Cover Lover APOLLO MISSIONS - THE INSURANCE COVERS. windsor castle. NEW DEFINITIVE 5 High Value 6th February Years of the House of Windsor

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1 JANUARY 2017 CL181 Cover Lover The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors NEW DEFINITIVE 5 High Value 6th February 2017 windsor castle 100 Years of the House of Windsor 15th February will herald the 100th anniversary of the House of Windsor. Clair has designed this beautiful cover which will feature the new Windsor Castle stamps produced by Royal Mail. Postmarked at Windsor, this cover will be a brilliant addition to your collection. TURN TO PAGE 4 FOR MORE DETAILS & MORE COVERS! BCD Reserved for Definitive Club On 6 February it will be the 65th anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In order to mark this anniversary, Royal Mail will be producing a new Sapphire 5 high value Definitive. The last one was issued in 1977! Designed by Katherine, this fantastic cover celebrates both the anniversary and the new 5 Machin high value with modern security features and iridescent overprint. Postmarked first day of issue, London SW1. APOLLO MISSIONS - THE INSURANCE COVERS We have just bought in these two stunning Apollo Insurance covers from the Apollo 13 and 16 missions. These were signed by the crew before the missions and given to their families in case anything happened to them, Insurance companies would not cover them. These are the cream of the crop to any space collector and these are two fantastic examples. James Lovell, Fred Haise, and Ken Mattingly signed Apollo 13 Insurance cover with launch day 11/04/70 Kennedy Space Center postmark, with certification letter from James Lovell. SP(A13)02A per month for 10 months 350 per month for 10 months SP(A16)01A 3500 John Young, Charlie Duke, and Ken Mattingly signed 1972 Apollo 16 Insurance cover, on the reverse it has been certified by John Young s as part of his personal collection.

2 A word from Brian Dear Collector, Firstly I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you all had a good Christmas. My plan is to have spent New Year s Eve in Benidorm, which I am sure will mean a good story for the next letter, whether I will be able to tell it is another question. After months of secrecy it is nice to be able to show you some of the lovely covers we have planned for this year. The Windsor cover looks great and of course the Machin 50th Anniversary will be very big in the stamp world, we already have our thinking hats on to try and do some specials. I am also looking forward to the new Postal Museum opening and a chance to ride on the underground mail train. During December we bought in two great collections, one of RAF covers and the other rare FDC, so these should start to appear in the next magazine. With this one we have used the last few pages to try and cram in as much stock as we can by doing just lists, let us know what you think. We have also experimented by offering early covers by cover type and have started with the GPO covers from 1960s these can be found on pages Also make sure you have a look at the new space covers, you probably won t see these again. Happy Collecting, Brian Austin January 2017 The Portfolio FD029D per month for 10 months 1st January 1902 King Edward VII ½d Green, 1d Red, 2½d Blue and 6d Purple, cancelled with clear St Annes on the Sea CDS postmark. Small neat handwritten registered cover with Registered Fee paid and red Post Office Express label. We think it is only the second time we have had a cover with all four values on it, the other is illustrated in our catalogue. 120 per month for 10 months FD th February 1936 King George VI 10d Blue photogravure on plain postcard. Cancelled with London North Western District Office CDS, plus oval registered London NW1 postmark below. Typed and sent registered to Costa Rica (correct postage) with on the reverse New York Receiving mark (2nd March) and Costa Rica (7th March). Very few could have been done, this one has registered label 2160, the one we illustrate in our catalogue is FC028A per month for 5 months 10th May 1929 Postal Union Congress, four low values on registered cover cancelled with St Georges Norwich CDS. Neat handwritten address and as King George V was on each vale we think a nice connection. To see our rare stock online go to and put Portfolio into the search box 2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

3 LOVE COVERS? JOIN THE CLUB! guarantee the covers you want with no obligation to buy Buckingham Covers have been creating Limited Edition Collectables for many years and are experts in the field. We aim to create the best first day covers in the world with the best long-term value for collectors. We think carefully about each and every design, and ensure that we never overproduce, giving our covers great long-term investment potential. Our first cover originally sold for years later we will buy that cover back for 60 and it will resell at 125. Our covers are price checked regularly. Joining a New Issue Cover Club is the best way to ensure you get your covers at the cheapest possible price and that you never miss out on what you want. BC552 17th Jan 2017 Ancient Britain BC553 & BC553M 15th Feb 2017 House of Windsor don t miss an issue this year join the club with no commitment to buy No Fee We don t charge to join a club and there are no contracts Complete Flexibility You can make changes to your order at any time Priority Ordering You hear about New Issues first Free Albums - Club members join our token scheme (again no fee!) which builds towards free albums Join Today - Call us for full details on OR RETURN THIS FORM TO FREEPOST RRGJ-THAJ-YZAG, Buckingham Covers, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF We have various Club Options available to suit your requirements - BUCKINGHAM UNSIGNED CLUB All of the year s new stamp issues, unsigned. BUCKINGHAM SIGNED CLUB All of the year s new stamp issues, personally autographed by the best names around. BUCKINGHAM MINIATURE SHEET CLUB Love Miniature sheets? All the issues in 2017 reserved for you. BUCKINGHAM SHEET CLUB Specially produced Stamp Sheet Presentation Packs. ACCOUNT No (If Known) choose from (please tick): BUCKINGHAM RAIL CLUB All of the year s Rail Anniversaries commemorated with beautiful covers. BUCKINGHAM MARITIME CLUB In partnership with the National Museum of Royal Navy, we are producing a set of special Maritime themed covers. BUCKINGHAM SMILER CLUB Limited number of sets of these either from Royal Mail Generic Sheets or our own Stamp sheets. BUCKINGHAM DEFINITIVE CLUB With every tariff or Machin change, we produce a limited number of covers. NAME ADDRESS POST CODE TEL No: CL181 Yes! I would like to join the club(s) as indicated above. Please contact me for payment details. Please send me further information about the club(s) as indicated above. 3

4 windsor castle 100 Years of the House of Windsor 15th February 2017 On 17th July 1917, George V declared that the Royal family would henceforth be known as the House of Windsor. In February 2017, Royal Mail will release a set of stamps celebrating Windsor Castle, the historical seat of the Monarchy. What better way to honour the first century of this illustrious Royal House than with these superb covers celebrating the castle and it s namesake - The House of Windsor. This superb cover designed by Clair celebrates the first century of the Royal House of Windsor and features the 4 monarchs of the house, headed by it s founder, George V. It also shows their majesties, Edward VIII, George VI and our current longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth II. The six stamps feature famous rooms and views associated with Windsor Castle - The Long Walk, The Round Tower, The Norman Gate, St George s Hall, The Queen s Ballroom and The Waterloo Chamber. They are cancelled with our special Windsor postmark dated the first day of issue. BC FDC Club Customers BC553S TBC Signer to be confirmed Our miniature sheet cover, also designed by Clair, focuses on the future of the House of Windsor. It has a beautiful portrait of the young family of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, including the youngest in line to the throne, Prince George. The miniature sheet features St Georges Chapel in the grounds of Windsor castle and the spiritual home of the oldest chivalric order in the land, The Knights Garter, of which Prince William is a member. It is postmarked on the first day of issue with a special London SW1 handstamp. FDC Club Customers BC553M Signer to be confirmed BC553MS TBC betty@buckinghamcovers.com BC553MB BC553MBS TBC Barcoded miniature sheet Barcoded miniature sheet, Signer to be confirmed BC553MA BC553MAS TBC Retail Booklet Stamps from the miniature sheet Stamps from the miniature sheet. Signer to be confirmed. Retail booklet issued by Royal Mail to celebrate Windsor Castle. The booklet features 4 Machin stamps and 2 pictorial stamps from the miniature sheet. Available here on our PSB cover design and postmarked on the day of issue, 15th February BC553R Retail Booklet 4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

5 windsor castle cont. 100 Years of the House of Windsor 15th February 2017 The Prestige Stamp Booklet for the Windsor Castle issue focuses on the history of Windsor Castle and the changes made to the exterior and interiors by different monarchs over the years. Clair has designed this stunning cover which features a beautiful view of the Royal Standard flag over Windsor Castle. A very striking set of four covers to celebrate the House of Windsor and Windsor Castle. BC553PSB Set of 4 covers with our Windsor and London SW1 postmarks BC553PSB Set of 4 covers postmarked on the day of issue with mixed postmarks BC BC554B Machine Stamps post & go MAIL BY RAIL 15th February heralds the new edition of Post & Go and February will see the celebration of mail travelling by rail with the stamps depicting the Travelling Post Office; Bag Exchange, loading, sorting and on the move. Also including the Night Mail and the Underground Mail Rail. Katherine has designed this great cover featuring an image of the rarely seen underground mail rail. Postmarked on day of issue at London W2, as the inaugural run started at Paddington station. BC554S TBC Signer to be confirmed. BC554BS TBC Machine Stamps. Signer to be confirmed. ONE DAY TWO ISSUES! BC554V Our Post & Go Mail by Rail cover with the Windsor Castle stamps and our Post & Go postmark. BC553V Our Windsor cover with the Post & Go Mail by Rail stamps with our Windsor postmark. CL181 5

6 THE FIRST first ISSUE issue OF of ! JOIN OUR CLUB TO COLLECT ALL THE NEW ISSUES see page 3 for details ANCIENT BRITAIN 17th January 2017 BC FDC Club Customers BC552S TBC Signed TBA 2017 Our first cover of 2017 features the full set of 8 Ancient Britain stamps highlighting magnificent ancient sites and artefacts of Britain. Postmarked Callanish on the first day the stamps are released. This fantastic Ancient Britain cover designed by Jo features Scotland s Callanish Stones, an arrangement of standing stones erected in the late Neolithic era, a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age. The circle is near the village of Callanish on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. BC552SET Set of 4 Ancient Britain covers, each with a pair of Ancient Britain stamps and one 1993 Roman stamp. Each cover having a different FDI postmark. NEW DEFINITIVE 5 High Value 6th February 2017 BCD Reserved for Definitive Club On 6 February it will be the 65th anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In order to mark this anniversary, Royal Mail will be producing a new Sapphire 5 high value Definitive. The last one was issued in 1977! Designed by Katherine, this fantastic cover celebrates both the anniversary and the new 5 Machin high value with modern security features and iridescent overprint. 6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, Postmarked first KENT day of CT19 issue, London 4BF SW1. CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

7 JERSEY 20th January 2017 On 20 January Jersey will be producing a miniature sheet and first day cover celebrating the Royal Legacy of Queen Victoria - King Edward VIII. TCS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS STAMPS 8th November 2016 The miniature sheet cover this year features the full set of stamps set on a white background with paper snowflakes, cancelled with our Winterton postmark. Jo has designed this lovely cover which features a beautiful black and white photograph of a snowy 1950s scene of a postman with his bicycle. BC550MS Signed by the artist, Helen Musselwhite FEW LEFT! BC550MB FEW LEFT! Barcoded miniature sheet Helen Musselwhite The 2016 stamps were designed by artist and illustrator Helen Musselwhite who is signing our miniature sheet covers. Working with the medium of paper cut outs to make intricate and beautiful artworks, Helen is inspired by the British countryside. In order to create this year s Christmas stamps, Helen carefully and skillfully crafted paper cut outs to create larger artworks which were then photographed by Jonathan Beer to create the beautiful stamp artwork you see on the cover The Christmas Post cover with the full set of 2016 stamps. This cover is postmarked on 1st December 2016, 50 years to the day since the very first Xmas stamps were issued by Royal Mail. BC550A /family /magazines CL181 7

8 post & go HIBERNATING ANIMALS 14th November 2016 The theme for the fur and feathers Post and Go stamps this year are Hibernating animals. Four stamps featuring a Dormouse, Brown Long-Eared Bat, Grass Snake and Hedgehog. Nikki, working alongside the British Hedgehog Preservation Society has produced this delightful cover and postmark focusing on our prickly friend. BC FEW LEFT! BC551S Signed by John Challis FEW LEFT! FEW LEFT! BC551B BC551BS Machine Stamps Machine Stamps, signed by John Challis FEW LEFT! John Challis John Challis, best known for his role as Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, is also a patron of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. He is signing our Post & Go Hibernating Animals cover. celebrating a children s classic Mr Men & Little Miss 20th October 2016 In celebration of this children s favourite, Royal Mail issued 10 stamps, each featuring a favourite Roger Hargreaves character. This colourful cover designed by Katherine and Nikki, features the full set of gummed stamps and bookworm postmark. The cover was produced in association with children s charity Stamp Active, dedicated to supporting young stamp collectors. Unsigned BC BC549S Signed Emma Tate Emma Tate & Robert Rackstraw BC549AS Signed Robert Rackstraw We are lucky enough that Emma Tate and Robert Rackstraw have agreed to sign our Mr Men covers. Both have provided voices for the characters in the television programme, Emma lending her voice to Little Miss Sunshine, Magic and Helpful and Robert to Mr Messy, Noisy, Fussy, Tickle and Happy. The retail booklet for Mr Men and Little Miss contains the new colour change 1st class Machin. Retail Booklet BC549R Mr Men and Little Miss cover, with full retail booklet comprising 2 1st class Mr Happy and Mr Tickle stamps and 4 1st class red Machin stamps. The generic sheet and retail book stamps are self adhesive whereas the main issue stamps are lithography gummed CONTAINS NEW COLOUR CHANGE MACHIN 8 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

9 950th Anniversary william duke of normandy s coronation 25th December 2016 BCSP41W William Duke of Normandy s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey on the 25th December Our Hastings cover will feature the Royal Seal stamp, postmarked at London SW1 with our special coronation cachet. Marking the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. We worked with 1066 Country on this project. Clair designed this beautiful cover depicting the fight and a view of Battle Abbey. BCSP41A Battle of Hastings cover with single stamp and label (our choice) from the Royal Mail commemorative sheet and our 1066 country postmark. can YOU solve the mystery of the agatha christie stamps? S? There seems to be no better way to celebrate the famous author than with hidden clues and double meanings within the stamps themselves. Using thermochromic and ultraviolet inks, microtext and subtle visual trickery, there are clues to discover relating to significant events in each mystery featured on all of the six stamps. So, grab a loupe, UV pen and a warm thumb and solve the puzzle! 15th September 2016 Marking 100 years since Agatha Christie penned her first murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Royal Mail produced these stamps based on Agatha s famous books. Katherine designed this great cover celebrating The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in which the victim was found in the morning, having been poisoned during the night, Poirot is called in to investigate by his friend Hastings. This cover features the full set of stamps with our Agatha Christie Torquay postmark. BC CL181 9

10 50 th anniversary of the outer space treaty The Outer Space Treaty was considered by the Legal Subcommittee in 1966 and agreement was reached in the General Assembly in the same year (resolution 2222 (XXI). The Treaty was largely based on the Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, which had been adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 1962 (XVIII) in 1963, but added a few new provisions. The Treaty was opened for signature by the three depository Governments (the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America) in January 1967, and it entered into force in October The Outer Space Treaty provides the basic framework on international space law. BCU th Anniversary of The Outer Space Treaty Double postmarked for the signing 27th January 2017 and the day it came into effect 10th October th anniversary national rail museum BCSHEET89S FEW LEFT! We produce around covers per year Club members save 1 on each offer No obligation to buy every cover Special token scheme towards free albums Signed by Alex Langlands of TV s Full Steam Ahead 40th anniversary of the National Railway Museum sheet presentation pack. Featuring works of art from the museum s own archive. Dr Alexander Langlands Alex Langlands is a British archaeologist, lecturer and historian with degrees from the University College London and PHDs from the University of Winchester. Also known for presenting historical programmes for the BBC and Channel 4 he is also Ruth Goodman s co-presenter on Full Steam Ahead. ITS A GREAT TIME TO JOIN OUR RAIL CLUB JOIN THE BUCKINGHAM RAILWAY SERIES TODAY AND MAKE SURE YOU DON T MISS OUT! CALL Exclusive and early offers - Club members were reserved the now SOLD OUT Flying Scotsman sets first Simply call: or betty@ buckinghamcovers.com to sign up 10 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com or betty@buckinghamcovers.com for more details

