FEBRUARY 2020 CL234 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE

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Video Games covers on page 5

Buckingham Covers - The First in First Day Covers A WORD FROM “Christmas and New Year are now a distant memory and we BRIAN are already featuring the second BUCKINGHAM COVERS, SPECIALIST COVER EXPERT issue of the year”

Dear Collector, others now is the time to order. We have also had another great signature confirmed today on this issue, but clearly I can’t tell you Christmas and New Year are now a distant memory and we are who at this point, the first notification will be in the Hear It First already featuring the second issue of the year – Visions of the Email, so if you haven’t ………. Universe. Behind the scenes we have been working hard on both missing and new signatures, so we can now offer signatures on A number of you have asked about our New Premium Service both the Video Games and Vision issues, a lovely signature on the and whether you should join. I will stick my neck out and if you Forests issue (this has been very hard to find) plus Jimmy Vee is receive three separate orders or more a month from us it should back in stock from the Star Wars issue, don’t miss this one. save you money and you should definitely consider joining. When we sent the Video Games cover to the Oliver Twins, Finally I spent New Year’s Eve (completely sober) on the beach Andrew and Philip, they liked the cover so much they bought in Benidorm. After the Spanish midnight celebrations, my wife some to give to family and friends, we do like it when this happens and I stayed there till 1am to bring in the New Year in the UK. and feel it gives the cover a final seal of approval. So with no political slant either way, it greatly amused me that the DJ played AC/DC’s Highway to Hell before the image of the It was good to show you this year’s full list of issues in the last Houses of Parliament came up and the sound of Big Ben’s Bongs Cover Lover. We had to go to print before Christmas and then rang over the beach. Only two comments on this first we will be so just cross our fingers that Royal Mail did not change their mind pleased to get our last Brexit cover postmarked and out to you and about releasing the information. I think long term collectors secondly, we should have thought this through and done a multi- appreciate the chance to see what is coming up, even if there are postmarked cover, though this might have meant a bigger cover. a few changes. That magazine gave us the first chance to show you our James Happy Collecting Bond cover, we have since had George Lazenby agree to sign (BC636S £79.95) these are reserved for club customers, but for Brian Austin January 2020

Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He began performing at an early age & moved to America when he was signed by the prestigious Fred Karno company. In 1914 he began performing for Keystone Studios where he developed his iconic Tramp persona and by 1918 was a global star. His career spanned over seven decades with highlights including the 1940 satire The Great Dictator which characterised his slapstick comedy combined with political & social elements. In 1972 he received SGC011C £850 £106.25 per month over 8 months an Honorary Academy Award for his impact on motion pictures, a legacy Charlie Chaplin signed postcard of Saint-Saphorin in Switzerland, he which continues today. lived in the country and spent time at Saint-Saphorin.

A word about our clubs... We have tried to simplify our clubs to make them Don’t forget clubs are free to join and there’s no easier to understand. We have two main clubs obligation to buy. Becoming a member simply means for new issue customers, Classic and Signed. that you won’t miss out, and you’ll receive discounts If you are a member of one of these clubs your covers on some covers. So what’s stopping you? will automatically be reserved for you, so there’s no Full details at www.buckinghamcovers.com/clubs need to order. Items reserved for Club Customers are still available to order, but there may only be a We also run clubs for thematics like Rail, Maritime limited number so will be subject to availability. and Flight. These can be found on our website.

2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE 11th February 2020

British Astronomers and Astrophysicists have contributed some amazing discoveries over the years which all help to form our vision of the universe. Our covers are a vision themselves, take a look! If you want to make sure this issue gets reserved for you, have you considered joining our cover club?

BC635 £18.50 Produced in association with the Science Centre NEW SIGNER and Observatory, Herstmonceux who celebrated their 25th anniversary this year. Design features the Observatory at Herstmonceux and official first day Mark Thompson of issue postmark 11.02.2020. Limited Edition of 150 available signed by ‘BBC Stargazing: Live’ Presenter, Mark Thompson! BC635S £28.50

BC635PSB £63.80 This stunning set of 4 PSB covers features an image of the milky way over the Mullard Radio Telescope at Cambridge. Each cover will feature a different alternative postmark. BC635PSB2 £63.80 Set of 4 with our Buckingham postmarks.

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CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 BREXIT 31st January 2020 Love it or loathe it, the time is approaching when Brexit is due to happen. To mark this part of British History, we have postmarked the EU covers and applied a special cachet

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NEW SIGNER! MICHAEL ELWYN

Michael Elwyn is well known for his role as Sir Edward, Marian’s father, in the 2006 BBC Series of Robin Hood.

His partner, Alison Steadman, signed our Songbirds issue in 2017 (BC557S).

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Please note these covers will not be available until early March

4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] VIDEO GAMES 21st January 2020

The first issue of 2020 is the very retro Video Games, our stunning covers display the nostalgic games to their ‘8-bit’ best!

BC634 £18.50 Our space invaders inspired cover features the full set of 8 Video Games stamps, cancelled Leamington Spa, where British game developers, twins Andrew and Philip Oliver, are based.

NEW SIGNERS

THE OLIVER TWINS BC634S £34.95 Signed by Andrew & Philip Oliver Time to get into a Dizzy Panic! The Oliver Twins have agreed to sign our Video Games cover – reserve your cover signed by video game royalty now as there is a limited quantity of just 150!

BC634M £18.50 Tomb Raider Miniature sheet on our adventure game cover. Cancelled Lara Croft Way, Derby, as the game was designed in the city.

NEW SIGNER SHELLEY BLOND The original! Shelley Blond has agreed to sign our Adventure Game covers! Shelley Blond is an actress, voice actress, television presenter and author, well known for BC634MS £28.50 being the original voice of Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider Game (1996)!

Other available options: BC634MAS £TBC Stamps from miniature sheet, signed TBC BC634MB £18.50 The barcoded miniature BC634LSET £29.50 Smiler pair with all ten stamps & sheet on our adventure game cover labels attached BC634MBS £28.50 The barcoded miniature signed by Shelley Blond BC634L £18.50 Single smiler cover with five stamps & labels

BC634MA £18.50 Stamps from the miniature sheet BC634R £18.50 Retail Book

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BC633 £22.50 Another epic instalment of Star Wars. Working with MCM Comic Con, our covers celebrate the increasingly popular pastime of Cosplay and conventions. With our Pinewood Road, Iver Heath, Iver postmark.

BC633S £32.50 Signed by Jimmy Vee, He is known for his work on Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) as R2-D2.

BC633M £18.50 Continue the adventure with our stunning miniature sheet cover, a battle between two forces! With our Apprentice Way, London postmark.

BC633MS £TBC Signer to be confirmed.

BC633MB £18.50 Barcoded miniature sheet.

BC633MA £18.50 Stamps from miniature sheet with our Apprentice Way postmark. BC633MAS £TBC Stamps from miniature sheet with our Apprentice Way postmark. Signer to be confirmed.

BC633R £18.50 Retail booklet with BC633PSB2 £70 our Pinewood Set of 5 covers each with one of our Road postmark. Buckingham postmarks. BC633PSB £70 Alternatively the same set of covers, each with a different non Buckingham Covers postmark.

6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] 100 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF SIR ALF RAMSEY

BC238SA £75 40th Anniversary of the World Cup, postmarked at Wembley on 6 June 2006. Signed by Gordon Banks. Doubled on 100th Anniversary of Sir Alf Ramsey’s birth, with special cachet.

BC238S7A £45 Signed by Nobby Stiles. Doubled for the Centenary of Alf Ramsey’s birth with special cachet.

BC238S9A £45 Signed by Jack Charlton. Doubled on 100th Anniversary of Sir Alf Ramsey’s birth, with special cachet.

BC238S13A £75 Signed by Alan Ball. Doubled on 100th Anniversary of Sir Alf Ramsey’s birth, with special cachet.

BC238LD £24.95 40th anniversary world cup win doubled on Sir Alf Ramsay’s 100th birthday SPORTING TIMES

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CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 BUCKINGHAM2020 RAIL

R349 £10.95 Rail Club Members £9.95 Join us in kicking off the 2020 Railway Series with this stunning Mail by Rail collectable with Paddington, London W2 postmark 01.02.2020. The First Special Post Train at Paddington Station 165th ann. featuring a wonderful specially commissioned painting by railway artist John Wigston who paints his artists impression of the first special post train.

We have an interesting line-up for our 2020 rail calendar including:

1st February 2020 165th ANNIVERSARY FIRST SPECIAL POST TRAIN R349 SPRING 2020 50th ANNIVERSARY SITTINGBOURNE KEMSLEY LIGHT RAILWAY FIRST PUBLIC TRAINS R350 16th April 2020 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF ALAN PEGLER R351 7th May 2020 75TH ANNIVERSARY - SOUTHERN RAIL ROLLS OUT FIRST BULLEID LIGHT PACIFIC R352 May 2020 NENE VALLEY RAILWAY VE DAY ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND R353 17th May 2020 DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY OF BLUEBELL RAILWAY R354 3rd July 2020 100TH ANN SCENIC RAILWAY MARGATE OPENED R356 August 2020 150TH OFFICIAL OPENING TOWER SUBWAY BENEATH RIVER THAMES R355 31st August 2020 50TH THE RAILWAY CHILDREN R357 10th November 2020 100TH ANNIVERSARY CAVELL CARRIAGE CARRIES THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR R358 26th November 2020 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FILM BRIEF ENCOUNTER R359

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BCN036 £10.95 Maritime Club Members £9.95 Originally commissioned in 1942 during WWII, HMS Ark Royal was close to being cancelled due to lack of funds and then the end of the war. Despite this, HMS Ark Royal was commissioned on 25th February 1955. This great cover celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Re-Commissioning, postmarked 24.02.20 at Devonport, Plymouth.

Our 2020 Maritime programme: 24th February 2020 HMS Ark Royal 50th anniversary of the re-commissioning BCN036 11th May 2020 200th anniversary of the launch of HMS Beagle 14th May 2020 Maiden voyage P&O Iona, largest ship to enter service in the British market TBC BCN037 19th May 2020 175th anniversary ill-fated HMS Erebus & Terror BCN038 19th July 2020 475th anniversary of the sinking of the Mary Rose during the Battle of the Solent BCN039 27th August 2020 150th White Star’s first ocean liner RMS Oceanic launched at Belfast BCN040 16th September 2020 400th The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America BCN041 1st October 2020 80th anniversary of HMS King George V commissioned into the Royal Navy BCN042 We also hope to bring you covers celebrating new ships HMS Trent, Spey and Tamar plus HMS Queen Elizabeth when she enters service - watch this space for more information. ALL STANDARDALL ABOARD!MARITIME COVERS £10.95 JOIN EACH (£9.95 TOTHE MARITIME CLUB! CLUB MEMBERS) l All covers automatically reserved l Special Club Prices l Token Scheme l No membership charge l No obligation to buy l Cancel at any time Return to: Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF #¨ Yes! I would like to join The Maritime Club 01303 ACCOUNT No (If Known) NAME 278137 ADDRESS e-mail

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BCFL07 £10.95 Flight Club Members £9.95 1920 saw the establishment of the RAF College at Cranwell by Sir Hugh Trenchard. This great cover features an image of an Avro Lancaster flying over the college. 50th Anniversary of the RAF stamp.

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BCA014C £9.95 First non-stop Flight Perth - London. 15.03.18.

BCA014 £9.95 First Flight label with Heathrow postmark dated 15 Dec 2009. BCA014B £10.95 First UK Landing Manchester 24.04.12 plus postmarked first flight 15.12.09

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BC635P £29.50 Definitive Club Members £27.50 THE DREAMLINER Our Visions of the Universe Definitive Pair features the two definitive panes from the Visions of the Universe Prestige Booklet. Postmarked using our Herstmonceux and Cambridge postmarks on 11.02.20 issue date. NEVER OFFERED BEFORE!

First non-stop Flight Perth - BCD42B £11.95 London. 15.03.18. Our Big Ben Definitive cover featuring the 50p Machin Definitive and 1st class Recorded Signed For stamps. Change of printer from De La Rue to International Security Printers Walsall non-visible change postmarked on 21/01/2020.

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We were given the opportunity to reproduce these, each one is postmarked on the 75th Anniversary. These cost £9.95 each, the first one was issued on the 21st August 2019 (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’ Queen Victoria & Prince Albert Wedding Anniversary 10th February 2020

180th Anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert doubled cover with cachet.

Only three years after Victoria’s accession, on 10 February 1840, she married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in the Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace, London. The pair first met in 1836, when Albert travelled to London for Princess Victoria’s 17th birthday. In the years that followed, Albert wrote to Victoria many times. He visited in the autumn of 1839 and, five days after his arrival at Windsor, Victoria proposed, as custom dictated. Victoria’s intention to marry was declared formally to the Privy Council on 23 November, 1840. BC624MW £12.95

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THE COLLECTION INCLUDES THE COMPLETE BLOCKS FROM THE FOLLOWING COVERS: 1972 Churches - Five 1972 Silver Wedding - Pair 1973 Inigo Jones - Pair 1973 Christmas - Pair 1974 Fire - Pair 1974 Christmas - Three 1975 Charity - Pair 1975 Architecture - Eight 1975 Sailing - Three 1975 Railway - One 1976 Reformers - Five 1976 Roses - Pair 1977 Sport - Single TWO SETS OF VERY SPECIAL BLOCKS, DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS PRODUCED BUT NEVER USED ONCE IN A LIFETIME 1980 Birds - Four 1980 London Landmarks - Five OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THESE AND THE FOLLOWING WHERE A FEW MINIATURE MASTERPIECES, OF THE BLOCKS ARE MISSING: AN INTEGRAL PART OF BENHAM 1974 Britons - Six COVER PRODUCTION HISTORY. 1978 Buildings - Four Two Mystery ‘First Day Cover’ text blocks

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About Wood Engraving... Wood engraving is a printmaking technique in which an artist works an image into a block of wood. It uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure. Woodcuts were a common technique in printing in the 15th and 16th Centuries, yet the medium began to decline in the 17th century. They were still made for basic printing press work such as newspapers or almanacs. The beginnings of modern wood engraving techniques developed at the end of the 18th and into the 19th century, with the works of Englishman Thomas Bewick. Though not, as frequently asserted, the inventor of wood-engraving, he was the first to recognise that, as the incisions made by the graver on the wood block printed white, the right use of the medium was to base his designs as much as possible on white lines and areas, and so he became the first to use his graver as a drawing instrument and to employ the medium as an original art. Bewick’s quality of work attracted far more people than previous methods. R.G. Broadhurst’s employment of this technique on the first Benham covers meant the quality was second to none.

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 15 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] MOMENTS IN HISTORY WORLD WAR TWO During World War Two Captain Fluegel produced a series of covers in the United Sates marking significant moments during the war. The quality of these covers are amazing given the period in which they were produced in and were far ahead of covers in the UK at this time. Fluegel managed to get his covers postmarked on key dates, giving you a chance to have truly historic cover in your collection. Liberation of Luxembourg - 10th September 1944 Allied tanks entered the capital city on 10th September triggering the rise of the Luxembourg resistance who fought the fierce Battle of Vianden Castle against German forces. The liberation was successful however during the German Ardennes Offensive in December much of the north of the country was retaken, but the Allies held the capital and subsequently pushed German forces back out of Luxembourg. The liberation led to Gustav Simon, the Nazi Gauleiter for Luxembourg being captured by the British; and Damian Kratzenberg, leader of the Luxembourg Nazi movement was executed for his wartime activities FL04 £40 Final Raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima- 14th March 1945 One of the most iconic photos of the Second World War is of the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima. Taken by Joe Rosenthal it shows six US Marines raising a flag at the peak of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island. Iwo Jima was a strategically important military target despite being only 8 square miles in size, and is part of chain of Volcanic Islands which lye 750 miles south of Tokyo. The photograph was originally published in newspapers on February 25th 1945. It captured the minds of millions and Americans and generated huge publicity and funds for the war effort. It has been reprinted in thousands of different publications since, ensuring its place as the defining image of America’s war effort. Three of the Marines in the photograph; Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private FL15 £45 First Class Franklin Sousley, were killed within a few days of the photo being taken. The remaining three; Corporals Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Harold Schultz, all survived the conflict.

Liberation of Amsterdam - 5th May 1945 On 5th May 1945 Canadian General Charles Foulkes and German Commander- in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz met at the Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen and agreed the surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands. Much of the south Netherlands had been liberated in 1944 but the rest had remained under the grip of Nazi oppression and suffered desperately from the devastating famine during the 1944 winter. By the end of the war over 200,000 Dutch men and women had died, more than half being victims of the Holocaust, with the Netherlands suffering the highest per capita death rate of all occupied Western European countries.

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16 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Athens Liberated 14th October 1944 German forces started to withdraw from Greece in late 1944 due to a rapid Russian advance through Ukraine and Yugoslavia which threatened to cut them off from rejoining German units in mainland Europe. The first of the British forces landed on October 4th and met very little resistance, with Athens successfully liberated by October 14th. The liberation however failed to establish a peace with British forces subsequently engaged with Greek communist movements which ultimately descended FL05 £40 into the Greek Civil War.

The Liberation of Manila 4th February 1945 The Battle of Manila raged for a month between February 3rd and March 3rd 1945. It was a major battle fought by American and Filipino forces against Japan which ended nearly three years of Japanese occupation and was heralded by General Douglas MacArthur as a pivotal moment of the Reconquest Campaign. The battle witnessed the devastating massacre of over 100,000 Filipino civilians by Japanese soldiers and the widespread destruction of Manilla’s architectural and cultural heritage. The Manila Massacre was judged by the postwar military tribunal as a war crime and both the Japanese Commanding General Tomoyuki Yamashita, and his chief of staff Akira Muto were found responsible and executed. FL10 £30

Rangoon Liberated - 3rd May 1945 Operation Dracula was the airborne and amphibious attack on Rangoon by British, American, and Indian forces. The operation was on a tight time scheduled due to the need to capture Rangoon before the monsoon season began and secure communication lines between Allied troops across Burma. During April 1945 the British 14th Army advanced to within 40 miles of Rangoon but were delayed until May 1st by a Japanese force at Pegu. On the same day a Gurkha parachute battalion landed at Elephant Point on the Rangoon River, securing coastal batteries and clearing the water of mines. The next day the Indian 26th Division began landing troops on both sides of the river and discovered the Japanese forces FL24 £30 had already abandoned Rangoon and the city was occupied without opposition.

Japan Capitulates - 14th August 1945 The dropping of nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th August, coupled with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, shattered Japanese hopes of being able to repel an assault on their mainland. On August 14th six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced it would accept the terms of its unconditional surrender as laid out at the Potsdam Conference. The announcement divided Japan with over one thousand troops unsuccessfully attempting to storm the Imperial Palace and prevent the transmission of the surrender. FL40 £50

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CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 17 General Jonathan Wainright 10th September 1945

In December 1940 General Wainright was despatched to the Philippines to serve under General MacArthur, and tasked to resist the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. The invasion began in December 1941 and by January 1942 his forces had been pushed back to the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor. Following the evacuation of General MacArthur, Wainwright became Allied Commander in the Philippines. However his forces were outnumbered and following the Japanese attack on Corregidor on May 5th and the surrender of 70,000 FL45 £50 Allied troops on Bataan on April 9th, Wainwright formally surrendered to General Homma. Wainwright was held in prison camps until his liberation by the Red Army in August 1945 and was the highest ranking American POW. Dubbed by his men as a ‘fighting general’, Wainwright won the respect of his men and returned home as a hero on the 10th September 1945. He was greeted by a huge ticker tape parade and received the Medal of Honor for his leadership during the fall of the Philippines. Belgrade Liberated - 16th October 1944

The Belgrade Offensive ran from September 14th until October 20th 1944 by the Soviet, Bulgarian, and Yugoslav armies. The objectives of the campaign focused on ending the German occupation of Belgrade and Serbia as a whole, whilst splitting the German communication lines from Greece to Hungary. The offensive was headed by the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front and Yugoslav 1st Army Group, whilst concurrent operations in the south involved the Bulgarian 2nd Army and Yugoslav XIII Army Corps, plus the 2nd Ukrainian Front pushed northwards from the Yugoslav-Bulgarian border.

FL06A £75

US Forces invade the Philippines 20th October 1944 The Liberation of the Philippines was a joint American and Filipino campaign to oust the Japanese forces from the Philippines. Since mid-1942 the Americans had supplied the Filipino guerrilla resistance via submarines and parachute drops to allow the force to harass the Japanese troops and establish control of both the jungle and mountainous regions. The campaign begun on October 20th 1944 with amphibious landings on the island of Leyte and by the time of the Japanese surrender in September 1945, the US had suffered over 70,000 casualties, whilst over 335,000 Japanese soldiers had died and a further 10,000 captured. FL07 £25

Prague Liberated 8th May 1945 The Prague Offensive was the last major Soviet European operation during World War II, lasting from May 6th to May 11th 1945. The Soviets suffered over 50,000 casualties across these 6 days, with German losses including casualties and prisoners totalling at nearly 900,000 men. The last two large intact military formations of Germany, The German Army Group Centre and Army Group Ostmark, were virtually wiped out. The establishment of a large Soviet presence in Czechoslovakia was a key political aim of Stalin who used this military success to establish Communist influence in the Czechoslovak Army FL28 £45 and government, before later establishing the country as a Soviet satellite state in 1948.

18 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Franklin Roosevelt FDC 24th July 1945 President Franklin Roosevelt cover with Hyde Park, New York postmark on the first day of issue of his 2 cent stamp. Franklin D Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and led the country through the great depression and WWII. His economic recovery program, known as the New Deal, saw a huge expansion of the federal government’s role with the creation of programs to support the unemployed, encourage union growth, greater regulation of businesses, the creation of the minimum wage, and Social Security. In March 1941 Roosevelt spearheaded the efforts to provide Lend-Lease aid to Britain, and following the Japanese attack on Pearl FL34B £30 Harbor in December, led the USA into WWII.

We Salute the United States Army - 28th September 1945 The US joined the war in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and over the course of the war over 16 million Americans served across the US Armed Forces, suffering nearly a million casualties with 290,000 deaths and 670,000 wounded. The US Army conducted 44 official campaigns throughout the war; 24 in the Pacific Theater, 19 in the European and African Theater, and 1 in the American Theater. On top of these the army conducted three rolling campaigns throughout the majority of the war comprising of antisubmarine warfare, general ground FL47 £35 combat, and the strategic air bombing campaign. VJ Day

CS1299 £49.99 John Major signed 2005 VJ Day 60th anniversary cover.

CS1399 £94.99 Paul Tibbets signed 1945 VJ Day American cover, pilot of the Enola Gay which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, our choice of illustrated cover.

CS1755 £19.99 1945 VJ Day American cover, Washington slogan postmark.

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 19 POLITICS

PM047F £75 Harold Wilson signed 1992 Single Market cover.

PM044 £150 £25 per month over 6 months Anthony Eden signed envelope with Foreign Office cachet.

BCSP04CS2 £100 £50 per month over 2 months Margaret Thatcher signed 2004 D-Day cover with Isle of Man & French postmarks.

PM048C £40 Edward Heath signed 1973 European Community cover.

PM050AE £100 £10 per month over 10 months Margaret Thatcher signed 1986 Finchley & Friern Conservative and Unionist Association cover.

PM053D £150 £25 per month over 6 months Gordon Brown, Margaret Beckett, Roy Hattersley, & Robin Cook signed 2000 Centenary of Labour Party cover, plus David Blunkett’s official handstamp.

£50 per month over 3 months PM054L £150 David Cameron, William Hague, Liam Fox, Iain Duncan Smith, and David Laws signed 1985 Arthurian Legend cover.

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USP33C £500

£50 per month over 10 months Harry Truman signed 1950 American White House cover, 33rd President of the United States who presided over the final months of WWII and into the post-war world of American superpower.

