail covers.

FD3045A £50 15th February 1994 Postage Dues, pair of Benham Definitive series covers.

FD3075B £75 18th March 1986 British Rail Prestige Booklet, set of four large PPS Silk covers, Crewe special FDI postmark on each and signed by the illustration designer David Weston.

FD3034V £175 £25 per month over 7 months

18th October 1988 Castle High Values, Windsor, Berks CDS on Royal Mail registered cover with a small label address.

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06/02/02 Golden Jubilee Prestige Booklet. BC016ES1 £90 Signed Lord Snowdon.

BC016ES3 £40 06/02/02 Golden Jubilee Prestige Booklet. Signed Duchess of Grafton.

BC016ES2 £70 06/02/02 Golden Jubilee Prestige Booklet. Signed Lord Lichfield. BC016ES4 £30 06/02/02 Golden Jubilee Prestige Booklet. Signed Rev. Maurice Wogan.

BC016EX £20 06/02/02 Golden Jubilee. BC016I £25 BC016J £25 06/02/02 Golden Jubilee. Single Jersey stamp. BC016MD £17.95 Double postmarked 05/06/17.

BC024J £150 £30 per month over 5 months 21/05/02 World Cup. Signed by Eusebio De Silva Ferreira (Portuguese Pele)

BC024C £35 08/10/02 Pillar Boxes on Coventry Cathedral cover.

BC019PA £85 31/05/03 Concorde. Signed Captain Jock Lowe.

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BC028DS £200 £50 per month over 4 months 05/12/02 Wildings. Signed Terry Pratchett. BC028(2)C £40 Standard 1 AVAILABLE

BC028(2)B £85 20/05/03 Wildings. Signed John Hedgecoe. BC028(2)A £50 Standard BC029E £45 14/01/03 Birds of Prey Pair.

BC030C £40 04/02/03 Occasions. 01303 BC030D £30 Westminster cover. 278137 BC030E £30 Tintagel Old Post Office cover.

08/10/02 Pillar Boxes on Coventry Cathedral cover.

BC031X £90 BC031V £75 1 AVAILABLE 25/02/03 DNA. Signed by Kevin Whateley (Lewis), P.D. Isle of Man stamp with Agatha Christie label. James (Author), David Suchet (Poirot) & Robert Powell Signed by George Baker (Inspector Wexford), (The Detective). Derek Jacobi (Cadfael), John Nettles (Bergerac & DCI Tom Barnaby) & P D James. BC031XA £85 Cambridge special postmark. Signed by Robert Powell, Kevin Whateley, George Baker & P D James.

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BC031I £40 Postal Museum cover. BC032DBL11 £30 25/03/03 Fruit & Veg/Roald Dahl.

BC032X £175 £25 per month over 7 months 25/03/03 Great Ormond Street Hospital - Harry Potter. Signed BC032DBL4 £30 by American film actor Tony Curtis. 25/03/03 Fruit & Veg/Harry Potter pair. Gryffindor handstamp. BC032Y £55 Bristol postmark. Signed by American actress Candice Bergen. Slytherin handstamp. BC032DBL5 £30 Ravenclaw handstamp. BC032DBL6 £30 01303 278137 Hufflepuff handstamp. BC032DBL7 £30 EMAIL: [email protected]

BC033R £250 £50 per month over 5 months 29/04/03 Everest. Signed Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Mike Westmacott, George Band & Doug Scott. LAST IN STOCK Don’t forget, you can always use - our Flexible Payment service

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BC033Q £175 OFFER £130 £26 per month over 5 months Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary & George Lowe.

OFFER £100 BC033V £135 £50 per month over 2 months 2003 50th Anniversary of the Ascent of Everest. Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary.

OFFER £120 BC033X £160 £60 per month over 2 months Signed by Sir Edmund Hillary & George Lowe.

BC035D £35 Old Post Office Tintagel cover. BC035CA £35 OFFER £26.50 17/06/03 Prince William 21st Triple. English, IOM and Jersey stamps and postmarks.

BC035L £20 Alternative postmarks BC035G £25 Prince William IOM stamps.

BC036D £35 15/07/03 Scotland.

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Scotsman Travelling Post Office New Cover Series StockIt’s a long time since we offered these, still very popular and only a limited number of each TPO01B 31st May 1978 Down Special Side 2...... £4 TPO24E 1st February 1979 North western Night Down TPO02A 1st June 1978 Crewe Glasgow sc side 1...... £5 Side 2A...... £4 TPO02B 31st May 1978 Crewe Glasgow SC side 2...... £4 TPO25A 19th May 1977 Manchester Glasgow Side 1... £5 TPO03 11th July 1980 Carlisle Edinburgh SC...... £5 TPO25B 18th May 1977 Manchester Glasgow Side 2... £6 TPO04B 14th March 1978 Up Special Side 2...... £6 TPO26A 11th July 1980 Caledonian Day Down side 1.. £4 TPO04E 15th March 1978 Up Special Side 1...... £6 TPO26B 16th July 1980 Caledonian day Down Side 3. £5 TPO05 8th September 1977 Up Special (EH) TPO27 6th October 1978 Caledonian Day up side 1.£4 Edinburgh Section...... £5 TPO28 8th September 1977 Caledonian up Edinburgh TPO06A 5th September 1980 Up Special (GW) Section...... £4 Glasgow Sec Side 1...... £4 TPO29 8th September 1980 Caledonian UP Glasgow TPO07B 5th April 1978 Up Special TPO (L) Side 1...... £6 Section...... £4 TPO08A 5th December 1979 Midland Going North Side 1.£5 TPO31 6th October 1978 Highland up...... £4 TPO08B 6th December 1979 Midland Going North TPO32 6th December 1979 North Eastern Night Down Side 2...... £6 Side 1...... £4 TPO09A 6th December 1979 Midland Going South TPO32A 5th December 1979 North Eastern Night Down Side 1...... £5 Side 2...... £5 TPO09B 5th December 1979 Midland Going South TPO33A 5th December 1979 North Eastern Night up Side 2...... £4 Side 1...... £4 TPO09C 12th March 1980 Midland Going South AM.... £5 TPO33B 6th December 1979 North Eastern Night Up TPO10 9th September 1980 Derby Bristol...... £4 Side 2...... £5 TPO11A 9th September 1980 Bristol Derby...... £5 TPO34B 5th December 1979 London York Edinburgh TPO12 9th September 1980 Cardiff Crewe...... £4 Side 2...... £4 TPO13A 29th June 1979 Crewe Cardiff...... £4 TPO35 8th September 1977 Edinburgh York...... £5 TPO14 11th July 1980 Peterborough Crewe...... £4 TPO36A 31st March 1980 East Anglian Down Side 1..... £4 TPO15A 11th July 1980 Peterborough Crewe TPO36B 3rd April 1980 East Anglian Down Side 2...... £5 (Lincoln Section)...... £4 TPO37A 8th April 1980 East Anglian Down TPO16A 29th June 1979 Crewe Peterborough...... £4 Peterborough Sec Side 1...... £4 TPO16B 12th March 1980 Crewe Peterborough AM.... £5 TPO37B 11th April 1980 East Anglian Down TPO17A 29th June 1979 Crewe Peterborough Peterborough Sec Side 2...... £5 (Lincoln Section)...... £4 TPO38A 3rd April 1980 East Anglian Up Side 1...... £4 TPO17B 12th March 1980 Crewe Peterborough TPO38B 31st March 1980 East Anglian Up Side 2...... £5 (Lincoln Section) AM...... £5 TPO39A 11th April 1980 East Anglian Up Peterborough TPO18A 29th July 1977 Bangor Crewe...... £4 Sec Side 1...... £5 TPO18B 9th February 1979 Bangor Crewe Posted TPO39B 8th April 1980 East Anglian Up Peterborough aboard last run...... £6 Sec Side 2...... £4 TPO19A 10th May 1977 Crewe Bangor TPO40 31st March 1980 Norwich London...... £5 (Silver Jubilee pre-release)...... £15 TPO41 18th February 1977 South Eastern Down TPO£10. TPO19B 29th July 1977 Crewe Bangor...... £5 TPO42 18th February 1977 South Eastern Up TPO.....£10 TPO19C 9th February 1979 Crewe Bangor Posted TPO43A 6th April 1977 South Western Down Side 1...... £4 Aboard Last Run...... £6 TPO43D 5th April 1977 South Western NT Down...... £6 TPO20A 28th June 1979 Shrewsbury York Side 1...... £4 TPO44B 19th April 1977 South Western Up Side 2...... £5 TPO20C 6th June 1979 Shrewsbury York AM...... £6 TPO44D 25th April 1977 South Western Up NT Side 2.....£5 TPO21 28th June 1979 York Shrewsbury...... £5 TPO45A 26th April 1977 Great Western Down Side 1.... £4 TPO21A 29th June 1979 York Shrewsbury Side 1...... £4 TPO45B 27th April 1977 Great Western Down Side 2.... £4 TPO22 10th March 1978 Whitehaven Huddersfield TPO46A 14th June 1978 Great Western UP Side 1...... £4 Side 2...... £5 TPO46B 13th June 1978 Great Western Up Side 2...... £4 TPO23A 31st May 1978 Huddersfield Whithaven TPO47 14th June 1978 South Wales Down...... £4 Side 1...... £5 TPO48 14th June 1978 South Wales Up...... £5 TPO24A 31st January 1979 North Western Night Down Side 1...... £4