11 Buckingham COVERS SHOULD YOU BE A MEMBER OF ONE OF OUR CLUBS? Our club customers are automatically allocated new issue covers before they are advertised, so guaranteeing they don t miss out on any issues. With the fifth series we have carried on our usual rules of producing covers to the highest standard and being strict with numbers, some have already sold out and more are very close. Call us today on To join one of our clubs and guarantee your Buckingham Covers STANDARD CODE DESCRIPTION CLUB PRICE NOW FEW LEFT 5TH SERIES COVER CHECKLIST BC502 BC501 Children s Television - Bagpuss Buying 15 BC502 Working Horses - Horse Society BC503 Locos of Wales - LMS No BC503B Locos of Wales - Hunslet No BC503C Locos of Wales - No.822 The Earl BC503D Locos of Wales - BR5600, GW BC503M Locos of Wales miniature sheet BC503R Retail Booklet - Locos of Wales BC504 Post & Go - Spring Flowers Bureau Buying 15 BC504B Post & Go - Spring Flowers Machine Buying 15 BC505 Remarkable lives - Roy Plomley BC505A Remarkable lives - Spitfire BC506 Buckingham Palace Buying 15 BC506M Buckingham miniature sheet BC506R Retail Booklet - Buckingham Palace Buying 15 BC507 Celebrating British cinema BC507M Celebrating British cinema m/sheet BC508 Sustainable Fish - Fisherman s Beach BC508R Retail Booklet - Sustainable Fish BC509 Commonwealth Games Glasgow BC509R Retail Book - Commonwealth Games Buying 15 BC510 Centenary of the First World War Buying 15 BC511 Post & Go - Symbolic Flowers Bureau BC511B Post & Go - Symbolic Flowers Machine BC512 Seaside Architecture - Southend Pier BC512M Seaside Architecture m/sheet Brighton BC513 Prime Ministers Downing Street BC514 Christmas - Last Day of Term cover BC514M Christmas miniature sheet BC515 Post & Go - Winter Greenery Bureau BC515B Post & Go - Winter Greenery Machine BC512 BC503M BC505A BC514 CL181 11

12 STANDARD CODE DESCRIPTION CLUB PRICE NOW FEW LEFT BC516 Alice in Wonderland - Red Queen BC516 BC516A Alice in Wonderland - Mad Hatter BC516R Retail Booklet - Alice in Wonderland Buying 20 BC517 Happy Families BC517M Happy Families miniature sheet BC518 Post & Go - Working Sail Bureau BC518B Post & Go - Working Sail Machine BC519 Inventive Britain, Cambridge BC518 BC520 Bridges - Forth Rail Bridge BC520A Bridges - Royal Border Bridge BC521 Comedy - Heritage Foundation cover BC521A Comedy - Heritage Foundation cover BC521R Retail Booklet - Comedy BC522A Penny Post, Bath BC522M Penny Post miniature sheet BC521 BC522R Retail Booklet - Penny Post Buying BC523 Post & Go Heraldic Beasts Bureau BC523B Post & Go Heraldic Beasts Machine BC524 Great War BC525 Magna Carta BC526 Waterloo BC526M Waterloo Miniature Sheet Buying BC525 BC527 Battle of Britain Miniature Sheet BC528 Bees BC528M Bees Miniature Sheet BC528R Bees Retail Booklet BC529M Long to Reign Miniature Sheet BC530 Post & Go Sea Travel BC530B Post & Go Sea Travel Bureau BC529M BC531 Rugby World Cup BC531R Rugby World Cup Retail Booklet BC532 Science Fiction BC532M Science Fiction Miniature Sheet BC533 Christmas Buying 15 BC533M Christmas Miniature Sheet BC534 Post & Go Fur and Feathers BC532M BC534B Post & Go Fur and Feathers Bureau WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

13 STANDARD CODE DESCRIPTION CLUB PRICE NOW FEW LEFT BC535 Shackleton BC536 Royal Mail 500 Buying BC536M Royal Mail 500 Miniature Sheet BC536M BC536R Royal Mail 500 Retail Book Buying 20 BC537 Post & Go Royal Mail Bureau Buying 15 BC537B Post & Go Royal Mail Machine BC538 British Humanitarians BC539 Shakespeare - Hamlet BC539A Shakespeare - Venus & Adonis BC540 Queen s 90th Birthday BC539A BC540M Queen s 90th Birthday Miniature Sheet BC540R Queen s 90th Birthday Retail Book Buying 20 BC541 Animail BC542 Great War BC542M Great War Miniature Sheet BC543 Music Icons BC543M Music Icons Miniature Sheet BC540M BC544 Beatrix Potter Buying BC544M Beatrix Potter Miniature Sheet Buying BC544R Beatrix Potter Retail Book Buying BC545 Landscape Gardens BC545R Landscape Gardens Retail Booklet Buying 15 BC546 Great Fire of London BC547 Post & Go Ladybirds Bureau BC547B Post & Go Ladybirds Machine BC545 BC548 Agatha Christie BC549 Mr Men BC549R Mr Men Retail Booklet BC550 Christmas Buying 15 BC550M Christmas Miniature Sheet Buying 15 BC548 HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR 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 /family to find out what you ve been missing out on! CL181 13

14 James William Anderson III Known as Bill Anderson, an American country music singer, songwriter and television personality. He has released more than 40 studio albums and has reached No. 1 on the country charts seven times. One of the most successful songwriters in country music history, Anderson is also a popular singer, earning the nickname Whisperin Bill for his soft vocal style and occasional spoken narrations. Bill Anderson, signed American Elvis cover SGA Ernest Borgnine American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. On television, he co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER. He was also known for being the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to Ernest Borgnine, signed American cover SGB025B 50 James Edmund Caan American actor. After early roles in The Glory Guys (1965) and El Dorado (1966), he came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as Funny Lady (1975), and A Bridge Too Far (1977). For his signature role in The Godfather (1972), that of hot-tempered Sonny Corleone, Caan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe. Caan s subsequent notable performances include roles in Misery (1990), For the Boys (1991) and Elf (2003). He also prominently lent his voice to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) as Tim Lockwood, father of Bill Hader s protagonist Flint Lockwood. James Caan, signed cover, our choice SGC034A 50 Brigitte Anne- Marie Bardot French actress, singer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B. Brigitte Bardot, signed American cover SGB022A 45 Matthew Broderick American actor and singer. His roles include the title character in Ferris Bueller s Day Off (1986) for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the adult voice of Simba in Disney s The Lion King trilogy ( ), David Lightman in the Cold War thriller WarGames, and Leo Bloom in the Broadway production of The Producers. He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Producers (2001), but lost to his co-star Nathan Lane. As of 2016, Broderick is the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Matthew Broderick, signed American cover, our choice SGB Isaac Sidney Sid Caesar An American comic actor and writer, best known for pioneering the 1950s live television series Your Show of Shows, which influenced later generations of comedians. He also acted in movies, playing Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), and Cannonball Run II (1984). Sid Caesar, signed American cover (our choice). SGC041A betty@buckinghamcovers.com 14 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

15 Cornelius Crane Chevy Chase American actor, comedian, writer and producer. Born into a prominent New York family, he worked a plethora of strange jobs before moving into comedy and began acting with National Lampoon. He immediately became a key cast member in the debut season of Saturday Night Live. Chase is well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in five National Lampoon s Vacation films, and for his roles in comedies including Foul Play (1978), Caddyshack (1980), Fletch (1985), Spies Like Us (1985), and Three Amigos! (1986). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988). Chevy Chase, signed American cover (our choice). SGC042A 35 William Edward Billy Crystal Angie Dickinson American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... (1989), City Slickers (1991), and Analyze This (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in Billy Crystal, signed American cover, our choice SGC105A 50 American actress, who began her career on television during the 1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in the 1959 Western film Rio Bravo. Dickinson has appeared in more than 50 films, including Ocean s 11 (1960) and The Sins of Rachel Cade. From 1974 to 1978, Dickinson starred as Sergeant Leann Pepper Anderson in the NBC crime series Police Woman, for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series. As lead actress, she starred in Brian De Palma s 1980 crime thriller Dressed to Kill. Angie Dickenson, signed American cover our choice SGD Andrés Arturo Garc a Menéndez Professionally known as Andy Garcia, is a Cuban American actor and director. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman. In the 2000s, he starred in Ocean s Eleven and its sequels, Ocean s Twelve and Ocean s Thirteen, and The Lost City. Garc a was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III. Andy Garcia, signed American cover SGG Danny Lebern Glover American actor, film director, and political activist. He is well known for his leading role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series, The Color Purple (1985) and Angels in the Outfield (1994). He also has prominent supporting roles in Silverado (1985), Witness (1985), Predator 2 (1990), Saw (2004), and Dirty Grandpa (2016). He has appeared in many other movies, television shows, and theatrical productions, and is an active supporter of various humanitarian and political causes. Danny Glover, signed American cover SGG CL181 15

16 PORTFOLIO - EARLY COVERS FC per month for 5 months 10th May 1929 Postal Union Congress Four Low Values on Congress envelope and cancelled with Postal Union Congress London CDS postmark. Neat typed address to Bromsgrove Cheshire FC001B per month for 5 months 23rd April 1924 British Empire Exhibition Wembley. The pair of stamps cancelled with the Wembley Park Empire Exhibition special slogan. Plain brown cover with a neat handwritten address, sent to Zurich Switzerland. The cover is very clean and in good condition, the postmark has been run through twice FC044K per month for 7 months 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, illustrated cover featuring a photograph of the King, typed and cancelled with a Sandiacre, Nottingham CDS postmark. Sent to Lehighton Pennsylvania FC067A per month for 5 months 13th May 1937 Coronation, Stamp Collecting Ltd illustrated cover with a clear Windsor wavy line slogan postmark, neat handwritten address to Ashford in Middlesex. A lovely clean item FC092A per month for 5 months 11th June 1946 Victory, plain registered cover with British Fleet Mail CDS which we believe was in Gibraltar. Cover grade I - II, but we think this is a very rare connected postmark 16 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

17 PORTFOLIO - THE 1970 s FC per month for 7 months 20th November 1972 Silver Wedding Anniversary of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. Unaddressed Post Office cover with clear Buckingham Palace CDS postmark, we don t think you could better this example FC per month for 5 months 14th November 1973 Royal Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, Buckingham Palace CDS postmark, unaddressed Philart luxury cover FC per month for 5 months 9th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Winston Churchill, typed Stuart cover with House of Commons CDS postmark FC per month for 2 months 22nd January 1975 Charity, Menphys Love the Handicapped special slogan on clean Philart cover with label address FC per month for 5 months 11th May 1977 The Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen s Silver Jubilee Appeal, London slogan postmark, Post Office cover with a small label address To find our rare covers on our website, just type Portfolio into the search box CL181 17

18 MOMENTS IN HISTORY WORLD WAR TWO During World War Two Captain Fluegel produced a series of covers in the United Sates marking significant moments during the war. The quality of these covers are amazing given the period in which they were produced in and were far ahead of covers in the UK at this time. Fluegel managed to get his covers postmarked on key dates, giving you a chance to have truly historic cover in your collection. D-Day - 6th June 1944 The Normandy Landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, and better known as D-Day, was the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was largest the seaborne invasion in history and marked the beginning of the liberation of Nazi-occupied northwestern Europe. The invasion planning began in early in 1943 and involved not just a huge military buildup but an elaborate military deception to deceive the Germans over the timing and location of the invasion force. The Normandy coast was separated into five zones; Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Despite the failure to achieve any of the original first day goals the operation did establish a foothold through which further troops and resources could flow. German casualties on D-Day are estimated at 4,000 to 9,000, whilst Allied casualties were at least 10,000. FL SPECIAL OFFER 80 Unsigned. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. FL15 45 FL01S per month for 5 months Signed Rear Admiral Edward Gueritz, a Royal Navy officer who served as beachmaster on Sword Beach during D-Day tasked with overseeing the flow of men and equipment into Normandy. Final Raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima 14th March 1945 One of the most iconic photos of the Second World War is of the raising of the American Flag on Iwo Jima. Taken by Joe Rosenthal it shows six US Marines raising a flag at the peak of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island. Iwo Jima was a strategically important military target despite being only 8 square miles in size, and is part of chain of Volcanic Islands which lye 750 miles south of Tokyo. The photograph was originally published in newspapers on February 25th It captured the minds of millions and Americans and generated huge publicity and funds for the war effort. It has been reprinted in thousands of different publications since, ensuring its place as the defining image of America s war effort. Three of the Marines in the photograph; Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley, were killed within a few days of the photo being taken. The remaining three; Corporals Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Harold Schultz, all survived the conflict. /family /magazines 18 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

19 Dropping of the Atomic Bomb 6th August 1945 The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th August respectively; in an act which is still fiercely debated to this day. The bombings killed at least 129,000 people, with further health effects felt for decades. The bombings occurred after the refusal of Japan to follow Germany s acceptance of unconditional surrender, and after the Allies preparation for the invasion of the Japanese mainland, codenamed Operation Downfall, predicted the cost to the US alone of least half a million fatalities. On August 15th, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender. VJ - Day 2nd September 1945 SPECIAL OFFER 175 FL per month for 5 months Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, marks the day Japan surrendered and thus bringing World War Two to an end. The Japanese announced their surrender on August 15th but did not sign the official documents of surrender until the 2nd September The formal surrender ceremony which included the signing of the documents, occurred in Tokyo Bay, aboard the USS Missouri. The document was signed on behalf of America by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, and for the United Kingdom by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser. FL41 35 THE COVER ALBUM BARGAIN WE KEEP SECRET We have a great album it has 15 polypropylene* leaves that will take 60 FDC. It fits our covers and they look great in it. It comes in Red and Dark Blue. Outside Polypropylene is a clear material which according to the experts is totally safe. Some album leaves are dangerous as they suck out ink from the covers. PVC in particular can be lethal to your covers and if you have old PVC pages in albums the leaves should be replaced. At 20 post free it s really a bargain! You can also redeem it for 18 tokens SCA01A 20 Blue New Colour! SCA01 20 Red Covers not included Spine Inside CL181 19

