Cover Lover. The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors

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1 JANUARY 2018 CL201 Cover Lover Buckingham Covers The magazine for first day and commemorative cover collectors GAME OF THRONES 23rd January 2018 Winter is Here! And with it come these Blockbuster Game of Thrones stamps on our magnificent Beasts & Blades first day covers. The first issue in our brand new sixth series! 2018 offers a fantastic and varied programme, so make sure you don t miss an issue and join our collectors club. Read more about our club options on page 12. We ve got some fantastic covers for you including miniature sheet, retail booklet and PSB options. See the full range on pages UPCOMING ISSUES: February: Votes for Women more info on page 6 March: RAF Centenary

2 A WORD FROM BRIAN BUCKINGHAM COVERS, SPECIALIST COVER EXPERT we were sworn to secrecy, but in the knowledge that we have some great covers that we are desperate to show you Dear Collector, Well what a way to start the year with our spectacular Games of Thrones covers, yes another of those blockbuster issues where we were sworn to secrecy, but in the knowledge that we have some great covers that we are desperate to show you. Not a traditional stamp issue, so will please fans and not others, a bit like Star Wars, but we think Royal Mail see this as a new way of attracting people to the hobby. I would of course jump on my soapbox at this point and also say they should make it easier for people to use stamps on letters and not cross them through with pens! Anyway I really like Clair s covers for this issue and there is even a little advert for them online which I think you can find on our twitter and facebook pages. Also sneaked inside this magazine is the first showing of our Votes for Women and RAF Centenary covers, so don t miss these, later in the year is a Captain Cook issue, so those of you who know your stamps will realise that Royal Mail have just missed the TUC issue from the 1968 Anniversaries stamps. We have used this magazine to complete the 5th series listing started in the last magazine, plus there is a nice selection of Postal History and Craig s list of CDS postmarks towards the end. As I have said before with so many small Post Offices closing these are getting harder and harder to find. Finally, this year sees us launch the 6th series, so what a great time to start collecting Buckingham Covers, if you need any convincing have a look at just a few of the great names who have signed our covers on page 13 and helped us raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Happy Collecting Brian Austin January 2018 THOMAS EDISON Thomas Edison ( ) has been described as America s greatest inventor who was responsible for an abundance of inventions including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb. Edison held over 1,000 US patents as well as many here in the UK, and his work made a huge contribution to mass communication, industrial research, and electric generation and distribution systems. This stunning letter signed by Edison is on beautifully headed paper from the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison dated 1st July 1911 and reads I am sending my representative Mr James Ricalton to your part of the world to secure photographically characteristic scenes, life, and industries along your lines: any consideration you may be able to extend to him in the way of transportation will be a personal kindness to me. Edison has an exquisitely graceful signature, and despite being over 100 years old this letter remains in fantastic condition, a superb item. SGE per month over 8 months Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. 2 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

3 Our beautiful Beasts & Blades covers, designed by Clair, showcase the Game of Thrones stamps perfectly. Game of Thrones 23rd January 2018 BC The Ice design first day cover features a se-tenant strip of five Game of Thrones stamps cancelled at Wall, Hexham with our Wolf postmark. Characters featured on the stamps: Sansa Stark, Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Olenna Tyrell & Tywin Lannister. BC601A Beasts & Blades, Fire design first day cover features a se-tenant strip of five Game of Thrones stamps cancelled at Throne Road, Rowley Regis with our lion postmark. Characters; Tyrion Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Arya Stark, Jaime Lannister & Daenerys Targaryen. LOVE COVERS? JOIN THE CLUB and save money! Members of our Unsigned Collectors Club save 1 on the cost of each cover. There s no obligation to buy but your covers will be reserved for you so you ll never miss out! Why not join today? see page 12 for details CL201 BC601M Our Beasts & Blades, Sword and Crown design cover features the full miniature sheet which shows some of the fantastic creatures featured in Game of Thrones: Direwolves, Giants, Dragons & White Walkers with an Iron Throne Definitive stamp at the centre. The stamps are cancelled with our High Gardens Dragon postmark. BC601MB Barcoded miniature sheet BC601MBS signed by Gemma Whelan, who plays Yara Greyjoy in the TV series. See page 4 for more details about Gemma Whelan. 3

4 BC601PSB Game of Thrones prestige booklet set of 4 covers with our official postmarks. BC601PSB Game of Thrones prestige booklet set with mixed postmarks. BC601B Full set of stamps from the miniature sheet on our PSB cover design. BC601BS Signed by Gemma Whelan who plays Yara Greyjoy in the series. Gemma Whelan Yara Greyjoy BC601R Game of Thrones Retail Book on our Post & Go cover. Limited Availability. Ballycastle FDI postmark. English Actress and Comedian Gemma Whelan is perhaps best known for her role as Yara Greyjoy in the blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones. She has been a regular on our screens for a few years though, starring in the BBC production of Mapp & Lucia in 2014, as Patricia Campbell in The Crown and most recently alongside David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck and Mark Heap in the hit Ben Elton comedy Upstart Crow. Full Set Covers - Limited Availability BC601F BC601F Full set of ten Game of Thrones stamps and the two Full set of stamps from the miniature sheet + two Post & Game of Thrones Post & Go stamps with our Post & Go Go stamps with our Post & Go Wester Ross FDI postmark. Wester Ross FDI postmark. 4 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

5 Game of Thrones 23rd January 2018 BC601D 9.95 Single Iron Throne definitive stamp from miniature sheet. With our Beasts & Blades FDI postmark. BC601SET Set of Four Beasts & Blades covers each feature a single stamp from the miniature sheet and featuring a different postmark on each cover. BC601LSET Pair of our Beasts & Blades covers each with five Game of Thrones stamps and labels from the Royal Mail Collector Sheet. STP Set of 10 PHQ Cards - each STP028A Set of 5 PHQ Cards - features a different character with corresponding stamp. featuring the images from the miniature sheet Various postmarks. with corresponding stamp. Various postmarks. Game of Thrones Post & Go Post & Go Iron Throne stamps on our special Beasts & Blades Post & Go cover. BC Bureau Stamps BC602B Machine Stamps Bureau or Machine? What s the difference? See page 7 for a full explanation CL

6 Votes for Women 15th February 2018 BC years ago women in the UK were finally given the right to vote after years of political petition and struggle. This issue commemorates this historic event. The stamps feature photographs of the women in the women s suffrage movement, documenting some of the key moments. Our cover, designed by Jo, features a lovely image of Christabel Pankhurst at a Polling Booth. The stamps are cancelled on the first day of issue in Manchester, Pankhurst s home town, with our placard postmark. BC604A With Stampex postmark BC604B With special Stampex postmark BC604S Signed by Dame Harriet Walter, leading actress of stage and screen, and associate artist with the RSC. She is known for her roles in The Young Victoria, Sense and Sensibility and Atonement among many others. She is patron of Clean Break, a charity and theatre company dedicated to sharing the often hidden stories of imprisoned women. Walter played Pankhurst in Radio 4 programme Home Front, which also portrayed our local town of Folkestone in the Great War. Women in Forces Suffragettes BCSP44C marks the 100th anniversary of Women s Suffrage in the UK. Our Women in Forces cover features a Suffragette label and Union Flag Stamp from the Women in Forces sheet with our special Votes for Women postmark. 475th Anniversary of the Birth & Accession of Mary Stuart - Queen of Scots 8th December 2017 BCSP Mary Stuart was born on 8 December 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, the only child of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died shortly after when Mary was just 6 days old. This cover features a portrait of Mary and a painting of 6 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 Linlithgow Palace, a Scottish regional definitive stamp and special postmark dated on the day of her birth. TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

7 Post & Go Mail by Sea 14th February 2018 The next in the Royal Mail Heritage series, this one explores the history of Mail by Sea. Our Post & Go cover features all 6 stamps and is postmarked Southampton. BC Bureau Stamps BC603B Machine Stamps BC603A With Stampex postmark BC603A Bureau or Machine? What s the difference? RMS ST HELENA FINAL VOYAGE With special Stampex postmark The Bureau released stamps have the serial number ending with the Post & Go number for the series issue. Covers also include the carrier information card for the stamp set. Machine stamps do not have the same serial number as the bureau stamps, in fact, they are continually changing as they are printed. 15th February 2018 RMS St Helena is one of a few vessels in the world still to carry the venerable title of Royal Mail Ship, held in the past by so many famous British passenger liners. She sails between Cape Town and Saint Helena with regular shuttles continuing to Ascension Island. With the start of scheduled passenger flights to Saint Helena in October 2017 providing the main passenger access to the Island, the St Helena will be withdrawn from service in She will make her farewell voyage on the 15th February BCS Our cover features a wonderful painting of the vessel by artist John Wigston. It carries ta 26p 1988 By Boat stamp and 50p definitive, cancelled with our special final voyage handstamp. BCS29F Our cover features a wonderful painting of the vessel by artist John Wigston. It carries the full set of stamps from the Post & Go issue, cancelled with our special final voyage handstamp. BCS29FA With Stampex postmark CL

8 BUCKINGHAM RAIL We produce 10 to 15 covers each year celebrating events and significant anniversaries in the history of the Railway across Britain. Steam trains, bridges, preservation groups and new developments - we celebrate our rich transport heritage. Liverpool Overhead Railway 4th February 2018 R Only 9.95 to Rail Club Members Our latest rail cover celebrates the125th Anniversary of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. The first electrically operated elevated railway served Liverpool for 60 years before its demolition in Our cover features a 2017 Post & Go Machin stamp, our choice, cancelled with our special Liverpool postmark on the anniversary. World s Oldest Railway Tunnel 1st January 2018 The World s Oldest Railway Tunnel was established by the Derbyshire Archaeological Society in Featuring the Archaeological logo on the cover. With England country definitive 1.17 stamp, postmarked in Fritchley where the tunnel is, the year of the anniversary with a walking train. R SS Great Eastern JOIN THE RAIL CLUB! 31st January 2018 Launched in January 1858 the SS Great Eastern was the largest iron sailing steam ship built at the time. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, SS Great Eastern is considered a great example of Victorian engineering. Our cover celebrates 160th anniversary of the launch. R Only 9.95 to Rail Club Members Only 9.95 to Rail Club Members Members of our Rail Club have each cover reserved for them at a reduced price. There s no commitment to buy but it means you ll never miss out on a cover you want. Why not join today? See page 12 for full details 8 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

9 SS Great Eastern 31st January 2018 BCN Launched in January 1858 the SS Great Eastern was the largest iron sailing steam ship built at the time. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, SS Great Eastern is considered a great example of Victorian engineering. Our cover celebrates 160th anniversary of the launch. JOIN THE MARITIME SERIES 2018 Now is the perfect time to sign up to the Maritime Club as we start to look ahead to 2018! As a maritime club member all of our new maritime covers would be reserved for you. Don t worry, there s no obligation to buy, you just get first refusal - and any that you choose to buy will be 1 below the advertised price. So there s really no reason not to join! CL201 HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier 7th December 2017 BCN Official Commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth by Her Majesty the Queen at Portsmouth Docks. On the 7th December Her Majesty will welcome Britain s biggest and most powerful warship as it officially joins the Royal Navy Fleet. 200th Anniversary of the British Sailor s Society 65th Anniversary of the Launch of the Royal Yacht Britannia 150th Anniversary of HMS Repulse 150th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic Explorer 50th Anniversary of the first single handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Maritime Club members will get these covers at the reduced rate of 9.95 FUTURE COVERS IN THE SERIES: 90th Anniversary of the Opening of HMS Victory to the public as a Museum by King George V 175th Anniversary of the Launch of SS Great Britain 250th Anniversary of Captain Cook s Voyage 300th Anniversary of the Defeat of the Pirate Edward Blackbeard Teach MAKE SURE YOU DON T MISS OUT! Simply call: or betty@buckinghamcovers.com to sign up 9

10 THE NEXT IN OUR NEW MACHIN 50 CLUB To mark the 50th Anniversary of this iconic stamp we are producing a special set of five covers. Each will have the original set of stamps on, cancelled with a special cachet and then a current Machin cancelled on the 50th Anniversary. There were two covers issued in 2017 to mark the first two issues of Machins in 1967, we then have two further covers in 2018 for the February and July anniversaries and a final cover for the two values issued in January We may do a couple of extras, one for the larger 1969 High Values and one for 1971 Decimalization, but both of these are still in the planning stage. BC558G Years Machin Definitive cover with st class Machin from the Golden Anniversary m/sheet & pmk d 2018 plus four 1968 machins with special cachet. BC558F th Years Machin Definitive cover with 1993 orange 1st class & 5p from the Golden Anniversary m/sheet & pmk d 08/08/17 plus 8/8/67 machins with special cachet. To join the club please either quote MCN50 or add it to your order form. BC558E th Anniversary of a Design Classic The Machin cover with gold 1 & 20p from the Golden Anniversary m/sheet & pmk d Stoke on Trent FDI 05/06/17 plus original 5/6/67 first machins with special cachet. JOIN THE CLUB TO RECEIVE THESE COVERS AT THE SPECIAL CLUB PRICE STAR WARS NEW! SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY COVER Celebrating Carrie Fisher and the 40 years since the UK Premiere BC of the most popular characters from the latest Star Wars films including one from the latest film. Our fantastic spaceship Science Fiction covers, designed by Jo, will feature all 8 of the new Star Wars stamps with our special Lucas Way, Haywards BC566AN Our special cover commemorates the 40th Heath postmark. Anniversary of the UK release of Star Wars: A New Hope. This cover features stamps from the 2015 Royal Mail issue: Darth Vader, Han 10 Solo, Luke Skywalker and of course Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher who sadly passed WARREN away HOUSE, a year ago SHEARWAY on the anniversary ROAD, day. FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL201

11 SOME RECENT COVERS WITH NEW SIGNERS! Platinum Wedding Grant Harold The Royal Butler BC558AS Platinum wedding stamps from the miniature sheet cover featuring a beautiful image of Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip on their wedding day. Signed by Grant Harold, The Royal Butler, Britain s Official Etiquette Expert, a butler and advisor to various members of the British Royal Family and other notable people. BC558MBS Grant Harold, The Royal Butler, has also signed our full Barcoded miniature sheet cover. Christmas Derek Griffiths BC567AS 30 Children s TV presenter and actor Derek Griffiths has signed our Christmas competition cover. Ancient Britain Adam John Hart-Davis BC552S 30 Adam John Hart-Davis English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster, well known in the UK for presenting the BBC television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us. VICTORIA CROSS 1st January 2018 BCV th Anniversary of the Birth of Colonel Patrick (Pat) Porteous VC Porteous was commissioned in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1937, On 26 August 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant. On 19 August 1942, he was 24 years old and a temporary major attached to No. 4 Commando when he did the deed for which he was awarded the VC, during the Dieppe Raid. The citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette of 2 October 1942, he received his Victoria Cross from King George VI at Buckingham Palace 27th October 1942 CL

12 A RARE CHANCE TO START COLLECTING 2018 sees the start of a new Buckingham Cover Series, and we re off to a blockbuster start with Game of Thrones! BC601 BC601A BC601M 2018 offers a fantastic and varied programme, including: Votes for Women, Royal Air Force Centenary, Reintroduced Species, Royal Academy 250 Years, Dad s Army, Hampton Court Palace, Captain Cook s Voyage and the continuation of the Centenary of First World War series. Artists Impression BC603 BC604 Why not join one of our collectors clubs to make sure you don t miss out on any of these fantastic issues? No contracts. We feel we should be so good you wouldn t want to leave unless you had to. So you can stop at any time with no penalty. No commitment to buy. If you do not like a particular cover you can ask not to have it and even if you receive it you can send it back, no questionds asked. Club customers earn points on their covers which enable them to get their albums free. We try to organise free covers as a Christmas gift. Club customers get special offers and reduced prices COLLECT BY THEME? WE HAVE RAIL AND MARITIME CLUBS CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 12 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

13 FROM THE BEGINNING OF A NEW SERIES Our 6th Series starts on 23rd January and by joining a club you get to choose exactly what you want at the best prices! Choose from: Stamp covers only Miniature sheet covers only Stamp & Miniature sheet covers and you can also collect extras: e.g. Prestige Booklets (PSBs), Retail Books, Definitives You don t have to collect every cover and you can cancel at any time! RETURN TO: Autographed Options For each issue released we approach various relevant celebrities to sign a limited number of our covers. In return for signing we donate a sum of money to a charity of their choice. This means that by purchasing your signed covers you are helping to support a wide range of charities and good causes. Recent signers include: Andy Murray, Peter & Emily Firmin, Martin Clunes, Sally Hawkins, Rick Stein, Bob Harris, Warwick Davis, Kirstie Allsopp, Chris Packham, Terry Jones, Sir Ken Dodd, Chay Blyth, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Richard Dunwoody, Fiona Fullerton, Robert Hardy, Pete Waterman OBE, Sir Mark Rylance Between 2001 and 2017 our autographed covers have raised over 650,000 for charity! BUCKINGHAM COVERS WARREN HOUSE SHEARWAY ROAD FOLKESTONE KENT CT19 4BF Name Tel No: Address I would like to join... the stamp club (silver) unsigned signed the miniature sheet club (bronze) unsigned signed Please send me a list of options (such as prestige stamp booklet FDCs and definitive FDCs) Cover prices may vary but, as club members, your unsigned cover will always be 1 less than the advertised price. Your covers will commence with the first issue of 2018, Game of Thrones (23rd Jan) There are usually around 15 issues per year. New issue prices are generally between and per cover (unsigned). Signed prices are around but may vary. Please note that although we ask for payment details, payment WILL NOT be taken for any cover until it is ready to send out to you. Post Code Account No. (if known) I enclose my cheque/postal order made out to Buckingham Covers for OR please use my usual payment method OR I would like to pay by credit/debit card. I understand that you will keep this number on a secure computer system and I authorise you charge it when my covers become available. credit/debit card number: Expiry Date: Security Code: (Last 3 digits on back of card). Signature MAKE SURE YOU DON T MISS OUT! SIMPLY CALL: OR BETTY@BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM TO SIGN UP. CL

14 _ The FDC specialist list _ To find our rare covers on our website, just type Portfolio into the search box FC024A per month over 8 months 10th May 1929 Postal Union Congress Low Values cancelled with Postal Union Congress London CDS postmark, on piece (19cm x 8½cm) we assume taken from the official stationary. The 1 value would have been stuck below, but was and still is a very rare stamp and unfortunately this is not unusual. FC069C 75 13th May 1937 Coronation of King George VI, plain registered cover cancelled with a Kingston Vale, Putney CDS. Has also had the three definitive values (issued on the 10th) also on the cover. Clear strike on the bottom right hand corner to show postmark. FC065ZV per month over 4 months 11th May 1937 Coronation of King George VI, pre-released on 11th May with a High Wycombe slogan postmark on a plain typed cover. This is the day before the Coronation and two days before the official release (13th). FC090H 60 11th June 1946 Victory in Europe, Daggers Hall Lane Blackpool CDS on registered Feasey of Manchester cover. We are not sure if you can argue a dagger is connected or not, but we like it and the Post office is still there. FC080H 75 Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months 6th May 1940 Centenary of the Penny Black, London Red Cross postmark, Perkins Bacon blue cover. Produced by the Westminster Stamp Co and sent to Milwaukee USA. 14 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

15 FC per month over 5 months FC th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Winston Churchill, House 11th June 1946 Victory in Europe, Don t Waste Bread of Commons CDS postmark on Save the Children Fund cover. special slogan on Geniality illustrated cover with cachet address. Not opened and a good illustration betty@buckinghamcovers.com NOW 125 FC per month over 5 months 7th July th Anniversary of the General Letter Office, Eastbourne International Postal Conference special slogan postmark on typed PTS London Stamp Exhibition cover. FC per month over 6 months 28th August 1961 Centenary of the Post Office Savings Bank, Blythe Road, West Kensington CDS postmark on typed illustrated cover featuring the headquarters plus Express Delivery label. FD080A per month over 5 months 20th April d Postage Due, pair of stamps cancelled with Evesham CDS. Cancelled with Evesham double ring CDS at 7pm and then the pair of 1d dues were added and cancelled with a single ring Evesham CDS at 8pm, plus the old style '2' cachet. Handwritten address to Port Street in Evesham. CL

16 _ The FDC specialist list _ 20 per month over 5 months FD114Q 100 1st September 1936 King Edward VIII ½d Green, 1½d Brown and 2½d blue cancelled with Queen Street Exeter CDS postmark on registered Display Cover. A little grubby and the back flap is missing flap is missing. Sent to Wankie in Southern Rhodesia, now Hwange in Zimbabwe. Receiving mark on the reverse (24th September). FD per month over 5 months 24th January 1977 Speedpost, Extension of Service large cover, Brighton CDS postmark. This special cover was produced when the experiment was extended to Link with London. The cover has 5 worth of stamps on it, over 20 today. FD307B per month over 5 months 18th August d Regionals, set of six matching illustrations with the correct postmarks. Cachet address to the Ardallan Stamp Company in Wimborne Dorset. FC001H per month over 5 months 23rd April 1924 British Empire Exhibition Wembley, Wembley Park special slogan on single 1½d value, cachet address to R A King in Northern Ireland, neatly opened at the top. FC003A per month over 9 months 23rd April 1924 British Empire Exhibition Wembley, Empire Exhibition Wembley Park special Handstamp, sent to Switzerland. It looks like the handwritten name above the address has been erased, but we believe this may have happen on most of them. Attractive cover as three features five stamps each with own cancel. 16 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

17 50 per month over 5 months FC044C 250 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V with Charing Cross Glasgow CDS, Semiillustrated cover registered cover sent to Que Que Southern Rhodesia, receiving mark on the reverse (30th May), neat handwritten address. FRONT BACK FC049ZB 75 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, East Strand Oval Registered CDS postmark, neat typed cover address in the centre, has two paper clip marks at top. FC048T 50 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, single 2½d cancelled with large London EC CDS. Plain Mitsui Bank cover, carried to New York by SS Aquitania with the Bank s Official Wax seal on the reverse. FC050D per month over 5 months 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, Windsor wavy line slogan on pair of covers featuring three of the four values. Both unaddressed International Historical Committee Arlington Massachusetts covers. FC049ZC per month over 5 months 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V, Sutton Coldfield CDS on plain typed W T Wilson cover, neatly opened at the top. FC165A per month over 5 months 1st August 1957 Scouts, Sutton Coldfield CDS on illustrated cover, a few marks where a pencilled address has been removed. Don't forget that you can always use Flexi-Pay to spread the cost of your covers. It's simple, flexible and INTEREST FREE. You can choose to spread the cost over up to 12 months, with a minimum monthly payment of 10 - the amounts shown above are just examples so an item at 250 could be split over 5 months instead of 2. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. We then hold your order safely for you. We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service Call us on or us at betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL

18 AIRMAIL RU per month over 10 months 1936 Hindenburg carried airmail with superb block of four Helvetia stamps cancelled with a Basel CDS, and Olympiafahrt cachet. RU per month over 2 months 1933 Graf Zeppelin Italian flight with Gandersheim cancel and registered label plus a Graf Zeppelin Romfahrt cachet. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. RU per month over 5 months 1933 Graf Zeppelin Italian flight with four Netherland stamps cancelled on 23rd May and an Rotterdam arrival postmark on 31st May, with Graf Zeppelin Romfahrt cachet, lovely illustration of Europe on the card betty@buckinghamcovers.com RU per month over 4 months 1933 Graf Zeppelin flight with a 7 different German stamps cancelled with an airmail Graf Zeppelin postmark, sent to Hannover. RU per month over 4 months 1928 The Orcadian Best for News and Advertisements illustrated envelope flown from Orkney to Inverness, lovely Lundy & Atlantic Coast Air Line label and Lundy Island stamp with Lundy Island cancel. 18 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

19 We run regular thematic s with exclusive offers Visit to ensure you re not missing out BACK FRONT RU per month over 5 months 1930 The Bremen & Europa The New Giant Twin Fliers illustrated Catapult mail envelope carried on the SS Europe, with special Deutsch-Amerikanische cancel and a superb Europa-New York cachet. BACK RU per month over 2 months 1933 Balloon flight carried on The Dela with attractive Ballonfahrt label and cachet. FRONT RU per month over 5 months 1912 Schwaben flight postcard with an bord des Zeppelin cachet and superb colour illustration of an airship on the reverse. RU per month over 5 months 1923 Flown envelope with superb mix of German airmail stamps comprising of three strip of three values and a Berlin registered label. BACK FRONT RU per month over 5 months 1929 Graf Zeppelin South West Saxony flight postcard with an bord des Graf Zeppelin cachet. RU Flown envelope with a strip of 6 German airmail stamps and a Berlin registered label. CL

20 AIRMAIL FRONT RU per month over 5 months 1931 Graf Zeppelin South America flight postcard with Graf Zeppelin Sudamerikafahrt cachet. BACK BACK RU per month over 3 months 1930 Graf Zeppelin Flight over the Alps card with nice mix of 7 German stamps with Staubing cancel. FRONT RU per month over 3 months 1925 England - Sweden first service with both value from the 1925 Wembley issue cancelled with London CDS and slogan postmarks, plus a plus a King George V 4d Grey-Green betty@buckinghamcovers.com RU per month over 5 months 1927 Crash Mail with three King George V stamps and London CDS. During the 6th flight from Kisumu, Kenya to Khartoum The Pelican plane crashed during take-off at Lake Victoria. The mail was recovered and forward by the normal route and all mail had a special crash cachet applied. 20 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

21 We run regular thematic s with exclusive offers Visit to ensure you re not missing out FRONT BACK RU per month over 9 months 1930 Crash Mail - The City of New York plane was attempting an around the world flight when it crashed during take-off at Harbour Grace. This is one of only 25 specially illustrated cards which were onboard at the time. On the reverse it is signed by the flights navigator John Henry Mears. FRONT RU per month over 10 months 1913 Photographic postcard flown from Mulhausen to Felberg and back with a superb 25pf flugpost label and first airmail cachet. The card features an illustration of WWI fighter pilot A.Faller who has also signed the card. BACK RU per month over 5 months 1926 Jack V. Elliot pair of Canadian pioneering flight covers with the Red Lake Aerial Mail label on the reverse and both Red Lake and Rolling Portage postmarks. RU per month over 5 months 1913 Experimental flight from the Fair Ground at Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania to Schenley Park, Pittsburgh. However the aviator Theodore Stockman had to abandon the attempt after mechanical problems with his plane and the mail was sent back to senders unflown. This example is addressed to Harry Truby who organised the flight attempt and was a prominent member of the Aero Mail Club and No.3 of the US Air Mail Society. CL

22 Buckingham COVERS Buckingham Signed Series 5 Continued With this being the last magazine of the year, the 200th Cover Lover and the completion of the 5th Series, we thought now would be a great time to showcase some of the great signatures we have managed to get over the last three years 28th July Beatrix Potter BC544S 35 Yew Tree Farm - Patricia Routledge CBE BC544MS 40 Miniature Sheet - Judy Taylor Hough MBE BC544MAS 35 stamps from Miniature Sheet - Patricia Routledge CBE BC544MBS 35 Barcoded Miniature Sheet - Judy Taylor Hough MBE 16th August Landscape Gardens BC545S 30 Capability Brown, Biggleswade John Phibbs BC545AS 30 Capability Brown, Biggleswade Frances Tophill 2nd September Great Fire of London BC546S 30 Great Fire of London John Higgins 14th September Post & Go Ladybirds BC547BS 30 Machine stamps George McGavin BC547S 30 Bureau stamps George McGavin 15th September Agatha Christie BC548S 40 Torquay David Suchet & Hugh Fraser 20th October Mr Men & Little Miss BC549S 35 Manchester Emma Tate BC549AS 30 Manchester Robert Rackstraw WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

23 8th November Christmas Winterton Tasveer Shemza BC550S 35 BC550MBS 40 Barcoded Miniature Sheet - Helen Musselwhite BC550MS 35 Miniature Sheet - Helen Musselwhite 14th November Post & Go Hibernating Animals BC551S 30 Bureau stamps - John Challis BC551BS 30 Machine Stamps - John Challis 17th January Ancient Britain Callanish Stones Adam Hart-Davis BC552S 35 15th February Windsor Castle BC553MS 30 Miniature Sheet Lieutenant General Peter Pearson BC553MBS 35 Barcode Miniature Sheet - Admiral Sir James Perowne BC553MAS 30 Stamps from Miniature Sheet - Lieutenant General Peter Pearson BC553S 30 Windsor - Admiral Sir James Perowne 15th February Post & Go Mail by Rail BC554BS 30 Machine stamps - Peter Johnson BC554S 30 Bureau stamps - Peter Johnson Spread the cost using Flexi Pay! CL

24 14th March Music Giants David Bowie BC555S 30 London - George Underwood BC555MAS 30 Stamps from Miniature Sheet - Paul Trynka BC555MBS 30 Barcode Miniature Sheet - George Underwood BC555MS 30 Miniature Sheet, Swindon - Paul Trynka 6th April Racehorse Legends BC556AS 25 Red Rum, Aintree - Tommy Stack BC556BS We Three Kings, Newmarket - Susan Crawford BC556S We Three Kings, Newmarket - Richard Dunwoody 4th May Songbirds BC557AS Yellowhammer - Nick Baker BC557S Goldcrest - Alison Steadman 5th June Machin Definitive 50 Years BC558M2AS 35 Stamps from Miniature Sheet - Dominic Newton BC558M2BS 35 Golden Anniversary Miniature Sheet - Alice Machin BC558M2S Golden Anniversary Miniature Sheet - Henry Machin Stamps from Miniature Sheet - Alice Machin BC558MAS 30 Barcode Miniature Sheet - Alice Machin BC558MBS 35 Miniature Sheet, Stoke on Trent - Louis Machin BC558MS WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

25 5th June Post & Go Machin Anniversary BC559BS TBC Machine stamps - Signer to be confirmed BC559S TBC Bureau stamps - Signer to be confirmed 30th June Windmills and Watermills BC560S TBC Windmillls and Watermills - Signer to be confirmed 13th July Landmark Buildings Plymouth - Bill Kenwright BC561S 35 Handmade Fair - Kirstie Allsopp BC561S st July The Great War BC562S 35 Burton on Trent - Sally Knocker 22nd August Classic Toys Old Bear - Jane Hissey BC563S 35 13th July Post & Go Mail by Air BC564BS 30 Machine Stamps - Eddie Spicer BC564S 30 Bureau Stamps - Eddie Speicer 14th September Ladybird Books Ladybird Books - Signer to be confirmed BC565S TBC 12th October Science Fiction Star Wars BC566S 40 Spaceship - Warwick Davis CL

26 We run regular thematic s with exclusive offers Visit to ensure you re not missing out SGB309E 35 Royal Mail Beatles stamp cover signed by Ray Ennis, original member of The Swinging Blue Jeans He played at The Cavern and alongside The Beatles. SGA per month over 5 months Multi signed 1979 Alice in Wonderland cover. Fiona Fullerton, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Michael Crawford, and Roy Kinnear signed 1979 Year of the Child FDC, Alice in Wonderland cover. The signatories were all part of the cast of the 1972 film Alice s Adventures in Wonderland : Fiona Fullerton - Alice, Spike Milligan - Gryphon, Dudley Moore - Dormouse, Michael Crawford - White Rabbit, Roy Kinnear - Cheshire Cat. 50 per month over 2 months SGC Benedict Cumberbatch signed 1996 Guernsey Screen Detectives cover. Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE is an English actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. He is the son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham (who also appeared in an episode of Sherlock as Sherlock s own parents!) He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since He was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2015 for his services to the performing arts and to charity. SGR per month over 10 months Field Marshall Erwin Rommel signed in pencil a German WWII document in which Rommel nominates four soldiers for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, superb wartime item in excellent condition. Erwin Rommel ( ) was a German general and military theorist. In World War II, he distinguished himself as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 invasion of France. His leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African Campaign established his reputation as one of the most able tank commanders of the war, and earned him the nickname der Wüstenfuchs, the Desert Fox. Among his British adversaries he earned a strong reputation for chivalry and the North African campaign has often been called a war without hate. In 1944, Rommel was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. He was given a choice between committing suicide, in return for assurances that his reputation would remain intact and that his family would not be persecuted following his death, or facing a trial that would result in his disgrace and execution; he chose the former. Rommel was given a state funeral, and it was announced that he had succumbed to his injuries from the strafing of his staff car in Normandy. 26 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

27 SGM per month over 10 months Part of a letter dated 20th February 1857 signed by William Mulready, inventor of the Mulready envelope & letter sheet. SGB309K 45 Royal Mail Beatles cover signed by Freda Kelly, the Beatles secretary. Freda Kelly was secretary to Brian Epstein and the British rock band The Beatles from 1962 through 1972, and president of the group s official fan club. Kelly worked with the band as it rose from local popularity to world-wide fame, and through its dissolution. A 2013 documentary, Good Ol Freda, chronicled Kelly s ten-plus year association with the group and its members. SGB American Country Music cover signed by country singer Bobby Bare. Robert Joseph Bobby Bare Sr. is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs Detroit City and 500 Miles Away from Home. He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician. SGB309H2 45 Royal Mail Beatles single stamp cover signed by Steve Holly & Howie Casey, former members of Paul McCartney s band Wings. Stephen Jeffrey Holley is an English rock music drummer. He was a member of Wings from August 1978 to April Howard William Howie Casey is a British rhythm and blues and rock saxophonist. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as a member of Derry and the Seniors, the first rock and roll band from Liverpool to play clubs in Germany, and later, as leader of the renamed Howie Casey and the Seniors, the first Liverpool group to record an LP. In the 1970s, he was featured on several albums by, and toured with, Paul McCartney and Wings, among others. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. SGQ007A 50 Royal Mail Beatles cover signed by two member of John Lennon s early band, The Quarrymen - Len Garry & Colin Hanton. The Quarrymen (also written as the Quarry Men ) are a British skiffle/ rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which eventually evolved into the Beatles in Originally consisting of Lennon and several school friends, the Quarrymen took their name from a line in the school song of Quarry Bank High School, which they attended. In 1997 the four surviving original members of the Quarrymen reunited to perform at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the garden fete performance at which Lennon and McCartney met for the first time. The band decided to continue playing, and since 1998 have performed in many countries throughout the world, releasing four albums. As of 2016, three original members are still actively performing as the Quarrymen. CL

28 SGQ007B per month over 5 months Royal Mail Beatles cover signed by four members of John Lennon s early band, The Quarrymen - Len Garry, John Duff Lowe, Rod Davis & Colin Hanton. SGB309W 40 Abbey Road Beatles cover signed by Nigel Walley, the manager of The Quarrymen (John Lennon s early band). SGA per month over 6 months Set of 10 Multi-signed 1968 single stamp Anniversary covers (mainly TUC with a few Votes for Women). Signatures include Dorothy Hodgkin, Vic Feather, Jimmy Knapp & Tom Jackson. Most of the covers have insert cards listing the signatories for that cover. John Edmonds is a former trade union official in the United Kingdom. On graduation, he found work as a research assistant with the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, moving on to become a field officer, then a National Industrial Officer. In 1986, Edmonds became General Secretary of the union, by then known as the GMB. In this role, he became known as a critic of Tony Blair s leadership of the Labour Party. He stood down as leader in 2003, one year ahead of schedule. John Stephen Monks, Baron Monks is a Labour Cooperative member of the House of Lords and was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003, when he became the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Victor Grayson Hardie Feather, Baron Feather, CBE ( ) was General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress in Great Britain from 1969 to James Knapp ( ) was a British trades unionist. He was successively General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) from 1983, and then of the merged National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) from 1990 to his death in He served on the executive board of the International Transport Workers Federation from 1983 to 2001, the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1983 to 2001, and was President of the Trades Union Congress in Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe ( ) was a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (1982ñ1993) and UNISON ( ), Britain s largest trade union at the time. He later became president of the UK National Pensioners Convention ( ). Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, PC is a British politician and former General Secretary of the FDA Trade Union and a Minister of State. She was created a Labour life peer as Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, of Vernham Dean in the County of Hampshire on 7 October From 2010, Baroness Symons has served as the Chairman of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). Doug McAvoy is a retired British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1989 to A teacher, McAvoy was secretary of Newcastle-upon-Tyne NUT and became a member of the National Executive of the Union in He was appointed Deputy General-Secretary designate in 1974, a post he held until 1989 when he became the first directly elected General Secretary in Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS FRIC ( ) was a British chemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

29 RAF SQUADRON RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Tennyson - No Europa - No Civil War - No Gilbert and Sullivan - No.47 RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Conservation - No Single Market - No Christmas - No Swans - No.115 Awaiting Image RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Clocks - No Orchids - No Art - No Roman Britain - No.120 RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Canals - No Autumn - No Sherlock Holmes - No Christmas - No.10 RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Railway - No Investiture - No Postcards - No Channel Tunnel - No.33 RAFC RAFC D-Day - No Golf - No.25 CL

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31 FLOWN FDC S Awaiting Image RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Faith - No Horror - No Aircraft - No Horses - No.203 RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Sub Post Offices - No Enid Blyton - No Golden Wedding - No Christmas - No.72 RAFC RAFC RAFC RAFC Endangered Species - No Queen s Beasts - No Lighthouses - No Princess of Wales - No.3 RAFC Comedians - No.208 RAFC058 8 RAFC Health - No.55 RAFC Magical World - No Carnival - No.17 RAFC Speed - No.12 RAFC Christmas - No.31 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 to find out what you ve been missing out on! CL

32 SPORT SALE AT NOW per month over 5 months Harrison Dillard, Armin Hary, Allan Wells, Carl Lewis, and Linford Christie signed Indianapolis Pan-America Games 1987 cover BOX020A 300 NOW per month over 5 months Joe Frazier signed 1993 USA Boxing Greats FDC AT NOW 50 Francesco Perolfi signed San Marino postcard on which he features BOX NOW 60 Larry Gains signed postcard NOW 75 BOX Petey Sarron signed 6x5 page mounted with picture of him and a Ring side 1937 pass to one of his fights at Harringay Arena MS036A 200 NOW per month over 5 months Joe Davis signed 6x4 photo RUG NOW per month over 5 months John Eales, Francois Pienaar, Nick Farr-Jones, and David Kirk signed 1995 Rugby World Cup cover, all four were World Cup Winning captains for Australia, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand respectively RUG NOW 95 Mathieu Bastareaud, Phillippe Saint- Andre, Serge Blanco, Andy Farrell, and Stuart Lancaster signed Year of Sport 1991 FDC. They have all played for either England or France in Rugby Union 32 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

33 GOLF NOW per month over 10 months GOLF NOW 300 Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, and 50 per month over 6 months Tommy Aaron signed USA Honouring Bobby Jones Golf FDC Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal signed Golf FDC MR115A 400 NOW per month over 5months Juan Manuel Fangio signed Great Names in Motor Racing Cover MR NOW per month over 5 months Rudolf Caracciola signed postcard of him driving for Mercedes in 1939, an extremely rare signature MR NOW per month over 5 months Gerhard Mitter signed 1968 Swiss Racing cover with Champion du Monde et d Europe Ollon - Villars cachet TN NOW 100 CR NOW per month over 10 months Elizabeth Ryan signed 8.5 x5 black and white photo plus handwritten letter signed by her 1930 Wimbledon winning mixed doubles partner Jack Crawford 50 per month over 4 months Set of 9 Lords Taveners cricket covers signed by 42 cricketers including Cowdrey, Hutton, Bradman etc. CL

34 SPORT SALE CR1029B 150 NOW per month over 4 months Fred Trueman, Geoff Boycott, David Lloyd, Bob Willis, Henry Blofeld, Ray Illingworth, Vic Marks, Bill Frindall, Chris Lewis, Mike Brearley, Hugh Fraser, and Jonathan Agnew (plus 6) signed Benham cricket cover CR NOW per month over 4 months Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Michael Vaughan, Graeme Swann, Ian Botham, Mike Hussey, Mark Taylor, and Billy Cooper signed Ashes Hat-Trick miniature sheet cover CR NOW 90 Devon Malcolm, Graham Gooch, Mike Gatting, Norman Cowans, Bob Willis, Michael Holding, Denis Amiss, Mark Ramprakash, Adam Hollioake, Darren Gough, Alex Tudor, and Mark Nicholas signed 1973 County Cricket CR132X 100 NOW 80 Sir Don Bradman signed Australian Bicentenary RAF Flown cover CR160I 100 NOW 75 Bob Willis, Dennis Amiss, Ian Chappell, Ray Illingworth, Tony Greig, Fred Trueman, Dennis Lille, Geoff Boycott, Greg Chappell, Bill Lawry, David Lloyd, Godfrey Evans, Bob Taylor, Trevor Bailey signed Benham cricket cover CR260B 100 NOW 75 Ian Botham, David Gower, Geoff Boycott, Bob Willis, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart, David Lloyd, Paul Allott, Ian Healey, and Michael Slater signed 2001 Ashes Tour cover CR260C 100 NOW 75 Ian Healey, Merv Hughes, Steve Waugh, David Boon, Mark Taylor, Dean Jones, Trevor Hohns, Geoff Lawson, Carl Rackeman, Tim May, Tom Moody, Mike Valetta, Tim Zoeher, Bob Simpson,Terry Alderman signed 1988 Australian Bicentenary FDC CR270D 100 NOW 85 Len Hutton signed 1982 Centenary of the Ashes, Benham small silk cover 34 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

35 FB06J 1100 NOW per month over 5 months Sir Alf Ramsey and Bobby Moore signed 1966 World Cup FDC FB1234A 150 NOW per month over 5 months Duncan McKenzie, Stuart McCall, Alan Ball, Peter Beardsley, Duncan Ferguson, Kevin Ratcliffe, Jimmy Husband, Joe Royle, and Craig Brown signed Football Legends 1996 cover FB136Z 750 NOW per month over 10 months Bobby Moore, Jackie Charlton, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson, Roger Hunt, Alf Ramsey, Bobby Charlton, George Cohen, Alan Ball, and Geoff Hurst signed 1982 Spanish World Cup cover FB211L 100 NOW 80 Alan Ball signed 1996 Benham Football Legends FDC and doubled on 30th Anniversary of the World Cup win FB24A 100 NOW 80 Kenneth Wolstenholme signed Benham 1999 Entertainers Tale: England s Triumph FDC FB50D 225 NOW per month over 5 months Matt Busby signed th birthday cover NOW 150 FB53F per month over 5 months Sir Tom Finney, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Stanley Matthews signed 1980 England v Norway cover CL

36 TH ANNIVERSARY Yes it was really 50 years ago. Only four sets of stamps were issued, offered here on our choice of cover, if you only require the one shown just let us know. FC th April British Bridges, Bridge, Kent special FDI. FC th May British Anniversaries, FDI postmark. FC691B 35 12th August British Paintings, Philatex Woburn special postmark. ALL 4 COVERS NEW DEFINITIVES FC th November Christmas, Bethlehem FDI postmark. FD st July, 5d Blue, 7d Green, 8d Vermilion & 10d Grey, Windsor FDI postmark. FD th February, ½d Orange, 1d Olive, 2d Brown & 6d Claret, Windsor FDI postmark. FD th September, set of 6 Regional Definitives, 4d Brown & 5d Blue, Regional postmarks. ALL 8 COVERS NEW BOOKLETS FD th September, 10/- Booklet, three panes, CDS postmark. FD th September, 2/- Booklet, Se-tenant Pane, Windsor. FD th October, 6/- Woodpecker Booklet, CDS postmark. FD th November, 5/- Ightham Mote Booklet, two panes, CDS postmark. ALL 4 BOOKLETS per month over 5 months ALL 16 COVERS WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com 50 per month over 6 months

37 BENHAM ENGRAVED BE10A Cricket, Exhibition Lord s Ground, London NW8. BE12D Inigo Jones, pair of covers with connected postmarks. BE19L Great Britons, single 8p, Calais Paquebot betty@buckinghamcovers.com BE19G Britons, set of four covers with connected postmarks. BE24C Architecture, St Georges Chapel, Windsor. BE27A Parliament, Philatelic Bureau. BE30A Telephone, Philatelic Bureau. BE35E Caxton, Westminster special postmark. BED th August p Gutter pair, Windsor. BED07 6 8th February p Booklet. CL

38 LAST CHANCE BCON003S per month over 5 months Coming Home final flight to Filton flown on board the World s Last flight from Heathrow with special cachet & double postmarked signed Les Brodie. BCON004D 60 Tribute flight to Cardiff 23/10/03. BCON004E 60 Tribute flight to Edinburgh 24/10/03. BCON004F 85 Tribute flight Heathrow - Washington 14/10/03. BCON005B per month over 5 months 30th Anniversary of First Flight London - Bahrain featuring original 1969 Concorde stamps with RARE Union Jack single band phosphor error stamp only 150 exist. BCON005S2 50 Signed Tony Benn. 50 per month over 4 months BCON005BFS 200 Flown to Bahrain on the Ann. date with Phosphor error small union jack flag & 1976 Bahrain stamps with certificate signed by John Cochrane. Don't forget that you can always use Flexi-Pay to spread the cost of your covers. It's simple, flexible and INTEREST FREE. You can choose to spread the cost over up to 12 months, with a minimum monthly payment of 10 - the amounts shown above are just examples so an item at 250 could be split over 5 months instead of 2. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. We then hold your order safely for you. We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service Call us on or us at betty@buckinghamcovers.com 38 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

39 CONCORDE COVERS BCON005X 40 10th Anniversary of Concorde s Speed Record. Captain Leslie Scott & Senior Flying Officer Tim Orchard. Flew from JFK to Heathrow in 2hrs, 52mins & 59 secs on 7th Feb Limited edition of 350. BCON007S2 30 BCON008S6 40 Queen of the Skies cover marking first flight to Singapore, triple postmarked plus cachet signed by Captains David Edmondson, Andrew Baillie & Adrian Thompson. Concorde 30th Ann. of First flight to New York cover with label & stamp from our customised sheet postmarked 22/11/07, 9d stamp with cachet also featuring USA stamps with New York postmark. Signed Captain Tim Orchard & Captain Peter Duffey. BCON010S th Anniversary of Concorde 101 (01) retiring to Duxford 20/08/07 Signed Viv Gunston. He flew Concorde for 11 years and during this time flew the aeroplane in a number of air displays and took part in a Round the World air cruise. BCON009S th Anniversary of the first passenger flight from Heathrow to Barbados cover with both GB & Barbados stamps and postmarks. Plus d stamp and cachet. Signed Captain Terence Henderson & Les Evans. BCON011S Nauru Concorde stamps and Nauru FDI, signed USA film Star George Kennedy (starred in Airport 80 : The Concorde ) betty@buckinghamcovers.com BCON019SP per month over 5 months 40th Anniversary of first flight of Concorde cover signed by John Cochrane. These were signed in late October 2006 shortly before he sadly passed away. CL

40 Buckingham COVERS SIGNED Sale BC001DS 300 NOW per month over 5 months Edgar Mitchell and Dave Scott signed 2001 Space Tourism cover, between them they served in a mix of four Gemini and Apollo missions BC010C 55 NOW 40 Alan Titchmarsh signed 2001 Pondlife cover, TV gardener extraordinaire BC02SPBS 60 NOW 45 Sir Rex Hunt signed 2002 Falklands cover with Circus stamps, Governor of the Island during the invasion BC013Y 55 NOW 40 Lord Healey signed 2001 Royal Submarine Museum cover carried on HMS Trafalgar, former Defence Secretary BC020FC9 55 NOW 45 Terry Butcher signed 2002 World Cup cover, played for Ipswich and Rangers amongst others BC031E 60 NOW 45 Robert Powell signed 2003 DNA cover, starred in Jesus of Nazareth, Holby City, The Detectives, and Doomwatch BC032K 45 NOW 35 Petula Clarke signed 2003 Great Ormond Street Hospital cover, English singer whose sold over 68 million records NOW 70 BC033J 85 Doug Scott signed 2003 Everest cover, the first Briton to reach the summit 40 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

41 BC041D 100 NOW 80 Martin Johnson signed 2003 Rugby World Champions cover, lifted the trophy as captain BC205AS3 125 NOW 75 Edward Heath signed 2004 L Entente Cordial cover with French and GB stamps, PM who took us into the ECC BC226S3 30 NOW 25 Revd. Dr. Irene Ahrens-Von Treskow signed 2005 Christmas Wells Cathedral cover, designed the stamps BC230S5 100 NOW 75 Andrew Freddie Flintoff signed 2005 Ashes miniature sheet cover, one of Englands greatest all-rounder BC242MS2 60 NOW 45 Ian Fraser VC and Eric Wilson VC signed 2006 Victoria Cross miniature sheet cover BC301S4 350 NOW per month over 5 months Allan Williams and Sir Peter Blake signed 2007 Beatles cover BC244AS 200 NOW 180 Terry Pratchett signed 2006 Christmas official Bath Postal Museum cover, writer and former Patron of the Museum NOW 65 BCF05AS2 85 Ryan Giggs signed 2008 Champion s League Winners cover betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL

42 Buckingham COVERS SIGNED Sale BCC106S 50 NOW 35 Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman signed th anniversary of the RAF coin cover BC401BS3 55 NOW 45 Billy J. Kramer signed 2010 The Boat that Rocked cover BC345S4 50 NOW 35 Jonathan Pryce signed 2009 Arthur Conan Doyle, starred as Sherlock Holmes in the early BBC TV Drama BC318MS6 85 NOW 70 Britt Ekland signed 2009 James Bond miniature sheet cover, played Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun BCH02S1 75 NOW 60 Robin Gibb signed 2011 Tribute to Dusty Springfield cover, star of the Bee Gees BC414RAS2 45 NOW 35 Richard Chamberlain signed 2011 Medical Breakthroughs cover, starred as Dr. Kildare in the 1960s BC440DBLS 60 NOW 45 Captain Jerry Roberts and Baroness Trumpington signed 2012 Alan Turing Britain of Distinction cover, both served at Bletchley Park during WWII BC449MAS 40 NOW 30 Jeffery Archer signed 2012 Charles Dickens cover, politician and novelist WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX

43 BCON006S 45 NOW 35 Paul Douglas signed 30th Anniversary of Concorde s first Washington passenger flight, flown to Washington, he was last Concorde Captain to fly passengers to Washington BCFK09SP 40 NOW 30 Captain David Dyke, Commander Christopher Craig, Captain Phillip Roberts signed 2007 Falklands cover, the Commanding Officers of HMS Coventry, HMS Alacrity and RFA Sir Galahad during the conflict BCS06S 40 NOW 30 Captain Ian McNaught signed 2008 QE2 farewell to the British Isles cover BCOC2002H 40 NOW 30 Elaine Stritch signed 2002 Occasions cover, multiple Emmy winning actress BCSP203EA 50 NOW 40 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael James Beetham, and Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert signed 2006 Falklands cover, all three were senior figures during the conflict 40 per month over 5 months Tom Stafford signed th Anniversary of the Moon Landing coin cover, Gemini and Apollo astronauts BCC112CS 325 NOW 250 BCSP04S5 25 NOW 20 Brigadier James Hill signed 60th Anniversary of D-Day cover, he was the Commanding Officer of the Para s on D-Day BCC101S NOW per month over 7 months Jean Simmons signed 2007 Jamestown First Settlement in America coin cover, Academy Award winning actress Don't forget that you can always use Flexi-Pay to spread the cost of your covers. It's simple, flexible and INTEREST FREE. You can choose to spread the cost over up to 12 months, with a minimum monthly payment of 10 - the amounts shown above are just examples so an item at 250 could be split over 5 months instead of 2. Talk to any of our team to find a payment plan that suits you. We then hold your order safely for you. We prefer you to pay by credit or debit card for this service Call us on or us at betty@buckinghamcovers.com CL

44 Benham Channel Tunnel First Day Of Issue CTFDC th May 2000 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Queens Stamps miniature sheet and Channel Tunnel running postmark. CTFDC th May 2003 Benham Channel Tunnel fdc with full set of Wildings stamps, and Channel Tunnel running postmark. CTFDC th March 2003 Benham Channel Tunnel fdc with pair of Universal Postage Rate NVI stamps, and Channel Tunnel running postmark. CTFDC st August 2006 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with large and small 1st and 2nd class stamps and Channel Tunnel running postmark. CTFDC th April 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Submarines Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark. Also Available CTFDC th January 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Queen Victoria Commemorative label and 1st class stamp and Channel Tunnel running postmark. CTFDC184 CTFDC185 CTFDC186 CTFDC187 CTFDC188 CTFDC189 CTFDC190 CTFDC191 CTFDC192 4th September 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Punch & Judy Retail booklet (Judy stamp) and Channel Tunnel running postmark th September 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Punch & Judy Retail booklet (Punch stamp) and Channel Tunnel running postmark nd October 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Flags & Ensigns Retail booklet (Royal Navy White Ensign) and Channel Tunnel running postmark nd October 2001 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Flags & Ensigns Retail booklet (Jolly Roger flag) and Channel Tunnel running postmark nd May 2002 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Airliners Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark st May 2002 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with World Cup Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark th September 2002 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with London Bridges Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark th March 2003 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Hello Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark th April 2003 Benham Channel Tunnel cover with Extreme Endeavours Retail booklet and Channel Tunnel running postmark WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX

45 Rail Collections COL Selection of 7 Dawn Railway covers for the 150th Anniversary of Stockton & Darlington Railway. All covers have 7p stamp from 1975 railways issue & each cover has different postmark. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months 35 per month COL over 5 months Benham collection of Britain s Preserved Railway Heritage covers. Complete collection of 36 covers with information cards, all postmarked 21st February COL Benham collection of 20 Quest for Speed covers with information cards all postmarked 3d July 2008 for the 70th Anniversary of Mallard s Speed record betty@buckinghamcovers.com All Aboard! Sign up to our Rail s We send regular s with new covers and exclusive offers, visit our website at CL

46 46 VCZ per month over 5 months Large 32cm x 23cm 1984 The Award of the Victoria Cross to Airmen cover, signed by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, Flight Lieutenenat John Cruickshank, Warrant Officer Norman Jackson, Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd, A/Flight Lieutenenat William Reid, Group Captain Leonard Trent and Air Commodore Ferdinand West. VCZ per month over 5 months 1984 Appointment to the Distinguished Service Order cover, signed by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire and Brigadier Lorne Campbell. Also other signatures (Eric Wormold produced cover). VCZ005A per month over 2 months 1990 Salute to the Brave The Battle of Britain Benham cover, signed by Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd and Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. Also signed by German Ace Adolf Galland. VCZ per month over 3 months th Reunion of the VC & GC Cross Holders cover, signed by Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd, Sir Roden Cutler, Rear Admiral Godfrey Place, A/Flight Lieutenant William Reid and Air Commodore Ferdinand West. GROUP CAPTAIN GEOFFREY LEONARD CHESHIRE CV OM DSO** DFC ( ) The London Gazette Air Ministry, 8th September 1944 The KING has been graciously pleased to confer the VICTORIA CROSS on the undermentioned officer in recognition of most conspicuous bravery:- Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard CHESHIRE, D.S.O., D.F.C. (72021), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 617 This officer began his operational career in June Against strongly-defended targets he displayed the courage and determination of an exceptional leader, always ready to accept extra risks to ensure success. He frequently released his bombs from below 2,000 feet. Over Cologne in November, 1940, a shell burst inside his aircraft, blowing out one side and starting a fire; undeterred, he went on to bomb his target. At the end of his first tour of operational duty in January 1941, he volunteered for a second. He pressed home his attacks with the utmost gallantry. When he was posted for instructional duties in 1942, he undertook four more operational missions. He started a third operational tour in August, 1942, when he was given command of a squadron. He led the squadron with outstanding skill on a number of missions before being appointed in March 1943, as a station commander. In October, 1943, he undertook a fourth operational tour, relinquishing the rank of group captain at his own request so that he could again take part in operations. He set to work as the pioneer of a new method of marking enemy targets involving very low flying. In June, 1944, when marking a target in the harbour at Le Havre in broad daylight and without cloud cover, he dived well below the range of the light batteries before releasing his marker-bombs, and he came very near to being destroyed by the strong barrage which concentrated on him. During his fourth tour which ended in July, 1944, Wing Commander Cheshire led his squadron personally on every occasion, always undertaking the most dangerous and difficult task of marking the target alone in the face of strong defences. Wing Commander Cheshire s cold and calculated acceptance of risks is exemplified by his conduct in an experimental attack on Munich in April, Munich was selected, at Wing Commander Cheshire s request, because of the formidable nature of its light anti-aircraft and searchlight defences. He was obliged to follow, in bad weather, a direct route which took him over the defences of Augsburg and thereafter he was continuously under fire. Illuminated from above and below, all guns within range opened fire on him. Diving to 700 feet, he dropped his markers with great precision and began to climb away. He then flew over the city at 1,000 feet to assess the accuracy of his work and direct other aircraft. His own was badly hit by shell fragments but he continued to fly over the target area until he was satisfied that he had done all in his power to ensure success. For a full twelve minutes after leaving the target area he was under withering fire. Wing Commander Cheshire has now completed a total of 100 missions. In four years of fighting against the bitterest opposition he has maintained a record of outstanding personal achievement, placing himself invariably in the forefront of the battle. What he did in the Munich operation was typical of the careful planning, brilliant execution and contempt for danger which has established for Wing Commander CL201 Cheshire a reputation second to none in Bomber Command.

47 VCZ per month over 2 months 1990 Invasion of Belgium cover, signed by Lieutenant Commander Ian Fraser, A/ Captain Philip Gardner, Captain Richard Annand, Private Edward Kenna, Wing commander Roderick Learoyd and A/Flight Lieutenant William Reid. VCZ per month over 6 months th Anniversary of the Invasion of Belgium cover, signed by Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson, Lieutenant Commander Ian Fraser, Sergeant John Hinton, Private Edward Kenna, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant John Kenneally, Captain Richard Annand and Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd. VCX VCZ per month over 4 months th Anniversary of the Royal British Legion cover, signed by Captain Richard Annand, Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson and Company Quartermaster-Sergeant John Kenneally. Also includes 4 other signatures. 59 per month over 5 months Victoria Cross card, signed by Sir Tasker Watkins, Lieutenant Commander Ian Fraser, Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson, Colonel Patrick Porteous, Major David Jamieson, Company Quartermaster Sergeant John Kenneally, A/Flight Lieutenant William Reid, Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ervine-Andrews, A/Captain Philip Gardner, Captain Richard Annand, Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank and Corporal Richard Burton (Eric Wormold produced cover) CAPTAIN RICHARD WALLACE ANNAND VC ERD DL ( ) The London Gazette War Office, 23rd August, The KING has been pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the under-mentioned:- Second Lieutenant Richard Wallace Annand, The Durham Light Infantry. (Supplementary Reserve.) For most conspicuous gallantry on the 15th-16th May 1940, when the platoon under his command was on the south side of the River Dye, astride a blown bridge. During the night a strong attack was beaten off, but about 11 a.m. the enemy again launched a violent attack and pushed forward a bridging party into the sunken bottom of the river. Second Lieutenant Annand attacked this party, but when ammunition ran out he went forward himself over open ground, with total disregard for enemy mortar and machine-gun fire. Reaching the top of the bridge, he drove out the party below, inflicting over twenty casualties with hand grenades. Having been wounded he rejoined his platoon and his wound dressed, and then carried on in command. During the evening another attack was launched and again Second Lieutenant Annand went forward with hand grenades and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. When the order to withdraw was received, he withdrew his platoon, but learning on the way back that his batman was wounded and had been left behind, he returned at once to the former position and brought him back in a wheelbarrow, before losing consciousness as the result of wounds. VCX per month over 3 months 1990 Invasion of Belgium cover, signed by A/Flight Lieutenant William Reid, Private Edward Kenna, Lieutenant Commander Ian Fraser, Sergeant John Hinton, Petty Offi cer Thomas Gould, A/Captain Philip Gardner, Captain Richard Annand, Corporal Richard Burton, Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd and Lieutenant Colonel Eric Wilson CL201 VCA The Life and Times of Queen Victoria cover, signed by Captain 47 Richard Annand.

48 Postal BP per month over 2 months 10d Brown embossed stamp, a superb example of what is a scarce stamp on cover, particularly with good margins. Addressed to Florence via France and features a Calais arrival date stamp. The reverse has a 25th March LS Cross (Lombard Street) and a 31st March 1852 Florence arrival date stamp. BP per month over 7 months 1841 Penny Red, plate 9 with initials NH cancelled by a Maltese Cross postmark and sent from Hamilton on 7th September Wrapper folds open to show the original letter and has remnants of a wax seal on the reverse. BP per month over 5 months 1840 Penny Black, plate 10 and initials NG cancelled with a Maltese Cross postmark, fantastic address to His Grace, The Duke of Norfolk, Norfolk House, St James Square, London (Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk). Two arrival backstamps dated 27th and 28th April Plate 10 is one of the scarcest plates and this is a superb example on a cover and in good condition. BP per month over 3 months 1/- Green with London Duplex 97 cancel dated 18th April 1876 with Brandt s Sons & Co, London cachet dated again on 18th April. Sent to Brazil via Bordeaux, France with Buenos Aires 16th May arrival datestamp on the reverse, scarce early destination. BP per month over 5 months d Blue with initials NL and cancelled by Maltese Cross number 1 postmark, sent from London on 29th December 1843 and with Wymondham 30th December 1843 arrival datestamp on reverse, short letter inside of wrapper. For more early stamp covers see the Postal History Magazine WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

49 History SGP per month over 3 months Victorian painting with Penny Red stamp incorporated showing the Postman of the present and future, lovely message. 25 per month BP over 5 months 1911 First UK Aerial Post, 1/2d with 9th September London cancellation on the official postal stationary card which features the dark brown dye 4 illustration and features on the reverse an advert for the Educational Book Company. BP per month over 3 months 8d Orange with Paddington Duplex 21 cancel dated 26th June 1878 addressed to Madras, India. The reverse has two date stamps marked 6th and 20th July but aren t particularly clear. A previous collector has added in light pencil Sea Post Office, scarce stamp to have on a good envelope. SGP112A 50 Victorian Postman painting with his top hat made from a Penny Red, some foxing. BP per month over 3 months 6d Grey with London hexagonal postmark dated 10th August 1882 addressed to Switzerland with a superb Basel arrival datestamp on reverse from 11th August. 15 per month over 10 months PH0001A 150 Mulready 1d mint letter sheet, nice example in good overall condition. CL

50 FANTASTIC ROYALTY ITEMS King George IV (reigned 29th January th June 1830) George IV was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover, having served as Prince Regent from 1811 during the illness of George III. Known for his extravagancy, George was labelled the first gentleman of England who inspired the cultures and fashions of the Regency Era; but was equally derided for his wasteful personal spending during the upheaval of the Napoleonic Wars and lack of national leadership. ROY04C per month over 5 months Front piece of a wrapper signed initials GR, addressed to Sir William Knighton (his Private Secretary) and marked private & immediate. The piece has been mounted onto a small piece of card. ROY04D per month over 10 months Front piece of a wrapper signed initials GR addressed to Sir William Knighton (his Private Secretary) and marked private. The piece has been stuck onto a small piece of card with two pieces of tape across two corners. Edward VII (reigned 22nd January th May 1910) Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, and Emperor of India. Isolated from any political influence during Victoria s reign due to their often troubled relationship, he instead gained a reputation for embodying the fashionable elite. However, during his reign he played an active part in the modernisation of the British Fleet and the reform of the Army; with the Edwardian era witnessing significant changes in technology, culture, and the broader role of society. FRONT INSIDE Signed as Albert Edward, handwritten letter dated 20th February 1871 on Marlborough House mourning paper. He writes to his uncle and cousin It is with a sad heart that I am writing to you to express my sincerest sympathy and that of our whole family on your loss in the death of your dear brother, our dear uncle. I greatly regret that we have not had the pleasure of seeing the dear uncle here. It is, therefore, an even greater pleasure that I was lucky to be several times together with him in Vienna two years ago. I need hardy tell you that the dear deceased, though no longer with us, will never be forgotten by those who knew him. May I, finally, ask you to be so kind to express to Princes Ditrichstein our sincerest condolences on the irreplaceable loss that she has suffered. With kind regards I remain yours nephew ad cousin, Arthur Edward. Also includes an original W. & D. Downey card of Edward. FRONT BACK BACK ROY per month over 5 months 50 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

51 ROY02B per month over 2 months Freefront dated 27th May 1824 signed as Clarence, addressed in his hand to Robert Scott, Stockwell House, London, he has added At Sea so presumably written during a voyage. There is an additional red oval London cancel and the wax seal is in good condition. King William IV (reigned 26th June th June 1837) William IV was King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover. William joined the Royal Navy at 13, serving during the American War of Independence including at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, and earned the nickname The Sailor King. In 1789 he was created Duke of Clarence before ascending to the throne at the age of 64. His reign witnessed several reforms with the updating of the poor law, the restriction of child labour, and the abolition of slavery across much of the British Empire. ROY per month over 5 months Wrapper signed as Clarence dated 28th September 1802 sent from London and addressed to Royal Navy, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Also included is the original contents which comprises of a letter written by William IV when in residence at Bushy House (his former royal residence in Teddington, London) which he has signed William. Considering he was known as the Sailor King this is a superb item to be connected to Royal Navy business. Front piece of a wrapper signed Clarence addressed in his hand to Francis Freeling at the General Post Office (English Secretary of HM General Post Office), with a Two Penny Post cancel, minor marks on the reverse from a previous mount. CL201 ROY02C per month over 8 months George V (reigned 6th May th January 1936) George V was King of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, and Emperor of India. His reign coincided with a volatile political landscape with the rise of both communism and fascism, and increasing independence movements including in both Ireland and India. During the destruction of the First World War, his Royal House also became a casualty with the renaming in 1917 to the House of Windsor. The changing political tide saw him in 1924 appoint the first Labour ministry, and in 1931 the dominions of the Empire were reorganised as independent states within the Commonwealth of Nations. ROY02A per month over 4 months Freefront dated 9th August 1824 signed as Clarence, addressed in his hand to Cecil Square Margate. It has been mounted onto a red background alongside a nice illustration of a crown. ROY08Q per month over 3 months Envelope signed with his initials in bottom left, addressed in his hand to Captain A.H. Markham, Royal Navy, the envelope flap has an embossed H.M.S Excellent, Portsmouth emblem. 51

52 ROY06R per month over 2 months Piece measuring 33mm x 103mm dated November 1842 signed Victoria. Queen Victoria (reigned 20th June nd January 1901) Queen Victoria s 63 years and seven months reign is the second longest of any British monarch. Victoria ascended to the throne aged 18 and married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840 with whom she had nine children which married into royal families across the continent, earning her the title, the grandmother of Europe. Her largely popular reign witnessed huge industrial, political, and cultural changes, which ensured her status as a national icon. ROY06P per month over 7 months Superb document which reads in part Victoria by the grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith...our good brother The Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia has by a commission bearing date the twentieth day of May last constituted Mr Robert Fox to be Vice-Consul of the German Empire... given at our court at St James the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and seventy one in the thirty fifth year of our reign. Signed by Queen Victoria and Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and measures 41x32cm. ROY06H per month over 9 months Six pieces with two versions of Queen Victoria, Prince Alfred (second son), Princess Beatrice (fifth Daughter), German Prince Christian, and Queen Alexandra all mounted onto a 20x14.5cm card. 200 per month over 2 months ROY06T 400 Front of a mourning envelope signed as The Queen, addressed in her hand to the Duchess of Cambridge in Ryde. The seal is still attached and is a superb example in complete condition, glue marks on reverse from previous mount. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. 52 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

53 Edward VIII (reigned 20th January th December 1936) Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom, the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India. With the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Grenadier Guards in June 1914, and received the Military Cross in During his reign he quickly alarmed the establishment with his disregard of protocol and conventions; with his proposal to American divorcee Wallis Simpson causing a constitutional crisis. Edward abdicated in order to proceed with the marriage and was entitled as the Duke of Windsor. His reign as King lasted only 326 days. ROY09C per month over 5 months Duke and Duchess of Windsor signed 1971 RAF Hendon, first UK aerial post cover. ROY09D per month over 7 months Duke and Duchess of Windsor signed th anniversary of the Landing of the Mayflower cover with 1/6 Mayflower stamp and Plymouth FDI. ROY09M per month over 10 months Edward VIII, Mr E. Edwards (Association President), Alfred Henry James (Lord Mayor of Birmingham), Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland (Conservative MP an the first Chairman of the Party), Austen Chamberlain (Conservative MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Nobel Peace Prize winner), and two Birmingham MPs signed 1928 Birmingham Jewellers and Silversmiths Association 33rd Annual Dinner Menu. ROY09J per month over 3 months Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson signatures inserted into a pair of 2014 Buckingham Palace miniature sheet covers. 100 per month over 5 months ROY09Q 500 Edward VIII, Harold Wilson, Alec-Douglas Home Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call for full details. CL

54 DEFINITIVES FD3034T 40 18th October 1988 Castle High Values, set of four horizontal gutter pairs on four Royal Mail covers cancelled with Ipswich FDI postmarks. Unaddressed, low price as should have been done with the special postmarks. FD363A per month over 5 months 7th February d Regionals, set of six matching Philart illustrated covers, neat typed addresses to Bisham Blackpool. FD per month over 3 months 29th January d, 6d and 1/3d New Scottish regionals, the first with phosphor bands, cachet illustration and Glasgow wavy line slogan. FD391G 50 6th January d Vermilion and 8d Light Blue on pair of unaddressed House of Commons envelopes. One cancelled with a House of Commons CDS postmark, the other House of Lords betty@buckinghamcovers.com FD435A 50 5th March 1969 Machin High Values, Stampex London SW1 Official cover, unaddressed. FD499C per month over 3 months 15th August 1971 Set of four decimal booklets on the special Philart covers, Windsor FDI postmarks. They overprinted each cover with which booklet it was, so simplifying what can be very a very hard to identify series of booklet panes. 54 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

55 FD086L 40 19th November 1934 ½d Green, Newport slogan postmark, on Phillips plain typed cover, sent to Compton, California. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months FD per month over 7 months 1st September 1936 King Edward VIII ½d, 1½d, 2½d, London WC slogan on Westminster Stamp cover. FD117A per month over 7 months 1st September 1936 King Edward VIII ½d, 1½d and 2½d, three values with King Edward Banff CDS postmark and first stamps cachet illustration. FD115G 45 1st September 1936 King Edward VIII ½d, 1½d and 2½d blocks of four on set of three plain covers, typed. FD per month over 4 months 14th September 1936 King Edward VIII 1d stamp, Westminster Stamp Company illustrated cover, London WC slogan postmark. FD328BW 20 FD267D per month over 5 months Matching pair of Wilding plain registered covers, 2nd November d 1/3 and 6d with Chelmsford CDS and 8th February d, 10d and 11d with Portsmouth CDS. 30th September /- Holiday Booklet, special Last Day Cover cancelled with Winchester CDS postmark. CL

56 RAF F Signed Jean Gardner Batten CBE OSC ( ) Record breaking female aviation pioneer. In the 1930 s she held many aviation flying records including England - Australia (breaking Amy Johnson s record by four days) and back, plus England - Brazil. The war put an end to her flying and she became a recluse The Greta Garbo of the Skies. Wing Commander Roland Prosper Bee Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar ( ) RKB02 20 RKB01 50 World War II Ace pilot who took part in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. Went on to be a Test pilot for Hawker, later shot down and taken prisoner. After the war he returned to testing and in 1952 he was the first pilot to double cross the Atlantic by Jet. Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO and Bar, BDF and Bar, FRaeS, DL ( ) Colonel Maurice Buckmaster OBE ( ) and Vera Atkins CBE ( ) RKB per month for 2 months Probably the best known Ace of World War II and Colditz s best known inmate, his exploits were featured in the film Reach for the Sky. Gerhard Barkhorn ( ) RKB per month for 5 months Col Buckmaster was the leader of the French Section of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and Vera Atkins was an Intelligence Officer with the section. Captain Eric Brown ( ) 50 per month for 5 months RKB The second highest scoring fighter ace with a total of 301 Victories, but not before flying in both the Battle of France and Battle of Britain without hitting a plane. RKB06 30 A British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history. He was also the most decorated pilot in the history of the Royal Navy. Brown holds the world record for the most aircraft carrier deck take-offs and landings performed and achieved several firsts in naval aviation. He also flew almost every category of Royal Navy and RAF aircraft: glider, fighter, bomber, airliner, amphibian, flying boat and helicopter. 56 WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

57 Group Captain Frank Reginald Chota Carey CBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, DFM ( ) Ace pilot with 25 Victories, the 2nd highest flying the Hurricane during World War II. After the Battle of Britain went on to fly in the Far East. RKC01 15 John Cat s Eyes Cunningham CBE, DSO**, DFC* ( ) RKC02 25 World War II ace pilot and nightfighter, given the nickname Cat s Eyes by the press, who were told to say his diet of carrots gave him great night vision, when in fact it was the Airborne Radar. Later went on to be Chief Test Pilot of the de Havilland Engine Company and in March 1948 he set the World Altitude record of 59,430 feet. Denis Crowley-Milling ( ) Group Captain William Dennis David CBE DFC* AFC ( ) World War II Hurricane Ace pilot with over 20 victories, with 11 in May 1940 before the Battle Britain had even begun. He later went on to train pilots and flew in Ceylon and Burma, he also advised on films including The Battle of Britain. RKD01 30 Squadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS ( ) RKC03 30 Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AE was a Second World War fighter pilot and later an air officer in the Royal Air Force. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, was mobilised in 1937 as a trainee pilot and was posted to No. 615 Squadron as a sergeant pilot. In June 1940 he was posted to No. 242 Squadron and flew during the Battle of Britain, one of the few. In October 1943 he developed problems with his eyesight which saw him removed from operational flying and he filled a number of staff appointments until the end of the war. RKD02 40 One of our great pilots, during World War II he was the highest scoring Ace pilot in the Mediterranean with 27 Victories. He went on to be a Test pilot for Hawker and in 1953 set the World Speed Record of mph, which made him one of the heroes of the Coronation year. General James Harold Jimmy Doolittle ( ) RKD03 75 An early aviation pioneer, but best known for leading the Doolittle Raid on Japan, taking off from Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific, knowing that even if they were successful they would not have enough fuel to return. Our Choice of Covers If you require the one illustrated please let us know CL