kings cup air race

Produced in 1972 this collection of 41 covers marks the 50th Anniversary of the Kings Cup Air Race. Each cover was flown in a different Aircraft, signed by that pilot plus their finishing position marked on the cover. Each is supplied in a special album with a full list of competitors and previous winners, only 350 collections were issued. The star item, and missing from many of these, is the 14th place cover signed by Prince William of Gloucester, who was sadly killed in an accident shortly after this. This collection does include this rare cover. COL2485 £250

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PIN75/02 £40 1975 Railway coin cover, silver proof medal

PIN73/03 £40 1973 Royal Wedding coin cover, silver proof medal the ultimate battle of britain cover

RYB015B £750 So who would use a 1965 Biggin Hill CDS to get signatures, well in 1990 this is exactly what happened. Tony had bought a batch of this very rare postmark on unaddressed cover, he handed them to Group Captain Randle and said get them signed by 20 top pilots who took part in the Battle. We have had it back in stock twice since 2000, and this is the first one we have had for over 10 years. Certified on the reverse.

victorian britain

Another of the interesting Isle of Wight covers has turned up this time for the Victorian Britain issue and carried by Mail coach from Southampton Post Office to Osborne House of the Island. FC4079I £40

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Elliot See Elliot See (1927 - 1966) was an American engineer, test pilot, and astronaut, who was chosen in the NASA Group Two selection process alongside the likes of Neil Armstrong and John Shepard. He was selected as the command pilot for Gemini 9 but was tragically killed with his crewmate Charles Bassett in a 1966 trainer jet crash in at the McDonnell Aircraft plant in Missouri, where they were undertaking two weeks of space rendezvous training. SP(A)001D £750 Elliot See signed 8 x 10 official NASA photograph £75 per month over 10 months

Bill Anders Bill Anders was the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 8 missions. He is arguably the hardest Apollo astronaut signature to find & virtually impossible to get on a cover. Anders simply never participated in commercial signing sessions, and on the very few occasions he did charity auctions his fee was very expensive which has kept his autograph out of pretty much every space collection. We believe this is the first time we have offered his signature in any form.

SP(A08)03 £995 £199 per month over 5 months Bill Anders signed piece.

John Young John Young signed 1981 STS-1 cover with a 12th April launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark. John Young (1930 - 2018) served a record 42 years with NASA and is the only astronaut to have commanded four different classes of spacecraft - Gemini, Apollo Command Module, Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. Young was the first person to orbit the Moon alone during the Apollo 10 mission and became the ninth person to walk on the Moon during Apollo 16; as well as commanding the first Space Shuttle mission.

£199 per month over 5 months SP(A16)02G £600

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SP(A11)03K £450 £45 per month over 10 months Buzz Aldrin signed 8x10” NASA photo, undedicated

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£30 per month SP(A11)02C £300 over 10 months Michael Collins signed 40th anniversary of the Moon Landing stamp sheet. £95 per month SP(A11)03S £475 over 5 months Buzz Aldrin signed 1969 Apollo 11 Journey to the Moon cover with a 20th July Montclair, New Jersey postmark which is the birthplace of Aldrin.

SP(A11)03V £400 SP(A11)03X £200 Buzz Aldrin signed 1971 5th Anniversary of Gemini £100 per month over 2 months 12 cover with a Houston, Buzz Aldrin signed title page of Texas postmark. his autobiography ‘Magnificent Desolation’, which were his first words when he stepped onto the Moon.

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SP(A12)04B £400 £40 per month over 10 months Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon signed 1969 Apollo 12 cover with a 19th November Lunar landing day Kennedy Space Center postmark.

SP(A15)04A £375

£62.50 per month over 6 months Dave Scott, Al Worden, and Jim Irwin signed 1971 Apollo 15 cover with a 26th July launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark.

SP(A15)08A £375 £31.25 per month over 12 months Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin signed 1971 USA Decade of Space Achievements FDC with a Kennedy Space Center postmark.

SP(A18)04D £250 £50 per month over 5 months Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, and Donald Slayton signed 1975 Apollo-Soyuz cover with a 15th July launch day postmark. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]

SP(A16)01A £3500 £350 per month over 10 months John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly signed 1972 Apollo 16 Insurance cover with a 16th April launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark. These insurance covers are very scarce and the crème de la crème of space covers. This has been certified on the reverse by John Young as originally being from his personal collection.

34 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 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 eighth 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 a success and achieved its research and scientific objectives, including the environmental testing of new 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 available for sale to collectors. The goal was to create a highly collectable item which had been carried into space, but at an affordable price for all. There is no doubt that this stand out collectable would make a wonderful addition to your collection or as a perfect gift for friends and family.

FLOWN IN SPACE!

SP(SH)001 £60 £30 per month for 2 months

The cover is supplied in a special presentation folder

1986 SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER

Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik, Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Ronald McNair signed 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger cover with a 28th January launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark, a scarce set of autographs. On January 28th 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members. The disaster was caused by an o-ring seal on one of its rocket boosters failing at liftoff and resulted in a 32 month halt of the shuttle program. This cover is signed by the five crew members who were official NASA astronauts. There were two other civilian crew members, Christa McAuliffe and Gregory SP(SH)020 £1500 Jarvis, a teacher and an engineer respectively, serving as Payload Specialists. The pair only £150 per month signed a very limited quantity of material which we have seen sell for sky high prices. Thus the over 10 months cover signed by these five is recognised as the complete astronaut crew signed cover. WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 35 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] COSMONAUTS

SP(R)001B £250 £25 per month for 10 months Viktor Gorbatko, Vladislav Volkov, and Anatoly Filipchenko, Soyuz 7 crew.

£150 per month for 5 months SP(R)021B £750 Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov signed 5th Anniversary of SP(R)003 £125 £25 per month for 5 months Sputnik 1, Russian cover with Moscow postmark Vladimir Shatalov and Aleksei Yeliseyev signed Russian Space cover, Soyuz 8 crew. Georgy Beregovoy signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 3. SP(R)007A £75

SP(R)004 £150 SP(R)009B £150 £50 per month for 3 months £50 per month for 3 months Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov signed Russian Pavel Popovich and Space cover, Soyuz 6 crew. Yuri Artyukhin signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 14 crew

SP(R)012 £100 £50 per month for 2 months Gherman Titov signed Benham 1991 30th Anniversary of Vostok 1 cover.

£25 per month for 5 months SP(R)046 £125 Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 13 crew.

36 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] SP(R)018B £175 £35 per month for 5 months Andriyan Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 9 crew. SP(R)047 £150 £50 per month for 3 months Gennadi Sarafanov and Lev Dyomin signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 15.

SP(R)027A £100 £10 per month for 10 months Valery Bykovsky signed Russian space cover, Vostok 5 plus Soyuz 22 & 31.