USP34B £700 £70 per month over 10 months Dwight Eisenhower signed 1957 Inauguration cover, 34th President from 1953-61 & served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII.

SGC201 £125 £25 per month over 5 months Hillary Clinton signed USA 1960 Scouts cover, ok so she never made it to the Oval Office but as former First Lady and presidential candidate I felt she merited a place on this page.

USP27 £350 £50 per month over 7 months William Taft signed typed letter dated 14th February 1916 on his personal letterhead to Frederick Jenkins apologising that he cannot meet him due to a busy DS546 £295 £59 per month over 5 months schedule of lectures and addresses, 27th President Richard Nixon signed USA 1971 Revolution Bicentennial serving from 1909-1913. cover, 37th US President forced to resign over Watergate.

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FB23A £400 £50 per month over 8 months

Alf Ramsey signed 1966 World Cup FDC with Wembley FDI.

TN028A £40 CR789 £25 Anna Kournikova Keith Fletcher signed 1976 signed USA 1974 Centenary of Essex CCC Tennis cover, former cover, played 59 tests & 24 Russian player who ODIs for England. excelled in doubles.

CR027 £50 Pelham Warner signed piece, better known as the ‘Grand Old Man’ he is one of only two players to have been named Wisden Cricketer of the Year twice.

CR020 £150 £30 per month over 5 months John Lever, Graham Gooch, Brian Hardie, Neil Smith, Keith Boyce, Keith Pont, Keith Fletcher, Ken McEwan, Ray East, Stuart Turner, and David Acfield signed 1976 Essex CCC Centenary cover.

BCG03M £40 Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, & Pippa Wilson signed 2008 Olympics Gold Medal cover, they won gold for the women’s sailing.

MS010B £60 Steve Davis and Joe Johnson signed 1987 World Professional Snooker Championship “f cover, Davis CMYKwon / .eps and Johnson was runner up. Find us online at: www.buckinghamcovers.com @BuckinghamCover @BuckinghamCovers1 @BuckinghamCovers1

22 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] FC557A £60 £10 per month over 6 months 1966 England Winners World Cup Maxi Card with Harrow and Wembley postmark, these are hard to find unsigned as so many were used FB60 £175 £25 per month over 7 months for autographs. Bob Paisley, Ian Rush, & Roy Evans signed 1984 Liverpool FC, Dawn Football series cover, three Anfield legends.

BC463DS £29.95 Roy Hodgson signed 2013 Football Heroes FB592A £75 £25 per month over 3 months cover, former England manager for 56 games. Ron Greenwood signed 1982 England v France cover, managed England for five years.

FB205D £30 Frank McLintock signed 1978 FA Cup Final cover, 314 appearances for the Gunners.

FB559A £40 FB146C £40 Kenny Dalglish signed 1992 Jimmy Greaves Liverpool European Cup signed 2006 Football Winners Cup cover, 355 Legends cover on appearances for Liverpool. which he features, England & Spurs great.

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]

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 23 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] SHP005Q £35 Maritime 1932 SS Manhattan maiden voyage, New York - Hamburg.

SHP005S2 £30 1940 SS America maiden voyage, SHP005O £30 New York - 1941 SS Agwiprince maiden voyage, New York & Puerto Rico. Cuba Steamship Company.

SHP060C £20 1986 SS Great Britain Centenary Falklands cover.

SHP060D £20 SHP084 £15 1986 SS Great Britain Centenary Falklands miniature sheet. 2004 QM2 & QE2 Tandem crossing, New York postmark, official Cunard cover.

SHP115A £10 1980 First Passage of QE2 through the Suez Canal.

SHP279 £30 1945 SS Onward maiden voyage, American Pioneer Line, first SHP287ZL £25 peacetime voyage to England. 1974 Sealink Henry V Paquebot single stamp FDC.

For more GB Ship covers see the Full Steam Ahead Magazine www.buckinghamcovers.com/family | www.buckinghamcovers.com/magazines

24 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BC006 £65 BC013 £50 2001 Submarines, Gosport postmark. 2001 Flags and Ensigns, Gosport postmark.

BC225AC £30 2005 HMS Victory Trafalgar, Chatham postmark, carried on the QE2

BC206 £30 2004 QM2 Ships, Southampton postmark.

BC233M £40 2006 Brunel SS Great Western, Paddington postmark.

BC321 £30 2008 Rescue at Sea, Portland, Dorset postmark.

BC469 £25 2013 Merchant Navy Ships, Clydebank postmark, carried on RMS Queen Elizabeth.

BC344 £30 2009 HMS Warrior Royal Navy Uniforms, Portsmouth postmark BUY ALL 9 from page 25 BC410A £40 2010 Dunkirk Little Ships, For more GB Ship covers see the Full Steam Ahead Magazine £295 Dover postmark. www.buckinghamcovers.com/family | www.buckinghamcovers.com/magazines £59 per month over 5 months

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 25 The FDC specialist list

FD173F £40 FD177U £50 1st September 1941 King 21st July 1941 King George VI Wartime ½d Pale George VI Wartime 2½d Green, London SW1 slogan Pale Ultramarine, London postmark on plain typed cover. SW1 slogan on plain FD174M £40 typed cover. 11th August 1941 King George VI Wartime 1d Pale Scarlet, London SW1 slogan postmark on plain typed cover.

FD176Q £85 6th October 1941 King George VI Wartime 2d Pale Orange, London SW1 slogan postmark on plain typed cover.

FC048U £175 £25 per month over 5 months FC4284A £100 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, Wilton 22nd March 2005 Castles Definitives miniature Road Hudson's Place, London SW1 CDS on airmail sheet, large Windsor Castle CDS postmark on cover sent to India. Imperial Airways Karachi cachet typed Royal Mail cover. on reverse dated 12th May.

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] 26 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] £25 per month FC4207M £125 over 5 months FC4013I £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1st March 2000 Millennium Timekeepers Stamp Show 2000 overprinted miniature sheet, Spring 26th September 1979 150th Anniversary of the British Police Stampex London special postmark. This sheet Service, North Yorkshire Police Official cover cancelled had already been issued at the end of 1999, but with Field Post Office 999 CDS postmark. without any notice, at Spring Stampex in London, a version became available overprinted with 'Stamp Show 2000' as part of the ticket package for the show later that year. A few cover dealers were on the ball and managed to get these stuck and so produce a very rare FDC, we think only 300 - 400 FDC exist in total, a tiny fraction of what would normally be produced.

FC4010K £100 £50 per month over 2 months 6th June 1979 Horse Racing, cancelled with the Derby Fiesta special slogan, this cancels the top stamps with a Derby FDI postmark in the centre cancelling all four values.

FC4007D £125 £25 per month over 5 months 7th February 1979 Dogs, Isle of Dogs, London E14 CDS postmark on unaddressed registered Post Office cover, Poplar registration label.

FC1472 £125

£25 per month over 5 months 11th May 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Edinburgh Silver Jubilee Philatelic Exhibition slogan. This cancels the top 8½p stamp with the others cancelled by an Edinburgh CDS, label FC860 £250 £50 per month over 5 months address. 25th August 1971 General Anniversaries, British Legion e-mail 50th BFPS 1182 special postmark, small label address. EMAIL US Very few of these postmarks exist on full set covers, as it would only be connected to the 3p stamp. * [email protected]

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GWD056 £150 £50 per month for 3 months

2009 Eminent Britons signed by George Osborne, John Major, Sajid Javid, Liam Fox, Nicholas Soames & Iain Duncan-Smith.

GWD060 £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1995 American Comic Strip cover signed by Gus Arriola, creator of the American cartoon strip Gordo.

GWD058 £150 £50 per month for 3 months Hand drawn Captain Pugwash card signed by John Ryan.

GWD061 £150 £50 per month for 3 months Harry Potter cover signed by American cartoonist Marcus Hamilton.

GWD062 £150 £50 per month for 3 months Harry Potter cover signed by American cartoonist Ron Ferdinand.

GWD065 £150 £75 per month for 2 months

1996 Royal Mail Women of Achievement cover signed by Diana Rigg & Theresa May. GWD063 £100 £25 per month for 4 months Comedy Great cover signed by Private Eye cartoonist Robert Thompson.