58 CDS & Official FDCs - New Stock We have recently had a good batch of new stock comprising of both official FDCs and those with some interesting connected CDS postmarks, ranging from the late 1980s to the middle of the 2000s. As always flexi pay is available allowing you to choose a payment plan that works for you. If you would like scans of any covers or wish to place an order please ring our friendly customer service team on st March 1988 Welsh Bible St Asaph CDS St David s CDS Llansannan CDS th May 1988 Transport & Communications Essendine CDS Mosspark CDS st June 1988 Australian Bicentenary Downend CDS Stratford-upon-Avon Whitby CDS Bathampton CDS th July 1988 Spanish Armada Effingham CDS Calais Paquebot CDS Dover Paquebot CDS th January 1989 Sea Birds Fair Isle CDS Sandy CDS th April 1989 Anniversaries House of Commons CDS House of Lords CDS th July 1989 Industrial Archaeology St Agnes CDS Ironbridge CDS New Lanark CDS Ironbridge CDS (miniature sheet cover) St Agnes CDS (miniature sheet cover) th September 1989 Microscopes St Clements Oxford CDS th October 1989 Lord Mayors Show London EC CDS Moorgate CDS th November 1989 Christmas Ely CDS Nasareth CDS th January 1990 Penny Black House of Commons CDS House of Lords CDS Uniform Penny Post Covercraft official th February 1990 Greetings Greet CDS th March 1990 Historical Buildings There s a lot of Glasgowing on slogan postmark rd May Penny Black British Philatelic Federation Covercraft official th June 1990 Kew Gardens Botanic Gardens Belfast CDS Woodlands CDS th July 1990 Thomas Hardy Puddletown CDS Sturminster CDS Dorchester CDS nd August 1990 Queen Mother Queen Elizabeth Avenue CDS House of Lords CDS House of Commons CDS Mey CDS th September 1990 Gallantry House of Commons CDS... 5 House of Lords CDS... 5 RAF Coningsby Covercraft official cover th October 1990 Astronomy Helston CDS Greenwich CDS th November 1990 Christmas Holy Island CDS th March 1991 Scientific Achievements Elephant & Castle CDS South Kensington CDS th March 1991 Greetings Giggleswick CDS Clowne CDS rd April 1991 Europe in Space Chilton CDS Farnborough CDS th June 1991 Sport Rugby CDS Murrayfield CDS th July 1991 Roses Roses on Stamps Bradbury official th September 1991 Ordnance Survey Maybus CDS Hamstreet CDS th January 1992 Winter Brecon CDS House of Lords CDS... 5 House of Commons CDS th January 1992 Greetings Greet CDS Lover CDS th February 1992 Happy & Glorious House of Lords CDS House of Commons CDS Queens Parade CDS Coronation Road CDS Windsor Brian Reeve official WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

59 10th March 1992 Tennyson Louth CDS Tennyson Road CDS Isle of Wight Brian Reeve official th April 1992 Europa Liverpool CDS Haslemere CDS Boston CDS Liverpool Brian Reeve official th June 1992 Civil War House of Commons CDS House of Lords CDS st July 1992 Gilbert & Sullivan Birmingham CDS Paignton CDS Penzance CDS Bingley Arlington official th September 1992 Green Hopes Green CDS Glasshouses CDS The Green CDS Green Island CDS Fair Isle Brian Reeve official th October 1992 European Market Pounds CDS Summit, Heywood CDS Summit, Royton CDS Starcross CDS Market Place CDS Birmingham CDS Northern Parliament CDS House of Commons CDS House of Lords CDS th November 1992 Christmas St Nicholas CDS th January 1993 Swans Slimbridge CDS Egham CDS Swanland CDS Swanpool CDS Old Swan CDS Hanley Swan CDS Mickley Square CDS nd February 1993 Greetings Blackfriars Road CDS th February 1993 Marine Timekeepers Barrow on Humber CDS Clockface CDS Greenwich CDS th March 1993 Orchids Botanic Gardens Belfast CDS Glasshouses CDS Glasgow CDS th May 1993 Art Hampstead CDS Bedford CDS Cockham CDS Saffron Walden CDS Swiss National Tourist Office Covercraft official th June 1993 Roman Britain Sturminster CDS th July 1993 Waterways Keadby CDS Gloucestershire CDS Birmingham CDS Stainforth CDS Ardrishaig CDS th September 1993 Autumn Pear Tree CDS Chestnut Grove CDS th November 1993 Christmas Nasareth CDS St. Nicholas CDS Broadstairs CDS Rochester CDS Camden Town CDS st March 1994 Prince of Wales Caernarfon CDS House of Lords CDS House of Commons CDS th April 1994 Pictorial Postcards South Shore CDS Waterfoot CDS rd May 1994 Channel Tunnel Cheriton Folkestone CDS Folkestone CDS House of Lords CDS th June 1994 D-Day Southwick Post Office official LFDC Bradbury official City of Portsmouth RM official nd August 1994 Summertime Wimbledon CDS th September 1994 Medical Discoveries Union Street Aberdeen CDS Shetwick West Midlands CDS st November 1994 Christmas Nasareth CDS St Nicholas CDS th January 1995 Cats Catshill CDS th March 1995 Spring Springfield CDS Chestnut Grove CDS Wakefield CDS The Circle CDS st March 1995 Greetings Gretna Green CDS Lover CDS th April 1995 National Trust Alfriston CDS St David s CDS Barmouth CDS Cliffe CDS Oakwood CDS CL

60 CDS & Official FDCs - New Stock 2nd May 1995 Peace & Freedom St Pauls Road CDS th June 1995 Science Fiction Bonnybridge CDS th August 1995 Shakespeare s Globe Playing Place CDS Hope CDS Theatre Square CDS th September 1995 Communications Kidderminster CDS Rathlin Island CDS Ballycastle CDS St Johns CDS rd October 1995 Rugby Wakefield CDS Batley CDS Salford CDS th October 1995 Christmas Newbottle CDS Hollybush CDS Robins Lane CDS th January 1996 Robert Burns Alloway CDS th February 1996 Greetings Greet CDS th March 1996 Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Llanelli CDS Waterside CDS Welney CDS th April 1996 Cinema Harrowgate CDS Lover CDS th May 1996 Football Legends Tottenham CDS Ironbridge CDS th July 1996 Olympics Melbourne CDS Much Wenlock CDS Jump CDS Badminton CDS th August 1996 Women of Achievement Reigate CDS Coventry CDS Oxford CDS The Galleries CDS Roman Road London st October 1996 Cars British Int, Motor Show Daily Telegraph official th January 1997 Greetings Greet CDS st January 1997 Henry VIII House of Lords CDS Greenwich Bradbury official th March 1997 Faith Jarrow CDS th May 1997 Horror Bram Stoker Society Bradbury official th June 1997 Architects of the Air Lossiemouth CDS th July 1997 Queens Horses Queens Drive CDS Duke Street CDS th September 1997 Enid Blyton East Dulwich CDS th November 1997 Golden Wedding House of Commons House of Lords CDS Edinburgh CDS Redhill Philatelic Society official th January 1998 Endangered Species Selborne CDS Grassington CDS Mousehole CDS rd February 1998 Diana House of Lords CDS House of Commons CDS Tribute to Diana Covercraft official th February 1998 Queens Beats Lion Green CDS Beaufort CDS th March 1998 Lighthouses Lighthouse CDS rd April 1998 Comedians Torquay CDS Collyhurst CDS rd June 1998 NHS Healing CDS Bevan Way CDS House of Lords CDS... 5 House of Commons CDS... 5 Wimbledon Arlington official Royal Army Medical Corps Arlington official Merck, Sharp & Dohme Arlington official Carry on Nurse Cambridge Stamp Centre official st July 1998 Magical Worlds Headington CDS Guildford CDS Leighton Buzzard CDS St Marys Bay CDS Lewisham CDS WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL201 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com

61 25th August 1998 Carnivals Notting Hill CDS Bridgewater CDS Jamaica Street CDS th September 1998 Speed Chislehurst CDS Silverstone CDS Beaulieu CDS nd November 1998 Christmas Holy Island CDS Angel Hill CDS Nasareth CDS Godshill CDS th January 1999 Inventors Tale Meridian Centre CDS New Invention CDS Salisbury CDS Clockface CDS Lacock CDS nd February 1999 Travellers Tale Filton CDS Traveling Post Office CDS nd March 1999 Patients Tale Ward End CDS Berkeley CDS Oldham CDS Fleming Way CDS Brown Avenue CDS th April 1999 Settlers Tale Seaforth CDS Settle CDS New England CDS Jamaica Road CDS Plymouth CDS th May 1999 Workers Tale Lavenham CDS st June 1999 Entertainers Tale Queens Road CDS Walworth Road CDS Hollywood CDS Wembley CDS th June 1999 Royal Wedding Oxford CDS Brenchley CDS Windsor CDS St George CDS House of Commons CDS House of Lords CDS th July 1999 Citizens Tale Newtown CDS Water Lane CDS New Lanark CDS rd August 1999 Scientist Tale Colsterworth CDS Science Museum CDS Albemarle Street CDS Downe CDS Teddington CDS Turing Bombe Bletchley Park official th August 1999 Solar Eclipse Newton CDS Falmouth CDS th September 199 Farmer Tale Wheatfield CDS Cattle Market CDS Laxton CDS Farmers CDS th October 1999 Soldiers Tale Wargrave CDS Naseby CDS Peacehaven CDS Oxford & Bucks Bletchley Park official Start of WWII JS series official nd November 1999 Christians Tale St Andrews CDS Nasareth CDS Holy Island CDS th December 1999 Artists Tale Ben Johnson Road CDS The Galleries CDS Rochester CDS th December 1999 Millennium Timekeeper Clockface CDS Stonehenge Bradbury official nd May 2000 Art & Craft Operation Overlord JS series official th June 2000 People & Place V1 & V2 Assaults JS series official st August 2000 Tree & Leaf HMB Amethyst JS series official th September 2000 Mind & Matter Battle of Imjin River JS series official th April 2001 Submarines Institute of Marine Engineers Covercraft official, signed Lord Carrington th October 2001 Pillar Boxes Letter Box Study Group Bradbury official nd June 2003 Coronation London SW1 Bradbury official, pair th February 2005 Jane Eyre Jane Eyre & Charlotte Bronte Bradbury official Jane Eyre & Charlotte Bronte miniature sheet Bradbury official th July 2005 End of the War Peace Bradbury official th November 2006 Belgium Stamp Exhibition Eurostar Bradbury cover CL

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64 On this day...21st January years ago, on the 21st January 1978 the BeeGees album Saturday Night Fever hit no.1 in the charts for a straight 24 weeks. Other Music Greats Signed by George Martin BC301S3 75 Beatles producer Sir George Martin CBE has signed our Beatles cover with full set of Beatles stamps, issued 09/01/07 cancelled with our Abbey Road non-buckingham pmk. Ask for a full list of signed options for this cover. Signed by Billy J Kramer BC402S 45 Trains, Boats & Planes cover featuring 10 new themed stamps and our official postmark. Signed by Billy J Kramer, who had many hits including Trains and Boats and Planes. Signed by Robin Gibb BCH02S2 75 Robin Gibb has signed some of our Sir Norman Wisdom covers featuring a Blood Brothers 1st class stamp from Musicals issue 24/02/11 with The Heritage Foundation Maida Vale W9 pmk. He has signed Love Robin Gibb, Bee Gees BCH02S1 65 On this one he has simply signed Love Robin Gibb IF UNDELIVERED PLEASE RETURN TO: INTERNET STAMPS LIMITED, WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF Johnny Dankworth & Cleo Laine BC243S2 100 Sounds of Britain first day cover official produced as a tribute to the King & Queen of British Jazz, Sir John Dankworth & Dame Cleo Laine. Personally signed by both Laine AND Dankworth. Issued 3/10/ WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY ROAD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF CL99 TEL FAX betty@buckinghamcovers.com