May 2020 The Portfolio ? Issue 23 SPM23 ??? QUIZ EDITION ?? Signed If, like me, you’ve spent a lot of time at home - whether you’re self isolating or working from home, you may have started playing board games again. This Signed Portfolio takes its inspiration from well known quiz games, where the pages are colour coded and the signatures fall into one of the 6 categories - Entertainment (Yellow), Geography (Orange), Science and Nature (Blue), Art & Literature (Pink), History (Brown) SGF091 £200 or Sport and Leisure (Green). £50 per month for 4 months Ron Ferdinand is comic strip artist who currently produces the American Dennis the Menace. This Dennis the Menace cover has been signed by him, and he has also drawn an original Dennis the Flexi-pay available on all items! Menace sketch. No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months SGH006P £600 £100 per month for 6 months Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, and Tenzing Norgay signed 1978 25th Anniversary of Everest cover. SGH158 £400 Handwritten letter dated 7th June 1910 on The Grandview Hotel, Manitoba Canada headed paper, and signed by Leonard Hickman. He was a Second Class passenger on Titanic, but sadly perished. Original envelope included. £50 per month for 8 months £100 per month for 4 months SGB220 £400 MORE TITANIC Algernon Henry Barkworth signed piece. He was a First Class passenger on Titanic and was SIGNATURES INSIDE rescued from lifeboat B. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ? Sport & Leisure Q1. After retiring as a player, ?? which of the footballers on BCF01S £75 this page was appointed the Chelsea v Liverpool manager of Rangers in 2018? Champions League cover signed by Steven Gerrard. Limited edition Q2. Which of the signers on this of just 50 covers! page is also the co-owner of the racehorse Rock of Gibraltar BCF05AS £80 2008 UEFA Champion’s League winners cover signed by Rio Ferdinand who was Captain on the night. £139 per month for 5 months AT186B £695 Jessie Owens signed 1963 Olympics, Paraguay FDC. BCF04QS £150 £50 per month for 3 months Chelsea v Man Utd 2007 FA Cup Final cover signed by Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Didier Drogba and Jose Mourinho. BCF09S5 £100 £50 per month for 2 months Manchester United triple cover celebrating their £35 per month for 10 months 2008 UEFA Champion’s League, World Championship BCF04S2 £350 wins and their 2008/9 Premier League title. Signed by Man Utd FA Cup 2007 signed by Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Sir Alex Ferguson. Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand. Only 30 covers produced. BCF08 £75 Ryan Giggs Tribute cover celebrating the 800th match he played for Manchester United on 29.04.2009. Signed by Ryan Giggs. BCF09S £75 Manchester United Triple cover celebrating their World Championship win, their 3rd successive Premiership win and Ferguson Alex Sir A2. their UEFA Championship 2008 Gerrard Steven A1. win. Signed by Rio Ferdinand. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM23 ? Q3. Which racing driver retired ?? in 1958? Q4. Which tennis player won 7 Wimbledon Mens Singles titles? £100 per month for 6 months BOX078 £600 Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell signed American 1985 Public Education. CR021 £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1970 Gloucestershire CCC Centenary cover signed by Mike Procter, David Shepherd, Anthony Brown, David Allen, Jack Davey, Geoff Pullar, Arthur Milton (twice?), John Mortimore, Barrie Meyer, plus others. MR216 £750 £75 per month for 10 months 1968 Italian Cars cover signed by Enzo Ferrari. CR75B £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1972 Sussex CCC Centenary cover signed by Jim TN054B £100 Parks, Roger Prideaux, Tony Greig, Mike Griffith, John Pete Sampras Denman, John Snow, Peter Graves, Uday Joshi, Geoff signed USA 1974 Greenidge, Mike Buss, Tony Buss, Jeremy Morley, Tennis cover. John Barclay, Alan Mansell. £25 per month for 4 months TN003D £150 1992 Lawn Tennis Museum cover signed by Fred Perry. £50 per month for 3 months MR115A £400 £40 per month for 10 months 1980 Great Names in Motor Racing cover signed 2000) and 99 98, 97, 95, 94, 1993, (in Sampras Pete A4. by Juan Manuel Fangio. Fangio Manuel Juan A3. www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 ? Science & Nature Q5.As a child, Gerald ?? Durrell spent time on SGD025C £250 which island? £25 per month for 10 months Q6. Which Lancashire Gerald Durrell signed Jersey Wildlife Preservation town is Fred Dibnah Trust cover, also signed by associated with? William Oliver (artist & stamp designer) and Jennifer Toombs who designed the stamps on this cover. £100 per month for 2 months BC001YA £200 SGD034B £100 £20 per month for 5 months 2001 Space Tourism double postmarked cover signed by Dave Scott, Alexei Leonov, and Colin Baker. 