28 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] GWD066 £100 £50 per month for 2 months

1975 American John Witherspoon cover signed by Gerald Ford.

GWD067 £400 £50 per month for 8 months 1971 UN cover signed by Edward Heath, Lord Home, Harold Wilson, Theresa May, James Callaghan & Harold MacMillan.

GWD068 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 1980 Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday cover signed by lyricist Don Black, composer Stephen Warbeck & bassist Bill Wyman.

GWD069 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 1977 Royal Mail Racket Sports cover signed by Rod GWD070 £150 £25 per month for 6 months Laver & Roy Emerson. 1981 Benham small silk Royal Wedding cover signed by Julie Walters & Victoria Wood.

GWD076 £100 £50 per month for 2 months The Snowman book signed GWD071 £125 £25 per month for 5 months by Raymond Briggs (inside 2016 Royal Mail single stamp Shakespeare cover is a small piece of the signed by Hilary Mantell, Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser music “Walking in the Air” & John Le Carré signed by the composer Howard Blake).

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 29 Early Illustrated Covers

TCS349C £35 1937 Royal Wedding, Monts France postmark, Windsor Wedding Day illustration.

TCS362G £50 19th June 1935 Philatelic Congress of Great TCS349B £35 Britain, Ralph Allen of Bath illustrated cover with 1937 Royal Bath special postmark (George King cover). Wedding, Monts France postmark, Wedding Day Picture.

TCS362Y £50 21st June 1937 Illustrated cover Commemorating the Death of Captain John Smith 1631.

TCS362A £75 4th July 1932 George Washington Bicentennial, Sulgrace Manor, Ancestral Home cover.

TCS362Z £40 3rd June 1935 20th Anniversary of the Panama Canal cover (1914 - 34), full set of Silver Jubilee stamps Prestwick CDS handwritten, creases on right hand side.

TCS364C £150 £50 per month over 3 months 1936 In Memoriam, King George the Beloved, mourning cover, Windsor slogan cover.

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TCS364Q £35 1964 Royal Happy Event Birth Card marking the birth of Lady Helen Taylor the daughter of TCS364S £400 the Duke and Duchess of Kent. 1934 Opening of Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, plain cover with special slogan cancel and illustrated card passed through the stamp cancelling machine by the Duchess of York. £50 per month over 8 months

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TCS364V £75 1901 Queen Victoria mourning postcard, stamp stuck on black TCS364X £275 boarder and on the other side illustration of her Majesty, various 1936 Set of 10 Illustrated Linley cachet Club 1901 dates. covers, each with a different view of ‘Old England’ Clacton slogan postmark.

TCS365B £50 28th April 1965 Stanley Matthews Testimonial homemade registered cover, Stoke on Trent postmark.

TCS366 £50 20th November TCS364W £75 1947 Royal Wedding 6th May 1940 Bahamas cover with special Sea illustrated cover with Floor postmark and posted at the Bottom of special ‘E & P’ slogan the Sea cachet. Marks the centenary of the postmark. Penny Black.

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 31 AIR CHIEF MARSHAL HUGH DOWDING

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882 - 1970) was a pivotal figure of the Battle of Britain and is largely credited for Britain’s victory, a key military signature for your collection. Dowding served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during WWI. In 1936 he was appointed command officer of the newly established RAF Fighter Command where he oversaw the development of a pioneering radar based air defence system and introduced the early Spitfire and Hurricane models into service. Dowding continued his role at Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain where RYD028 £1750 £350 per month over 5 months both his preparedness during the pre-war years and his noted 1965 Battle of Britain single stamp cover. ability to manage resources of replacement aircraft and crew to maintain a substantial fighter reserve where vital in repelling the Luftwaffe. We currently have three items signed by Dowding but with demand still high we are unlikely to have this range for long so don't miss your chance to own the central figure of Britain’s finest hour.

RYD028E £1500 £500 per month for 3 months Signed piece added onto a 1965 Battle of Britain Biggin Hill cover.

RYD028D £1500 £150 per month for 10 months Autograph book page, also signed by signed by Viscount Portal of Hungerford

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32 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] MILITARY LEADERS

Fidel Castro

Castro (1926-2016) was a Cuban revolutionary who governed his country as Prime Minister and later President from 1959 to 2008. Under his leadership Cuba was a one party communist state, the first in the Western Hemisphere, and Castro became the longest serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries.

SGC192 £1195 £298.75 per month over 4 months Document dated 2nd January 1970 awarded to Rolando Marrero for his work during the 11th anniversary of the Rebellion Triumph, document has image of Castro and a statement by Che Guevara, measures 9.5x12.5”

Hermann Göring

Göring (1893-1946) was a World War One fighter pilot ace who became one of the most senior ranking Nazi members responsible for mobilising all sectors of the German economy for war and as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe. However as the war progressed Göring’s influence declined as the Luftwaffe proved unable to defend Germany from Allied bombing. At Nuremberg Göring was convicted of war crimes and crimes SGG069A £995 £199 per month over 5 months against humanity but committed suicide Postcard of Göring with his daughter and both the Chief of the before his death sentence was carried out. Prussian Government Erich Gritzbach & Luftwaffe General Karl Bodenschatz.

Erwin Rommel

Rommel (1891-1944) was a highly decorated officer in WWI and quickly distinguished himself in the Second World War as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 invasion of France. He later commanded German forces opposing the Allied Normandy Landings in 1944. However it is for his leadership in the North African Campaign which established his reputation as formidable tank commander and his larger-than-life status in both Allied and Nazi propaganda. In 1944 Rommel was implicated in the 20th July plot to assassinate Hitler and was given the chance to commit suicide in return for assurances that both his reputation and families safety would be protected.

SGR063 £1500 £150 per month over 10 months

German WWII document signed in pencil in which Rommel nominates four soldiers for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, superb wartime item in excellent condition.

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FRONT RU200 £210 £21 per month for 10 months RU201 £130 £32.50 per month for 4 months 1932 Graf Zeppelin 7th South America Flight fl own card with fourteen Austrian airmail stamps (ten on reverse) and brown 1931 Graf Zeppelin 3rd South America fl own fl ight cachet, forwarded from Vienna to Friedrichshafen & then card with both a green & red fl ight cachet, fl own to Pernamubo, Brazil. forwarded from Vienna to Friedrichshafen & then fl own to Rio, Brazil.

RU202 £240 £40 per month for 6 months RU203 £240 £24 per month for 10 months 1933 Graf Zeppelin 3rd South America fl own card with two 5 shilling GB stamps and both a blue and red fl ight 1932 Graf Zeppelin 4th South America fl own cover with cachets, forwarded from London to Friedrichshafen & two 5 shilling GB stamps and both a orange & red fl ight then fl own to Pernamubo, Brazil. cachets, forwarded from Liverpool to Friedrichshafen & then fl own to Rio, Brazil.

RU204 £220 £20 per month for 11 months RU205 £155 £31 per month for 5 months 1931 Graf Zeppelin 1st South America fl own card with 1931 Graf Zeppelin 2nd South America fl own three Netherlands stamps, forwarded from Amsterdam to card with two Hungarian airmail stamps and two Friedrichshafen & then fl own to Saint Vincent, Cape Verde purple fl ight cachets, forwarded from Budapest to Islands. Friedrichshafen & then fl own to Rio, Brazil.

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RU206 £130 £19.38 per month for 8 months 1931 Graf Zeppelin 1st South America fl own card with six Netherlands stamps and a green fl ight cachet, forwarded from Venlo to Friedrichshafen & then fl own to Rio, Brazil, with a nice image of the zeppelin on the reverse. RU209 £160 £40 per month for 4 months 1934 Graf Zeppelin 2nd South America return fl ight cover fl own to Friedrichshafen with four Paraguay stamps and two blue fl ight cachets.

RU212 £100 £25 per month for 4 months

1934 Graf Zeppelin Germany Round Flight from Friedrichshafen to Berlin with a German airmail stamp & Berlin arrival backstamp plus a red fl ight cachet.

RU207 £110 £11 per month for 10 months 1936 Hindenburg North America fl own cover with a £24 per month for 10 months Netherlands stamps and purple fl ight cachet and interesting Tenth International Star Camp slogan.

