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October 2018 The Portfolio Issue 10 SPM10 Signed

Set of 10 Multi-signed 1968 single stamp Anniversary covers (mainly TUC with a few Votes for Women). Signatures Dorothy Hodgkin, Vic Feather, Jimmy Knapp & Tom Jackson SGA092 £600 £120 per month for 5 months

1988 cover for the 80th Anniversary of the First Aeroplane Flight in Britain. Set of 5 Benham 1980 small silk Signed by Sir Richard Attenborough, Richard Todd, Sir Norman railway covers, each one signed Wisdom, British actress Googie Withers, her Australian actor husband by Rev W Awdry, author of the John McCallum, and their actress daughter Joanna McCallum Thomas the Tank Engine series. SGA001J £150 £50 per month for 3 months SGA022J £400 £80 per month for 5 months ONLY 1 IN STOCK

1993 Granada Television cover signed by Jeremy Brett, which features him as The Great Detective SGB068E £225 £25 per month for 9 months

Why not spread the cost of your order using FlexiPay ? FlexiPay is a great way of getting covers or collections that you want but can’t pay the full amount straight away. It’s simple and INTEREST FREE. Simply divide the total by up to 12 months. Our minimum monthly payment is £10. We will then hold your order safely for you. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. tel: 01303 278137 | email: [email protected] Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] Buckingham Covers 2010 Girl Guides cover, into which has been inserted an Olave Baden-Powell signed piece SGB093D £100 £20 per month for 5 months

2007 Beatles cover signed by Peter Blake (designed Sergeant Pepper album cover, Richard Lester (directed Beatles films ‘A Hard Days Night’ and ‘Help’), Pattie Boyd, Eleanor Bron (appeared in the film ‘Help’), Gerry Marsden SGB109K £350 £70 per month for 5 months

1981 Butterflies cover, signed by the cast of the television series ‘Butterflies’ Wendy Craig, Joyce Windsor, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Bruce Montague, Andrew Hall, and Michael Ripper

SGC015E £300 £60 per month for 5 months

1985 Benham Famous Trains cover signed by railway artist Terence Cuneo, whose artwork features on the stamps

£50 per month for 5 months SGC022F £250

Hugo Chavez signed 6th January 1976 document by military of defence infantry command division stating Chavez as officer of Venezuelan army will handle & deal with material classified as secret and swears to respect & fulfil the law & military rules SGC193 £500 £100 per month for 5 months

Casino Royale promotional photo signed by Daniel Craig SGC100A £250 £50 per month for 5 months

Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM08 1980 Authors cover, signed by Sir Edward Heath, Seamus Heaney, Yehudi 1944 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures cover with Los Angeles postmark and Menuhin, Richard Adams, Chay Blyth, Antonia Fraser, Jilly Cooper and signed by Hollywood Legends Bob Hope Elizabeth Howard, all of whom have written books. SGH001C £175 £35 per month for 5 months SGH005H £250 £25 per month for 10 months

First day cover of our choice signed by vet and writer James Herriot SGH023C £100 £25 per month for 4 months

Reg Varney, , , Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, and signed 1979 Omnibus plain cover SGV007E £350 £35 per month for 10 months

1992 Good Old Days cover signed by singer Frankie Vaughan SGV005A £100 £50 per month for 2 months

1982 Benham British Theatre cover with Royal Opera House postmark, signed by theatrical Legend Sir SGO013C £250 £50 per month for 5 months

1996 Bagpuss cover signed by his creators Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin SGP015A £150 £15 per month for 10 months

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Duke of Wellington signed Freefront, a complete envelope dated 3rd August 1831, with complete seal on the reverse PM021O £400 £40 per month for 10 months

George Canning signed 1824 document written in French. It is a passport issued to Colonel Jones, an officer with S.M. Britannique travelling to the Netherlands, and requests safe passage PM019G £350 £70 per month for 5 months

Earl Grey signed four page letter dated 6th February 1808 regarding PM George Canning’s parliamentary speech, which was Robert Peel accused of ‘scandalous misrepresentation’ of signed Freefront the Copenhagen dispatches dated 14th June PM022C £750 1844 addressed to a Bank, and £150 per month for 5 months includes the original letter from a member of Peel’s staff. The original seal, on the reverse FlexiPay is a great of the envelope, way of getting covers is in superb or collections that you want condition but can’t pay the full amount PM024P straight away. It’s simple £150 and INTEREST FREE. £30 per month for 5 months Simply divide the total by up to 12 months. Our minimum monthly payment is £10. Mounted portrait of Lord Palmerston with signed piece We will then hold your order mounted below it safely for you. Talk to any of £30 per month for 5 months PM028L £150 our team to find a payment plan that suits you.

Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM08 POLITICS Earl of Rosebery signed handwritten letter dated 27th August 1901, Benjamin Disraeli hand written regarding a visit letter to Ralph Earle asking ‘Come on to 12th to meet him at 2pm that day, by all means, you signed with his initial ‘D’ must take your PM029H £300 chance as to see us alone!’ Written £60 per month to General Sir for 5 months Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet PM031B £225 £45 per month for 5 months

Stanley Baldwin signed vintage postcard featuring an image of himself, the bottom signature is pre-printed and the genuine signature signed in the top left corner PM039B £350 £70 per month for 5 months

Harold MacMillan signed piece mounted below a picture of him outside Number 10 PM045J £100 £20 per month for 5 months

1975 Parliamentary Conference cover with House of Lords postmark and signed by Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Edward Heath, and Baron Elwyn-Jones £40 per month for 5 months PM047P £200

Don’t forget you can always use Flexi Pay to spread the cost of your covers. Call today 01303 278137 or email [email protected] for full details. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 POLITICS 1986 Finchley & Friern Barnet Conservative and Unionist Association cover, signed by then MP (and Prime Minister), Margaret Thatcher PM050AE £100 £20 per month for 5 months

1963 Centenary of the Emancipation Proclamation cover signed by former President, Jimmy Carter

USP39A £175 £35 per month for 5 months

William Taft signed typed letter dated 14th February 1916 on his personal letterhead. It is addressed to Frederick Jenkins, apologising that he cannot meet him, due to a busy schedule of lectures and addresses. £100 per month for 5 months USP27 £500

1950 American White House cover, in lovely condition, signed across the stamp by the then US President Harry S Truman USP33C £500

£50 per month for 10 months

1979 Metropolitan Police 150th Anniversary cover with New Scotland American cover with 6th June 1944 Victory postmark and signed by Richard Todd, Yard postmark and signed by crime writers Ian Rankin (creator of Jim Wallwork, and Edward Gueritz, who all took part in the Normandy Landings Inspector John Rebus) and Anthony Horowitz (creator of Foyle’s War) £40 per month for 5 months SGT001M £200 SGR209 £100 £25 per month for 4 months

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2001 Space Tourism signed by NASA astronauts Dave Scott and Don 2001 Space Tourism cover signed by moonwalker Alan Bean (he has Lind written Apollo 12 underneath). Postmarked in Liverpool & Heathrow Airport. BC001Z BC001A1 £175 £35 per month for 5 months £250 £25 per month for 8 months

2001 Buses cover with the full set of stamps and signed by , star of ‘’ signed BC007F £125 £25 per month for 5 months 2002 Occasions signed by , double postmarks, in Salisbury for the issue date of 6th February and again on 14th February 2001 in Lover, Salisbury. BC002G £160 £20 per month for 8 months

Nobel Prizes signed by Nelson Mandela, Mairead Maguire, and Desmond Tutu BC012I £2500 £250 per month for 10 months

2002 Aircraft, Concorde miniature sheet, signed by Sir George Edwards, one of the designers of Concorde and John Cochrane, with a Heathrow Airport postmark. Doubled with a 1st class stamp and postmark BC019DS £225 £45 per month for 5 months

2002 World Cup miniature sheet cover with Wembley Stadium, signed IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR by former England manager Bobby Robson SIGNATURE TO FILL THE GAP IN YOUR COLLECTION BC020FC3 £175 £35 per month for 5 months - PLEASE LET US KNOW. CALL TODAY! 01303 278137 www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 BUCKINGHAM SIGNED COVERS 2002 Commonwealth Games cover signed by Olympic Gold medallists Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell with Henley-on-Thames Crossed Oars postmark BC021B £125 £25 per month for 5 months

2003 Barn Owl cover with Barn Owl Centre, Brockworth postmark and signed by actress Tippi Hedren, star of the film ‘The Birds’ BC029K £100 £20 per month for 5 months

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2003 DNA cover with Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge and signed by Francis Crick, one of the team who discovered the structure of DNA in 1953 BC031C £500 £50 per month for 10 months

Great Ormond Street Hospital cover featuring the 2007 Harry Potter stamps, with a Bracknell postmark (the location for Privet Drive in the films) and signed by American film actor Tony Curtis. BC032X £175 £25 per month for 7 months

2003 Everest cover with a single GB stamp + 2 NZ stamps, and signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Band, George Lowe & Mike Westmacott BC033DC £175 £25 per month for 7 months

2003 50th Anniversary of the Conquest of Everest cover with a single stamp, doubled with a 50th Anniversary of the Coronation stamp, signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, George Lowe & George Band £40 per month for 5 months BC033TG £175

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2003 Pub Signs cover, with special Faversham Shepherd Neame brewery postmark and signed by Neville Duke & Peter Twiss BC037T £125 £25 per month for 5 months