20 General Post Office (GPO) was officially established in 1660 by Charles II and grew to combine both postal and telecommunications operations, spreading across the British Empire. The GPO was dissolved on October 1st 1969 and rebranded as the Post Office. first FDC the GPO produced was for the 1964 Shakespeare issue but they didn t take first day cover colleting seriously and only sporadically produced covers for certain issues over GPOThe the next five years; with the final cover produced for the 1969 Gandhi issue. We have a nice range of GPO covers which we are offering over these two pages th Botanical Conference th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain 1966 Robert Burns FC332 Cancelled cachet across the stamps - these were normally used as part of new issues displays at Post offices Churchill FC364A Phosphor stamps, House of Commons CDS FC350A Any postmark FC351 Bladon FDI FC359C Ordinary and Phosphor stamps on one cover FC360 Phosphor stamps, FDI FC361 Phosphor stamps, Bladon FDI th Anniversary of Simon De Montfort s Parliament FC429 FC428 FC441 Biggin Hill large CDS Ordinary, any postmark Phosphor, any postmark Opening of the Post Office Tower FC459 Phosphor, London WC FDI FC452 Ordinary, any postmark FC453 London WC FDI postmark FC458A Phosphor, any postmark th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey FC492A Ordinary, Greenock postmark FC4862 Ordinary, Alloway postmark. 15 FC486AA Ordinary, Alloway small postmark FC487 Ordinary, Ayr postmark FC487AA Ordinary, small Ayr postmark. 15 FC488 Ordinary, Dumfries postmark. 15 FC488A Ordinary, small Dumfries postmark FC489 Ordinary, Edinburgh postmark. 15 FC489A Ordinary, small Edinburgh postmark FC490AA Ordinary, small Glasgow postmark FC491A Ordinary, Kilmarnock small postmark FC493A Ordinary, Mauchline postmark British Landscapes FC384A Phosphor, House of Commons CDS FC369B Ordinary, any postmark FC371A Leicester FDI FC372 Oxford FDI FC372AA London SW FDI FC378B Ordinary and Phosphor stamps on one cover FC379C Phosphor, any postmark FC513C Ordinary and Phosphor stamps on cover FC508B Ordinary, any postmark FC509A Ordinary, London SW FDI FC514D Phosphor, any postmark FC515 Phosphor, London SW FDI. 35 FC519B Ordinary, any postmark FC528B Phosphor, any postmark British Birds FC555 Phosphor, any postmark WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

21 1966 World Cup 1966 Christmas 1967 Sir Francis Chichester FC537B Ordinary, Wembley FDI FC536 Ordinary, any postmark FC539 Ordinary, Manchester postmark. 50 FC539B Ordinary, Birmingham postmark FC544A Phosphor, any postmark FC547A Phosphor, Liverpool postmark England Winners FC597A Ordinary, BPO 1000 Stamp Exhibition postmark EFTA FC644B Chichester FDI FC640B FC641 FC642A Any postmark Greenwich Globe special postmark Plymouth Globe special postmark Discovery and Invention FC557AB Harrow and Wembley FDI British Technology FC609 FC606B FC612 Ordinary, NATO Portmeirion postmark Ordinary, any postmark Ordinary and phosphor stamps on once cover FC613B Phosphor, any postmark FC616 Phosphor, NATO Portmeirion postmark FC647 FC646 FC649 HMS Discovery Exhibition special postmark Any postmark Hounslow FDI Christmas 1967 British Wild Flowers FC562CA Ordinary, Birmingham postmark FC561A FC568 Ordinary, any postmark Phosphor, any postmark th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings FC620A FC627 Ordinary, any postmark Phosphor, any postmark FC666 FC656B FC657 FC661 FC665 Double dated cover, Bethlehem FDI d stamp, any postmark d stamp, Bethlehem FDI d and 1/6d, Bethlehem FDI. 10 Double dated cover, any postmark British Paintings 1968 British Bridges FC574B FC573 FC575A Ordinary, with special Battlefield pictorial postmark Ordinary, any postmark Ordinary, Battle FDI FC576 Ordinary, Hastings FDI FC586 Phosphor, Battle FDI FC633B FC632A Art on Stamps Exhibition Strand postmark Any postmark FC671 FC669 Menai FDI slogan Bridge, Kent FDI CL181 21

22 1968 British Anniversaries 1969 Ships 1969 Cathedrals FC682 RAF Hendon special FDI FC676 Any postmark British Paintings FC711G FC709C FC710G FC712E Lloyds Coffee House London special postmark Carried in 2004 by the QE2 on its final New York - London voyage Cutty Sark special postmark. 30 London EC FDI FC712PA Plymouth FDI FC712SG Southampton FDI FC731G York Minster special postmark.. 25 FC730G FC732G St Pauls special postmark Liverpool Metropolitan special postmark FC733CG Canterbury FDI FC733E Edinburgh FDI Gandhi FC692 FC690 FC695 Portsmouth Philatelic Society postmark Any postmark Bristol FDI Concorde FC753G Hackney special postmark Investiture 1968 Christmas FC716G Filton FDI FC704 Any postmark Anniversaries FC738G Margam Abbey special postmark FC737G Caernarvon FDI Technology FDC FC722G Alcock and Brown special postmark FC727G Hounslow FDI FC759D Tokyo Week postmark THE BOOTH CATALOGUE COLLECT GB FIRST DAY COVERS THE BRADBURY CATALOGUE COLLECTING BRITISH FIRST DAY COVERS TBCAT TBCAT WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

23 Rare Royalty Items - From Buckingham Covers We felt January may be the wrong time to offer more Christmas Cards from the Royal Family, but they are just a small part of our amazing stock and we offer a few rare items here. ROY02C per month over 5 months Freefront signed by the then Duke of Clarence ( ), who in 1830 became King William IV. Addressed in his hand to Francis Freeling at the General Post Office, he was the English secretary there. Lovely clear signature. ROY04C per month over 5 months King George IV ( ), signed piece taken from the front of an envelope to be mounted on what looks like a Victorian Album page. Initialled in the bottom left hand corner to which he has added Private and Immediate in his own hand. Addressed to Sir William Knighton who was his private secretary. ROY06T per month over 5 months Lovely front of a mourning envelope signed by Queen Victoria The Queen. Addressed in her own hand to we thought the Duchess of Cambridge in Ryde. Though Sarah Fairbrother, who we believe was Duchess, did not officially hold the title. All three items per month over 10 months CL181 23

24 COMMANDER IN CHIEF: US PRESIDENTS This month sees the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States. We have a nice variety of presidential signatures on good quality covers and feature below four of the men who have called the White House their home. For a full list, please just ask or visit our website. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT USP per month for 9 months SPECIAL OFFER 675 Harry Truman was the 33rd President of the United States. Truman was a Democrat who ascended to the presidency after the death of Roosevelt. He presided over the final months of WWII and went on to win the 1948 election. During his presidency he submitted the first comprehensive civil rights legislation in 1948, was a founding member of the United Nations, proclaimed the post-war Truman Doctrine to contain Communism, and championed the $13 billion Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe. SPECIAL OFFER 500 USP33B 595 Franklin D Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and led the country through the great depression and WWII. His economic recovery program, known as the New Deal, saw a huge expansion of the federal government s role with the creation of programs to support the unemployed, encourage union growth, greater regulation of businesses, the creation of the minimum wage, and Social Security. In March 1941 Roosevelt spearheaded the efforts to provide Lend-Lease aid to Britain, and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, led the USA into WWII. Franklin D Roosevelt signed USS Indianapolis Pan-American Presidential Cruise. HARRY TRUMAN Harry Truman signed 1959 American 10th Anniversary of the Signing of NATO cover. DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican politician who served as the 34th President of the United States from Before running for office he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII and in 1951 became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. After winning the 1953 election his administration s foreign policy focused on a strong response to counter Soviet influence across the globe, whilst reducing the nation s post war deficits and improving economic security at home. Eisenhower is consistently rated as one of the greatest American Presidents. Dwight Eisenhower signed 1945 Tribute to the Heroes of the US Army in WWII cover. USP34C 675 SPECIAL OFFER per month for 6 months RICHARD NIXON Richard Nixon was a Republican politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from Nixon brought about a thaw in US relations with communist countries including opening diplomatic relations with China, overseeing the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union, and finishing American involvement in Vietnam. He was re-elected in one of the largest landslides in American electoral history in 1972 but was forced to resign after SPECIAL OFFER 250 USP37H 275 the revelation of his administrations involvement and subsequent attempt to cover up the break-in of the Democratic Party HQ, Richard Nixon and Henry known as the Watergate Scandal. Cabot Lodge Jr. signed Henry 24 Cabot Lodge Jr. served WARREN as a Republican HOUSE, United States SHEARWAY Senator from Massachusetts ROAD, FOLKESTONE, and U.S. ambassador to KENT the United CT19 4BF 1964 CL181 Kennedy FDC. Nations, South Vietnam, and West TEL Germany He was the Nixon s FAX running mate for Vice President in the betty@buckinghamcovers.com 1960 Presidential election.

25 Battle of Britain Memorial Postcards As we have recently completed the last of the sendings for the Battle of Britain Memorial signed postcards, I thought it time to split some of the earlier sendings and offer the cards individually. These are from the first 8 sendings. BBX115F 8.95 Peter Ayerst 7 OTU flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX140F 8.95 Leopold Heimes 235 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX142F 8.95 Bill Hodds 25 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX134F 8.95 Trevor Gray 64 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX124F 8.95 D Clift 79 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX153F 8.95 E W Seabourne 238 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX153F 8.95 Eric Seabourne 25 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX154F 8.95 Des Sheen 72 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Cyril Bamberger 610 & 41 Squadrons flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Gordon W Benn (Sailor) 219 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Basil Bush 504 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard William Clark 219 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Mike Crosskell 213 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Robert Doe 238 & 234 Squadrons flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Herbert Denchfield 610 Squadron flown &signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Harold Evans 236 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Richard Haine 600 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard James Pickering 64 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard Thomas Townshend 600 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard John Reginald Cass Young 249 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard J G Millard 615 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX116F 8.95 BBX118F 8.95 BBX121F 8.95 BBX123F 8.95 BBX126F 8.95 BBX128F 8.95 BBX129F 8.95 BBX130F 8.95 BBX137F 8.95 BBX152F 8.95 BBX158F 8.95 BBX163F 8.95 BBX165F 8.95 BBX156F 8.95 G S Stevens 151 & 213 Squadrons flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX162F 8.95 Harry Whittick 604 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX155F 8.95 Arthur Smith 74 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard BBX157F 8.95 H G Stewart 236 Squadron flown & signed Battle of Britain Memorial postcard CL181 25

26 BENHAM ENGRAVED SERIES We are still working on our full listing of this first series produced by Cath and Tony, and thanks to everyone who has sent in their list of specials to add to it. Recently I have had a couple of rarer postmarks in so I thought this called for a special feature. This set was issued on the 3rd January 1973 to mark Britain joining the EEC, what better way to mark this than to post the covers on the ferry on the way to Europe, though I am not sure early January is the ideal time for a day trip. The only way you can officially get British stamps postmarked abroad is if they are posted on board a ship, then they can be postmarked when they land. BE07A 75 Cover posted on MV Horsa on the Folkestone - Calais leg, so when it arrived in France it could have the Calais Maritime CDS postmark added. BE07B 75 Posted on the Calais - Folkestone leg, so has the Folkestone FDI postmark. So whichever way you voted 43 years later buy the historic pair for 125 BE13C 75 3rd September 1975 Inter Parliamentary Union Conference, cancelled with a large Evesham CDS postmark. Better known as a connected postmark for the 1965 Parliament issue (Simon De Montfort was killed at the Battle of Evesham), from the address we can guess this cover was done by Tony s co-editor on the FDC catalogue Bernard Townsend. BE19G 50 10th July 1974 Great Britons, set of four covers, each with a different illustrated and a different connected postmark. This is the way many people collected at the time. BE20F per month for 7 months 9th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Sir Winston Churchill, cancelled with a Churchill, Bristol CDS postmark, plus Churchill registration label betty@buckinghamcovers.com 26 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

27 Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. 19th February 1975 Bicentenary of the Birth of J M W Turner, cancelled with a Turners Hill, Crawley Sussex CDS postmark. A lovely connection, small label address. BE23T per month for 5 months 50 per month for 2 months BE26R th August th Anniversary of Public Steam Railways, cancelled with a South Eastern TPO Down CDS postmark. TPO postmarks on this issue are very hard to find. BE33E 60 OFFER 50 30th June 176 Roses cancelled with Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich special postmark. As not directly connected with the issue, this postmark was missed by many. BE33H per month for 2 months 30th June 1976 Roses cancelled with the Mothers Union Centenary London SW1 special postmark. Again not a postmark with a main connection so only done by a few people. BE40C 60 8th June 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Clear House of Commons CDS postmark, always a hard postmark to find. BE44C 50 1st March 1978 British Historic Buildings cancelled with a Holyrood Edinburgh CDS postmark plus an Edinburgh registration label. Holyrood is featured on the cover and the 10½p stamp, the extra value is added to make up the postal rate. By this point the BOCS series had also started. CL181 27

28 Buckingham COVERS The Best Signed Covers in the World? We are using our new Select Buckingham magazine to showcase many more of our older signed covers. Since 2001 we have been able to offer some of the most amazing signed covers and all offered to our signed club members first. Here we go back nearly 10 years to 2007 and 2008 to show you a few of the people who signed for us then. We already have some great signatures agreed for 2017, so why not start the new year with a new collection, details of the signed club (and all the others we offer) can be found on page 5 Call us today on To join one of our clubs and guarantee your Buckingham Covers FANTSTIC SIGNED COVERS FROM THE 2nd SERIES BC231S Paddington Bear cover, signed by the author and creator (of the famous bear from deepest - darkest Peru) Michael Bond. The series has now sold over 35 million books and has been published in over 20 countries, in 40 languages BC232AS 35 OFFER Ramblers Association British Journey cover, signed by the President Baron Chris Smith of Finsbury, a former Labour Cabinet member BC235S Ice Age Mammals cover, signed by Dr Michael Rappenglueck, a scientist who discovered maps of the stars in Ice Age caves in Central France BC234S Welsh Assembly miniature sheet cover, signed by Baron Neil Kinnock, former labour leader, Vice President of Europe and Chairman of the British Council BC247S 40 OFFER Extra Special Moments cover, signed by actor Geoffrey Palmer, from the Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin to Butterflies BC238AS2 500 OFFER World Cup Willie cover, signed by 10 of the 1966 stars, Bobby and Jackie Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, George Cohen, Ray Wilson, Martin Peters, Roger Hunt, Alan Ball and Nobby Stiles. 28 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

29 BC240AS 40 OFFER National Portrait Gallery Sir Winston Churchill cover, signed by his grandson, Winston Churchill ( ), who was an MP for nearly 30 years in his own right and was born at Chequers while his Grandfather was Prime Minister BC241S Year of the Three Kings miniature sheet cover, signed by actor Ian Richardson ( ), best known for House of Cards and To Play the King). OFFER 35 BC425AS 40 BC242AS 50 OFFER Lest We Forget cover, signed by Field Marshall Vincent, 2006 Victoria Cross cover, signed by Rambahdur Limbu VC, who former Chief of the Defence Staff won it in Borneo in 1965, attacking a machine gun position BC246S 30 BC246MS 30 OFFER Celebrating Scotland miniature sheet cover, signed by Gavin 2006 Celebrating Scotland miniature sheet cover, signed by a direct Hastings, one of Scotland s great Rugby players winning 61 caps descendant of Robert the Bruce, Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, he is also a Royal reporter and advisor on Downton Abbey This year we have already had Oscar winning actor Mark Rylance, Bake off winner Nadiya Hussain, actress Patricia Routledge and Whispering Bob Harris sign for us, to name just a few. CL181 Join The Buckingham Signed Club DON T MISS OUT Hundreds of you already know that by being members of our signed club your covers are guaranteed, but if you are not a club member maybe now is the time to join. We keep numbers very tight in our signed club and it is always difficult, if not impossible to ask signers to do a few more. So if this year you have found yourself regularly ordering our signed covers maybe now is the time to join. Guarantee your Buckingham Signed Covers No Fee We don t charge to join a club and there are no contracts Complete Flexibility You can make changes to your order at any time Priority Ordering You hear about New Issues first Free Albums - Club members join our token scheme (again no fee!) which builds towards free albums 29 TO JOIN TELEPHONE You can choose to have many different types of cover reserved automatically, ask our team for details