RU213 £140 £20 per month for 7 months

1923 Lympne Motor Glider Meeting fl own by glider from Lympne and dropped mid-fl ight at Hastingleigh. ARZ79 £75 £25 per month for 3 months May 1936 LZ129 Hindenburg fi rst fl ight cover with eight USA stamps and purple Lakehurst to Frankfurt cachet, the reverse has backstamps for New York & Edgewater, New Jersey.

£31 per month for 5 months ARZ80 £75 £37.50 per month for 2 months 1936 Hindenburg 6th Test Flight where it did a round trip from Friedrichshafen, this was the fi rst of its fl ights to offi cially carry mail.

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 35 A selection of paintings and framed prints, letters & covers, all are autographed, Prints either by the artist or the subject of the piece.

AST01 £250 £50 per month for 5 months Set of four Cinque Port Angling framed covers, signed and dated by artist Alex Jardine, who has also added a pen and ink drawing of each fish at the bottom of the cover. Each of the covers and signature has faded, but the drawings are still clear.

AST02 £100 £25 per month for 4 months AST05 £150 £50 per month for 3 months Framed Benham 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landings signed card (James Hill, John Howard, Bill Framed letter to Tony Buckingham from Sir Don Bradman Reid, Edward Gueritz, Bill Randle, Terence Otway and from 1988, mentioning how he always remembered Johnnie Johnson). Some fading to the signatures, but hitting Titch Freeman for 30 in an over at Folkestone. professionally framed and mounted. Below is a signed cover marking his 75th Birthday.

36 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] AST03 £175 £25 per month for 7 months Signed Framed and mounted print of Terence Cuneo's painting Port Line featuring the Merchant Class 35027. Clear signature of Cuneo in the bottom right hand corner, numbered limited edition 485/850 (we've found the mouse!).

AST04 £175 £25 per month for 7 months Signed, framed and mounted print of The Golden Arrow at Dover Marine by Terence Cuneo, signed limited edition 264 / 850.

AST06 £200 £50 per month for 4 months Painting on board of the Gloster by Artist John Young we used on our Buckingham World of Invention First Day Cover in 2007.

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 37 THE CENTENARY OF The Penny Black

This year sees the 180th Anniversary of the Penny Black, the covers offered here take us back to 1940 and the 50th Anniversary. At the time there was lots of discussion about what should be done as we were at the start of World War II and this was one of the reasons the special Exhibition was moved out of London to Bournemouth. CENTENARY BOURNEMOUTH SPECIAL

FC079D £50 1d value, John Thompson cover FC078C £75 Robson Lowe cover RED CROSS STAMP EXHIBITION LONDON POSTMARK

FC080A £75 FC080E £75 Royal Philatelic Society, Lancaster House small Royal Philatelic Society, Lancaster House large cover, cream illustration. cover, blue illustration.

FC080G £75

World's First Adhesive Postage Stamp cover.

FC080F £75 Robson Lowe cover.

FC080I £35 Plain registered cover with neat FC080J £50 cachet address Plain handwritten cover, returned from Belgium as mail could not be delivered there.

38 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Isle of Man Philatelic Federation - TT Races Covers

TCS865 £6.95 2007

TCS865A £6.95 2008

TCS865C £6.95 2010

TCS865B £6.95 2009

TCS865D £6.95 2011

TCS865E £6.95 2012

TCS865G £6.95 2014 TCS865F £6.95 2013

BUY ALL NINE TCS865H £6.95 2017 COVERS FOR £60

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BC214 £30 11th January - Farm Animals, Horses.

BC214A £20 11th January - Farm Animals, Goats.

BC216 £20 24th February - Jane Eyre, Bronte Parsonage Museum.

BC215 £40 8th February - National Trust, Stourhead.

BC214M £25 24th February - Jane Eyre, Bronte Parsonage Museum Miniature Sheet.

BC217 £20 BC218 £45 3rd March - 22nd March - Windsor Castle. Magic, Paul Daniels.

BC219 £17.50 21st April - World Heritage Sites - Blenheim Palace.

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40 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] BC220M £25 7th June - Trooping the Colour Miniature Sheet.

BC221 £25 5th July - End of the War Miniature Sheet - Battle of Britain Monument. BC222 £35 19th July - Motorcycles - National Motor Museum.

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01303 278137 BC224 £45 15th September - TV Times, Purdy.

BC225 £25 BC223 £50 18th October - Trafalgar, HMS Victory. 23rd August - A Celebration of Food.

BC225M £25 18th October - Trafalgar Miniature Sheet.

BC226 £25 1st November - Christmas, Christianity at Wells.

BUY ALL 18 BC225M £25 1st November - Christmas Miniature Sheet, Canterbury. £450 £50 per month over 9 months

CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 41 SERIES 4 SETS BuckinghamCOVERS

ONLY 1 SET AVAILABLE OF EACH

Girl Guides 02/02/10 Girl Guides. Set of 4 covers featuring miniature sheet & different first day of issue postmark. BC403SET £60

Cats & Dogs 11/03/10 Cats & Dogs. Set of 4, each with a different first day of issue postmark.

BC405SET £75

King George V

House of Stuart

BC408SET £75 06/05/10 King George V. Set of 4 covers featuring miniature sheet issued & different postmark.

BC406SET £65 25/03/10 House of Stuart. Set of 4 covers, each featuring the set of 7 stamps & different postmark.

Birds Post & Go 17/09/10 Birds Post & Go. Set of 4

BC416SET £60

42 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Christmas 02/11/10 Christmas ~ Wallace & Gromit. Set of 4. Each cover signed by Bob Baker, the writer & producer BC417LSETS £100

BC417LSET £60 ALSO AVAILABLE Classic set Dr Who

A-Z Britain

BC461SET £65 26/03/13 Doctor Who. Set of 4

BC434SET £75 13/09/11 A – Z of Britain. Set of 4 covers. 2 with Downing Street & 2 Harlech Castle

Great Britons 16/04/13 Great Britons. Set of 4, each with a different postmark BC462SET £65

Gold Winners

BC451SET £700 £70 per month over 10 months August 2012 29 Gold Winners Miniatures sheet Collection

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Signed by Signed by TP01S £50 TP03S £8 TP06S £15 Personally signed Tom Sopwith S D Davies Group Captain John Cunningham Wg. Cdr. R P Beaumont Jeffrey K Quill

TP08S £25 Personally signed TP09S £17.50 Personally signed TP10S £20 Personally signed

Wg. Cdr. R F Martin Brian Trubshaw Flugkapt W Trenkle

TP11S £35 TP12S £150 Personally signed TP13 £5 Personally signed & also signed by £50 per month over 3 months Col. James Power Carne

Alex Henshaw Flagkapiton Gerd Achgelis Peter Twiss

TP14S £35 Personally signed TP15S £15 TP17S £20 Personally signed Signed by Chief Test Pilot Focke Wulf Duncan Simpson Geoffrey Tyson

TP20S £15 Personally signed

TP23S £8 Personally signed

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TP25S £20 Personally signed TP30S £8 Personally signed TP31S £125 Personally signed £25 per month over 5 months

Geoffrey de Havilland Geoffrey de Havilland Jnr. Paul Millet

Signed by Mike Personally TP33 £5 Flown Cover TP33S £8 TP34S £12 Goodfellow signed

A Scott Crossfield John Derry Robert J Gilliland

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TCS978 £11.99 TCS978A £11.99 Back to the Future Jurassic Park: T-Rex

MARVEL MEDALS

• Embossed on both sides • Officially licensed by Marvel • .999 Silver plated • Measure 44mm TCS978B £14.99 Spiderman TCS978C £14.99 Hulk

TCS978D £14.99 TCS978E £14.99 Thor TCS978F £14.99 Iron Man Captain America COLLECTOR’S STAMP PRESENTATION PACKS

R2D2 £15 A build-your-own R2-D2, perfect for all TCS908 £35 Star Wars fans, big or small. Complete Marvel Art Collectors Set showcasing the artwork of Marvel artist with the eight special Star Wars stamps Alan Davis, in a 12” album sleeve style presentation. Includes full that were released in 2017. set of 10 stamps, miniature sheet and 10x 12” framable prints.