SP(R)048 £150 £30 per month for 5 months Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 16 crew.

SP(R)033A £150 £30 per month for 5 months Alexi Leonov and Valeri Kubasov signed Russian space cover, Voskhod 2 crew.

SP(R)044 £250 £50 per month for 5 months Boris Yegorov, Vladimir Komarov, and Konstantin Feoktistov signed Russian Space cover, Voskhod 1 crew.

SP(R)045 £125 £25 per month for 5 months Vasili Lazarev and Oleg Makarov signed Russian space cover, Soyuz 12 crew.

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CR260C £75 £25 per month over 3 months Ian Healey, Merv Hughes, Steve Waugh, David Boon, Mark Taylor, Dean Jones, Trevor Hohns, Geoff Lawson, Carl Rackeman, Tim May, Tom Moody, Mike Valetta, Tim Zoeher, Bob Simpson, Terry Alderman signed 1988 Australian Bicentenary cover, top group of Aussies

CR270AB £125 £25 per month over 5 months CR132D £125 £12.50 per month over 10 months Len Hutton, Norman Yardley, Vic Marks, and Dickie Don Bradman signed Benham 1993 Australian Tour Bird signed 1968 Sheffield Cricket Lovers Society Tour cover, the greatest batsman of the game whose last cover, over 100 Test match caps for England between test was in the 1948 Ashes at the Oval them with Dickie Bird becoming the games most beloved umpire CR199F £50 Freddie Trueman signed 2001 Tribute to Combined Services Cricket cover, ‘Fiery Fred’ was one of England’s greatest fast bowlers

CR205F £35 Geoff Boycott CR521 £50 signed 1993 Ricky Ponting signed 1973 Cricket cover, great Australian Tour batsman but he still has nightmares over Garry cover, opening Pratts runout from the 2005 series batsman who played in many Ashes series

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CS2311 £24.99 2005 Ashes FDC with The Oval postmark, doubled on the winning day of the Fifth Test Match at the Oval

CS1282 £9.99 2010 Ashes cover with Australian stamp and Sydney postmark

CS3665 £4.99 2005 Ashes miniature sheet overprinted for 2009, 2010, 2013 victories

BCP04S £22.95 Henry Blofeld signed 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Len Hutton, journalist, author & Test Match Special legend

BC008F £25 Alec Stewart signed 2002 English Regionals cover, doubled with an England v India Test Match postmark, former England captain and wicketkeeper/batsman

BCCR20S2 £29.95 Ed Smith, Geoff Miller, and Chris Cowdrey signed 2019 Cricket World Cup England v South Africa 01303 278137 cover, limited edition of 5, all former cricketers EMAIL: [email protected]

CS3507 £49.99 Kevin Pietersen signed 2005 Ashes cover

Also Available CS3444 £24.99 Ian Botham

CS3508 £24.99 Bob Willis

CS3509 £24.99 Ashley Giles

CS3510 £49.99 Andrew Strauss & Bob Willis

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SGR067A £200 Ralph Richardson and Charles Mortimer, mounted 11 x 9 black and white photo from the film ‘The Return of Bulldog Drummond’.

£50 per month for 4 months

SGN044A £75 Anthony Newley signed 1993 Christmas cover, he has added ‘Humbug!’.

SGH087D £75 Bob Hoskins signed cover, our choice.

SGB102C £50 Anne Bancroft signature mounted in a 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence cover.

SGB140A £50 Alan Bates signed 1996 Cinema, Odeon Leicester Square cover.

SGC049 £50 SGJ001J £60 George Cole signed cover, our choice. Glenda Jackson, Tom Courtenay & Donald Sinden signed 1985 British Film Year cover.

40 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] SHERLOCK HOLMES When Brian handed me a box of signed covers, I noticed that many of the signatures had a connection – that they had either played Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Watson. In the case of Christopher Lee, he is the only actor to have played both Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes (but not in the same film!). Another of the signatures is Clive Merrison, who holds the distinction of being the only actor to have played Sherlock Holmes in adaptations of every Conan Doyle short story and novel (for BBC Radio 4, between 1989 -1998).

SGB068E £225 £45 per month for 5 months 1993 Sherlock Holmes Granada Television cover signed by Jeremy Brett, who features on the cover.

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BC345HS2 £25 2013 Tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle cover signed by Clive Merrison.

BC345CS2 £55 BC345VS £25 2013 Eminent Britons cover featuring Sherlock 2013 Hound of the Holmes and signed by David Burke and Baskervilles cover, Edward Hardwicke, who both played Doctor signed by BAFTA Watson opposite Jeremy Brett. Award winner for Sherlock, Andrew Scott (he played Moriarty opposite Benedict Cumberbatch). SGM014 £35 1995 Shakespeare cover signed by Ian McKellen. He played “Mr Holmes” in the 2015 film of the same name.

SGL016D £60 1997 Horror cover, signed by Christopher Lee. A doubly appropriate cover as one of the stamps is for The Hound of the Baskervilles.

SGR012B £50 01303 278137 1997 Horror, Hound of the Baskervilles cover signed by EMAIL: [email protected] Ian Richardson. WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 41 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] The Portfolio Signed BIG NAMES OF THE SMALL SCREEN

SGE029A £95 Paul Eddington signed cover, our choice. SGD034F £100 £50 per month for 2 months Fred Dibnah signed 2000 Welsh Mountain Rail cover.

SGP063BB £100 £50 per month for 2 months Priscilla Presley, signed 1995 Jersey Christmas SGM008B £75 Pantomime cover. Patrick Moore signed Benham 1986 Halley’s Comet Royal Observatory cover.

SGB066C £50 George Baker signed Inspector Wexford cover.

SGT099 £100 £50 per month for 2 months SGS013 £30 Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn signed 35th anniversary of Coronation Street cover, on screen couple Jack David Suchet and Vera Duckworth. signed, our choice

SGN076 £35 Julie Newmar, signed American cover, Catwoman. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected]

42 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] CHILDHOOD FAVOURITES “It’s Friday, it’s five to five....it’s Crackerjack!”

SGN006A £50 And another signature which evokes a catchphrase, although this time it’s “Get down Shep!” This 2001 Cat and Dogs cover has been signed by Shep’s owner, Blue Peter presenter John Noakes.

SGC052C £50 Yes, people of a certain age will remember this phrase, which was introduced when Leslie Crowther took over as presenter from 1960 until 1968.

SGA002D £50 2003 Stingray cover signed by SGC029A £30 creator Gerry 2000 Postman Pat cover signed by creator Anderson. John Cunliffe. SGA002E £50 SGC029C £30 Also signed by him Also signed by him is a 1994 Isle of Man is a 2003 Captain Postman Pat cover. Scarlet cover. HARRY POTTER

SGB066C £50 George Baker signed Inspector Wexford cover.

SGF004A £40 Pam Ferris, who has signed this 1991 Darling Buds of May cover, played Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and SGS074A £50 the Prisoner of Azkaban. Timothy Spall has signed a 1994 Outside Edge cover on which he features, and played Peter Pettigrew in the SGS187 £35 Harry Potter films. Imelda Staunton played the much- hated Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

BC317S1 £75 2007 Harry Potter covers, signed by Miriam Margolyes who plays Professor Sprout in the films. WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 43 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] POSTAL HISTORY

PH1009A £75

£15 per month over 5 months German Passport (Reise-Pass) which the owner has certified in 1936

TCS414XC £50 Iron Cross postcard

TCS414XG £7.50 Brandenburg Gate postcard

TCS414Q £30 Europe Annexed ‘We thank our Leader’ postcard

TCS414N £15 TCS414IS2 £30 1944 Karl Hennig cover with our 01303 choice of German stamps and an Karl Hennig Oslo postmark, various dates available 278137 card M35, The Guarantors of Peace

TCS414VC £250 £25 per month over 10 months 1940 Dachau envelope with a German stamp and 27th August Dachau CDS, written by prisoner number 10981. This Second World War POW letter has been printed with the camp rules shown in German on the front. As you would expect from its age and wartime location there are signs of ageing. A sombre yet historical correspondence.

