MARCH 2018 ISSUE 4 CSM04 CONCORDE SALE MAGAZINE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL MICHAEL RETIF SIGNED COVERS Michael Retif a former CE200 £50 Flight Engineer. Retif was OFFER £45 on board Concorde French Modele first day cover with Prototype 001 on the maiden Toulouse special postmark. flight at Toulouse as one of the engineer observers. ANDRE TURCAT SIGNED COVERS CE204 £50 OFFER £45 Andre Turcat was a French Chief Test Pilot. French Europa FDC, Toulouse special He was present on board the Air France postmark with Strasbourg CDS. Concorde (F-BVFC) during its retirement flight, on the 27th June 2003, to the Airbus plant at Toulouse, where the French aircraft was built. CE237 £400 OFFER £350 1983 Concorde Flown French Space Academy Cover. CE238 £400 OFFER £350 1969 French cover with Toulouse CDS. These covers are CE239F £400 OFFER £350 available on 1987 Air France multi- Flexi Pay postmarked round the at £35 per month world cover. over 10 months SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL MIKE BANNISTER SIGNED COVERS Captain Mike Bannister is most famous as the Chief Pilot of BA’s Concorde fleet. He joined BA’s crew in 1977 where we became its youngest pilot, completing the first C184CS £40 ever course for ‘Line Flight Crew’. OFFER £30 Over the years Mike was a member of 17th November 2003 a number of government & industry Concorde Final Flight, policy groups dedicated to aviation London - Barbados. safety & became a Concorde instructor in 1986. Mike was the pilot for the last ever commercial Concorde flight on 24th October 2003 when 3 Concordes landed in succession at Heathrow, ending 27 years of supersonic operations. C185I £200 OFFER £150 £30 per month for 5 months 22nd Jan 76 Bahrain - London Airletter, plus 20th Oct 2003 New C185D £150 OFFER £125 York - London and 26th Nov 2003 Heathrow £25 per month for 5 months - Filton, signed by 22nd January 1976 Concorde Airletter carried Les Brodie and on the first (Bahrain) and last (New York - Mike Bannister. London, 24th October 2003) Commercial flight of Concorde. CE152 £35 OFFER £30 CE150 £45 OFFER £35 2002 Airliners 50 years of Jet travel cover. BHC cover double postmarked 2001 First flight after the fire and 2003 Last passenger flight. JOHN COCHRANE SIGNED COVERS John Cochrane was a British Test Pilot for the Anglo-French Supersonic airliner. His career began when he joined the renowned 617 Squadron (“Dambusters”) where he flew the CE130 £75 English Electric Canberra bomber, Britain’s first OFFER £65 jet powered bomber. Once Cochrane resigned 1969 GPO Cover. from the RAF he was appointed project test pilot as assembly of the British Prototype began at Filton 1966. 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL BRIAN TRUBSHAW SIGNED Brian Trubshaw CBE, MVO shot to public attention when he flew Concorde in April COVERS 1969 from Filton to Fairford. He emerged from Concorde 002’s futuristic cockpit with the words: “It was wizard - a cool, calm and collected operation.” Weeks earlier he had piloted an early test CE111 £150 flight of the identical French prototype OFFER £135 Concorde 001. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victoria Order in £27 per month 1948. He was awarded an OBE in 1964 for 5 months and a CBE in 1970 and was awarded the Supersonic to French Aeronautical Medal in 1976. He London 1980 flown. ended his career as divisional director and general manager of the Filton works of British Aerospace from 1980-1986. CE112D £200 OFFER £150 £25 per month for 6 months 1969 Connoisseur First Day Cover CE112E £200 OFFER £150 Stuart FDC. £20 per month for 10 months CE112 £200 OFFER £150 1969 GPO Cover. CE113D £250 OFFER £200 £25 per month for 10 months £30 per month for 5 months 1971 BAC First Flight 01 Filton - Fairford HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS YET? Exclusive Offers - Rare Autographs - Specialist Covers! What do YOU want to hear about? Get priority news & special offers about just what interests YOU straight to your inbox! Signed covers, rare GB FDC, new issue covers, bargain offers, online magazine access or just a round-up of the latest news from Buckingham Covers. Whatever you want to hear about we’ve got it covered. Visit www.buckinghamcovers.com/family to find out what you’ve been missing out on! CE121 £100 OFFER £50 Our choice of cover SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL GILBERT DEFER SIGNED COVERS CE210 £100 OFFER £90 Gilbert Defer from Toulouse had 1450 £15 per month hours of piloting Concorde and has for 