June 2019 The Portfolio Issue 15 SPM15 Signed SGW076C £1250 John Wayne signed USA 1945 Iwo Jima cover. £125 per month for 10 months SGD039G £200 £50 per month for 4 months Kirk Douglas, signed 1996 Benham 100 Years of Going to the Pictures cover. £25 per month for 10 months SGJ005P £250 David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst signed 1998 Heroes of Comedy cover. SGB068B £250 Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, and David Burke signed 1993 Sherlock Holmes cover. £25 per month for 10 months FOR MORE HOLMESIAN SIGNATURES, GO TO PAGE 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] BIG NAMES OF THE BIG SCREEN SGR067A £200 Ralph Richardson and Charles Mortimer, mounted 11 x 9 black and white photo from the film ‘The Return of Bulldog Drummond’. £50 per month for 4 months SGN044A £75 Anthony Newley signed 1993 Christmas cover, he has added ‘Humbug!’. SGH087D £75 Bob Hoskins signed cover, our choice. SGB140A £50 Alan Bates signed 1996 Cinema, Odeon Leicester SGB102C £50 Square cover. Anne Bancroft signature mounted in a 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence cover. SGJ001J £60 Glenda Jackson, Tom Courtenay & Donald Sinden signed 1985 British Film Year cover. SGC049 £50 George Cole signed cover, our choice. SGR057A £50 Debbie Reynolds signed US cover, our choice. 01303 278137 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM15 BIG NAMES OF THE SMALL SCREEN SGP024B £250 John Pertwee signed Doctor Who 25th Anniversary cover. £25 per month for 10 months SGD034F £100 £50 per month for 2 months Fred Dibnah signed 2000 Welsh Mountain Rail cover. SGE029A £95 Paul Eddington signed cover, our choice. SGM008B £75 Patrick Moore signed Benham 1986 Halley’s Comet Royal Observatory cover. SGP063BB £100 £50 per month for 2 months Priscilla Presley, signed 1995 Jersey Christmas Pantomime cover. SGT099 £100 £50 per month for 2 months Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn signed 35th anniversary of Coronation Street cover, on screen couple Jack and Vera Duckworth. SGB066C £50 George Baker signed Inspector Wexford cover. SGS013 £30 David Suchet signed, our choice SGN076 £35 Julie Newmar, signed American cover, Catwoman. www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN SGA011A £30 1996 Railway Children cover signed by Jenny Agutter, who played Bobbie in the 1970 film version. SGT103 £35 Also in the 1970 film adaptation was Sally Thomsett, who played Phyllis, the youngest of the railway children (despite being 20 at the time!). SGC014 £25 Bernard Cribbins, who played Mr Perks, the station porter. SGA001A £75 In the 2000 adaptation of The Railway Children, “The SGS037A £40 Old Gentleman” Dinah Sheridan played “Mother” (Mrs was played Waterbury) in this film and has signed a by Sir Richard 1996 Genevieve cover, another film in Attenborough which she starred. (our choice). HARRY POTTER SGF004A £40 Pam Ferris, who has signed this 1991 Darling Buds of May cover, played Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner SGS074A £50 of Azkaban. Timothy Spall has signed a 1994 Outside Edge cover on which he features, and played Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films. SGS187 £35 Imelda Staunton played the much- hated Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. BC317S1 £75 2007 Harry Potter covers, signed by Miriam Margolyes who plays Professor Sprout in the films. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM15 CHILDHOOD FAVOURITES “It’s Friday, it’s five to five....it’s Crackerjack!” SGB019B £50 1994 Paddington Bear cover, signed by his creator Michael Bond. SGC052C £50 Yes, people of a certain age will remember this phrase, which was introduced when Leslie Crowther took over as presenter from 1960 until 1968. SGN006A £50 And another signature which evokes a catchphrase, although this time it’s “Get down Shep!” This 2001 Cat and Dogs cover has been signed by Shep’s owner, Blue Peter presenter John Noakes. SGA002D £50 2003 Stingray cover signed by creator Gerry Anderson. SGC029A £30 2000 Postman Pat cover signed by creator SGA002E £50 John Cunliffe. Also signed by him is a 2003 Captain Scarlet cover. SGC029C £30 Also signed by him is a 1994 Isle of Man Postman Pat cover. SGH013A £30 1995 Springtime cover, which features Rupert Bear and has been signed by John Harrold, who illustrated the stories between 1978 and 2007. SGM025A £45 1995 Springtime cover, which has been signed by Johnny Morris who presented Animal Magic between 1962 and 1983. SGW014A £30 1996 Children’s Television cover featuring Just William and signed by Dennis Waterman who, as a child, played William Brown in a 1962 BBC adaptation. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 SHERLOCK HOLMES When Brian handed me a box of signed covers, I noticed that many of the signatures had a connection – that they had either played Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Watson. In the case of Christopher Lee, he is the only actor to have played both Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes (but not in the same film!). Another of the signatures is Clive Merrison, who holds the distinction of being the only actor to have played Sherlock Holmes in adaptations of every Conan Doyle short story and novel (for BBC Radio 4, between 1989 -1998). SGB068E £225 £45 per month for 5 months 1993 Sherlock Holmes Granada Television cover signed by Jeremy Brett, who features on the cover. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SIGNATURE TO FILL THE GAP IN YOUR COLLECTION - PLEASE LET US KNOW. CALL TODAY! 01303 278137 BC345HS2 £25 2013 Tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle cover signed by Clive Merrison. BC345VS £25 BC345CS2 £55 2013 Hound of 2013 Eminent Britons cover featuring Sherlock Holmes the Baskervilles and signed by David Burke and Edward Hardwicke, who cover, signed both played Doctor Watson opposite Jeremy Brett. by BAFTA Award winner for Sherlock, Andrew Scott (he played Moriarty opposite Benedict SGM014 £35 Cumberbatch). 1995 Shakespeare cover signed by Ian McKellen. He played “Mr Holmes” in the 2015 film of the same name. SGL016D £60 1997 Horror cover, signed by Christopher Lee. A doubly appropriate cover as one of the stamps is for The Hound of the Baskervilles. SGR012B £50 01303 278137 1997 Horror, Hound of the Baskervilles EMAIL: [email protected] cover signed by Ian Richardson. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 6 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM15 THE NATURAL WORLD SGA004S £35 Sir David Attenborough, signed 2009 Charles Darwin cover. SGL106 £25 Set of 4 1987 Flower covers, each signed by Alfred Lammer, who was an Austrian born WW2 pilot. He returned to photography after the war, specialising in Flowers. SGA004B £50 01303 278137 1992 Conservation cover signed by Sir David Attenborough. EMAIL: [email protected] SGB040C £25 1985 Insects, Natural History Museum cover signed by Gordon Benningfield. SGB015R £20 1979 Flowers cover signed by David Bellamy. SGS007BB £50 1980 Bird, Wildfowl Trust cover signed by Peter Scott. SGI013 £50 Flexi-pay 2012 Australian Zoos cover signed by Steve Irwin’s widow available on Terri and their children Bindi all items! and Robert. No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 THE FORCES SWEETHEART Dame Vera Lynn CH DBE OStJ is an English singer, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. She is widely known as “the Forces’ Sweetheart” for giving outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India, and Burma. She released the compilation album of hits, Vera Lynn 100, in 2017, to commemorate her centennial year, making her the first centenarian performer to have an album in the charts. She is held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War to this day. SGL001G £50 SGL001U £50 2000 White Cliffs full colour cover 1980 Queen Mother Forces Help Society Official cover. on which she features. SGL001Z £40 2002 Queen Mother cover. SGL001D £50 2002 Coastline cover. SGL001IA £60 1965 Battle of Britain large cover. Doubled on Dame Vera’s 100th Birthday 20th March 2017. SGL001M £60 1965 Battle of Britain GPO First Day Cover. Don’t forget, you can always use FlexiPay - our Flexible Payment service It’s simple and INTEREST FREE. Divide the total by up to 12 months. We then hold your order safely for you. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. Our minimum monthly payment is £10. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 8 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM15 ART, MUSIC & THE WRITTEN WORD SGA010A £50 1996 Classic Cars cover featuring the car from the film “Genevieve” and signed by Larry Adler, whose music featured in the film. SGP046A £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1985 Composers cover signed by composer, conductor and pianist Andre Previn. SGC026F £50 1995 Science Fiction cover signed by Arthur C Clarke. SGC043E £50 1980 Bronte Sisters cover signed by Dame Barbara Cartland. SGD136 £50 1972 American Poetry cover signed by Carol Ann Duffy, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, and whose 10 year term has recently ended. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] SGE0342 £35 1980 Guildhall School of Music & Drama cover signed by Sir Geraint Evans (1922 - 1992) Welsh bass-baritone, who studied at the school. SGG035A £50 1989 Industrial Architecture Wheal Coates cover, signed by Winston Graham, author of the Poldark novels. www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 SGG120A £60 1992 Gilbert & Sullivan cover with signature insert of Martyn Green (1899 - 1975), best known for playing the comedians in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas.