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The Hans Rossbach Aces Collection This Is Quite an Incredible Set of Covers with Over 270 Signature of Top Luftwaffe VIP’S THE CENTENARY OF THE ROYAL The Hans Rossbach Aces Collection This is quite an incredible set of covers with over 270 signature of top Luftwaffe VIP’s. It took Hans over three years to assemble back in the 1970’s. He AIR FORCE personally visited all aces including great names like Willy Messerschmitt, Werner Von Braun, Herman Obarth, Albert Speer, Erich Hartmann, Adolf August 2018 Galland, Gerd Barkhorn plus many more. There is even a cover signed by Issue 4 five members of Richthofen’s original flying circus. Many of the individual covers are now worth well over £200 with the Von Braun and Messerschmitt now worth £1500. Other rare signatures include Rudel Batz, Hanna Reichi, Hans Bauhr (Hitlerís pilot), Matoni, Skorzaney, Kurt Tank. Hans only did 100 sets of all 80 covers. Each cover has a biography of the signatures printed on the cover, plus numerous b/w photos inside. He originally stated that there are only 20 or so complete sets anywhere in the world. You can’t imagine how much time and effort went in to getting the photos that are inside the covers, the travelling, overprinting of envelopes etc. Each can be identified by a number in a red circle on the reverse, we list here what we have available at this point, but there are still lots of gaps to fill and will keep trying HRA06 £150 £50 per month HRA02 £100 £50 per month over 2 months over 3 months 1971 RAF Fylingdales cover, signed by Ludwig Meister, Josef 1986 Biggin Hill Kraft, Hans Joachim Jabs and Hans Martin Madeball. cover, signed by Adolf Galland, Gerhard Hubrich, Hans Joachim Von Hippel and Josef Jacobs. HRA11 £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Andover cover, signed by Major George Peter Eder, General Lieutenant Adolf Galland, Major Gerhard Schopfel, Major Hannsgeorg Batcher and Lieutenant Herbert Kaiser. HRA10 £300 £100 per month over 3 months 1970 RAF Benson cover, signed by Fritz Morzik, Josef Kraft, Hans Ulrich Rudel and Karl Bodenschatz. HRA13 £100 £20 per month over 5 months 1970 RAF Scampton cover, signed by Rudolf Schoenert, Wilhelm Herget, Werner Streib and Gunter Bahr. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] The Hans Rossbach Aces Collection HRA26 £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Fylingdales cover, signed by Lieutenant Fritz Rumpelhardt, Captain Wilhelm Gansler, Lieutenant Colonel Hans Joachim Jabs, Captain Erich Weissflog and Captain Wilhelm Johnen. HRA28 £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Leeming cover, signed by Lieutenant Anton Benning, Colonel Rudolf Muller, Major Georg Peter Eder, Lieutenant Colonel Hanns Heise and Major Hermann Schmidt. HRA29 £100 £50 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Pitreavie Castle cover, signed by Erich Hartmann, Johannes Geismann, Theo Osterkamp and Dieter Peltz. Flexi-pay HRA30 £150 available on £50 per month over 3 months all items! 1972 RAF Topcliffe cover, No interest charged - signed by Lieutenant Colonel Theodor Rossiwall, Major payment options up to Fritz Losigkeit, Captain Alfred 12 months Grislawski and General Major Walter Grabmann. HRA31 £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Fylingdales cover, signed by Sargent Karl Pfeiffer, Colonel Gunther Radusch, Lieutenant Hans Eugen Von Gienanth, Major Paul Zorner, Major Rudolf Schoenert and Sargent Heinz De Fries. 01303 278137 Aces EMAIL: [email protected] 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf RAF100 IV Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] HRA38 £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1971 RAF Thorney Island cover, signed by General Lieutenant HRA37 £100 £50 per month over 2 months Martin Harlinghausen and General Major Walter Storp. 1972 RAF Little Rissington cover, signed by Eugene Schauble, Friedrich Jarl Von Und Zu Koenig Warthausen, Adolf Fischer, Bruno Poelke, Oskar Fink and Otto Lindpaintner. £50 per month over 2 months HRA57 £100 1971 RAF Uxbridge cover, signed by Waldemar Plewig, Johannes Steinhoff, Karl Kessel, Heinz Nacke and Johannes Fink. HRA58 £100 £50 per month over 2 months 1972 RAF Topcliffe cover, signed by Hajo Herrmann, Paul Zorner, Paul Lehmann and Wolfgang Thimmig. £100 per month over 3 months HRA71 £300 1971 RAF Hartland Point cover, signed by Major Heinrich Brocher, Major Gerhard Barkhorn and Captain Karl Wulff. Don't forget that you can always use Flexi-Pay to spread the cost of your covers. It's simple, flexible and Aces INTEREST FREE. You can choose to spread the cost over up to 12 months, with a minimum monthly payment of £10 - the amounts shown above are just examples so an item at £250 could be split over 5 months instead of 2. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. We then hold your order safely for you. We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service Call us on 01303 278137 or email us at [email protected] We run regular thematic Emails with exclusive offers Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to ensure you’re not missing out 3 www.buckinghamcovers.com RYB016A £300 £100 per month over 3 months 1980 Battle of Britain 40th anniversary cover, signed by Bob Stanford Tuck, Douglas Bader, Johnnie Johnson, John Cunningham and James Lacey. www.buckinghamcovers.com RYE004C £60 £30 per month over 2 months £42.50 per month over 2 months RYE004F Experimental Jet Handley Page HP115 cover, signed by Mike £85 Bannister, Jock Lowe and John Cochrane. Experimental Jet Vickers Valiant cover, signed by Jock Bryce, Brian Trubshaw and George Edwards. RYJ023A £100 £50 per month over 2 months 1995 Biggin Hill Air Fair cover, signed by Harold Bird Wilson, Roy Finch, John Ward, Alan Gear, Lewis Brandon, Trevor Gray, Edward Kenna, Peter Ayerst and Dennis David. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months RYJ023D £50 £10 per month over 5 months 1995 Battle of Britain Open Day Cover, signed by Ulrich Steinhiliper, Desmond Sheen, Peter Ayerst, Alan Gear, John Gibson and Tony Russell. RYJ023E £85 £42.50 per month over 2 months 1995 Battle of Britain Open Day, signed by Peter Ayerst, Ken MacKenzie, Eric Wilson, John Gibson, Ulrich Steinhilper, Tony Russell, Frank Carey, Archie Winskill and Alan Gear. FLIGHT 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf RAF100 IV Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYJ023F £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1996 75th Anniversary of the British Legion, signed by VC winners Eric Wilson, Richard Annand and John Kenneally, plus RYJ024T £50 £25 per month over 2 months George Cross winners Tony Gledhill, Eynon Hawkins, Frank Naughton and Carl Wilcox. 1998 80th Anniversary of the RAF, signed by James Callaghan. £50 per month over 4 months RYJ023G £200 1996 Royal British Legion cover, signed by Margaret Thatcher and 23 other VC, GC and Battle of Britain signatures, list included but will need checking. RYJ025D £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1974 43 Squadron cover, signed by Lord RYJ025A £50 Balfor of Inchrye, C P O 1975 The Hurricane Air Display cover, Bartlett, Tom Sopwith, D signed by Jeffrey Quill, Neville Duke, W Clappen and two we Lettice Curtis and John Slessor. can’t identify, OC Naval 8 in 1916 and member of No2 Squadron. RYJ025F £200 £100 per month over 2 months FLIGHT 8th May 1945 VE Day American cover signed by Paul Tibbets and James Doolittle plus two others. Don't forget that you can always use Flexi-Pay to spread the cost of your covers. It's simple, flexible and INTEREST FREE. You can choose to spread the cost over up to 12 months, with a minimum monthly payment of £10 - the amounts shown above are just examples so an item at £250 could be split over 5 months instead of 2. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. We then hold your order safely for you. We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service Call us on 01303 278137 or email us at [email protected] 5 www.buckinghamcovers.com RYJ025I £50 1973 92 Squadron cover, signed by Edward Donaldson, Harold Roach, Donald Hardman, Neville Duke and two others we can’t identify. £25 per month over 2 months RYJ025J £50 RYJ025G £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1970 RAF Hendon cover, 1971 RAF Uxbridge cover, signed by Roland Beamont, signed by Dermot Boyle, Ian Douglas Smith, Jeffrey Quill and John Slessor N A Couyton, F Luxmore (some discolouring on the front). and Alex Gray. £25 per month over 2 months RYJ025L £50 £10 per month over 5 months 1970 RAF Hendon cover, signed by Tom Sopwith, Gould Lee, John Slessor and one other we can’t identify. RYT014I £250 £50 per month over 5 months American 50 cover signed by the Crew of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets (Pilot), Dutch Van Kirk (Navigator) and Tom Ferebee (Bomb aimer) (Our Choice). RYC009G £150 £50 per month over 3 months Sir Alan Cobham, signed 1972 Kings Cup Air Race cover, handwritten address. RYE001 £150 £25 per month over 6 months Sir Basil Embry signed 1972 RAF Escape cover, took 01303 part in the raid on Shell Mex FLIGHT House, Copenhagen. 278137 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4Bf RAF100 IV Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months RYD028 £1750 Lord Dowding, signed plain 1965 Battle of Britain single stamp cover. £175 per month over 10 months RYJ025M £75 £25 per month over 3 months RYE001A £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1969 RAF Linton on Ouse cover, signed by Basil Embry, signed 1971 RAF Leeming cover.
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