September 2016 FULL STEAM Issue 9 SPA09 February 2018 AHEAD Issue 3 MM03 SHP286 £100 £20 per month for 5 months Fantastic lot of Queen Mary ephemera comprising of a 1966 Robson Lowe auction catalogue which was held aboard the Queen Mary and SHP285 £45 was in fact the first transatlantic Rodney Wise signed Queen Mary radio philatelic auction. Also includes an original invite postcard, he was the Chief Engineer to Captain Treasure Jones from Rembrandt Philatelics aboard the liner, a good signature to add to the launch event of the 1967 Queen Mary covers (a alongside your QM captain signed covers series which remains very popular today); plus a connected newspaper article about the covers BC206ASC1 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 2004 Ocean Liners QM2 full set cover, carried on board and signed by Ernest Borgnine who starred BCSP18S £125 £25 per month for 5 months LAST SET LEFT! in 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure Set of 4 official RNLI covers featuring lifeboat stations (Barra, St Ives, Tenby, and Appledore). All have a connected postmark to each station and have been carried aboard an RNLI lifeboat, as well as being signed by the Coxswain of the boat, superb set JOIN THE MARITIME SERIES 2018 Now is the perfect time to sign up to the Maritime Club as we start to look ahead to 2018! As a maritime club member all of our new maritime covers would be reserved for you. Don’t worry, there’s no obligation to buy, you just get first refusal - and any that you choose to buy will be £1 below the advertised price. So there’s really no reason not to join! COVER COMING UP IN THE SERIES: 200th Anniversary of the British Sailor’s Society 65th Anniversary of the Launch of the Royal Yacht Britannia 150th Anniversary of HMS Repulse 150th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Falcon Scott 50th Anniversary of the first Golden Globe Race won by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston - he has agreed to sign! 175th Anniversary of the Launch of SS Great Britain 250th Anniversary of Captain Cook’s Voyage MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS OUT! Simply call: 01303 278137 or email: [email protected] to sign up Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] 1 RMS QUEEN MARY RMS Queen Mary was an ocean liner built for Cunard-White Star Line by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. She was in service from 1936 to 1967 and primarily operated on the trans-Atlantic route, serving as Cunard’s flagship from 1936 until 1946. RMS Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on May 27th 1936 and had achieved the Blue Riband by August; holding it for the majority of the next 15 years. During World War II she was converted into a troopship carrying soldiers from both America, Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. Following a major refurbishment she returned to passenger services after the war but with the advent of the jet engine and her increasing age she was retired in 1967. RMS Queen Mary departed Southampton on her final voyage on October 31st 1967 to the port of Long Beach, California, where she remains moored to this day. 1936 Maiden Voyage SHP003 £50 Sanders cover, Southampton postmark. SHP003E £50 Fyfe and Grey cover with Southampton postmark. SHP003F £50 Buy the pair for Fyfe and Grey cover with New York postmark. £85 SHP003D £50 American Express cover, London postmark. Buy the pair for £85 SHP003I £50 American Express cover, Brighton and Hove postmark. SHP003H £60 1936 American Express blue SHP003B £50 illustration cover with London postmark and pink ‘via RMS Queen Marshall Mary Maiden Voyage’ cachet. Hancock cover. Buy the pair for £85 SHP003K £75 Small blue illustration in bottom left Buy the pair for £120 SHP003U £75 Westminster Stamp Co, Southampton postmark Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] MM03 SHP011 £17.50 Last Transatlantic Voyage, Southampton special paquebot postmark. SHP011A £60 Last Transatlantic Voyage SHP010 £25 cover, Southampton Paquebot Last Transatlantic Voyage, New York Paquebot postmark, doubled with the postmark. 2004 Ships issue featuring the Queen Mary II. SHP010S £75 Last Transatlantic Voyage, New York Paquebot SHP012 £15 postmark, signed by the Captain Treasure Jones. Last Arrival at Southampton, Southampton Paquebot postmark SHP012S £75 Last Arrival at Southampton, Southampton Paquebot postmark, signed by Captain John Treasure Jones. SHP014 £17.50 Last Call at Las Palmas, Paquebot SHP013 £20 Last Call at Gibraltar, Gibraltar postmark. Paquebot postmark SHP014S £75 SHP013S £75 Last Call at Gibraltar, Gibraltar Last Call, Las Palmas slogan Paquebot, signed by Captain Treasure Jones postmark, signed by Captain Treasure Jones. SHP021 £20 Last Cruise, Lisbon Paquebot postmark. SHP020S £50 Last Cruise, Southampton special slogan, signed by Captain Treasure Jones. SHP020 £20 Last Cruise, Southampton special slogan postmark. SHP022 £25 Final Cruise, Las Palmas Paquebot postmark. SHP023 £25 Last cruise, Long Beach paquebot postmark. We run regular thematic emails with exclusive offers! Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to ensure you’re not missing out www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH RMS Queen Elizabeth was a Cunard ocean liner built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Scotland. With the outbreak of war she entered service in 1940 as a troopship and it was not until October 1946 that she served in her intended role as an ocean liner operating between Southampton and New York. Named in honour of Queen Elizabeth, the then Queen Consort to King George VI, she was the largest passenger liner ever built, a title held for 56 years. She was replaced by Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969 and ending up being sold to a Hong Kong businessman but she caught fire and capsized whilst undergoing refurbishments in Hong Kong harbour. 1946 Maiden Voyage SHP004 £50 Sanders cover with Southampton postmark. SHP004B £75 Sanders cover, New York postmark 1968 Final Voyages SHP027 £20 New York Slogan Paquebot postmark. SHP027S2 £75 New York Slogan Paquebot postmark, signed by Captain John Treasure Jones. SHP028 £20 Southampton Paquebot postmark. SHP028S £75 Southampton Paquebot, signed by Commodore Marr. SHP030 £20 Last Call at Southampton, Southampton paquebot postmark. SHP0029 £20 Last Visit to Gibraltar, Paquebot postmark. SHP029S £75 Gibraltar last call, signed by Commodore Marr. We have a large selection SHP031 £20 Last visit to Las of Maritime items available Palmas, Paquebot please contact us for a full postmark. list on 01303 278137 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] MM03 QUEEN ELIZABETH II Queen Elizabeth 2 is an ocean liner built for Cunard which operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from 1969 to 2008, serving as the lines flagship from 1969 until 2004. Built in Clydebank, Scotland she operated out of Southampton. During the Falklands War she carried 3,000 troops to the South Atlantic and was refitted with two helicopter pads, steel plating, and anti-magnetic coil to combat naval mines. Upon her retirement she was acquired with the purpose of converting her into a floating hotel in Dubai, where she remains to this day waiting to be refurbished. 1969 Maiden Voyages SHP040 Cunard Official Cover, pair of first day covers ..................................................£25 SHP040A Cunard Official Cover, Southampton FDI .......................................................... £10 SHP040D Cunard Official Cover, carried on the final three voyages ...............................£20 SHP040E Cunard Official Cover, our choice of FDI ........................................................£7.50 SHP042 £25 Las Palmas Paquebot postmark. SHP042A £25 Preview Cruise, Tenerife slogan down the side, stamp cancelled with London CDS. SHP042S £75 Las Palmas Paquebot postmark, signed by Commodore Warwick. SHP042B £25 Preview Cruise cover Lisbon CDS postmark, plus Preview Cruise and High Seas Mail cachets. SHP043 Southampton posted at Sea Paquebot ...............................................................£25 SHP043A Southampton posted at Sea paquebot postmark, plus Lisbon CDS 28th April ...£27.50 SHP043S Southampton posted at Sea Paquebot, signed by Commodore Warwick ...£75 SHP044 £25 Southampton Departure Paquebot postmark. SHP044A £15 Southampton City Council Cover. SHP044AS £25 Southampton City Council Cover, signed Edmund Hockridge. SHP044P Southampton departure, signed Commodore Warwick ...................................£75 SHP044S Southampton Departure postmark, signed Commodore Warwick ....................£75 SHP045 Le Harve Paquebot postmark ............................................................................... £25 SHP045S Le Harve Paquebot, signed by Commodore Warwick .................................... £75 SHP045A £25 Le Harve Paquebot postmark and posted on board QE2 Souvenir Cover cachet. SHP046 Rush Stamps cover, Le Harve paquebot postmark ......................................£25 SHP046A Rush Stamps cover, Southampton paquebot postmark ......................................£25 SHP047 Cunard cover, New York Paquebot postmark ......................................................£25 SHP047A Cunard cover, New York postmark .......................................................................£25 SHP047B Colonnade Hotel cover, carried on the maiden Voyage .................................. £7.95 SHP048 Le Harve Paquebot postmark, return voyage......................................................£25