JANUARY 2019 CL217 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors The first issue of 2019! STAMP 2019 looks set to feature some great new stamps, so make sure you don’t miss out! CLASSICS Subscribe today to our collectors club. 15th January 2019 Full information on pages 2-3. The perfect introduction to your 2019 collection. Details on p4 Buckingham Covers - The First in First Day Covers A WORD FROM “There are some great BRIAN issues coming up, BUCKINGHAM COVERS, SPECIALIST COVER EXPERT something for everyone” Dear Collector, Great War issue, we had orders arriving weeks after the issue which we were unable to supply and we never like So welcome to 2019, the first Cover Lover of the year and turning an order down. the Stamp Classics issue, the first new stamps of the year. You may notice a theme here, and the start of the year There are some great issues coming up, something for would be a great time to guarantee your covers for 2019, everyone, but because of Royal Mail rules and regulations which you could do by completing the form opposite. this is the only issue we can tell you about at this point. Finally we will start the New Year with a big pat on the What we have learnt from 2018 are two things. Firstly if back for all of us, as the signing of Buckingham covers you are not a club customer you may miss out. Our Dad’s raised £21,615 for charity during 2018 - a massive sum. Army signed cover was a good example, the signed club We hope to beat that in the year ahead. members got their covers, but we could not supply all the extra orders we had. Happy Collecting Secondly please order as early as you can. Once the date of a First Day Cover has passed we can’t do any more, club members don’t need to worry, but especially with the Brian Austin December 2018 COME AND MEET US... 2019 Stamp Shows We will be attending a fair few stamp exhibitions next year, so why not come along and see us. Full details on the back page. Why not subscribe to our Collectors Club. Did you miss any of our fantastic 2018 covers? LOW STOCK LOW STOCK SOLD OUT! • No contracts. You can stop at any time. • Free Christmas gift. • No commitment to buy. • Club customers get reduced prices • Earn loyalty points. • Receive the BEST covers on the market 2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL217 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] STAMP CLASSICS Subscribe today and receive this first great cover of 2019. You don’t have to collect every cover and you can cancel at any time! 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Expiry Security (Last 3 digits on Signed club members will have a guaranteed cover. Date: Code: back of card). Your covers will commence with the first issue I understand that you will keep this number on a secure computer system of 2019, Stamp Classics (15th Jan) and I authorise you to charge it when my covers become available. CL217 www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 stamp classics 15th January 2019 The first new issue of 2019 Our beautiful Stamp Classics cover features the brand new miniature sheet with a classic stamp design from each Monarch’s reign: Queen Victoria 1891 £1 green, King Edward VII 1910 2d Tyrian Plum, King George V 1913 2s6d, King Edward VIII 1936 1½d, King George VI 1940 Penny Black Centenary ½d and Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation 2½d. BC619M £18.50 This stunning cover perfectly showcases these classic designs, celebrating the artistry and evolution of stamp design. Cancelled with our special postmark on the First Day of Issue, London EC4, the location of the Royal Philatelic Society London’s new premises. This year the RPSL celebrates 150 years. ALSO AVAILABLE Working with the RPSL we have produced this lovely cover featuring their new premises, with stamps torn from the miniature sheet and cancelled with our special postmark on the First Day of Issue. BC619MA £18.50 BC619SP £125 Artists Impression Set of 10 Stamp Classic covers, 5 of each design each with a different non- Buckingham postmark ANOTHER STAMP CLASSIC - THE MACHIN on page 5 4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL217 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] a modern stamp classic NEW! MACHIN COVER 50th Years Machin Definitive cover with 1st class lilac machin definitive and postmarked BC558J £12.95 06/01/2019 plus 06/01/1969 colour change 4d and 8d stamps with special cachet Complete your stamp history LAST FEW REMAINING BC558M £18.50 ‘Machin Definitive 50 Years of a Design Classic’ miniature sheet cover with Stoke-on-Trent FDI postmark 05/06/17. BC558M2 £18.50 The Machin Definitive Golden Anniversary Celebration miniature sheet on our 50 Years Machin Definitive cover with FDI London SW1 postmark issued 05/06/17. BC558M2AS £35 Stamps from Machin Definitive 50 Years of a Design classic m/sheet on our 50 Years Machin Definitive cover with FDI Stoke on Trent postmark issued 05/06/17. Signed Arnold Machin’s nephew, Dominic Newton CL217 www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 Celebrating the 70th Birthday of HRH PRINCE CHARLES 14th November 2018 BC618 £18.50 Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday miniature sheet cover with London SW1 first day of issue postmark 14.11.2018 BC618B £18.50 Barcoded Miniature sheet BC618S £28.50 Ian Skelly Ian Skelly has signed our 70th Birthday HRH Prince Charles Miniature Sheet covers! Ian is a British writer and BBC radio presenter. In 2010 he co-authored a book with HRH Prince Charles and Tony Juniper about climate change. He collaborates with Prince Charles for many of his speeches. BC618A £18.50 Stamps from miniature sheet 70th Birthday HRH Prince Charles BC618D £12.95 Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday cover with London SW1 first day of issue postmark 14.11.2018 featuring a stamp and label from our 2017 House of Windsor Sheet and our choice of 2018 stamp from miniature sheet. For more Royalty covers visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/royalty 6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL217 TEL 01303 278137 FAX 01303 279429 email [email protected] Latest Issues - Harry Potter PSBs 4th December 2018 Immerse yourself in the world of Harry Potter with these Prestige Stamp Booklet covers featuring each of the panes in the special booklet available now. BC616PSB2 £70 BC616PSB £70 Prestige Booklet set of five Owl PSB covers each Alternatively the same set of five covers, but with with our special Wizard Way postmark different non Buckingham Covers postmarks. Harry Potter Stamp and PSB Double Myth & Magic Owl design with (our choice) of Harry Potter 1st Class stamp with London, N1 FDI postmark 16.10.2018 and doubled with the definitive pane from the Prestige Booklet and FDI ‘Witch Hat’ King’s Cross postmark 04.12.2018. BC616P £13.95 THE DAMBUSTERS Signed by last surviving member of Operation Chastise Johnny Johnson Marking 75 years since the famous Operation Chastise, the Dambusters Raid and a tribute to Guy Gibson, 1st class Union Jack stamp and Lancaster image label and our special Dambusters postmark 17.5.18, signed by the last surviving British Dambuster; Johnny Johnson. BCSP50S4 £44.95 Limited edition of just 45 NEW FOR 2019! FLIGHT CLUB CL217If everything aviation interests you we are producing a series of covers throughout 2019. 7 Subscribe to the Flight Clubwww.buckinghamcovers.com and guarantee your covers today. Full information on p43 BUCKINGHAM MARITIME SERIES remembering the iolaire First Cover for 2019 1st January 2019 BCN022 £10.95 Reserved for Maritime Club This cover features a specially commissioned painting by renowned artist John Wigston. The first issue of 2019, and the next in our Maritime Series. This lovely cover commemorates the Iolaire, whose sinking on 1 January 1919 in the Minch was one of the worst maritime disasters in United Kingdom waters during the 20th century. Carrying sailors who had fought in the First World War back to the Scottish island of Lewis, Iolaire left the port of Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland late on the evening of 31 December 1918. At 2:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, approaching the port of Stornoway, and only a mile away from the safety of Stornoway Harbour, she hit the infamous rocks “The Beasts of Holm” and sank. Over 200 men perished. commissioning of hms havoc 16th January 2019 Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Commissioning of HMS Havock. Havock was a Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy built by the Yarrow shipyard.