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 Scottish Heraldry - National Trust Official covers In 1987 Benham worked with the National Trust producing a set of four covers, I discovered we had all four available FC4078N £10 FC4078O £10 Duke of Atholl cover Irvine of Drum cover

FC4078P £10 Burnett of Leys cover BUY ALL 4 Hulk COVERS FOR £30 FC4078Q £10 Earl of Elgin National cover

New Signed Terence Otway Railway Covers Just discovered two covers signed by Lt Col Terence Otway, I was recently sent scans of some rail covers, two the man who led the attack on the Merville Battery on D-Day. of which had a signature on I did not recognise. A great signature, he has added his Battalion and D-Day I contacted the seller to ask who it was and date on each. embarrassingly for me it was Jo, one of our own designers, on the cover she designed! We offer two of our railway covers signed by Jo.

SGO007A £40 Signed 1994 D-Day, Benham cover

R218S £15 2012 Railfest cover

SGO007C £35 Signed Benham Isle of Man D-Day cover

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BC401S £60 7th January - Classic Albums, The Boat that Rocked, signed by DJs Mike Read and David ‘Kid’ Jensen

BC401MS £60 7th January - Classic Albums Miniature Sheet card, signed by Keyboard Legend Rick Wakeman

BC402S £45 26th January - Trains, Boats & Planes, signed by Billy J Kramer, who had a hit with the song

BC405AS £40 BC407S £35 11th March - Cats and Dogs, signed 13th April - Mammals, Wildcat by actor Brian Blessed in the original Association, signed by the illustration cast of the musical ‘Cats’ photographer Peter Cairns

BC405S £40 ALSO AVAILABLE BC407AS £45 ALSO AVAILABLE BC403MS £40 11th March - Cats and Dogs, signed 13th April - Mammals, Hedgehog 2nd February - Girl Guides by dog loving actress Prunella Scales Preservation Society, signed by television Miniature Sheet, signed by Guiding presenter and patron Ben Fogle Ambassador Susan Hampshire

BC406S £45 23rd March - House of Stuart, signed by Barbara Flynn, who played Mary in Elizabeth 1 BC406MS £40 ALSO AVAILABLE 23rd March - House of Stewart Miniature Sheet, signed by the director of John Knox House

BC404S £40 BC408S £60 25th February - The Royal Society, 6th May - King George signed by the President Lord Martin V Accession Miniature Rees of Ludlow Sheet, signed by his Great- Grandson, Viscount Linley CALL US ON 01303 278137

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ALSO AVAILABLE BC410MS £50 13th May - Dunkirk Miniature Sheet - BC409S £35 BC409DS £55 Association of Little Ships, signed by 8th May - Kings Stamps Miniature 8th May - Festival of Stamps Veteran Thomas Cooke Sheet, signed by patron of Bath Miniature Sheet, signed by leading BC410S £50 ALSO AVAILABLE Postal Museum Hugh Jeffries Philatelist and Author Douglas Muir 13th May - Britain Alone, Land Girls, signed by star of the film Rachel Weisz

BC412AS £35 27th June - Olympics, signed by Rebecca Adlington

BC412S £35 BC411MS £40 27th July - Olympics, signed by 15th June - House of Stuart Miniature Nicole Cook Sheet, signed by Donald Sinden (1923 - 2014), who played the Duke of York

BC411S £35 ALSO AVAILABLE BC413S £35 15th June - House of Stuart, signed 19th August - Great British Railways, BC414S £35 by Actor Richard Pasco (1926 - 2014) signed by star or The Railway 16th September - Medical Children Jenny Agutter breakthroughs, signed by Lord Darzi, pioneer of Keyhole Surgery

BC416S £30 17th September - Birds Post & Go, signed by Stamp Designer Robert Gillmor

BC415MS £35 BC417MS £30 12th October - Children’s books 2nd November - Christmas Miniature Miniature Sheet, signed by Grandpa in Sheet, Wallace & Gromit, signed by Grandpa In My Pocket James Bolam scriptwriter Bob Baker

BC415S £40 ALSO AVAILABLE 12th October - Children’s books, signed by Actress and Children’s BC417S £30 Author Susannah York 2nd November - Christmas, Wallace & Gromit, signed by Nicholas Smith (1934 - 2015), voice of vicar in Curse of Were Rabbit CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 49 ALL 28 COVERS £950 - SAVES £250 £95 per month over 10 months only one of each available - once they're gone, The Portfolio they're gone! Signed

GWD094 £50 Theresa May card signed by her GWD088 £75 Postcard of Grayson Perry’s “The Vanity of Small Differences” signed by Grayson Perry

GWD086 £50 1988 Sport cover signed by Tracy Austin

GWD097 £75 each 2 numbered limited edition prints of Glenda Jackson GWD096 £50 drawn by Griffin, and signed by Glenda Jackson 12 pages of manuscript by award winning author Minette Walters, and signed by her

GWD090 £75 1996 Royal Mail Olympic Games cover signed by Paul Collingwood, Geoff Boycott, Jonjo O’Neill and Alistair Cook

GWD091 £75 1968 American Folklore cover signed by Loretta Lynn

GWD093 £50 1998 Benham small silk Tommy Cooper cover signed by Ken Dodd

50 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] PM022C £495 £99 per month for 5 months Earl Grey signed four page letter dated 6th February 1808, regarding George Canning’s parliamentary speech which Grey accused of ‘scandalous misrepresentation’ of the Copenhagen Dispatches

PM014 £600 £60 per month for 10 months William Pitt the Younger signed handwritten warrant dated 16th July 1784. It is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in Scotland, following the recommendation of John PM012B £300 Thomson as ‘a fit person to be a Tidesman at Montrose’ £30 per month for 10 months William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland signed letter dated 1799 regarding his earlier letter on Emigrants (French Emigrés) at Romsey.

SGC201 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1960 American Boy Scouts cover signed by former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton

PM035M £250

£25 per month for 10 months Herbert Asquith signed handwritten letter dated 14th November 1904 written from the Paper Building in London. He writes ‘I shall be delighted to dine on Wednesday 23rd. I have wired to Margot & she will write to you for herself’, with original envelope.

LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SIGNATURE TO FILL A GAP IN YOUR COLLECTION? BC513P28 £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months LET US KNOW. CALL TODAY! Lord Palmerston (PM 1855 - 1858 and 1859 - 1865) 01303 278137 CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 51 The Portfolio

BC238AS2 £275 Signed £55 per month for 5 months World Cup Willie cover signed by 10 1966 stars Bobby and Jackie Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, George Cohen, Ray Wilson, Martin Peters, Roger Hunt, Alan Ball and Nobby Stiles.

BCF04QS £150 £30 per month for 5 months Chelsea v Man Utd 2007 FA Cup Final cover with Wembley postmark plus 2 cachets. Signed by FB495B £200 £20 per month for 10 months Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Didier Kevin Keegan, Mick McCarthy, Walter Winterbottom, Peter Drogba and Jose Mourinho. Taylor, Graham Taylor, Jack Charlton, Craig Brown, and Ron Greenwood signed International Managers Euro 96 cover.

BC024J £150 £30 per month for 5 months 21st May 2002 Postboxes cover featuring a World Cup miniature sheet, signed by Eusebio De Silva Ferreira (Portuguese Pele). £55 per month BC020FCLTD £275 for 5 months 2002 World Cup cover signed by 9 of the 1966 winning team, Jackie Charlton, Nobby Stiles, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Gordon Banks, Roger Hunt, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson and George Cohen plus Jimmy Greaves.

FB06A £750 BC238S2 £300 £30 per month for 10 months £75 per month for 10 months 6th June 2006 40th Anniversary of the Football World Cup Bobby Moore signed 1966 World Cup FDC, Wembley cover personally signed by Pele, who dominated soccer for 2 FDI postmark. decades with passion only matched by that of his fans!