44 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] RAF Large Medal Multi Signed Covers - New Stock The Award of the George Medal The Distinguished to Airmen Flying Medal RAFDM14 £40 AF Burcher, Len Sumpter, E Cummings, AG Mitchell, W Hogarth, James Lacey and DA MacDonald.

Mentioned in Despatches RAFDM15 £30 AVM Michael Le Bas, Sir Alasdair AVM R Bullen, J Reeson, Sir Geoffrey Steedman, Sir Dhenin, D Oliver, AVM John Gray, Michael Hugh Constantine, Lakey and James McCarthy. Bobby Oxspring, AVM Frederick Hazlewood, Sir The Award of the Air Anthony Heward Force Medal and AVM Ian Lawson. RAFDM16 £30

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

RAFDM17 £25 John Allen, Robert Lockhart, Ty Barraclough, Jack Emmerson, Peter Crouch, John Donnelly and Ronald Emeny.

The Defence Medal

RAFDM18 £75 Erwin Fischer, Gunther Seeger, Wilhelm Johen, Gerhard Schopfel, Bernhard Jope, Friedrich Kless and Friedrich Lang.

RAFDM19 £30 Sir Alan Boxer, Sir Peter Wykeham, Sir Brian Burnett, Sir Laurence Sinclair, T Franks, Sir Peter Le Cheminant and Laddie Lucas.

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BC458 £25 9th January - London Underground.

BC459 £30 21st February - Jane Austen.

BC461A £20 26th March - Classic TV, Doctor Who.

BC460 £20 22nd February - Post & BC461B £30 Go, Pond Life. 26th March - Classic TV, Doctor Who.

BC462A £35 16th April - Great Britons, Vivien Leigh. BC462 £30 16th April - Great Britons, Bill Shankly.

BC463B £20 9th May - Football, Jimmy Greaves.

BC463A £20 9th May - Football, Gordon Banks.

To receive new covers BC464 £25 when they are first 30th May - Coronation. issued just tick the Classic Cover Club on the order form

46 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BC466 £25 25th June - Post & Go, Lakes.

BC465A £20 18th June - Classic locos of N Ireland. BC467 £25 11th July - Butterflies, Chalk Hill Blue.

BC467A £25 11th July - Butterflies, Red Admiral. BC468 £20 13th August - British Auto Legends.

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BC469 £25 19th September - Merchant Navy Ships.

BC470 £30 20th September - Post & Go, River creatures.

BC471 £20 BC472 £18.50 10th October - Dinosaurs. 8th August - Andy Murray.

BUY ALL 20 £450 SAVES OVER £40! BC473 Buying £15 £50 per month over 9 months 5th November - Salisbury Cathedral Christmas.

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BC503M £20 20th February - Classic Loco- motives of Wales

BC506M £20 ALL FIVE 15th April - Buckingham Palace COVERS BC512M £20 18th September - Brighton Pier £90 £30 per month over 3 months

BC514M £20 13th May - GPO Film Unit BC507M £20 4th November - Christmas COLLECTING MINIATURE SHEET COVERS COULDN’T BE SIMPLER - our Classic Club includes them – just tick the box beneath the order form to join! You choose what you want to collect and you can cancel at any time.

The First British Miniature Sheets The three sheets were issued to raise funds towards the 1980 International Stamp Show in London. FC4002 £10 1978 Historical Buildings

FC4012B £10 FC4017B £5 1979 Sir Rowland Hill 1980 London All on our choice of covers with our choice of special postmark 48 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TELALL 01303 THREE 278137 COVERS FAX 01303 £19.95 279429 email [email protected] RAF Signed Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edward Johns GCB, KCVO, CBE (1959 - 2000) In the 1960ís he was a fighter pilot, in the 1971 he taught the Prince of Wales to fly, in 1991 he planned to British involvement in the Gulf War, in 2000 he retire from the Royal Air Force. Between 2000 - 2007 he was Governor of Windsor Castle. Signed cover of our choice. RKJ01 £35 Air Vice Marshal James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson CB, CBE, DSO & Two Sir Frederick Alfred Laker (1922 - 2006) Bars, DFC & Bar (1915 - 2001)

RKL01 £50 RKJ02 £40 He was the greatest British Ace of World War II with Though best known as the founder of the first 34 victories from 700 missions, even though he ‘no-frills’ airline Laker Airways, he started in missed the Battle of Britain because he crashed aviation much earlier with his first small fleet during training in a spitfire. He flew through on cargo planes being used in the Berlin out World War II and even saw action with the Airlift in 1948-9. Signed cover of our choice. Americans during the Korean War in the 1950’s. Signed cover of our choice. Kenneth Lockwood MBE Squadron Leader James Harry “Ginger” RKL03 £40 Lacey DFM & BAR (1917 - 1989) Lockwood was a stockbroker and an officer in the British Army, and one of the first six British Prisoners of War to arrive at Oflag, Colditz, in 1940. Signed cover of our choice. Signed cover of our choice.

Mary Lindell OBE (1895 - 1986)

RKL02 £50 One of our top Aces of World War II with 28 Victories and the second highest scoring British Ace of the Battle of Britain. Later in the war he became an instructor, Tactics Officer and then went on to fly in India. Signed cover of our choice.

Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? RKL04 £75 A British nurse who lived in France during World War Don’t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! II, she set up escape lines, and though she was captured and sentenced to death, she survived the Call 01303 278137 for full details. war. Her story was made into the film Life Against the Wind in 1991. Signed cover of our choice.

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Pat Oleary GC, KBE, DSO RKO01 £75 Pat was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II, Pat also go by 2 names Pat Oleary and Albert GuÈrisse. Signed cover of our choice. Signed cover of our choice.

Oliver Philpot MC, DFC Alastair Pearson CB, DSO, & Three Bars, OBE, MC, TD, DL

RKP01 £60 RKP02 £30 Philpot was a Canadian-born Second World War Pearson was a highly regarded soldier of Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and subsequently a the Parachute Regiment and British Army businessman, best known for being one of the three who served in the Second World War. Signed men to successfully escape from Stalag Luft III in the cover of our choice. escape known as The Wooden Horse. Signed cover of our choice. Signed cover of our choice. David Shannon DSO, Bar, DFC

Jeffrey Quill OBE, AFC, FRAeS

RKS01 £50 An Australian bomber pilot of World War II, best known for his part in the “Dambusters” raid on the RKQ01 £50 night of 16/17 May 1943. Signed cover of our choice. A British test pilot who served on secondment with the Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He was also the second man to fly the Supermarine Spitfire after Vickers Aviation’s chief test pilot, Joseph Summers. After succeeding Summers as Vickers’ chief test pilot, Quill test-flew every mark of Spitfire. Signed cover of our choice.

Sir Tom Sopwith CBE, Hon FRAeS RKS02 £60 Sir Tom Sopwith was an English aviation pioneer and yachtsman. Signed cover of our choice.

50 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 1965 FC350 £10 1965 Sir Winston Churchill.

FC400 £15 1965 Joseph Lister.

FC417 £15 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival.

FC428 £20 1965 Battle of Britain.

FC452 £15 FC463 £12 1965 Post Office Tower.

1965 United Nations.

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COMPLETE 1965 YEAR SET FC478 £15 £20 per month over 4 months £80 1965 International Telecommunications Union.

Our choice of cover. Please let us know if you require the one shown.

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BC418S £35 11th January - Gerry Anderson, signed by David Graham voice of ‘Parker’ and ‘Brains’.

BC420AS £35 1st February - BR Dean Goods Class, signed by artist John Wigston.

BC419S £30 26th January - Garden Birds Post & Go, signed by actress Vicki Michelle.

BC420BS £35 1st February - Peckett Type R2, signed by artist John Wigston. www.buckinghamcovers.com

BC420DS £30 1st February - BR WD Austerity, signed by artist John Wigston.

BC420CS £30 1st February - YR 1093 J4, signed by artist John Wigston.

BC421S BUYING £20 24th February - The Boy Friend, signed by Iconic 1960s model Twiggy. BC421AS £40 24th February - Gigi, signed by Leslie Caron.