30 Concorde Captain Signed Covers TEN DIFFERENT OUR CHOICE per month over 5 months Around five years ago, we had an idea to try and put together a club offering as many Concorde Captains signatures as we could. These proved quite hard to trace and get, but we found over twenty in the end and the ones we still have available are listed here CH007 Captain Andy Mills, signed Concorde Cover, our choice CH009 Captain Vic Gunton, signed Concorde cover, our choice CH010 Captain Peter Duffey, signed Concorde cover, our choice.. 15 CH012 Senior First Officer Les Evans, signed Concorde cover, our choice CH013 Captain Tim Orchard, signed Concorde cover, our choice CH016 Captain Roger Mills, signed Concorde cover our choice CH017 Captain Jeremy Rendall, signed Concorde cover our choice.. 15 CH018 Captain Stephen Wand, signed Concorde cover, our choice.. 15 CH019 Captain John Tye, signed Concorde cover, our choice CH020 Captain David Leney, signed Concorde cover, our choice CH021 Captain Peter Horton, signed Concorde cover, our choice.. 15 CH022 Captain David Rowland, signed Concorde cover, our choice.. 15 CH023 Captain John Massie, signed Concorde cover our choice British Airways Concorde Crew Signed Covers BRITISH AIRWAYS These are always popular and as they only seemed to be done in limited editions of 100 very hard to find CC th February 1986 London - Port of Spain CF th February 1979 Bahrain - Riyadh CF th August 1982 Newcastle - North Sea - Newcastle CF th November 1984 Boeing Field - Pacific Ocean - Boeing Field CF st January 1986 Vienna - London CF th March 1981 Linz - London 30 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

31 BENHAM WORLD WAR II SERIES CHECKLIST PART 2 WW USA Declares War 10 WW Operation Cerberus 10 WW First Liberty Ships delivered WW The Surrender of Singapore 10 WW First US Warship sunk WW The Area Bombing Directive 10 WW The Bruneval Raid WW The Battle of Java Sea 10 WW The Evacuation of Rangoon 10 WW The Bombing of Tokyo 10 WW British Commandos Raid St Nazaire WW The Baedeker Raids 10 WW The first 1000 Bomber Raid 15 WW The Russian Convoys WW The Battle of Midway WW The Fall of Tobruk 10 WW The Siege of Malta, Operation Pedestal 15 WW The Dieppe Raid 10 WW The Battle of Coral Sea 10 WW The Fall of Sevastopol 10 WW Guadalcanal, American landing 10 WW The Battle of Kumusi River 10 WW The Battle of El Alamein 15 WW The Battle of Alam Halfa 10 WW Operation Torch 10 WW Guadalcanal, US victory 10 WW The Capture of Madagaskar 10 WW The Russian Winter Offensive 10 WW The Battle of Stalingrad WW The Eighth Army enters Tripoli WW The Battle of River Ruhr 10 WW The Battle of Bismarck Sea 10 WW The Battle of Barents Sea 10 WW The Scuttling of the French Fleet WW The War ends in North Africa 10 WW Operation Chastise, The Dambusters Raid 15 WW The Battle of the Atlantic WW German Troops surrendered in Stalingrad WW The Schweinfurt Raids WW The Capture of Naples 10 WW The end of the Arakan Campaign 10 WW The Peenemunde Raid WW Operation Husky, The Invasion of Sicily WW The Invasion of Italy 10 WW The Destruction of Hamburg 10 WW The Battle of Berlin 15 WW US landings in the Gilbert Islands 10 WW The British Forces Broadcasting Service WW The End of the Campaign in Sicily WW The Liberation of Corsica WW The Sinking of the Scharnhorst WW WW WW WW WW CL181 31

32 Buckingham COVERS RAIL OFFERS R Now st cover in Buckingham Rail series 2, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Class 37 28/12/10 with 1994 age of steam stamp and official Class37 pmk R203A Now Cover celebrating the BR Dean Goods Class with the 1st class BR Dean stamps from Classic Locomotives miniature sheet issued 01/02/11 illustration on cover by the artist John Wigston R04 25 Now Cover to commemorate the end of 6 TPOs in Jan 04. The cover has 2 stamps & double postmark. The 1994 rail stamp carries a TPO postmark (our choice). The 2nd stamp is from Jan New Issue, cancelled on 1st day R203D Now Cover marking BR WD Austerity with BR WD stamp from the Classic Locomotives miniature sheet issued 01/02/11 cover features illustration of painting by the artist John Wigston R203B Now Cover marking Peckett Type R2 with 60p Peckett Type 2 stamp from Classic Locomotives miniature sheet issue 01/02/11, illustration on the cover by the artist John Wigston R Now A collaboration with the Avon Valley Heritage Trust this cover commemorates the 45th ann. of the last train on the Mangotsfield Bath branch will label & stamp from our sheet pmk Bitton Bristol R Now Cover celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the official Royal opening of the Eurotunnel with a Union Jack stamp and Folkestone postmark issued 6/5/14. R Now th Anniversary of the Rebranding of British Rail cover with Union Jack self-adhesive stamp & London postmark issued 01/01/15 All 9 covers for 115 R32 20 Now 18 First Eurostar journey from London St Pancras to Brussels, 14th Nov 07. With St Pancras and Brussels Postmarks. Carried on board. 32 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

33 Phenomenal Flight Signatures Sir Frank Whittle Sir Frank Whittle, signature stuck on the title page of his book Jet the Story of a Pioneer, dedicated and dated August Supplied with the picture taken from the book, so could be mounted together. 50 per month for 5 months RYW008G betty@buckinghamcovers.com Multi - Signed Special Hans Von Ohain & Erich Warsitz RYW008H 300 SPECIAL OFFER per month for 5 months 40th Anniversary of the First Jet Flight cover, signed by the German inventor Hans Von Ohain and the test pilot Erich Warsitz. As an extra bonus the insert card is also signed by Ohain. Unusual 1983 United Nations cover featuring Westminster Abbey, signed by: RYY001A per month for 10 months Fred Oliv ( ) Co-pilot on the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Flight Chuck Yeager The first man to break the speed of sound Tex Hill ( ) American World War II Ace Chuck Lindberg ( ) Raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi Hugo Broch German Ace Pilot Leonard Cheshire ( ) Winner of the Victoria Cross CL181 The final three were all U-Boat Commanders; Eric Topp ( ), Helmut Witte ( ) and Hans Gunther Lange ( ) 33

34 space shuttle disasters space shuttle challenger: sts-51-l On January 28th 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of all seven crew members. The disaster was caused by an o-ring seal on one of its rocket boosters failing at liftoff. This allowed burning gas to escape and reach an external fuel tank, causing the separation of the rocket booster and structural failure of the fuel tank. It was later discovered that the o-ring was not designed to fly in the cold conditions which were present on the launch day. The disaster resulted in a 32-month halt of the shuttle program and the subsequent Rogers Commission found NASA managers had known about the fatal flaw in the o-ring, and disregarded warnings about the dangers of launching in such low temperatures. SP(SH) per month over 10 months Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik, Mike Smith, Ellison Onizuka, and Ronald McNair signed Space Shuttle Challenger cover with 28/01/86 launch day Kennedy Space Center postmark, this is 5 of the 7 crew members crew Commander Francis R. Scobee Pilot Michael J. Smith Mission Specialist Ronald McNair Mission Specialist Ellison Onizuka Mission Specialist Judith Resnik Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe SP(SH) per month over 7 months Dick Scobee signed 1976 F-111 Super Critical Wing test cover, he was the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger whose crew of 7 died in 1986 SP(SH) per month over 10 months Michael Smith signed 1981 Shuttle Orbiter Columbia cover, he was pilot of the space Shuttle Challenger whose crew of 7 died in WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

35 space shuttle columbia: sts-107 On February 1st 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered Earth s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. During the missions launch a piece of foam insulation broke off an external tank and impacted the left wing. When Columbia re-entered the atmosphere the damage allowed atmospheric gases to breach wing structure, resulting in its destruction and that of the entire shuttle. The Shuttle program was suspended for over two years and construction of the International Space Station was frozen. crew Commander Rick D. Husband Pilot William C. McCool Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla Mission Specialist David M. Brown Mission Specialist Laurel Blair Salton Clark SP(SH) per month over 4 months Rick Husband, Kalpana Chawla, Willie McCool, David Brown, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon signed cover with launch day 16/01/03 Kennedy Space Centre postmark, this is all 7 crew members SP(SH) per month over 5 months Kalpana Chawla, Kevin Kregel, and Winston Scott signed 1997 STS-87 Columbia Research Mission cover, three of the crew members for the STS-87 mission Chawla was later killed in the Columbia disaster SP(SH)010A per month over 10 months Kalpana Chawla, Kevin Kregel, and Winston Scott signed 1997 STS-87 Columbia cover with launch day 19/11/97 Kennedy Space Center postmark, three of the crew members for the STS-87 mission Chawla was later killed in the Columbia disaster WE HAVE THE BEST STOCK OF SPACE SIGNED COVERS IN THE UK FOR A FULL LIST PLEASE CONTACT US ON: IF WE DON T HAVE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FIND IT! CL181 35

36 BENHAM GREAT WESTERN 150th ANNIVERSARY GWR nd January 1985 The Cheltenham Flyer. GWR05S GWR Iron Duke cover, signed by the Duke of Wellington. GWR Overprinted miniature sheet, Festiniog Railway. GWR th June 1985 GWR 150 Exhibition at the Welsh Industrial Museum, Cardiff. GWR30A 50 5th September 1989 Jersey GWR Shipping Services. Set of 5 single stamp covers. GWR th June th Anniversary of the first passenger services between Paddington and Maidenhead. GWR th September th Anniversary of the opening of Swindon Railway Works GWR31A 50 5th September 1989 Guernsey GWR Shipping Services. Set of 5 single stamp covers 36 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

37 CAPTAINS OF CUNARD COMMODORE GEOFFREY MARR SHP027S 75 Commodore Marr signed 1968 Queen Elizabeth Final Transatlantic Voyage cover with New York Paquebot postmark. SHP030S 75 Commodore Marr signed 1968 Queen Elizabeth Last Call at Southampton cover. Marr joined Cunard in 1936 and aside from five years during WWII, spent the rest of his career with the company. He rose to the highest rank of Commodore Captain of the entire Cunard fleet and during his career served on the RMS Mauritania, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, and would later command the latter two. During the war he served in a steam drifter during the Dunkirk evacuation and was later transferred to the battleship HMS King George V and was onboard during its sinking of the Bismarck. He also saw action in the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Malaysian waters, and was in Singapore when the Japanese surrendered. Treasure Jones joined Cunard in 1937 before seeing military action during WWII patrolling the North Sea and Denmark Strait. He was on the AMC Laurentic when she was sunk in November 1940 and was adrift for over six hours before being rescued. He later served escorting the Atlantic conveys and in 1943 was promoted to Commander. In 1945 he was promoted again to Acting-Captain and sent to South East Asia Command under Admiral Mountbatten. Treasure Jones rejoined Cunard in 1947 and served on several ships including as commander of RMS Mauretania, Queen Elizabeth, and the Queen Mary. He retired in 1968, after a career of 47 years including an incredible 43 continuous years at sea. CAPTAIN JOHN TREASURE JONES SHP011S 75 Captain Treasure Jones signed 1967 Queen Mary, Last Transatlantic Voyage cover with Southampton paquebot postmark. SHP Captain Treasure Jones signed th anniversary of the Queen Mary s maiden voyage. CAPTAIN WILLIAM WARWICK SHP026S 60 Commodore Warwick signed 1967 Queen Elizabeth II Clydebank launch cover. SHP Commodore Warwick signed 1980 First Passage of RMS Queen Elizabeth II through the Suez Canal. Warwick joined the British Merchant Service in 1928 and Cunard in During World War II he was in the Royal Naval and served on coastal patrols, before being transferred to protecting the Atlantic convoys, and later supporting the invasion of Normandy. After the wars conclusion he rejoined Cunard and when the QE2 was commissioned in 1964, he had commanded every one of Cunard s passenger ships. In 1966 he was named Master of the QE2, the first person to hold the title betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL181 37

38 Buckingham COVERS BC461DD 20 Doctor Who cover (stamps from m/sheet design) with Tardis definitive & 1999 Dalek stamp, postmarked with our Tardis postmark 26/03/13 & doubled with a Tom Baker stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461ED3 25 Doctor Who cover, our choice, 3 stamps of the latest 3 Doctors, Matt Smith David Tennant & Christopher Eccleston & pmk 26/3/13 our choice & doubled with Sylvester McCoy stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461J 25 DOCTOR WHO With my selection of Buckingham Covers in this edition, I make no apologies for being unashamedly self-indulgent. This Christmas saw the return of Doctor Who (the only dose of The Doctor for the whole of 2016!) BC461ED2 25 Doctor Who cover with 3 stamps showing the latest 3 Doctors, Matt Smith David Tennant & Christopher Eccleston & Screwdriver pmk 26/3/13 & doubled with Paul McGann stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. Doctor who cover with single Paul McGann stamp from issue with official Sonic Screwdriver pmk 26/3/13 signed Daphne Ashbrook who played Dr Grace Holloway alongside him in BC461PD 20 Doctor Who B cover with 5 stamps from the Royal Mail issue & Cosmos Place pmk 26/03/13 doubled with Tardis definitive & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461PD2 20 Doctor Who A cover with 6 stamps from the Royal Mail issue & Seal Street pmk 26/03/13 doubled with Tardis definitive & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461R2AD 15 Doctor Who pink space cover with 1st class Matt Smith stamp, no surround from retail booklet & Doctors Hill pmk 26/03/13 doubled with William Hartnell stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461R3 15 Doctor Who cover with 1st class William Hartnell stamp and surround from retail booklet with official Gallifrey pmk 26/03/13. BC461R3AD 15 Doctor Who Tardis cover with 1st class William Hartnell stamp, no surround from retail booklet & Doctors Hill pmk 26/03/13 doubled with Matt Smith stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/13. BC461S3 30 BBC logo blue space cover with five stamps from issue and Gallifrey postmark signed Paul McGann. BC461V 25 Doctor Who BBC title design cover, pink background with 6 stamps & Tardis pmk 26/03/13 doubled with William Hartnell stamp & special 50th Ann pmk 23/11/ WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

39 STAR WARS This Christmas also saw the release of Rogue One, the latest in the Star Wars saga. Buckingham COVERS BC532B Science Fiction Ice Landscape cover with se-tenant strip of 6 stamps including Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stormtrooper, Han Solo & Rey with FDI Edinburgh red pmk 20/10/15. BC532P Our main Science Fiction cover featuring X-Wing Starfighter stamp from m/sheet with FDI Wells pmk doubled with Pane 1 from Royal Mails PSB issued for film release FDI Darth Vader pmk. BC532M Science Fiction m/ sheet cover with strip of 6 se-tenant stamps including Princess Leia, The Emperor, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, Finn & Kylo Ren with RM Star Wars Shuttlewood FDI pmk issued 20/10/15. BC532M Science Fiction m/ sheet cover with strip of 6 se-tenant stamps including Princess Leia, The Emperor, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, Finn & Kylo Ren with FDI Elstree Borehamwood Blue pmk 20/10/15. BC532P Our Science Fiction cover featuring TIE fighter stamp from m/sheet with FDI Borehamwood pmk doubled with Pane 2 from Royal Mails PSB issued for film release & FDI Leicester Sq. pmk. BC532P Science Fiction cover featuring Millennium Falcon stamp from m/sheet with FDI Chesterfield pmk doubled with Pane 3 from Royal Mails PSB issued for film release & FDI Star Wars pmk BC532P Science Fiction cover featuring X-Wing Starfighter stamp from m/ sheet with FDI Starbird pmk doubled with Pane 4 from Royal Mails PSB issued for film release & FDI Yoda pmk BC532P Science Fiction cover featuring AT-AT Walker stamp from m/sheet with FDI Hothfield pmk doubled with Pane 5 from Royal Mails PSB issued for film release & FDI Empire Way pmk BC532V Science Fiction cover with planets on orange background with a se-tenant strip 6 stamps including Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stormtrooper, Han Solo & Rey + London W2 Star FDI pmk issued 20/10/15 CL181 39

40 Benham Signed Covers While owners of Benham Cath and Tony Buckingham produced some fantastic covers and managed to get some great signatures. These are some of the star items which we have in stock from the BLCS series which started in SGB021B 75 OFFER Picture Postcards, signed by comedy legend and postcard collector Ronnie Barker ( ) (BLCS93). Also Available: SGB021J Greetings Smiles cover which Ronnie Barker has signed (BLCS63) PEAK PRACTICE RONNIE BARKER SGB057A 25 Amanda Burton, signed 1994 Medical issue Central Television Peak Practice cover (BLCS99). She features with the other two cast members on the cover. Also Available: SGS062A 20 Simon Shepherd (BLCS99) SGW038A 25 Kevin Whately (BLCS99) ALL THREE COVERS 60 SGF001A 60 OFFER 50 Sir Ronald Ferguson ( ), signed 1986 Royal Wedding Cover (BLCS15). Royalty issues are always difficult to get signed, so who could be better than the father of the bride. RONALD FERGUSON IAN CARMICHAEL SGC027A British Cinema cover, signed by Ian Carmichael ( ), features on the cover with Peter Sellars in I m Alright Jack (BLCS115). SGM008B 75 Sir Patrick Moore ( ) signed Benham 1986 Halley s Comet Royal Observatory cover. One of our great Astronomers and presenter of the Sky at Night for over 50 years. Also Available: SGM008C 35 Patrick Moore signed 1999 Inventors cover. SIR PATRICK MOORE 40 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

41 SGR009A 75 OFFER th Anniversary of the RSPCA, signed by actress and cat lover Beryl Reid ( ) (BLCS49) BERYL REID JOHN HOWARD SGH008A 75 OFFER 60 Major John Howard ( ), signed 1994 Pegasus Bridge Cover (BLCS95). The man who led the first attack on D-Day, taking Pegasus Bridge. SGH016D 20 OFFER Michael Howard, signed 1990 Queen s Award Saga cover (BLCS52). He was our local MP and Saga is a Folkestone company. The now Lord Howard also opened Warren House. MICHAEL HOWARD LORD LICHFIELD SGL004C Queen Mother s 90th Birthday cover, signed by Lord Lichfield ( ). His mother was the Queen Mother s Niece and built a career as one of the World s top photographers including ones used on stamps (BLCS56). SGG048A 75 OFFER 50 Hugh Grant, signed 1995 Kiss Greetings booklet (BLCS103). One of our great actors and it was quite a coup to get a real Hollywood star to sign HUGH GRANT ELLIS PETERS SGP005A 50 OFFER 40 Ellis Peters ( ), signed 1991 Christmas Benham Brother Cadfael Cover. She was the author of this series of books, made up of twenty novels (BLCS69). CL181 41

42 CATALOGUES Helping You Become an Expert We are often asked about rare postmarks, values and dates, well these Collectors Guides can help. The Stirling & Definitive Issues Earlier this year we published, a third, combined edition of this popular catalogue. Includes more tips and advice from Tony and new sections on Air Letters and Forged postmarks. TBCAT01B 9.95 SPECIAL OFFER ORDER ALL 3 INVALUABLE GUIDES FOR JUST SPECIAL OFFER The Decimal Issues Published last year this is the first catalogue edited by Siobhán O Brien. She has looked in detail at what we have sold from this period over the last ten years and also quizzed Tony and Brian. We feel this period is very underestimated and this is the first catalogue to look at the period in detail, includes masses of information, with tips, dates and postmarks. TBCAT05 6 Buckingham Covers Covers our main series 1 4, edited by Emma Whyte, all prices have been looked at and this edition is much more user friendly. TBCAT03A 6 The Gravedigger s Apprentice This entertaining account of Tony Buckingham s life and colourful career - from gravedigger s apprentice, student and deputy headmaster to highly successful stamp dealer - is a fascinating read from beginning to end. The author s infectious humour is peppered liberally throughout as he shares anecdotes about his early days and how he transformed his kitchen table stamp dealing hobby into a lucrative business, Benham. Set in the iconic years of the mid-20th century, this is a memoir steeped in cultural history. The Gravedigger s Apprentice is the kind of memoir that will appeal to a whole range of readers, both the amateur and professional philatelists, teachers, sports enthusiasts and anyone who simply loves to be taken back to a time when life was so much simpler. TBCAT Collecting British First Day Covers 35th Edition The Catalogue for Official Cover Collectors and a must if you collect post decimal issues. TBCAT NEW EDITION NEW EDITION (including postage) The Booth Catalogue 32nd Edition The original edition was produced in the early 1970s by Tony Buckingham and Bernard Townsend. Jeffrey Booth was involved in the original discussions and bought it in 1992, publishing his first edition the following year. Includes all British First Day Covers from date. JBCAT WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

43 the queen s prime ministers In the six decades since Queen Elizabeth II s Accession in 1952 Her Majesty has seen 13 different prime ministers occupy Downing Street. We are pleased to be able to offer the signatures of all 13 from Winston Churchill to Theresa May. WINSTON CHURCHILL Churchill is ranked consistently as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th Century and his inspirational oratory powers combined with his refusal to surrender to Nazi Germany helped inspire the British populace through the bleak early days of the war. His second term as Prime Minister from October 1951 to April 1955 presided over a massive expansion of housing to help deal with the post-war shortage, but it was foreign affairs that still dominated Churchill s tenure as he refused to accept dwindling British power. PM042CD per month for 5 months Winston Churchill signed typed letter written from Downing Street on 20th November 1951 to Alderman Donald Forbes thanking him for his help during the General Election. SIR ANTONY EDEN Eden succeeded Churchill as Conservative Prime Minister from 1955 to Eden s government recorded the lowest unemployment figures ever since the end of the war at just over 215,000. However, his time in office was overshadowed by the Suez Crisis and the refusal by the US to support a military response which severely hampered Eden s authority. This key moment in post war foreign affairs highlighted Britain s declining influence and power on the word stage. PM044J 300 Anthony Eden signed 1952 USA United Nations FDC HAROLD MACMILLAN Macmillan or Supermac was Conservative Prime Minister from 1957 to He pursued Keynesian economics which was credited with rising living standards, low unemployment, and steady growth, leading to him in 1957 to declare Britain had never had it so good. However, his final years were affected by the Profumo affair and other scandals. On the world stage he rebuilt relations with the US after Suez and strengthened the UK nuclear arsenal with the purchase of Polaris whilst helping to ratify the Nuclear Test Ban with the US and USSR. Harold MacMillan signed 1973 Parliament FDC PM045D 300 CL181 SIR ALEC DOUGLAS HOME Douglas-Home was Conservative Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and his time in office lasted only 354 days, the second shortest of the 20th century. Home s government was hampered as the fallout over the scandals that beset Macmillan continued. He is best remembered for his foreign policy and as a close ally of Kennedy he staunchly supported the US throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. PM046A 75 Lord Home signed 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of War, at the time he was Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 43 Neville Chamberlain.

44 the queen s prime ministers HAROLD WILSON Wilson was Labour Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to Wilson s first term witnessed low unemployment and steady economic growth. He returned to power in 1974 and oversaw the liberalisation of divorce, homosexuality, immigration, and abortion, and abolished capital punishment. In response to the Northern Ireland Troubles, Wilson authorised the deployment of troops in Harold Wilson signed 1965 American Churchill FDC PM047M 150 SIR EDWARD HEATH Heath was Conservative Prime Minister from 1970 to In 1971, he introduced decimalisation and took the UK into the EEC in Heath tried to curb trade union power but his government was plagued by strikes. His decision to call a snap election in an attempt to win a mandate to take on the unions backfired after this resulted in a hung parliament. He was later challenged and defeated by Margaret Thatcher for the Conservative leadership. PM048C 80 Edward Heath signed 1973 European Community FDC JAMES CALLAGHAN Callaghan was Labour Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979 and is the only politician to have held all four Great Offices of State. Callaghan introduced the Race Relations Act, improved police transparency, and his education reforms paved the way for the National Curriculum. However, his government was severely weakened by the Winter of Discontent and in March 1979 he lost a vote of no confidence by 311 to 310 votes. PM049E 75 James Callaghan signed 75th Anniversary of the British Legion MARGARET THATCHER Thatcher was Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the 20th century. The Iron Lady implemented sweeping economic reforms through deregulating the economy, introducing privatisation, and reducing trade union power. Her response to the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands reenergised her waning popularity at home. However, her final years in office were marked by sharp opposition to the Poll Tax and she resigned after falling just short of the votes needed to defeat Michael Heseltine s leadership challenge. PM050I 100 Margaret Thatcher signed 2003 Queen of the Skies cover We have a great stock of Politics items, more than we can list here, visit our website to see more: To keep up to date with new politics items why not sign up to our Politics newsletter? /family 44 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

45 SIR JOHN MAJOR Major was Conservative Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997 and the 14 million votes cast for his party in 1992 remains a British record. In foreign affairs Major entered Britain into the Gulf War, began the Northern Ireland peace Process, and signed the Maastricht Treaty. An economic crisis culminating in Black Wednesday and the exit from the ERM severely damaged Major s government and he resigned following a massive defeat at the 1997 election. PM051A 65 John Major signed 2005 Royal Squadron, Royal Wedding cover GORDON BROWN Brown was Labour Prime Minister from 2007 until His government s main priority from 2008 was dealing with the global recession in which several banks were nationalised with a rescue package totaling over 500 billion. His government s domestic policies were hampered by the crisis and persistent rumours of leadership challenges. His European policies saw him sign the Lisbon Treaty, committing Britain to greater integration. PM049F 200 Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, and James Callaghan signed American Bicentenary FDC PM052A 50 TONY BLAIR Blair was Labour Prime Minister from 1997 to His landslide victory in 1997 swept New Labour into power and Blair introduced the minimum wage, the Human Rights Act, the Freedom of Information Act, oversaw the beginning of devolution, and substantially increased spending on public services. Blair strongly supported the US in the War on Terror and was involved in the Northern Ireland Peace Process and the Good Friday Agreement. Tony Blair signed politics cover, our choice DAVID CAMERON Cameron led the Conservative-Liberal coalition government from 2010 to 2015 whose main aim was working towards eliminating the budget deficit whilst reforming education and welfare. Cameron then led the Conservatives to their first commons majority for nearly two decades at the 2015 election. However after the EU Referendum in June 2016, Cameron resigned after the country voted for Brexit. PM054J 175 David Cameron and John Major signed 1979 Benham First European Elections, official Conservative Party cover. THERESA MAY Theresa May is the current prime minister, having been in office since July She has been the MP for Maidenhead since 1997 and defines herself as a one-nation, liberal conservative. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 until 2016 making her the longest serving Home Secretary for over 60 years, and during her tenure introduced Police Federation reform, a tougher drugs policy, the Police and Crime Commissioners elected post, and the National Crime Agency. May is only the second female prime minister and the first to have held two of the Great Offices of State. PM Theresa May signed 1996 Women of Achievement FDC CL181 45

46 Buckingham COVERS ROYALTY BC035D Prince William s 21st Birthday FDC, Old Post Office Tintagel official cover. BC034C th Anniversary of QEII s Coronation FDC with a 1953 crown coin. BC035N Prince William s 21st Birthday FDC, doubled with Scottish and Guernsey postmarks, signed by Andrew Morton the royal biographer. BC035E Prince William s 21st Birthday FDC, Westminster Cathedral official cover. BC227A4 50 BC236DBL Royal Wedding 2006 Queen s 80th Birthday with miniature sheet FDC Buckingham Palace, London SW1 postmark doubled with single stamp. on her actual birthday and doubled on her official birthday. BC236DBL Queen s 80th Birthday cover, with Windsor postmark on her actual birthday and doubled on her official birthday. BC241S Three Kings miniature sheet FDC signed Ian Richardson who starred in To Play The King. We run regular thematic s with exclusive offers Visit /family to ensure you re not missing out 46 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

47 90 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAF Buckingham COVERS BCSP21B 12 Single stamp cover with label from our stamp sheet. BCSP21A 15 Special FDC with single label and original 1968 stamp. BCSP21F 35 Two stamps and labels from our sheet and double postmarked at Cranwell, signed by Eric Winkle Brown. BCSP21 50 Set of 4 covers with all 10 labels and stamps from our sheet. BC Tribute to Peter Twiss cover with full set of stamps and our official postmark, the illustration shows the aircraft he flew in 1956 when he broke the World Speed Record. RAF UNIFORMS BC328SP 60 Signed Jim McGillvray, Warrant Officer Douglas Radcliffe MBE, Pilot Officer Jumbo Childs DFM, Warrant Officer Harry Irons DFC, A. Ball DFC, and Laurie Godfrey. BC328S 40 Signed by Peter Twiss DSC. BC328PSB 70 Set of 4 each featuring a different pane from the prestige booklet and our choice of postmark. CL181 47

48 COLLECTIONS 26 North Yorkshire Moors Railway Covers COL per month for 5 months North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 26 carried covers from the 1990 s most have Railway Letter stamps and many interesting cachets and postmarks. They issued quite a number of covers and we think this is a good way to start a collection. 60 Concorde Covers Mixed collection of 60 Concorde covers of which 21 are signed, includes Barbara Harmer and Brian Walpole. COL per month for 5 months 21 Concorde Rembrandt Flown Covers Concorde, 21 Rembrandt flown covers from the mid 1970 s. Phil Croucher bought tickets and carried most of these covers in his own suitcase on these first flights. An interesting selection of postmarks and cachets. COL per month for 5 months 48 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

49 13 American Illustrated World War Two Covers COL per month for 5 months Thirteen American illustrated covers from around the end of World War II, so includes covers postmarked on D-Day, VJ Day etc., interesting postmarks and illustrations. The USA really was ahead of us at this point with getting connected postmarks, e.g. included here is a cover from D-Day with a Victory Vermont postmark. First Flight &Airmail Collection We ve had an excellent collection come into the office comprising of an assortment of first flight covers and airmails. Included inside is one of the best selections of 1938 North Eastern Airways first flights I ve seen for a long time, including five which have been signed by the pilot - Flight Officer Boitel Gill. On top of that there is a selection of 1933 Western Air Express, 1933 Provincial Airways, 1934 Highland Airways, and 1934 Railways Air Services first flights, including one pilot signed from each airway. Furthermore there are several illustrated Imperial Airways first flights including London - Rangoon, Calcutta - London, and London - Singapore. The oldest cover is from the UK Aerial Post in 1911 which flew from Hendon to Windsor, the postcard has the dark brown dye 2 illustration. Finally there is a mixture of mint air mail labels including Western Air Express, GWR, Island Air Express, and the Portsmouth and South Seas Service. 250 per month for 6 months COL COLLECTIONS COL2222 Benham L Series, six covers to clear, includes Domesday Stamplink Paquebot and the Aircraft RNAS Culdrose. Always a popular series covering a number of different themes, does not include the rare 1981 Royal Wedding Lullingstone, though the 1986 one is COL Coronation, 11 plain covers from around the Commonwealth. All have typed addresses to a Mr White in Lye Stourbridge, so we wanted to keep them together COL Concorde postcards, a couple flown and some duplication, but a great value lot CLASSIFIED COL2228 COL Collection of Single stamp FDC s sent to a Doctor, little value but most have the advertising leaflets still inside trying to sell the latest pills which may be more interesting Parliament, three Union Interparlementaire covers, postmarked 2nd, 3rd and 4th September so one first day and two other rare postmarks betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL181 49

50 BENHAM RAIL R82/03 5 R84/13A 15 R80/ R83/01 10 R85/05 10 R80/03 3rd May 1980 Invicta 150, Canterbury special postmark... 5 R80/04 24th May 1980 Rainhill trials, Clock special postmark R80/06 24th May 1980 Rainhill trials, Rocket 150 special postmark R80/07 2nd August 1980 The Great Railway Exposition, Liverpool Road Station, Manchester R80/08 2nd August 1980 Liverpool and Manchester Railway Anniversary, Liverpool Road Station, Manchester R80/09 15th September 1980 The Worldís first Passenger Station, Liverpool Road Station, Manchester R81/01 8th August 1981 Centenary of first Mail by Manx Northern Line, Douglas R81/04 15th December th Anniversary of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company R82/02 2nd August 1982 Centenary of the Lewes and East Grinstead Railway... 5 R82/03 26th January 1983 Zambia Railway... 5 R83/01 17th March 1983 London Transport Golden Jubilee R83/03 12th April 1983 The Great Western Railway Air Services, 50th Anniversary R83/06 10th March 1983 Canadian locomotives, the Toronto R83/07 10th March 1983 Canadian locomotives, The Dorchester R83/08 10th March 1983 Canadian locomotives, The Samson R83/09 10th March 1983 Canadian Locomotives, The Adam Brown R83/10 15th September 1983 The naming of locomotive Croydon R84/11 21st September 1984 Early Railways, Victoria, built by William Cain R84/13A 25th Aug 84 - Centenary of the Appledore to New Romney line with the Steam Centenary, New Romney pmk & carried on the train R84/16 8th September 1984 The French TGV R85/05 9th March th anniversary of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, The 1st To Be built across Britain, with Newcastle upon Tyne postmark R85/06 The 75th Anniversary of the Model Railway Club, Wembley R85/07 The Railway Philatelic Group celebrates the Scottish Mails Acceleration Centenary, Leeds postmark, R85/08 9th July th anniversary of the Hull & Barnsley Railway with the 100th anniversary Hull postmark R85/ Introduction of the Merseyside Pullman, Euston R85/ Introduction of the Yorkshire Pullman, Leeds City Station WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

51 R85/15 27th May 85 - Centenary of the Opening of the Swanage Railway with Swanage Railway Project, Swanage, Dorset postmark R85/ th anniversary of the Central Station, Bournemouth R85/20 7th Dec years of Railways in Germany with our choice of postmark - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berlin, Bonn, Wissen, Kiel, Stuttgart, Furth R86/02A 20th Jan 86 - The Prince of Wales opens the Mersey Railway 100th anniversary with Liverpool Philatelic Counter postmark R86/02B 1st Feb 86 - Regular traffic on the Merseyside Railway 100th anniversary with Liverpool Philatelic Counter postmark R86/04A 18th April th anniversary of the Festiniog Railway with Porthmadog, Gwynedd pmk & rail letter stamp R86/08 6th May 86 - Inauguration of the Electric Service from Tonbridge to Hastings, opened by the Queen Mother with Hastings, Sussex pmk R86/09 21st April 86-60th anniversary of the Southend Pier with Southend salutes the Queen s 60th birthday pmk & stamps R86/17 29th Sept 86 - Electrification of the Ayr - Ardrossan - Largs Railway Line with Ayrline, Ayr pmk R87/02 23rd March 87 - Inauguration of the modernised Cambridge Station with Cambridge Philatelic Counter pmk R87/04 31st May 87 - Coalville Open Day 1987 with Coalville Open Day, Coalville, Leics. pmk R87/13 4th July 87 - Crewe Heritage Festival with Crewe, Cheshire pmk R87/14 1st June 1987, 10th Anniversary of the Nene Valley Railway, carried R90/03 11th May 1990, 150th Anniversary London & South Western Railway, Winchester R90/ th Anniversary of Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Incorporated 22/4/1836. Final section, Birmingham to Gloucester opened 4/11/ R91/05 Opening new line of Stansted Airport pmk Stansted, Essex, , Londonís 3rd Airport R92/04A 150th Anniversary South Eastern Railway pmk, Headcorn, 31st Aug R92/04B 150th Anniversary South Eastern Railway, Tonbridge pmk, 26th May R92/04C 150th Anniversary South Eastern Railway with Ashford, Kent pmk, 1st Dec R92/ Electrification of the Fen Line Kings Lynn to Cambridge, Kings Lynn pmk R92/09 125th birthday celebration Aberdeen Joint Railway Station with Aberdeen pmk, 4th Nov R93/07 31st October th Anniversary of the Northern & Eastern Railway Hertford R94/02 18th January 1994 The Mallard R94/12A 27th June 1994 First Channel Tunnel Overprinted Miniature Sheet, 1st Rail Freight through the Tunnel R87/ R93/ R86/02A 7.50 R92/04B 10 R94/ CL181 51

52 BENHAM RAIL R98/ RHS02 20 R97/ RHDR14A 15 RLS04 25 R95/04 26th May 1995 Chafford Hundred Station opening, Grays, Essex special postmark R97/50 21st April 1997 Kendal & Windermere Railway Centenary R97/56 19th April th Anniversary of Steam on the Whitby - Pickering Railway R98/76 1st January 1998 Railway Grouping, London & North Western Railway R98/80 1st January 1998 Railway Grouping, Great Northern Railway R98/87 1st January 1998 Railway Grouping, South East and Chatham Railway R98/89 1st January 1998 Railway Grouping, London Midland & Scottish Railway ROMNEY, HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY SERIES RHDR01B 1977 Silver Jubilee, Single stamp carried cover RHDR02B 1977 Golden Jubilee, Single stamp carried cover RHDR05B p Railway Letter Stamp, single stamp carried cover RHDR06A 1978 Coronation, full set carried cover, Hythe RHDR07A 1978 Horses, full set carried cover, 700th Anniversary of the Cinque Ports, Hythe RHDR07B 1978 Horses, single stamp carried cover RHDR09B 1979 Year of the Child, single stamp carried cover RHDR10B 1979 Christmas, single stamp carried cover RHDR12A 1980 Rainhill Trials, full set carried cover RHDR14A 1981 Troops by train, 150th Anniversary carried cover RHDR15A 1980 Travelling Post Office, full set carried cover, Manchester RAILWAY HISTORY SERIES RHS01AB British National Railway Museum postmarked Railway Philatelic Group Convention, Doncaster WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com RHS02 RHS04 RHS07 RHS08A RHS th Anniversary of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway th Anniversary of the London and North Western Railway, Railway Philatelic Group Convention, Northampton th Anniversary of Main Line Diesel Traction, Railway Philatelic Group Convention, Derby /5/72 45th Anniversary of the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, cover carried on No9 Winston Churchill th Anniversary of the Great Central Railway, London RAILWAY LETTER SERVICE SERIES RLS01 RLS British Rail Railway Letter Service, 15p Railway Letter Stamp th Anniversary of Electric trains, London to Brighton, 16p Overprint Railway Letter Stamp... 25

53 The Test Pilot Collection WE HAVE JUST THREE OF THESE COMPLETE COLLECTIONS IN STOCK This RAF collection commemorates some of the bravest men in aviation, though built by some of the great engineers it takes a special person to make the first flight in a plane which has never taken off before. This Special Signed collection of forty covers commemorates the British Test Pilots, Designers and Engineers. Group Captain Randle launched these in 1979 and was completed in 1984, it was very difficult to say no to him when it came to asking for a signature to raise funds for the RAF museum and this collection is no different. The signatures include Tom Sopwith, John Cunningham, Rowland Beamont, Jeffrey Quill, Brian Trubshaw, Alex Henshaw, Peter Twiss, Duncan Simpson, Neville Duke and Chuck Yeager, and this is just ten of the forty signatures in the collection! As you would expect from his covers, they are all flown with flight details, have well research insert cards and are certified. These were the men at the cutting edge of the history of flight, with each signature having a fantastic story. CCRAF07S 750 OFFER per month over 13 months CL181 53

54 Flight ARA04 06/05/74 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Leeds - Norwich. Carried in F ARA100 Charles Lindbergh carried air mail with special Lindbergh again flies the air mail cachet, our choice ARA104 11/12/59 Dominican Republic - USA ARA11 29/03/75 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Humberside - Jersey. Carried in F ARA111 15/05/68 50th Anniversary of US Air Mail FDC ARA114 07/06/26 Minneapolis - Chicago first flight of the contract air mail ARA115 07/05/29 Denver, Colorado - Bay City, Michigan first airmail and dedication of Fort Collins Airport ARA116 14/09/31 Pacific Air Transport Flight, Oakland, California - Portland, crash mail - the flight crashed on take-off at Oakland ARA118 13/07/41 Dedication and Opening of Courtland, New York Airport, flown Cortland - Canada ARA119 12/10/41 Dedication and Opening of Krist-Port Airport, flown Detroit -Hot Springs, Arkansas ARA12 29/03/75 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Jersey - Humberside. Carried in F ARA120 09/11/41 Dedication and Opening of Calkins Air Terminal, Washington, flown from Washington - Canada ARA126 15/02/41 Dedication and Opening of San Francisco Coast Guard Air Station, flown San Francisco - Canada ARA127 27/10/40 Dedication and Opening of Sioux City Airport, flown Sioux City, Iowa - Hot Springs, Arkansas ARA134 01/12/49 First flight from Hancock, Michigan ARA14 10/05/75 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Aberdeen - Jersey. Carried in F ARA148 30/01/31 Los Angeles - Hawaii, First Pacific Coast Experimental Flight of Shore to Ship mail with fantastic green cachet ARA15A 01/04/74 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Aberdeen - Stavanger Carried in F ARA18A 30/06/77 Air Anglia Commemorates the visit of the Queen to London ARA18C 14/07/77 Air Anglia Commemorates the visit of the Queen to Cleveland ARA19 06/05/74 Air Anglia First Scheduled Flight Aberdeen - Leeds ARA27 01/04/74 Air Anglia first scheduled flight Amsterdam - Aberdeen ARA28 29/03/76 Air Anglia first scheduled flight Humberside - Aberdeen ARA31 01/04/75 Air Anglia first scheduled flight Amsterdam - Edinburgh ARA33 14/05/77 Air Anglia first scheduled flight Jersey - Amsterdam ARA35 03/11/75 Air Anglia first scheduled flight Stavanger - Norwich ARA36 25/08/75 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Bergen ARA42 14/08/78 Air Anglia first scheduled F28 flight Paris - Aberdeen ARA44 ARA45 ARA51 ARA52 ARA53 ARA55 ARA56 ARA57 ARA59 ARA60 ARA61 ARA65 ARA66 ARA68 06/05/74 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Norwich first flight /05/74 Air Anglia Norwich - Aberdeen first flight /10/76 Air Anglia Leeds - Jersey first flight /01/76 Air Anglia Jersey Airport Stamp FDI /10/76 Air Anglia Norwich - Aberdeen first direct flight /01/76 Air Anglia Norwich - Birmingham /01/76 Air Anglia Birmingham - Norwich /02/75 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Edinburgh /05/74 Air Anglia Edinburgh - Leeds /05/74 Air Anglia Leeds - Edinburgh /11/77 Air Anglia Humberside - Glasgow /02/76 Air Anglia Amsterdam - Leeds /11/77 Air Anglia Norwich - Humberside /11/77 Air Anglia, flown Humberside - Jersey with special Amy Johnson Festival, North Humberside postmark ARA69 27/07/78 Air Anglia 60th Anniversary of the Norwich Lad s Club with special postmark, signed by pilot and two others ARA71 01/11/78 Air Anglia Stansted - Aberdeen ARA72 01/11/78 Air Anglia Aberdeen - Stansted ARA73 01/11/78 Air Anglia 21st Anniversary of the Fokker F27 Friendship ARB100A 27/11/65 BOAC Nandi, Fiji - London first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB101 01/02/57 BOAC Britannia Turbo - Prop Airliner, London - Johannesburg first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB102 03/02/57 BOAC Britannia Turbo Prop Airliner Johannesburg London first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB103 02/03/57 BOAC Britannia Turbo Prop Airliner London - Sydney first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB105 17/09/57 BOAC Britannia Jet Prop Airliner, London - Colombo first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB107 04/04/66 BOAC London - Mexico City first flight ARB109 02/06/70 BOAC London - Tokyo first flight ARB113 21/12/57 BOAC first flight New York - London ARB114 22/08/57 BOAC Britannia Jet Prop Airliner, London - Aden first flight. Our choice of journey leg ARB120 27/10/58 BOAC Britannia Turbo Prop Airliner London - Caracas, Venezuela first flight, our choice of journey leg ARB134 18/03/48 BOAC Speedbird Route, first air service London - Japan, first flight ARB145 20/07/71 BOAC London - St Lucia ARB151 02/04/67 BOAC Sydney - London, first flight, our choice of leg ARB205 25/11/53 BEA 8d, ½d and 1/9d Air Letter Stamps on flown airmail cover ARB212A 23/10/50 BEA Barcelona - London first flight ARB213 12/03/51 Belfast - Manchester, Irish Sea Night Air Mail Services - BEA and Aer Lingus Teoranta ARB223 04/06/57 BEA London - Belgrade, introduction of Viscount Aircraft ARB224 14/05/53 BEA London - Parma, Majorca, first through service ARB241 02/06/70 BEA London - Sofia, Trident first flight ARB244 03/04/70 BEA London - Bucharest first flight ARB245 03/04/66 BEA London - Tangier, comet 4B (not usual 4b illustrated cover) ARB247 01/04/70 BEA Cargo London - Stockholm, first flight WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

55 ARB248 07/10/57 BEA London - Malta, introduction of Viscount Aircraft ARB249 01/07/48 BEA London - Switzerland, resumption of the all-up air mail after WWII ARB250 01/07/48 BEA London - Norway resumption of the all-up air mail after WWII ARB251 01/07/48 BEA London - Spain resumption of the all-up air mail after WWII ARB252 03/11/64 BEA London - Spain, first Trident flight ARB252A 03/11/64 BEA Spain - London first Trident flight ARB253 01/10/53 BEA London - Poland, introduction of unsurcharged mail ARB254 02/04/66 BEA London - Switzerland first Trident flight.. 10 ARB256 02/11/64 BEA London - Czechoslovakia first Trident flight ARB257 01/11/64 BEA London - Italy first Trident flight ARB259 01/06/64 BEA London - Rome first Trident flight ARB302 20/02/34 British Industries Fair Birmingham with Birmingham postmark. Signed by pilot ARB305 19/02/34 British Industries Fair with Liverpool postmark and British Industries Fair slogan ARB410 12/11/80 BA 747 Jumbo first flight London - China ARB417 08/11/71 BA Hawker Siddeley test flight ARB50 31/03/72 International Heineken Hot Air Balloon Meeting ARC04C 13/10/52 Comet 1 London-Singapore, our choice of journey leg ARC04D 16/10/52 Comet 1 Singapore-London First Flight, our choice of journey leg ARC05B 05/04/53 Comet 1 Tokyo-London First Flight ARC06A 01/04/59 Comet 4 London-Tokyo First Flight ARC07D 04/11/59 Comet 4 Sydney - London First Flight, our choice of journey leg ARC09B 02/11/61 Comet 4 Manila London First Flight ARC09C 31/10/61 Comet 4 London-Manila First Flight, our choice of journey leg ARC11C 02/12/59 Comet 4 London-Johannesburg First Flight, our choice of journey leg ARC11D 03/12/59 Comet 4 Johannesburg-London First Flight, our choice of journey leg ARC123A 30/10/76 British Caledonian Bogota - London ARC12A 01/06/59 Comet 4 London-Singapore First Flight ARC15 01/04/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Moscow ARC16 02/04/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Warsaw ARC21 01/08/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Frankfurt ARC25 01/06/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Stockholm ARC34 01/04/61 BEA Comet 4B London - Geneva ARC36 05/04/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Munich ARC47 31/03/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Athens ARC64 31/07/68 BEA Comet 4B London - Berlin ARC66 01/04/60 BEA Comet 4B London - Istanbul ARE02 28/07/38 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - New Zealand.. 35 ARE04 02/09/38 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Hong Kong.. 35 ARE07 23/06/38 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Nauru ARE08 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Kenya, first flight at 1½d rate ARE09 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Mauritius, first flight at 1½d rate ARE10 29/07/37 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Rhodesia, first flight at 1½d rate ARE14 03/07/37 Empire air mail Zanzibar - Dar es Salaam ARE15 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail, London - Sudan first flight at 1½d rate ARE16 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail, London - Tanganyika first flight at 1½d rate ARE17 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail, London - South West Africa first flight at 1½d rate ARE201S 02/08/71 54th Anniversary of the first aircraft landing on HMS Furious underway, signed by the pilot Lieut J M Edwards ARE21 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - India first flight ARE214A 11/01/73 Brussels - London commemorative flight to mark UK entry into EC ARE217 14/02/72 60th Anniversary of the first plane take off from a Royal Navy ship with HMS EagleBFPS ARE22 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Singapore first flight.. 35 ARE222 05/05/76 First Boeing 747SP flight, Johannesburg - Athens ARE226B 30/06/68 Chasewater Festival rocket mail ARE226H 03/04/71 Commemorating First Official RAF Rocket Mail with special BFPS 1164 postmark, our choice of cover ARE226N Gerhard Zucker Rocket Mail with mit lufttorpedo par aerotorpedo label,our choice ARE23 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Palestine first flight ARE230 03/10/37 England - France first air mail without air fee. 20 ARE230A 03/10/37 England - Belgium first air mail without air fee.. 20 ARE230B 09/08/37 England - Austria first air mail without air fee ARE230C 09/08/37 England - Greece first air mail without air fee. 20 ARE230D 09/08/37 England - Yugoslavia first air mail without air fee ARE230G 23/08/37 England - Italy first air mail without air fee ARE235 28/05/66 British Eagle London - Tunisia ARE235A 28/05/66 British Eagle Tunisia - London ARE236 02/05/59 Parachute Mail, Stockton and District Philatelic Exhibition, with green triangle parachute mail cachet ARE237 03/09/81 British Aerospace 146 first flight, flown from Hatfield - Chester ARE Airmail with a London APEX (Air Post Exhibition), with our choice of postmark date ARE24 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Jordan first flight.. 35 ARE246 29/01/24 London - Paris, not flown due to cancellation of service - sent by surface means instead ARE25 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Aden ARE252 01/02/50 Edinburgh - London air letter service ARE254 23/11/71 European Airbus flown from Manchester - Toulouse ARE International Airmail Exhibition, matching set of four covers ARE26 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Burma ARE268 27/10/38 England - Portugal first flight, - meant to have become part of the All-Up airmail ARE27 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Egypt ARE28 23/02/38 Empire air mail London - Ceylon ARE29 18/02/38 Empire air mail London - India last flight for which an air fee was charged ARE30 29/06/37 Empire Air Mail Scheme London - Uganda first flight at 1½d rate ARE66 03/03/34 South Rhodesia - Nyasaland on Rhodesian and Nyasaland Airways ARI04 09/12/33 Imperial Airways London - Bandon ARI07B 20/05/39 Imperial Airways England - Iraq, All-up airmail scheme, first despatch of unsurcharged airmail to Kuwait ARI08 10/12/34 Imperial Airways Aus - London. Imperial Airways and Qantas Empire Airways ARI25A 25/06/37 Imperial Airways London - South Africa ARI30 27/01/32 Imperial Airways Kimberley - Kenya CL181 55

56 ARI31A 1932 Imperial Airways London - South Rhodesia ARI34 16/10/36 Imperial Airways UK - Nigeria first flight, this was an extension of the UK - British West Africa via Khartoum and Kano line ARI36 06/07/38 Imperial Airways UK - Sierra Leone first flight ARI39 24/11/34 Imperial Airways UK - India first flight after the issue of the new King George VI halfpenny on 19/11/ ARI40 17/11/34 Imperial Airways UK - India first flight of the ARI41 new reduced rate - letter to India, Africa, /11/34 Imperial Airways UK - Middle East first flight of the new reduced rate ARI45 04/09/35 Imperial Airways, UK - Port Elizabeth, S.Africa, first direct air service, ARI48 11/05/35 Imperial Airways UK - S. Africa first flight ARI50 16/05/34 Imperial Airways UK - South Africa first flight ARI52 31/01/32 Imperial Airways Kimberley - Grootfontein first flight ARI57A 28/12/29 Imperial Airways UK - India first flight after ARI58 ARI65 ARI66 ARI67 ARI68 the service was announced /11/29 Imperial Airways UK - India (Karachi service) first flight /06/38 Imperial Airways flying boat mail first flight Southampton, England - Australia /10/29 Imperial Airways London - Karachi service was used during the Mediterranean fleet visit to Corfu /04/35 Imperial Airways London - Leipzig, Germany first flight /04/35 Imperial Airways London - Vienna, Austria first flight ARI69 22/02/35 Imperial Airways Brussels, Belgium - Leopoldville, Congo ARI70 15/05/29 Imperial Airways London - Tunis ARI71 28/11/34 Imperial Airways Greece - London ARI72 16/08/32 Imperial Airways London - Cyprus, this was the first sheduled stop at Cyprus, it was part of the London - India service ARI73 10/04/38 Imperial Airways London - Egypt first flight of the accelerated service ARI74 10/04/38 Imperial Airways London - Palestine first flight of the accelerated service ARI75 01/09/33 Imperial Airways London - Egypt, first flight of the altered route (Haifa and Tiberis removed) ARI76 09/11/35 Imperial Airways Iraq - London ARI77 05/09/32 Imperial Airways London - Iraq, first flight of the temporary route ARI80 07/05/38 Imperial Airways London - Iran ARI87 10/04/38 Imperial Airways London - Burma first flight of the accelerated service ARI88 13/04/38 Imperial Airways London - S.Africa first flight of the accelerated service ARI89 10/04/38 Imperial Airways London - India first flight of the accelerated service ARI90 11/04/34 Imperial Airways London - Cape Town, first flight of the accelerated service, reducing time from 10 days to ARI92 08/12/31 Imperial Airways London - Broken Hill, N. ARI93 Rhodesia first flight /03/31 Imperial Airways Athens, Greece - Africa with fantastic Greek purple cachet, our choice of cover ARR001 21/08/34 Railway Air Services. Whilst the London - Belfast route opened on 20th Aug ARR02 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Birmingham - Liverpool ARR100 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Bristol - Southampton ARR101 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Southampton - Birmingham ARR102 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Bristol - Liverpool ARR103 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Belfast - Glasgow ARR104 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Belfast - IOM ARR105 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail London - Manchester ARR109 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Plymouth - Cardiff ARR109S 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Plymouth - Cardiff. Signed by Captain Smye ARR110 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Liverpool - Teignmouth ARR111 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Liverpool - IOM ARR112 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Southampton - Manchester ARR113 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Southampton - Glasgow ARR115 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Southampton - Bristol ARR116 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Plymouth - Birmingham ARR121 12/04/73 40th Anniversary of GWR Air Service ARR128 20/08/34 Railway Air Services Glasgow - Plymouth ARR129 29/09/34 Liverpool - Plymouth Railways Air Services last air mail flight ARR130 20/08/34 Railway Air Services Cardiff - Plymouth ARR132 20/08/34 Railway Air Service Southampton - Belfast.. 15 ARR18 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Birmingham - Manchester ARR23 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Bristol - Plymouth ARR24 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Plymouth - Liverpool ARR24S 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Plymouth - Liverpool. Signed by Captain Smye WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com ARR34 ARR36 01/11/34 Liverpool - Belfast Railway Air Services first air mail /11/34 Railway Air Services last flight from Liverpool - Glasgow ARR42 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail London - Belfast ARR43 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Glasgow - Belfast ARR45 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Bristol - Manchester ARR46 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Cardiff - Birmingham ARR47 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Cowes Isle of Wight - Warrington via Birmingham ARR54 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Liverpool - London... 15

57 ARR55 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail London - Liverpool ARR60 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Cowes Isle of Wight - Glasgow ARR61 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Liverpool - Cowes Isle of Wight ARR65 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Cardiff - Manchester ARR67 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Douglas Isle of Man - Cardiff ARR70 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Birmingham - Southampton ARR72 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Cardiff - Glasgow ARR74 30/11/34 Railway Air Services London - Glasgow last flight ARR81 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Glasgow - Birmingham ARR91 31/10/34 Railway Air Service, Manchester - London last flight ARR92 31/10/34 Railway Air Service, Birmingham - London last flight ARR95 20/08/34 Railway Air Services Plymouth - Teignmouth. 15 ARR97 01/11/34 Railway Air Services first flight from Liverpool - London ARR97A 01/11/34 Railway Air Services first flight from Liverpool ARR98 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Birmingham - Isle of Man ARR99 20/08/34 Railway Air Services first air mail Manchester ARS01 CL181 - Southampton /12/34 Highland Airways first air mail Inverness - Wick, our choice ARS02 01/12/34 Highland Airways first flight Kirkwall - Inverness ARS02A 29/05/34 Highland Airways Kirkwall - Inverness, plain cover, first day of air mail ordinary letter rate ARS02B 29/05/34 Highland Airways Kirkwall - Inverness with first air mail label, first day of air mail ordinary letter rate ARS03 01/12/34 Highland Airways first air mail Kirkwall - Wick, our choice ARS03A 01/12/34 Highland Airways Kirkwall - Wick with first air mail stamp ARS04 01/12/34 Highland Airways first air mail Wick - Kirkwall, our choice ARS04B 01/12/34 Highland Airways Wick - Kirkwall with first air mail stamp ARS05 01/12/34 Highland Airways first air mail Wick - Inverness. 20 ARS06 01/12/34 Highland Airways first flight Inverness - Kirkwall, our choice ARS06A 29/05/34 Highland Airways Inverness - Kirkwall with first air mail label, first day of air mail ordinary letter rate ARS06B 29/05/34 Inverness - Kirkwall, plain cover, first day of air mail ordinary letter rate ARS09A 29/05/34 Highland Airways Wick - Birmingham, plain ARS100 ARS101 ARS102 cover /03/36 London - Sweden, Opening of air mail service by British Airways Limited between England and Scandinavia /03/36 London - Denmark. Opening of air mail service by British Airways Limited between England and Scandinavia /06/30 First day of the new airmail rate, our choice ARS103 05/09/28 London - Stockholm, fifth experimental return night flight ARS103D 20/06/28 London - Stockholm, first experimental return night flight ARS109 27/07/36 London - Sweden first night air mail flight ARS113B 15/02/40 Scotland - Stockholm, AB Aerotransport and DNL (Swedish and Norwegian), not first flight but }interesting Royal Automobile Club Crest on reverse + amusing stamp positioning given the date! ARS113C 15/10/39 Norway - Shoreham,England, AB Aerotransport and DNL (Swedish and Norwegian), first flight ARS114 ARS115 30/05/29 London - Sweden, first night flight to Stockholm /02/57 SAS Copenhagen - Tokyo - Telaviv, flown over the Pole via the new SAS Polar shortcut between Europe and Far East ARS14 29/05/74 40th Anniversary of the first regular air mail service between Inverness - Kirkwall ARS15 30/07/34 Liverpool - Kirkwall, first day of the new airmail label ARS16 23/11/77 40th Anniversary of the first mail flight to Shetland, includes a great booklet on air mail in Scotland ARS17 31/10/74 Islay - Glasgow, last Skyliner flight, flown.. 10 ART100 31/05/69 50th Anniversary of the arrival in Plymouth of the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic. Piloted by Lieut Read of the U.S. Navy with special Plymouth Devon postmark. 10 ART103 04/05/69 Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race 4th - 11th May with special BFPO 1084 postmark, flown in an RAF Victor ART103S2.04/05/69 Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race 4th - 11th May with special BFPO 1084 postmark, flown on RAF Harrier and signed by the pilot Flt.Lt. Clarke ART106 12/10/57 Commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the USA and Canada with Hounslow Middlesex postmark, flown a Douglas DC-7C ART106A 22/10/57 Commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the USA and Canada with Southampton postmark, flown a Douglas DC-7C ART107 ART108 ART109 23/10/45 American Airlines System, USA - London first flight, our choice /10/45 American Airlines System, London - USA first flight, our choice /06/39 First transatlantic air mail from England - USA via Ireland, Newfoundland, and Canada (this was the first day of the return flight using Pan American Northern Route), our choice ART109A 30/06/39 First transatlantic air mail from England - Canada via Ireland, Newfoundland, and Canada (this was the first day of the return flight using Pan American Northern Route), our choice ART109B 30/06/39 Pan American Airways first flight England - Newfoundland witha Trans-Atlantic Air Mail First Acceptance cachet ART110 ART116 20/02/67 Achievement of free trade within EFTA, flown London - USA /07/39 Canada Air Mail, New Brunswick - USA, first flight ART118 24/06/39 Northern Transatlantic, New York - Ireland, first flight (this was the first day of the flight across Atlantic using Pan America Service) ART119 24/06/39 Northern Transatlantic, New York - New Brunswick (this was the first day of the flight across the Atlantic using Pan America Service)