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2003 Transports of Delight/Great Ormond Street Hospital cover and signed by actress Gillian Anderson BC038B £125 £25 per month for 5 months

2003 Amazing England Rugby World Cup Champions miniature sheet cover signed by the winning Captain Martin Johnson, scorer of the only try Jason Robinson and Born To Score Ben Cohen! BC041F £200 £40 per month for 5 months

2005 Beaulieu National Motor Museum cover with a full set of Motorcycles stamps and official Beaulieu 2005 Farm Animals - Sheep cover and signed by Dick King Smith, postmark. Signed by author of ‘The Sheep Pig’ founder of the museum Lord Montagu & BC214F2S £100 £10 per month for 10 months motoring legend John Surtees BC222S4 £100 £25 per month for 4 months

2006 Cover celebrating the 40th Anniversary England’s World Cup triumph with new stamps issued and signed by 9 of the 1966 England winning World Cup team 2006 Victoria Cross 150th Anniversary cover, into which has been inserted (Charlton J, Hurst, Banks, Cohen, Hunt, Peters, Stiles, Wilson & Ball) a signed piece by Sir George White VC BC238LTD £425 £85 per month for 5 months BC242S15 £300 £30 per month for 10 months

2007 Cavern Club cover featuring 4 stamps torn from the Beatles miniature sheet & our official postmark, and signed by Peter Blake who designed the Sergeant Pepper album cover BC301CS3 £350 £35 per month for 10 months

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2009 British Design Classics cover with full set of stamps and our official 2014 British Prime Ministers cover, into which a signed piece by Lord Mini postmark. This has been, signed by Sir Michael Caine CBE, one of Russell (PM 1846 - 1852 and 1865 - 1866) has been inserted the stars of the film ‘The Italian Job’ (the other stars being the mini cars!) BC513P25 £150 £50 per month for 3 months BC333S2 £150 £30 per month for 5 months 2014 British Prime Ministers cover, into which a signed piece by James Callaghan (PM 1976 - 1979) has been inserted BC513P49 £100 £10 per month for 10 months

Christmas 2017 cover with Madonna & Child full miniature sheet & Canterbury postmark, signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby BC567MS2 £150 £15 per month for 10 months

2007 Jamestown coin cover with 4 postmarks - EC1 20th December 2006, Blackwall 22th March 2007, Douglas Isle of Man 26th April 2007 & Jamestown 11th May 2007. The cover has been signed by actress Angelica Houston BCC101S01 £125 £25 per month for 5 months

2003 Concorde ‘Coming Home’ final flight to Filton, with flown cachet & signed pilots Mike Bannister, Paul Douglas & Les Brodie BCON003S6 £150 £30 per month for 5 months

150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross with 2004 Crimean War 1st class stamp and 1990 2nd class Gallantry stamp, doubled in Isle of Man. This has been signed by VC winners Edward Kenna, Ian Fraser, John Bridge, Eric Wilson and Dan Keighran £25 per month for 4 months BCSP09S23 £100

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Pat Reid, signed Colditz Castle cover of our choice RKR01 £175 £25 per month for 7 months Billie Stephens, signed Colditz Castle cover of our choice RKS05 £350 £35 per month for 10 months

Sir Frank Whittle, signed 1971 cover of our choice. Each cover has a special postmark for the 30th Anniversary of the first UK Jet Flight

Barnes Wallis, signed 1976 Historic Aviators Series cover, on which he features RKW03 £400 £80 per month for 5 months RYW003A £400 £40 per month for 10 months ORDER FORM PAGE ITEM QTY CODE £ p The Signed Portfolio

October 2018

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EXPIRY DATE START DATE POST CODE SECURITY CODE *This is the last 3 digits on the back of your card. We cannot process your order without it. TEL No: SIGNATURE Email: Jubilee Limited Edition Prints, set of four signed, Douglas Bader, John Cunningham, James Lacey and Rod Learoyd RYR005J £395 £79 per month for 5 months

Fidel Castro signed document dated 2nd January 1970, awarded to Rolando Marrero for his work during the 11th anniversary of the Rebellion Triumph. The document has image of Castro and a printed statement by Che Guevara, measures 9.5x12.5’ SGC192 £1500 £150 per month for 10 months

Eric Williams and Oliver Philpot signed Wooden Horse cover RKW01 £100 £20 per month for 5 months

VJ Day Black Stephen Anderson cover postmarked 2003 cover for the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, with a Queen Elizabeth Washington 2nd 1958 gold sovereign, signed by Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, one of Queen September 1945, Elizabeth’s Maids of Honour at her Coronation and signed by Paul Tibbets BCSOV02A4 £425 £42.50 per month for 10 months RYT014GA £100 £20 per month for 5 months

Robert Watson-Watt signed piece inserted into a Buckingham 2018 Centenary of the RAF cover SGW158 £500 £50 per month for 10 months

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