2004 Locomotives Railway Nostalgia Cover signed by Fred Dibnah. BC001Z £100 £50 per month for 2 months BC019DS £175 £35 per month for 5 months 2001 Space Tourism signed by NASA astronauts Dave 2002 Aircraft, Concorde miniature sheet cover, signed by Sir George Scott and Don Lind Edwards, one of the designers of Concorde and John Cochrane. BC019K £50 2002 Comet cover signed by Neville Duke. BC326CSET £140 £70 per month for 2 months Set of 5 Air Displays covers, and each has been Bolton A6. flown in a Red Arrow and signed by the pilot. Corfu A5. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM23 ? Art & Literature Q7. Cecil Day Lewis was ??appointed as Poet Laureate in 1968, but which popular poet SGC083B £75 succeeded him in 1972? Sir Hugh Casson, signed 1980 London Q8. Between 2012-2018, Darcey Landmarks cover. Bussell was a judge on which popular reality show? SGD093 £95 £19 per month for 5 months Cecil Day Lewis signed USA 1964 Shakespeare cover. SGS121 £75 Joan Sutherland signed 1982 Theatre cover. SGA055A £75 50th Anniversary of the Royal Academy of Dancing cover signed by Frederick Ashton. SGR028F £200 £50 per month BC030G £75 for 4 months John Ryan Be My Valentine cover with ‘Love’ stamp, signed 1991 postmarked Lover, Salisbury on 14th February Greetings cover 2002 and doubled with Occasions stamps & with a doodle of Loversall postmark 4th February 2003. Signed Captain Pugwash. by ballet dancer Dame Darcey Bussell. BC301S3 £300 £100 per month for 3 months 9th January 2007 Beatles cover with Abbey Road non- Buckingham postmark. It has been signed by Sir George Martin CBE, producer of almost all of their records. BC301S4 £350 £50 per month for 7 months Beatles cover featuring a set of 4 memorabilia stamps and signed by Allan Williams and Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI. A8. Strictly Come Dancing Come Strictly A8. A7. Sir John Betjeman John Sir A7. www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 ? Entertainment Q9. Despite being a talented pianist, ??composer & conductor, Andre Previn is best remembered in the UK for his TV SGG111B £75 appearance with which comedy duo? 1985 Live Aid Guernsey cover signed by co- Q10. Anthony Hopkins won founder of Live Aid, an Academy Award in 1991 Bob Geldof. for which film? SGH092 £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1989 cover for the 60th anniversary of the first British talking film signed by Anthony Hopkins. SGA088A £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation Post Office cover signed by Caroline Aherne. SGP046A £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1985 Music cover signed by composer, arranger and conductor André Previn. SGM003I £75 1985 Films, IMAX cover signed by John Mills. SGS116A £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1944 50th Anniversary of SGR016M £100 Motion Pictures cover signed by Ann Sheridan. £50 per month for 2 months 1995 Victory in Europe cover SGS021F £100 signed by Sir Cliff Richard. £50 per month for 2 months 1981 Disabled, Church of England Children’s Society International official Lambs the of Silence The A10. cover signed by Harry Secombe. Wise and Morecambe A9. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent Ct19 4BF 6 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SPM23 ? Q11. Which Robin Williams film was ??inspired by J. M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’? Q12. Which instruments were associated with Sir John Dankworth? BC014C £250 £50 per month for 5 months Robins cover signed by Robin Williams. BC029J £75 2003 Eagle Heights cover signed by actress Tippi Hedren, star of the Alfred Hitchcock BC022F £150 £50 per month for 5 months film ‘The Birds’. 2002 Bridges of London cover signed by Barbara Windsor, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. BC027S3 £60 Peter Pan cover with special Great Ormond Street, Tinkerbell postmark. Signed by Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney. Only 30 produced! BC221A2S1 £60 2005 Battle of Britain Monument cover carried in the poppy-drop Fly Past and signed by Hollywood Star and US Naval Hero, Ernest Borgnine. BC220S1 £175 £35 per month for 5 months 7th June 2005 Trooping The Colour cover with Horse BC226AS3 £75 Guards Parade, London SW1 postmark signed by Sir David Jason. Madonna and Child Christmas stamps cover signed by father and daughter, Ryan and Tatum O’Neal (Paper Moon). BC243S2 £50 3rd October 2016 Sounds of Britain cover produced as a tribute to the King & Queen of British Jazz, Sir John Dankworth & Dame Cleo Laine, and signed by them both. A12. Clarinet and alto Saxophone alto and Clarinet A12. A11. Hook A11. www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 ? History ?? Q13. The Titanic was built at which shipyard? Titanic Passengers Q14. In which city is this shipyard located? SGA098 £300 £100 per month for 3 months Frank Aks signed piece dated 28th October 1980 to which he has added ‘Titanic Baby’ He was a Third Class passenger, rescued from lifeboat number 11.