52 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BC423S £40 22nd March - Born Free Foundation, signed by actress and supporter Jenny Seagrove.

BC422S £35 9th March - Magical Heroes and Villains, signed by actress June Whitfield (1925 - 2018).

BC424S £35 12th April - Royal Shakespeare Company, signed by actor John Nettles.

BC426S £40 BC425S £30 19th May - Birds Post & 5th May - William Morris, signed by Go, signed by Angela author Michael Parry. Pleasance.

BC427S £55 14th June - Thomas the Tank Engine, signed by Brit Allcroft, director, producer, writer and one of the voices of the Television series.

BC428S £30 27th July - Amy Williams signed tribute cover.

BC428AS £35 27th July - Geraint Thomas signed tribute cover.

BC429S £35 21st April - Royal Wedding, signed by Countess Mountbatten of 01303 Burma (1924 - 2017). 278137

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BC430S £35 23rd August - Crown Jewels, signed by Sir Richard Dannatt, Constable of the Tower of London.

BC432S £50 15th September - Victoria Cross, signed by Ben BC433S £30 Roberts-Smith VC, won in Afghanistan in 2010. 16th September - Birds Post & Go, signed by former RSPB President and TV presenter Kate Humble.

BC434S £40 13th September - Downing Street, signed by former Conservative leader Baron (Michael) Howard of Lympne. BC434AS £35 13th September - Harlech Castle, signed by Lord Carnarvon.

BC435S £30 8th November - Christmas, signed by the Bishop of Peterborough.

BUY ALL 23 £750 SAVE £75! 01303 278137 £50 per month over 15 months EMAIL: [email protected]

54 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 2011 BuckinghamCOVERS SignedMINIATURE SHEETS BC420MS £40 1st February - Classic Locomotives of England, signed by record producer and steam enthusiast Pete Waterman.

BC423MS £40 BC418MS £60 22nd March - Born 11th January - Thunderbirds, signed Free Foundation, by Sylvia Anderson (1927 - 2016) signed by actress the co-writer and producer. and supporter Virginia McKenna.

BC427MS £35 14th June - Thomas the Tank Engine, signed by Keith Wickham, who supplied many of the voices. BC424MS £35 12th April - William Shakespeare, signed by Shakespearian Director Peter Hall (1930 - 2017). BC429MS £35 21st April - Royal Wedding, signed by actor Julian Fellowes, who did one of the readings.

BC432MS £40 15th September - House of Hanover, BC431MS £30 signed by Dame 9th September - Aerial Post, signed by Air Judi Dench. Marshal Ian Macfadyen, former Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle. BUY ALL 9 BC435MS £30 8th November - Christmas, signed £300 Cannon Stewart SAVE £45! Jones, Rector of St Martins in the Bullring. £50 per month over 6 months

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 55 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] _ official covers _

FC4043C £35 FC4043G £35 1983 Army, British Army Series Royal 1983 Army, Lord Leicester Hospital Home of The Scots BFPS 0350 official cover. Queens Own Hussars Bradbury official cover.

FC4043H £30 1983 Army, Duke of Edinburgh’s Regimental Museum Stewart Petty official cover.

FC4045C £20 1983 Fairs, National Association of British Market Authorities official cover.

FC4045E £25 1983 Fairs, Milk Marketing Board official cover.

FC4047A £25 1984 Heraldry, City of London FC4045F £20 Greenberg & 1983 Fairs, St Bartholomew’s Fair Havering Porter official official cover. cover.

FC4047H £25 FC4047L £35 1984 Heraldry, King of Arms York official cover. 1984 Heraldry, College of Arms London official cover.

56 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC4049B £25 1984 Urban Renewal, Commercial Street Redevelopment, Perth and Kinross District Council Official cover. FC4057C £50 1985 Insects, Stamp Bug Club Official cover.

FC4060DA £40 1985 Royal Mail, Thomas Withering’s, St Andrews Church, Hornchurch Official Cover.

FC4066G £25 1986 Queen’s Birthday, Woman Magazine, Buckingham Palace Official cover.

FC4075A £15 1987 Sir Isaac Newton, Science Museum Cotswold official.

FC4070D £75 1986 Royal Wedding, Brooklands Daily Mail Air Race Official cover.

FC4077A £15 1987 St John Ambulance, 2nd Oldest Division Cotswold official.

FC4082C £20 FC4086D £40 1988 Linnean Society, 1988 Australian Berwick Swan London Bicentenary, Official cover. Wedgwood Arlington official.

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 57 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] _ The FDC _ specialist list 1971 - 1978 1971 Ulster Paintings 1972 Churches FC831 Belfast special red hand FDI postmark.... £10 FC895 Canterbury special FDI postmark...... £10 FC832 Londonderry special red hand FDI postmark£45. FC896 Greensted World’s Oldest Church, Ongar FC832S Londonderry special postmark on special postmark...... £45 Stuart cover...... £45 FC897 Earls Barton special postmark...... £45 FC833 Philatelic Congress Norwich special postmark.£45 FC898 Letheringsett special postmark...... £45 FC834 Exhibition Botanic Gardens, Belfast FC899 Helpringham, Sleaford special postmark... £45 special postmark...... £125 FC900 Huish Episcopi Exhibition special postmark... £45 FC836 Set of 3 covers with connected CDS FC905 Set of 5 covers with connected postmarks.. £40 or Slogans...... £90 FC837 Irish BFPO or FPO CDS...... £75 1972 50th Anniversary of the BBC FC838 Portadown special red hand FDI...... £250 FC908 London WI special FDI postmark...... £15 FC909 Marconi-Kemp Chelmsford special postmark.£40 1971 Literary Anniversaries FC910 Flatholm Island, Cardiff special postmark..... £40 FC847 London EC special FDI postmark...... £10 FC910F Flatholm Island Official cover...... £250 FC848 Thomas Gray Stoke Poges postmark...... £50 FC913A Wireless in the British Army BFPS 1326 special FC849 John Keats Shanklin postmark...... £120 postmark on official Royal Engineers cover FC851 Set of 3 covers with connected postmarks£20. with only 3p and 9p from issue...... £25 FC916 Brighton Local Radio, Brighton 1971 General Anniversaries slogan postmark...... £450 FC855 Maidstone special FDI postmark...... £20 FC856 York special FDI postmark...... £15 1972 Christmas FC857 Twickenham special FDI postmark.... £17.50 FC920 Bethlehem special FDI...... £10 FC858 Rugby Football Union Centenary Twickenham special postmark...... £225 1972 Silver Wedding FC858A Rugby Football Union Centenary Official FC922 Windsor special FDI...... £10 cover, single stamp...... £25 FC923 Westminster Abbey special postmark..... £15 FC859 Rugby Football Union Centenary Rugby FC924 BFPO 1307 special postmark...... £25 special postmark...... £250 FC924F RAF Mountbatten Official cover, BFPS 1307 FC860 British Legion 50th BFPS 1182 postmark..£250 special postmark...... £30 FC863 Set of 3 with connected postmarks...... £20 FC924G RAF Hendon Official cover, BFPS 1307 FC865A 9p Olive Brown omitted, rare error...... £600 special postmark...... £30 FC865AA 9p missing olive brown, unaddressed Cameo FC927B British Forces Postal Service cover, Field Post cover, Edinburgh FDI postmark...... £600 Office 949 CDS...... £40 FC927C Field Post Office 236 CDS, British 1971 Modern University Buildings Forces cover...... £40 FC868 Aberystwyth special FDI postmark...... £15 FC930 House of Commons CDS postmark...... £35 FC869 Southampton special FDI postmark...... £15 FC870 Leicester special FDI postmark...... £15 1973 EEC FC871 Colchester special FDI postmark...... £15 FC932 Philatelic Bureau postmark...... £7.50 FC872 Set of 4 with connected postmarks...... £20 FC932B Bureau postmark plus Strasbourg CDS.... £15 FC874B Balmoral Castle CDS...... £35 FC933 Southampton FDI postmark...... £10 FC934 Dover FDI postmark...... £15 1971 Christmas FC936F New Parcel Office Southampton FC876 Bethlehem special FDI postmark...... £10 Official cover...... £125 FC877 Canterbury special FDI...... £10 FC937 Calais Paquebot postmark with ships cachet...... £40 1972 British Polar Explorers FC938 Folkestone FDI and Paquebot cachets..£37.50 FC880 London WC special FDI postmark...... £15 FC939 Dover FDI and Paquebot cachets...... £40 FC884 Set of 4 with connected postmarks...... £20 FC940 Brennan Torpedo, BFPS 1343 special postmark£60. FC887 Buckingham Palace CDS...... £45 FC944 Harrow and Wembley FDI postmark, 1972 General Anniversaries a special football match was held at Wembley between Britain and the rest of FC888 London EC special FDI postmark...... £10 the World...... £50 FC889 Tutankhamun Exhibition special postmark... £40 FC889B Tutankhamun British Museum Official cover, 1973 Trees single stamp...... £20 FC946 Stampex London SW1 postmark...... £15 FC890 Vaughn Williams Down Ampney FC946A Stampex London SW1 pmk, official Post special postmark...... £40 Office/Stampex cover...... £30 FC891 Hartland Point Bideford special postmark.... £40 FC947 Westonbirt Arboretum Tetbury FC893 Set of 3 with connected postmarks...... £20 special postmark...... £20 FC894 9p missing brown so the facial features of FC948 Hatfield Broad Oak Plant a Tree Ralph Vaughan Williams are missing, special postmark...... £20 Portsmouth FDI postmark on handwritten FC949B Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Surrey...... £85 Stuart cover...... £1000

58 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 1973 British Explorers 1973 Inigo Jones FC952 Drakes Island Adventure Centre, Plymouth FC991 Wilton Salisbury special postmark...... £15 special postmark...... £40 FC991F Exhibition Wilton House Official cover..... £25 FC953 Sir Walter Raleigh Exhibition, Budleigh FC992 Newmarket special postmark...... £15 Salterton special postmark...... £40 FC992F Newmarket Home of Racing FC954 Denbigh FDI postmark...... £40 Official cover...... £125 FC954A Denbigh FDI, posted at Bryn Asaph FC993C With Apologises Joke cover, London Flintshire cachet...... £50 FDI postmark...... £20 FC956 Plymouth FDI postmark...... £25 FC957 Blantyre FDI postmark...... £40 1973 Parliamentary Conference FC959 Set of covers with connected postmarks.. £25 FC995 Houses of Parliament London SW1 FC962 9p missing gold...... £750 special postmark...... £12.50 FC964 Blue eyes shifted to the left on 7½p value..£250 1973 Royal Wedding 1973 Centenary of County Cricket FC1001 Special Windsor FDI postmark...... £10 FC965 Lords Special FDI postmark...... £15 FC1002 Great Somerford special postmark...... £20 FC966 Lords Exhibition London NW8 FC1003 The Queen’s Dragoons Guards special BFPS special postmark...... £10 1434 postmark...... £30 FC967 Downend Bristol special postmark, FC1003A BFPO 1035 CDS on 7th Signal Regiment birthplace of W G Grace...... £20 Stamp Club cover...... £25 FC968 Essex CCC special postmark, Chelmsford... £35 FC1004A Field Post Office 340 CDS...... £25 FC969 Yorkshire V Hampshire, Headingly Leeds FC1004F BFPO 1387 Royal Engineers Official cover.... £30 special postmark...... £45 FC1006 Great Somerford CDS postmark...... £20 FC971 Surrey County Cricket Club London SE11 FC1007 Sandhurst CDS postmark...... £30 special postmark...... £30 FC1008 Buckingham Palace CDS postmark...... £175 FC972 Hambledon Portsmouth special postmark... £50 FC1010 House of Commons CDS postmark...... £30 FC974 Munich BFPS 1400 special FC1011 House of Lords CDS postmark...... £30 Exhibition postmark...... £75 FC1012A Chinese Exhibition Official cover...... £150 FC975A Derbyshire CCC TCCB cover with Derby 1973 Christmas FDI postmark...... £15 FC975B Essex CCC TCCB cover with Chelmsford FC1014 Bethlehem special FDI postmark...... £10 special postmark...... £45 FC1015 Special Daresbury postmark set of six Lewis FC975E Hampshire CCC TCCB cover, Southampton Carroll covers...... £250 FDI postmark...... £15 FC1016 Missing the pink floor on the 3p stamp.... £25 FC975G Lancashire CCC TCCB cover, Manchester 1974 British Trees FDI postmark...... £15 FC975H Leicestershire CCC TCCB cover, Leicester FC1018 Stampex London special postmark...... £15 FDI postmark...... £15 1974 200th Anniversary of the FC975K Northamptonshire CCC TCCB cover, First Fire Service Northampton FDI postmark...... £15 FC975L Nottinghamshire CCC TCCB cover, FC1020 Avon County Fire Brigade, Bristol Nottingham FDI postmark...... £15 special postmark...... £35 FC975N Surrey CCC TCCB cover, special Surrey The FC1021 Exhibition, Sunderland special postmark.£50 Oval postmark...... £45 FC1022 Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue FC975O Sussex CCC TCCB cover, special special postmark...... £40 Hove postmark...... £45 FC1022A Cambridge FDI postmark...... £20 FC975P Warwickshire CCC TCCB cover, Birmingham FC1030 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks.. £25 FDI postmark...... £15 FC1031C Philatelic Bureau postmark on FC975Q Worcestershire CCC TCCB cover, Worcester Merryweather Post Office cover...... £10 FDI postmark...... £15 FC1031E Norwich FDI on Post Office cover FC975R Yorkshire CCC TCCB cover, Headingly addressed to the Chief Fire Officer Norfolk Yorkshire V Hampshire postmark...... £45 Fire Service, which he has also signed.... £75 FC977 Gloucestershire CCC TCCB cover, 1974 Centenary of the Downend Bristol special postmark...... £30 FC979 TCCB cover, Munich BFPS 1400 special Universal Postal Union exhibition postmark...... £50 FC1033 100th Anniversary Southampton FC982 British Forces cover cancelled with Field special postmark...... £20 Post Office 717 CDS...... £45 FC1034 National Postal Museum London FC982A Festiniog Railway carried cover...... £20 EC1 postmark...... £75 FC1038 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks.. £20 1973 Paintings FC1039B Philatelic Bureau postmark, plus Internaba FC983 London SW1 Sir Joshua Reynolds 1974 cachet...... £15 special postmark...... £15 FC983F Sir Joshua Reynolds, Royal Academy, 1974 Great Britons London Official cover...... £75 FC1040 Robert the Bruce, Dunfermline Abbey, FC986 Douglas IOM special postmark...... £75 Fife postmark...... £40 FC988 Douglas FDI postmark...... £60 FC1041 Birth of Bruce, Bannockburn FC990A Missing Queen’s Head on the 5p Stirling postmark...... £50 stamp, FDI postmark with a neat FC1041A Robert the Bruce, National Trust for handwritten address...... £750 Scotland Official cover, single stamp...... £15 FC1042 Machynlleth Powys special postmark..... £45