6 months also been one of the test pilots of 1969 GPO doubled the supersonic aircraft. He was in France on the 20th a respected figure in the French Anniversary. Air Force. MULTI SIGNED CE159 £45 OFFER £40 1976 Concorde Post Office cover. Signed Mike Bannister, Richard Routledge & Edward Chemel. CE135 £85 OFFER £75 £25 per month for 3 months Signed John Cochrane & Peter Baker Filton FDI postmark. CE154 £150 OFFER £135 £27 per month for 5 months Signed Mike Bannister, John Cochrane, Mike Addley, Tony CE160 £85 OFFER £70 Benn, Peter Holding & John Allan. Signed John Allan, Peter Holding & Mike Addley. CE141 £110 OFFER £100 £20 per month for 5 months CE140 £100 OFFER £90 Signed John Cochrane, Mike Bannister, Tony Benn & Thames cover. Signed John Cochrane, Tony Benn & Allan Haywood. Peter Baker. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL CE162 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 Wessex cover with first flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, signed by John Allan, Mike Addley and Peter Holding. CE158 £100 OFFER £85 1969 Concorde GPO cover, signed by Mike Bannister, John Cochrane and Tony Benn. CE166 £95 OFFER £80 1969 Concorde GPO cover, Air MAil with typed address signed by Alan Haywood, Mike Addley, John Allan and Peter Holding. CE163 £150 OFFER £120 £25 per month for 5 months 1970 Wessex First Flight at Mach 2 cover, signed by John Allan, Mike Addley and Peter Holding. CE168 £100 OFFER £85 9th April 1969 First Flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, our choice signed by Alan Haywood, Peter Holding, John Allan and Mike Addley. CE165 £95 OFFER £80 1969 Concorde Stuart First Day Cover, signed by Alan Haywood, John Allan, Peter Holding and Mike Addley. CE167 £125 OFFER £100 £20 per month for 5 months 1969 Concorde GPO cover with Hounslow FDI, the nearest to Heathrow, signed by Alan Haywood, John CE170 £160 OFFER £140 Allan, Peter Holding and Mike Addley. £35 per month for 4 months 1969 Wessex cover first flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark, signed by Tony CE250 £30 Benn, Alan Haywood, John Allan, Mike OFFER £25 Addley and Peter Holding. Captain Jock Lowe, signed Concorde 01303 278137 cover our EMAIL: [email protected] choice. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL CE192 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 Concorde P J Modele cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE191 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 French Concorde Mariscalchi First Day Cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE195 £150 OFFER £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1969 British Concorde FDC, with Filton FDI and Strasbourg CDS, CE193 £150 OFFER £125 signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and £25 per month for 5 months Michael Retif. 1969 Concorde Modele French cover, signed by Gilbert Defer, Jean Pinet and Michael Retif. CE147 £75 OFFER £65 1969 Philart Cover, signed by John Cochrane and Tony Benn. CE136 £85 OFFER £70 John Cochrane and Peter Baker, signed 1969 Philart Concorde First Day Cover C184S £39.95 with Filton FDI. OFFER £30 Official BA Flown Cover 24/10/03 final flight London - Edinburgh - London. Signed Andrew Baillie (Heathrow - Edinburgh) & Les Brodie (Edinburgh - Heathrow). These covers are available on Flexi Pay Call for details C185H £100 OFFER £90 1976 First Scheduled Flight to Washington, flown 01303 278137 Air letter. Signed Paul Douglas, Les Brodie & Leslie Scott. SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE • SALE 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] CONCORDE SALE SALE ENDS FRIDAY 6TH APRIL CE145 £250 OFFER £225 £45 per month for 5 months BAC Middle East Airlines. Signed John Cochrane, Peter Baker, Les Brodie, Mike Bannister & Paul Douglas. 01303 278137 CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE OFFER PRICE CE144 1969 Concorde GPO cover. Signed by John Cochrane, Mike Bannister & Tony £90 £50 Benn CE148 1976 First Flight to Washington flown airletter, re-flown on the final flight in 2003, £95 £55 signed by John Cochrane & Mike Bannister CE164 1969 BAC First Day Cover with Filton FDI postmark signed by Alan Heywood, £95 £55 John Allan, Peter Holding & Mike Addley CE168 9th April 1969 First Flight of Concorde 002 Filton special postmark signed by £100 £85 Alan Heywood, Peter Holding, John Allan & Mike Addley CE169 1969 Concorde Connoisseur cover Filton FDI postmark signed by Alan £150 £125 Heywood, John Allan, Mike Addley & Peter Holding CE190 1968 New