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SP(A16)01A £3500 £350 per month for 10 months John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly signed 1972 Apollo 16 Insurance cover with a 16th April launch day Kennedy Space Centre postmark, certified on the reverse as being from John Young’s personal collection

SGR063 £1500 £150 per month for 10 months Field Marshall Erwin Rommel signed in pencil a German WWII document in which Rommel nominates four soldiers for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, superb wartime item in excellent condition.

R81/06S £150 £15 per month for 10 months 1981 Benham APT carried pair of covers signed by the drivers of each train. LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SIGNATURE TO FILL A GAP IN YOUR COLLECTION? LET US KNOW. CALL TODAY! 01303 278137 CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 53 FC4015 £5 1980 1980 British Birds

All covers are our choice, which means the cover you receive may differ from the one illustrated here. Please let us know if you require the one shown.

FC4016 £10 1980 150th Anniversary of Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

FC4017B £5 FC4017 £5 1980 London Stamp Exhibition 50p. 1980 London Exhibition Miniature Sheet.

FC4018 £5 1980 London FC4019 £5 1980 Authors. Landmarks.

FC4020 £5 1980 Queen Mother's 80th Birthday.

FC4022 £5 1980 Sport. FC4021 £5 1980 British Conductors.

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FC4023 £5 1980 YEAR SET 1980 Christmas. £40 £20 per month over 2 months

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FC4101 £5 1990 Penny Black

FC4103 £15 1990 Greetings FC4102 £5 1990 RSPCA

FC4105 £5 1990 The Queen's Award to Industry

FC4104 £5 1990 Historic Buildings

FC4107 £7.50 1990 Kew Gardens

FC4106 £10 1990 Penny Black Miniature Sheet

FC4109 £5 1990 90th Birthday of the Queen Mother

FC4108 £5 1990 Thomas Hardy

FC4111 £5 1990 Astronomy

FC4110 £7.50 COMPLETE 1990 Gallantry 1990 YEAR SET FC4112 £5 £20 per month over 2 months 1990 Christmas £60 £20 per month over 3 months Our choice of cover. Please let us know if you require the one shown.

WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 55 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Definitives & Rare FDCs FD067 £3500 £350 per month over 10 months 1890 Jubilee cover with three King George V Royal Cypher definitives, 1½d Brown (15th October 1912) and 2½d Blue (18th October 1912), International Stamp Exhibition special postmarks with the correct dates on each stamp. The 1d Ideal stamp label is in the centre. Supplied with a Royal Philatelic Society Certificate .

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FD463 £595

£119 per month over 5 months 17th June 1970 New Postage Dues values 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1 on an unaddressed Philart Definitive cover cancelled by a clear London WC CDS postmark. Postage dues were always hard to arrange on a first day cover and this is one of the highly sought after examples. A great cover in excellent condition.

FD620 £750

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20th February 1974 50p Contractors Paper with Marshfield, Chippenham CDS postmark on an unaddressed Cotswold Definitive cover, superb condition. The 50p was printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company and very few were postmarked on the first day, a very rare cover.

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£500 per month over 2 months 24th June 1914 ½d Postage Due with Evesham CDS.

FD001 £2500 £250 per month over 10 months 1st October 1870 Bantam Half Penny plate 1 cancelled by a London NW CDS. This British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females voting form is addressed to Lady Mary Ingles with all three votes given to Mary Tennant.

FD026E £2000

£166.66 per month over 12 months 2nd May 1911 1d Red perf 14 Harrison and Sons Printing with Ears Court CDS, this postcard is supplied with a Royal Philatelic Society London certificate.

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FD227C £1300 £260 per month over 5 months 3rd May 1951 Festival of Britain Set of Low and High Values across a matching pair of illustrated registered covers. The three highest values on one cover and the rest on the other, both are registered with a clear Gosport CDS WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 www.buckinghamcovers.com 57 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] National Army Museum Covers

VCA018 £250 £50 per month for 5 months 15/07/1970 Group 5 No. 2 The Victoria Cross signed Thomas Leslie Axford VC MM (1894 -1983) 16th Bn., (S.A. and W.A.) Australian Imperial Force.

VCA090 £250 £50 per month for 5 months 15/07/1970 Group 5 No. 2 The Victoria Cross signed Robert Henry Cain VC TD (1909 -1974) The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, attd. The South Staffordshire Regiment - 1st Airborne Division.

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15/07/1970 Group 5.No. 2 The Victoria Cross signed Henry Robert Bowreman Foote VC CB DSO (1904 -1993) Commanded 7th Royal Tank Regiment.

VCG034 £250 £50 per month for 5 months 01/04/1970 Group II No 2 93rd Foot. Sutherland Highlanders cover signed John Reginald Noble Graham VC OBE (1892 -1980) 9th Bn., The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . THE VICTORIA CROSS THE VICTORIA been system. It has honours the British of award prestigious and most is the highest Cross The Victoria 1857. since Forces Armed the British of members the enemy” to of “in the presence gallantry for awarded 58 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] VCH008 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 18/12/1970 Group 5 No 4 The Sutlej Medal cover signed Ali Haidar VC (1913-1999) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army.

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15/07/1970 Group 5 No.2 The Victoria Cross cover signed Manley Angell James VC DSO MBE MC (1896 -1975) 8th (S) Bn., The Gloucestershire Regiment.

VCK034 £40 £10 per month for 4 months 23/09/1971 Group 1 No 10 The Royal Highland Fusiliers signed John Patrick Kenneally VC (1921- VCK020B £35 £17.50 per month for 2 months 2000) Irish Guards. 15/07/1970 Group IV No 4 Rorke's Drift signed John Patrick Kenneally VC (1921-2000) Irish Guards.

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VCN006 £175 £25 per month for 7 months 15/07/1970 Group 5 No 2 The Victoria Cross cover signed Philip Neame VC KBE CD DSO (1888 -1978) 15th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers.

VCP033A £275 £25 per month for 11 months 15/07/1970 Group 5. No.2 The Victoria Cross signed George Randolph Pearkes VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD OD (1888-1984) 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Bn., Quebec Regiment, C.E.F.

VCS016 £150 £50 per month for 3 months 15/07/1970 Group 5. No.2. The Victoria Cross cover signed by Quentin George Murray Smythe VC (1916-1997) Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Forces.

VCT015 £250 £50 per month for 5 months

18/06/1971 Group 3 No 8 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington cover signed Henry Tandey VC DCM MM (1891-1977) 5th Bn., The Duke of Wellingtonís (West Riding) Regiment. THE VICTORIA CROSS THE VICTORIA been system. It has honours the British of award prestigious and most is the highest Cross The Victoria 1857. since Forces Armed the British of members the enemy” to of “in the presence gallantry for awarded 60 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL234 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] VCZ5017 £375 £31.25 per month for 12 months 23/04/1971 Group 1 No 6 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers signed by: Agansing Rai VC, Tul Bahadur Pun VC, Bhandari Ram VC, Rambahadur Limbu VC MVO, Francis Arthur Jefferson VC, Plus 1 other signature

VCZ6010 £175 £35 per month for 5 months 15/07/1970 Group 5. No.2 The Victoria Cross signed: Thomas William Gould VC, Richard Wallace Annand VC ERD DL, Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP, Eric Wilson VC, Philip Gardner VC MC, William Reid VC

VCZ6012 £275 £27.50 per month for 10 months 15/07/1970 Group 5. No.2 The Victoria Cross signed: Umrao Singh VC, Agansing Rai VC, Rambahadur Limbu VC MVO, Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC MC, Bhandari Ram VC, Tul Bahadur Pun VC.

VCZ6018 £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months 15/07/1970 Group 5 No.2 The Victoria Cross signed: Edward Kenna VC, Eric Wilson VC, Philip Gardner VC MC, Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC, Gaje Ghale VC, Ganju Lama VC MM.

VCZ7007 £395 £39.50 per month for 10 months Sign up for exclusive 15/07/1970 Group 5 No.2 The Victoria Cross signed: Thomas William VC emails at Gould VC, Edward Kenna VC, John Cruickshank VC, Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC CB CVO DSC, Ian Fraser VC DSC RD and Bar JP, www.buckinghamcovers.com/family Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd VC, John Daniel Hinton VC, Plus 1 other signature.

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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.

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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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