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 59 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] _ The FDC _ specialist list 1971 - 1978 1974 Great Britons continued... 1975 Sailing FC1044 Royal Tournament postmark...... £80 FC1150 Royal Thames Yacht Club Bi-Centenary FC1044A Field Post Office 770 CDS...... £40 special postmark...... £15 FC1044B Field Post Office 513 CDS...... £40 FC1150A Royal Thames Yacht Club Official FC1044C FPO 955 CDS...... £40 London cover...... £75 FC1044F Royal Tournament Official cover...... £80 FC1152 Weymouth, Royal Dorset Yacht Club FC1055 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks.. £20 Centenary special postmark...... £15 FC1152A Royal Dorset Yacht Club official cover... £75 1974 Winston Churchill FC1155 ‘Arphila 75 Paris’ cachet and FC1057 Blenheim Woodstock special FDI postmark.£10 Bureau postmark...... £10 FC1058 House of Commons special FDI postmark... £10 FC1156 Hastings FDI...... £45 FC1059 Somerset House London WC postmark... £60 FC1164 Cowes, Isle of Wight CDS...... £100 FC1060 First Constituency, Oldham special postmark.£30 FC1169A Missing black on 8p value. FDI postmark on FC1060F Oldham Official cover...... £25 unaddressed Post Office cover...... £150 FC1061 Woodford Green Essex special ‘Action this Day’ postmark...... £40 1975 Stockton and Darlington Railway FC1061F Wanstead and Woodford Synagogue FC1170 Buckfastleigh, Return of Steam Official cover...... £50 special postmark...... £25 FC1062 RAF Honnington BFPS 1874 special postmark.. £40 FC1171 Darlington Ticket FDI special postmark.£12.50 FC1062A BFPO CDS...... £20 FC1172 Longmoor BF 1396 PS Royal Engineers FC1063 Tunbridge Wells FDI postmark, ‘Posted at Military Railway special postmark...... £22.50 Chartwell’ cachet...... £35 FC1172A Longmoor BF 1396 PS Royal Engineers FC1064A Cambridge FDI postmark...... £25 Military Railway special pmk, Royal FC1067 House of Commons CDS postmark...... £125 Engineers official cover...... £40 FC1067P House of Commons CDS, typed House of FC1173 Paignton, Devon, Torbay Steam Railway Commons plain envelope...... £50 special postmark...... £22.50 FC1073A Matching pair of Winston (Darlington) and FC1174 Shildon Ticket FDI special postmark....£12.50 Churchill (Bristol) CDS postmarks...... £450 FC1175 Stockton Ticket FDI special postmark.£12.50 FC1076 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks.. £25 FC1176 Wylam, Northumberland Railway Festival FC1077 Special Souvenir Sheet issued by Stamp special postmark...... £35 Collecting Promotion Council...... £20 FC1176A Wylam, Northumberland special postmark, Round Table official cover...... £80 1974 Christmas FC1181 Brighton FDI, Bluebell Railway cover...... £40 FC1078 Bethlehem special postmark...... £10 FC1184 Derby FDI...... £20 FC1079 The Collegiate Church Exhibition, Ottery St FC1188 Paddington FDI postmark...... £25 Mary postmark...... £30 FC1190 Shrewsbury FDI, Llanfair Light Railway cover.... £50 FC1079F The Collegiate Church, Ottery St Mary FC1198 Porthmadog, Gwynedd CDS, Festiniog Official cover...... £45 Railway cover...... £50 FC1080 Great Hospital Norwich special postmark.... £30 FC1202 Windsor Castle CDS, small FC1080F Great Hospital Norwich official cover..... £45 handwritten address...... £50 FC1083 Worcester FDI postmark...... £25 FC1206A Stockton and Darlington Railway 1975 Turner Anniversary slogan, single 7p value...... £100 FC1120 London WC, special FDI postmark...... £7.50 1975 Parliamentary Conference 1975 Architecture FC1210 62nd Inter-Parliamentary Conference special postmark...... £10 FC1130 Chester, Heritage City special postmark.£25 FC1215 House of Commons CDS...... £55 FC1131 Cirencester, Corinium 1900 Heritage FC1216 House of Lords CDS...... £65 special postmark...... £35 FC1218 Windsor Castle CDS, small FC1131A Cirencester Cotswold official cover...... £80 handwritten address...... £75 FC1132 Edinburgh, National Trust for Scotland special postmark...... £35 1975 Jane Austen FC1132A National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh FC1220 Bath, Jane Austen Bicentenary Exhibition Official cover, single stamp...... £15 special postmark...... £15 FC1133 Salisbury, Wilton House Open Day FC1220A City of Bath official cover...... £35 special postmark...... £35 FC1222 Steventon FDI special postmark...... £7.50 FC1133A Salisbury, Wilton House Open Day special postmark, Cotswold official cover...... £40 1975 Christmas FC1134 Windsor, 500 Years St Georges Chapel FC1235 Bethlehem FDI special postmark...... £5 special postmark...... £25 FC1238 Angel Hill CDS...... £225 FC1134A St Georges Chapel Windsor Official cover, single stamp...... £15 1976 Telephone FC1137W Windsor FDI postmark...... £15 FC1241 Taunton, Post Office Museum FC1140A House of Commons CDS...... £25 special postmark...... £7.50 FC1142 Windsor Castle CDS...... £250 FC1245 Boston FDI...... £20 FC1249A House of Lords CDS postmark...... £20

60 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 1976 Social Reformers FC1358 Westminster SWI, 500 Years British Printing special postmark...... £20 FC1265 Folkestone FDI...... £25 FC1358A British Printing Industries Federation FC1266 Norwich FDI...... £25 Westminster London official cover...... £25 FC1272 House of Commons CDS...... £50 FC1363A Cambridge Quincentenary cover with FC1279 Wimborne, St Giles CDS...... £125 Cambridge FDI...... £50 FC1279A Field Post Office 632 CDS on Official FC1370 Tenterden CDS...... £110 Forces cover...... £10 FC1371 House of Lords CDS postmark...... £25 1976 American Bicentenary 1976 Christmas FC1282 Bath, American Museum special postmark.£15 FC1375 Aldershot BF 1901 PS 1st British Corps FC1282S Speedbird Philatelic Section, Concorde special postmark...... £30 Flown cover...... £15 FC1376 Bethlehem FDI special postmark...... £5 FC1283 BF 1776 PS, Bicentennial of American FC1378 London SW7, A Tonic to the Nation V&A Independence special pmk...... £15 Museum special postmark...... £30 FC1283A BFPS 1776 Official cover...... £20 FC1379 London W1, Pompeii Exhibition Royal FC1283B BFPO 5 CDS on Official Forces cover...... £15 Academy special postmark...... £25 FC1284 Greenwich, National Maritime Museum FC1379A Pompeii Exhibition Royal Academy London special postmark...... £15 Official cover...... £75 FC1284A 1776 Exhibition Greenwich official cover.£25 FC1286 Plymouth, 58th Philatelic Congress of GB 1977 Racket Sports special postmark...... £22.50 FC1390 Avon, Badminton Association FC1287 Washington, Tyne & Wear USA special postmark...... £10 Independence Bicentenary postmark.... £15 FC1391 Harrow, Squash Rackets Association FC1287A Washington Old Hall official cover...... £20 special postmark...... £10 FC1298 House of Commons CDS...... £45 FC1396 Birmingham FDI...... £20 1976 Roses FC1400 Wimbledon CDS (various)...... £285 FC1310 Bath, Year of the Rose special postmark.£15 1977 Chemistry FC1310A City of Bath official cover...... £40 FC1405 Battersea SW11, Starch Derivatives for FC1312 Northampton, Year of the Rose Industry special pmk...... £10 special postmark...... £15 FC1406 London SW1, Stampex special postmark..... £10 FC1313 Norwich, Royal Norfolk Show FC1408 London WC, Royal Institute of Chemistry special postmark...... £35 special postmark...... £10 FC1314 Oxford, Royal National Rose Society FC1408A Royal Institute London Official cover...... £35 special postmark...... £15 FC1315 St Albans, Royal National Rose Society 1977 Silver Jubilee special postmark...... £15 FC1425A Jubilee Exhibition special pmk, Roman FC1322 Kew Gardens CDS...... £175 Baths official cover...... £30 FC1327 Rose Cottage CDS...... £160 FC1426 Bristol, Bordeaux 30th Anniversary 1976 Cultural Traditions special postmark...... £25 FC1427 Chatham BF 1952 PS, Exercise Makefast FC1330 Cardigan FDI special postmark...... £5 XXV special postmark...... £15 FC1331 Bristol, Bristol Morris Men 25th Anniversary FC1427A Makefast XXV Royal Engineers official cover...£40 special postmark...... £10 FC1428 Croydon, Queen’s Silver Jubilee FC1332 Cardigan, Dyfed, Eisteddfod 1176-1976 special postmark...... £15 special postmark...... £10 FC1429 Glasgow, Stamp of Royalty Exhibition FC1341 Braemar CDS...... £50 special postmark...... £15 FC1344 Corwen, Clwyd CDS...... £60 FC1430 Havant, Hayling Island Philatelic Society FC1345 Headington Quarry, Oxford CDS...... £60 special postmark...... £25 1976 William Caxton FC1431A RHDR Benham official cover...... £50 FC1432 Stamp Collecting Promotion Council FC1350 Cheltenham, Royal Charter Quincentenary Festival Hall special pmk...... £15 special postmark...... £45 FC1433 London SW1, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award FC1351 Leicester, Centenary De Montfort Press special postmark...... £12.50 special postmark...... £20 FC1435 St Martin-in-the-Fields Silver Jubilee FC1352 London SE1, NATSOPA Celebrates special postmark...... £15 special postmark...... £20 FC1436 London W1, Dixieme Congress FC1352A NATSOPA Celebrates London Official cover.£100 special postmark...... £25 FC1353 London SE1, Paper and Printing Study FC1438 Weymouth & Portland, Philatelic Exhibition Group Celebrates special postmark...... £20 special postmark...... £15 FC1354 London SWI FDI special postmark...... £5 FC1439 Windsor FDI special postmark...... £5 FC1355 London WC, British Library William Caxton FC1452 Buckingham Palace CDS...... £200 Exhibition special postmark...... £20 FC1453 House of Commons CDS...... £35 FC1355A British Library official cover...... £50 FC1454 House of Lords CDS...... £35 FC1356 London W1, British Philatelic Exhibition FC1456 Jubilee Fields CDS...... £35 special postmark...... £20 FC1464 Forces Post Office 181 CDS on British FC1356A London W1, British Philatelic Exhibition Forces cover...... £25 official cover...... £25 FC1472 Edinburgh, Silver Jubilee Philatelic FC1357 Plymouth, 500th Anniversary of Printing Exhibition slogan...... £125 special postmark...... £20 FC1474 London WC1, Silver Jubilee Appeal slogan..£125 FC1478 Vale of Rheidol Railway carried cover ... £15