58 ART120 24/06/39 Northern Transatlantic, New York - England (this was the first day of the flight across atlantic using Pan America service) ART126 30/05/39 Pan American Airways first flight London - USA, our choice ART128 27/06/33 Clipper Airmail Southampton -Newfoundland. 25 ART Air Race, official Sandhurst Team flown airletter, signed by pilot Langdon ART155 30/06/39 Pan American Airways London - Horta Azores, North Atlantic Air Service ART157 15/02/35 Air France London - Chile ART166 12/12/25 Experimental airmail from London - South Africa with interesting S.A. Air Mail postmark ART167 22/02/35 Canadian Airways Limited internal flight signed ART170 by the pilot B. Banagan /05/69 Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race 4th - 11th May, cover has race result details and special numbered certificate, carried by competitor Mr G Rosen ARU04 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Dark Brown Dye ARU04A 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Dark Brown Dye ARU04B 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Dark Brown Dye ARU04C 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Dark Brown Dye ARU05 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Olive Green Dye ARU05A 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Olive Green Dye ARU05B 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Olive Green Dye ARU05C 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Olive Green Dye ARU06 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Red/Brown Dye ARU06B 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Red/Brown Dye ARU06C 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Red/Brown Dye ARU06D 09/09/11 First UK aerial post, 1/2d Red/Brown Dye ARU10 Set of four cards with Crystal Palace postmark ARU11 Orange card with Royal Aeronautical Society postmark ARU12 Grey card with RAF museum postmark ARU13 Green card with Windsor View Birmingham postmark ARU14 Brown card with Booth catalogue postmark ARU15 Orange card with Windsor Berkshire postmark ARU16 Orange card with Windsor Berkshire postmark ARU17 Green or Grey card with London NW9 postmark ARU18 Brown card with King Windsor postmark ARU19 Orange or Green card with Crystal Palace postmark ARU20 Grey or brown card with Dartford, Kent postmark ARU21 Set of ten cards each with a different stamp and postmark. 75 ARU22 Orange or Grey card with Hendon postmark and flown cachet, signed by pilot Douglas Reid ARU23 Green or Brown card with Windsor postmark and flown cachet ARU24 Green or brown card Windsor postmark, signed by pilot Douglas Reid ARU25 Set of 4 cards, all with different flown cachet ARU26 Set of 4 cards, flown Hendon to Windsor and sent to Belgium to be flown in a Bleriot by Henk ARU27 Set of 4 cards all with different flown cachet and each signed by the helicopter pilot ARU28 Grey or orange card with Windsor, Berkshire postmark and flown cachet ARU29 Brown or Green card with Hendon postmark and flown cachet ARU30 Set of 4 cards two with a Windsor postmark and two with a Hendon postmark ARU31 Set of 4 cards with special Bleriot flown cachet ARU32 Centenary of the First UK Aerial Post perforated miniature sheet ARU33 Centenary of the First UK Aerial Post perforated miniature sheet flown on the Centenary Flight ARU34 Centenary of the First UK Aerial Post imperforated miniature sheet ARU35 Centenary of the First UK Aerial Post set of four mint cards ARU35V Set of 4 Aerial Post Centenary Postcards. Each has stamps from 2016 RM500 miniature sheet + 2x different FDI Windsor Airmail RM500 postmarks 17/02/ ARU37 Orange or grey card with Hendon postmark and flight cachet ARU39 Set of 4 First Aerial Post cards with different postmarks and blue flown cachet ARU40 09/09/71 60th Anniversary of the first UK aerial post from Hendon - Windsor with special BFPS 1173, flown from RAF Hendon to Windsor Castle... 5 ARU41 09/09/61 50th Anniversary of the first UK aerial post from Hendon - Windsor with special Birmingham postmark... 5 ARU42 09/09/61 50th Anniversary of the first UK aerial post, Midland Stampex Birmingham cover... 5 ARU43 09/09/86 75th Anniversary of the first UK aerial post. 10 ARU44 Set of four cards with two different London and two different Windsor postmarks ARU45 Orange or grey card with Hendon postmark and flown cachet ARU46 Set of four cards with Booth Catalogue postmark ARW01S 26/08/33 Western Air Express Route, first flight London - Plymouth, signed by pilot Charles William Anderson Scott (best known for winning the MacRobertson Air Race in 1934) ARW England - Australia, flown on original route from England via Cairo to Australia, this service became impossible after Italy s entry to war in June 1940, ARW101 our choice /06/40 England - Australia, flown on the Horseshoe route which was introduced after Italy s entry into the war made flying via Cairo impossible, our choice ARW WWII mail with opened by examiner 842 label, flown UK- USA ARW110 17/01/47 First Air Letter from England - USA, no letter inside ARW World War Two censored airmail with passed cachet on reverse, flown UK - Sweden ARW113A 1944 World War Two censored airmail opened by examiner 9876 label, flown UK internally ARW113B 1944 World War Two censored airmail with examiner 9559 label, flown UK internally ARX04B December 1948 Air Mail Services pamphlet with info on times and rates ARX06 ARX06B ARX07 June 1952 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates September 1952 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates January 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates ARX07A February 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates ARX07B October 1953 Overseas Air Mail pamphlet with info on times and rates ARX09A October 1965 Air Mail with info on times and rates ARX09B November 1965 Air Mail with info on times and rates.. 10 ARX09C December 1965 Air Mail with info on times and rates.. 10 ARX10 January 1966 Air Mail with info on times and rates ARX10A February 1966 Air Mail with info on times and rates WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

59 CL181 The British First Day Cover Decimal Stocklist FC831 FC832 FC832S FC833 FC847 FC851 FC851A FC855 FC856 FC857 FC858A FC863 16th June 1971 Ulster Paintings Belfast special red hand FDI Londonderry special red hand FDI Londonderry special postmark, Stuart cover Philatelic Congress Norwich special postmark th July 1971 Literary Anniversaries London EC special FDI postmark Set of 3 covers with connected postmarks Set of three maxi-cards th August 1971 General Anniversaries Maidstone special FDI postmark York special FDI postmark Twickenham special FDI postmark Rugby Official cover with 9P stamp Set of 3 with connected postmarks nd September 1971 Modern University Buildings FC868 FC869 FC870 FC871 FC872 FC873 Aberystwyth special FDI postmark Southampton special FDI postmark Leicester special FDI postmark Colchester special FDI postmark Set of 4 with connected postmarks Missing phosphor on the 9p value th October 1971 Christmas FC877 Canterbury special FDI FC877A Canterbury Cathedral Official cover FC880 FC884 FC888 FC889 FC890 FC891 FC893 FC895 FC897 FC899 FC900 FC905 16th February 1972 British Polar Explorers London WC special FDI Set of 4 with connected postmarks th April 1972 General Anniversaries London EC special FDI postmark Tutankhamun Exhibition special postmark Vaughn Williams Down Ampney special postmark Hartland Point Bideford special postmark Set of 3 with connected postmarks st June 1972 British Architecture Canterbury special FDI postmark Earls Barton special postmark Helpringham, Sleaford special postmark Huish Episcopi Exhibition special postmark Set of 5 covers with connected postmarks th September th Anniversary of the BBC FC908 FC909 FC910 FC913A FC917 London WI special FDI postmark Marconi-Kemp Chelmsford special postmark Flatholm Island, Cardiff special postmark Wireless in the British Army BFPS 1326 special postmark on official Royal Engineers cover with only 3p and 9p from issue Pair of covers with connected postmarks th November 1972 Silver Wedding Anniversary FC922 Windsor special FDI FC923 Westminster Abbey special postmark FC924 BFPO 1307 special postmark FC927B British Forces Postal Service cover with Field Post Office 949 CDS FC930 House of Commons CDS postmark rd January 1973 European Communities FC932 Philatelic Bureau postmark FC934 Dover FDI postmark FC935 Folkestone FDI postmark FC937 Calais Paquebot postmark with ships cachet FC938 Folkestone FDI and Paquebot cachets FC939 Dover FDI and Paquebot cachets th February 1973 National Tree Planting Year FC946 FC947 FC948 FC952 FC953 FC954 FC956 FC957 FC959 Stampex London SW1 postmark Westonbirt Arboretum Tetbury special postmark Hatfield Broad Oak Plant a Tree special postmark th April 1973 British Explorers Drakes Island Adventure Centre, Plymouth special postmark Sir Walter Raleigh Exhibition, Budleigh Salterton special postmark Denbigh FDI postmark Plymouth FDI postmark Blantyre FDI postmark Set of covers with connected postmarks th May 1973 Centenary of County Cricket FC965 Lords Special FDI postmark FC966 Lords Exhibition London NW8 special postmark FC967 Downend Bristol special postmark, birthplace of W G Grace... 2 FC969 Yorkshire V Hampshire, Headingly Leeds special postmark FC971 Surrey County Cricket Club London SE11 special postmark FC975A TCCB cover with Derby FDI postmark FC975B TCCB cover with Chelmsford special postmark FC975D TCCB cover with Bristol FDI postmark FC975E TCCB cover with Southampton FDI postmark FC975G TCCB cover with Manchester FDI postmark FC975H TCCB cover with Leicester FDI postmark FC975I TCCB cover with Lords Exhibition London special pmk. 15 FC975J TCCB cover with Lords FDI postmark FC975K TCCB cover with Northampton FDI postmark FC975L TCCB cover with Nottingham FDI postmark FC975N TCCB cover with special Surrey The Oval postmark FC975O TCCB cover with special Hove postmark FC975P TCCB cover with Birmingham FDI postmark FC975Q TCCB cover with Worcester FDI postmark FC975R TCCB cover with Headingly special Yorkshire V Hampshire postmark FC976A Set of three covers with connected postmarks FC977 TCCB cover with Downend Bristol special postmark FC982 British Forces cover with Field Post Office 717 CDS

60 FC989A 4th July 1973 British Paintings Set of covers with connected postmarks th August 1973 Inigo Jones 400th Anniversary FC991 FC992 FC994 Wilton Salisbury special postmark Newmarket special postmark Set of covers with connected postmarks th September th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference FC995 Houses of Parliament London SW1 special pmk th November 1973 Royal Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Mark Phillips FC1000 Westminster Abbey London SW1 postmark FC1001 Special Windsor FDI postmark FC1002 Great Somerford special postmark FC1003 The Queen s Dragoons Guards special BFPS 1434 postmark FC1004A Field Post Office 340 CDS FC1004F BFPO 1387 Royal Engineers Official cover FC1006 Great Somerford CDS postmark FC1007 Sandhurst CDS postmark FC th February 1974 British Trees Stampex London special postmark th April th Anniversary of the First Fire Service Legislation FC1020 FC1022 FC1030 FC1033 FC1039 Avon County Fire Brigade, Bristol special postmark Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue special postmark Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks th Anniversary Southampton special postmark th June 1974 Universal Postal Union Isle of Wight CDS postmark th July 1974 Great Britons FC1040 Robert the Bruce, Dunfermline Abbey, Fife postmark. 40 FC1042 Machynlleth Powys special postmark FC1044A Field Post Office 770 CDS FC1044B Field Post Office 513 CDS FC1044C FPO 955 CDS FC1048 Windsor FDI postmark FC1055 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Winston Churchill FC1060 First Constituency, Oldham special postmark FC1060F First Constituency, Oldham Official cover FC1061 Woodford Green Essex special Action this Day pmk. 40 FC1062 RAF Honnington BFPS 1874 special postmark FC1063 Tunbridge Wells FDI postmark with Posted at Chartwell cachet FC1076 Set of 4 covers with connected postmarks FC th November 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Sir Winston Churchill special Souvenir Sheet issued by Stamp Collecting Promotion Council betty@buckinghamcovers.com 27th November 1974 Christmas FC1079 The Collegiate Church Exhibition, Ottery St Mary pmk FC1079F The Collegiate Church, Ottery St Mary Official cover FC1080 Great Hospital Norwich special postmark FC1083 Worcester FDI postmark nd January 1975 Charity F154B Philatelic Bureau special postmark th February 1975 JMW Turner F155C London WC special Pallette FDI postmark... 7 F156C F156D F156E F156F F156G F156GF F156M 23rd April 1975 European Architecture Year Chester Heritage City special postmark Cirencester Corinium 1900 special postmark St Georges Chapel Windsor special postmark National Trust for Scotland, Charlotte Square Edinburgh special postmark Wilton House Salisbury special postmark Wilton House, Official Cotswold cover Set of 5 covers with connecting postmarks th June 1975 Sailing F157D Royal Thames Yacht Club London special postmark F157E Royal Dorset Yacht club Weymouth special postmark. 15 F157L Set of four covers with connecting postmarks F157MB Partially missing black on the 8p value F158C F158D F158E F158F F158G F158GF F158H F158I F158Y F158Z 13th August 1975 Darlington Ticket postmark Stockton on Tees Ticket postmark Shildon Ticket postmark Buckfastleigh Royal Engineers Longmoor Military Railway Royal Engineers Longmoor Military Railway Official cover Wylam Northumberland special postmark Torbay Steam Railway, Lydham Manor Bluebell Railway, Brighton FDI TPO CDS rd September 1975 Inter-Parliamentary Conference F159C Conference Royal Festival Hall London postmark nd October 1975 Bicentenary of Jane Austen F160C Steventon Basingstoke special FDI postmark mail coach. 10 F160E Bath Exhibition special postmark... 8 F160SET set of 4 covers with connected postmarks th March 1976 Telephones F162C Taunton Museum special postmark th April 1976 British Social Reformers F163B Philatelic Bureau special postmark... 5 F163CF Folkestone FDI postmark nd June 1976 American Bicentenary F164D Bath Museum special postmark... 5 F164F Washington special postmark... 7 F164FF Washington Old Hall, County Durham Official cover F164HF British 1776 Official cover WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL181 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

61 The British First Day Cover Decimal Stocklist continued F165C F165D F165E F165EA F165F 30th June 1976 Royal National Rose Society Oxford special postmark St Albans special postmark Bath special postmark Official pink City of Bath cover Northampton special postmark th August 1976 British Cultural Tradition F166C Cardigan Special FDI postmark... 5 F166F Bristol Morris Men special postmark th September 1976 William Caxton F167D British Library special postmark F167E De Montfort Press, Leicester F167F Westminster special printing postmark... 7 F167K Royal Charter Quincentenary Cheltenham Special Postmark th November 1976 Christmas F168F British Corps, BFPS F168J Royal Academy th January 1977 Racquet Sports F169C Squash Racket Association special postmark F169D Badminton Association Avon pmk F169SET Set of covers with connected postmarks nd March 1977 Chemistry F170C Royal Institute London WC special postmark F170D Stampex special postmark F170E Starch Derivatives, Battersea special postmark F170SET Set of covers with connected postmarks th May 1977 Silver Jubilee F171C Windsor special FDI postmark... 6 F171CD Single 9p stamp, doubled postmarked in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee F171I Duke of Edinburgh s Award London SW1 special postmark F171K Operation Makefast Chatham special postmark Official cover signed F171N Kings Lynn FDI postmark with Sandringham Estate Office cachet F171Z Set of four covers with special connected postmarks. 15 8th June 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government F172C London SW special pmk... 4 F172DF Beating the Retreat BFPS 8677 Official cover F172F House of Commons machine cancel th June 1977 Silver Jubilee 9p F173D Exhibition, North Devon F173F Borough of Blackburn special postmark... 8 F173IF Nuneaton Borough Council Official cover F173T Cardiff special exhibition slogan F173U Edinburgh Exhibition special slogan Jubilee Double dated covers F174BW Both Windsor special FDI postmarks F175D F175KF 5th October 1977 British Wildlife Bear Steps Shrewsbury special postmark Foxton, Market Harbourough CDS st May th Anniversary of the Coronation F180Q Kings Lynn FDI postmark with Estate Office Sandringham cachet F180QS King s Lynn FDI, with Clerk to Charter Trustees King s Lynn cachet, signed by the 1953 and 1978 Mayors of King s Lynn th July 1978 Horses F181HF Sport of Kings, Brighton Races Official cover F187M Kings Lynn FDI postmark with the Royal Studs Sandringham, FDI postmark th Match 1980 Liverpool and Manchester Railway F194CVF David Fletcher official cover Coventry F194QD Great Western TPO Down F199ZB F207FF F207T 4th August 1980 Queen Mother Forces Help official cover nd July 1981 Royal Wedding Isle of Man Crowns special slogan postmark Caernarfon CDS postmark nd January 1985 Famous Trains F235DDP4 Crewe-Cardiff TPO CDS F235FC Official Steamtown Railway Museum cover st April 1986 Queens 60th Birthday F245YB House of Lords CDS postmark th August 1986 Parliamentary Conference F250H House of Lords CDS We have a large stock of covers - too many to show in every magazine, and it is changing all the time! So make sure you keep an eye on our website or sign up to our regular newsletters. CL181 61

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64 RARE KING EDWARD VIII FDC postmarked king edward (banff) What a great postmark, a place called King Edward, so an incredible postmark. Only four stamps were issued during his short reign and we offer them here on great display covers with cachet illustrations and the rare King Edward CDS. These do not come along very often and are in lovely condition. FD127A th December 1936 King Edward VIII Abdication cover, all four values with King Edward Banff CDS and Abdication cachet illustration. FD117A 175 1st September 1936 King Edward VIII 3 values with King Edward Banff CDS postmark and first stamps cachet illustration. All 3 Covers over 5 months if undelivered please return to: internet stamps limited, warren house, shearway road, folkestone, kent ct19 4bf FD125A th September 1936 King Edward VIII 1d red with King Edward Banff CDS and cachet illustration. Few Available, Highly recommended Don t forget - you can always pay by flexi-pay - phone for details betty@buckinghamcovers.com 64 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL99 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com