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL226 www.buckinghamcovers.com 61 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] _ The FDC _ specialist list 1971 - 1978 1977 Commonwealth Meeting 1978 Energy FC1480 Beating Retreat BF 8677 PS Prince of Wales FC4000 Our choice of special postmark...... £10 Division special postmark...... £25 FC4000A Coalville Leicester CDS, registered Post FC1480A Prince of Wales Division BFPS official cover... £35 Office cover...... £75 FC1482 Croydon, Queen’s Silver Jubilee FC4000C Institute of Fuel Golden Jubilee Cotswold special postmark...... £25 official cover...... £15 FC1484 London SW FDI special postmark...... £5 FC4000E Forces Post Office 183 CDS, British FC1488 St Martin-in-the-Fields Silver Jubilee Forces cover...... £10 special postmark...... £25 FC1496 House of Commons CDS...... £50 1978 Historical Buildings FC1497 House of Lords CDS...... £60 FC4001 Our choice of special postmark...... £10 FC1499 House of Commons (wavy line cancel). £15 FC4001A Tower of London 900th anniversary BF 9000 PS official cover...... £20 1977 Silver Jubilee 9p FC4001B House of Lords CDS...... £15 FC1506 Croydon, Queen’s Silver Jubilee FC4001C Wells Cathedral Cotswold official cover.£15 special postmark...... £10 FC4001E House of Commons CDS postmark...... £20 FC1507 Lancashire, Borough of Blackburn Silver Jubilee special pmk...... £10 1978 Historical Buildings miniature sheet FC1508A City of Leicester official cover...... £12 FC4002 Our choice of special postmark...... £10 FC1511 North Devon, Jubilee Exhibition FC4002A Buckingham Palace CDS on unaddressed special postmark...... £10 Post Office cover...... £40 FC1513 Windsor FDI special postmark...... £5 FC4002B House of Commons CDS on unaddressed FC1521 House of Commons CDS...... £15 Post Office cover...... £50 FC1522 House of Lords CDS...... £15 FC4002C House of Lords CDS on unaddressed Post FC1527 Queens Head CDS...... £20 Office cover...... £50 FC1537 Edinburgh, Silver Jubilee Philatelic FC4002D Tower of London official cover...... £20 Exhibition slogan...... £35 FC4002G Stampex official cover blue printing...... £75 FC1538 London EC, The Queen’s Silver Jubilee FC4002H Stampex official cover, red printing...... £75 Appeal (plus other PO)...... £20 FC4002I Stamps with Hampton Court postmark and FC1546 Doubled with both issue dates and all 5 values, Miniature Sheet with Stamps special postmark, both Windsor special FDI postmarks...... £40 special large Cotswold cover...... £30 1977 Wildlife 1978 Coronation FC1550 Blandford, Badger Beer 200th Anniversary FC4003 Our choice of special postmark...... £20 special postmark...... £15 FC4003C Kings Lynn FDI and Estate Office Sandringham FC1552 Covent Garden, 11-13 Broadcourt on unaddressed Post Office cover...... £25 special postmark...... £10 FC4003DS Kings Lynn FDI and Sandringham Estate FC1552A The Garden Studio Broad Court Covent Office cachet on unaddressed Post Office Garden London official...... £20 cover, signed by the 1953 and 1978 Mayors FC1553 Hythe, Port Lympne Wildlife Educational of Kings Lynn...... £30 Open Day special pmk...... £10 FC4003G Sutton Mint special postmark...... £25 FC1553A RHDR official cover...... £20 FC4003K Windsor FDI postmark...... £25 FC1553B Port Lympne Wildlife Educational Open Day FC4003M Gutter pair flown with the Duke of special postmark, Chester, limited edition of 300, Edinburgh to the Falklands, Mount Pleasant special 35cm long gutter pair cover...... £20 and flight cachets...... £75 FC1557 Norwich, Norfolk Wildlife in Trust FC4003R Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Walsall CDS.... £25 special postmark...... £15 FC4003S Queens Head Oswestry Salop CDS...... £25 FC1557A Norfolk Naturalists Trust Official cover...... £15 FC4003T Crown View Wakefield CDS...... £25 FC1557AS Norfolk Naturalists Trust Official cover, signed by FC4003U Favor royal, Augher CDS...... £25 the four Wardens, certified only 300 signed..... £25 FC4003V House of Commons CDS postmark...... £30 FC1558 Shrewsbury, Bear Steps special postmark..... £15 FC4003W House of Lords CDS postmark...... £30 FC1565 Badgers Mount CDS...... £75 FC4003X Huddersfield - Whitehaven TPO postmark.... £15 FC1567 Foxton CDS...... £30 FC4003Y Vale of Rheidol Railway carried cover.... £15 FC1575 Otterferry CDS...... £50 FC4003ZB Field Post Office 553 CDS on British FC1577 Squirrels Heath CDS...... £75 Forces cover...... £15 FC1578 Festiniog Railway carried cover...... £25 FC1579 Balmoral Castle CDS...... £30 1977 Christmas Want to spread the FC1580 Bethlehem FDI special postmark...... £5 payments on these FC1581 Blackpool, Silver Jubilee Christmas amazing covers? Don’t Greetings special postmark...... £25 FC1585 London Chief Office Counter postmark on forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call Post Office cover, typed address to George King...... £20 01303 278137 for full details. FC1594 Partridge Green, Horsham CDS...... £45

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BCSP61A £12.95 Special 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 the first manned mission to the moon cover. “Magnificent Desolation” collectable postmarked on the launch date (16.07.2019) and doubled on the date of splash down (24.07.2019), featuring our choice 1st class stamp and Jodrell Bank, Astronaut postmark plus cachet to mark tthe first moonwalk on the 21 July.

50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 the first manned mission to the moon. “Magnificent Desolation” collectable featuring our choice 1st class stamp and Jodrell Bank, Astronaut postmark (16.07.2019 - Launch date & 20.07.2019 - Landing date) plus USA Flag stamp and a cachet to mark two historic events. BCSP61 £20

FOR JUST £20 you’ll receive this pair of covers marking the 1969 Apollo 11 Launch and Moonwalk!

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