The FDC December 2017 Issue 26 specialist list Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months FC090H 60 FC024A 600 75 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. FC065ZV 100 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. 25 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). 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 stike on the bottom right hand corner to show postmark. FC080H 75 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. FC090J 35 11th June 1946 Victory in Europe, plain registered cover with London Chief Office S8 CDS postmark. Typed address to Sidcup in Kent. Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com 1
FC091 75 11th June 1946 Victory in Europe, Don t Waste Bread special slogan on Geniality illustrated cover with cachet address. Not opened and a good illustration. To find our rare covers on our website, just type Portfolio into the search box FC1010 30 14th November 1973 Royal Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, House of Commons CDS postmark on unaddressed Post Office cover. FC1022A 20 24th April 1974 Fire Service, Cambridge FDI postmark on Post Office cover with pencilled address. Cambridge had a special postmark so this would have been quite hard to find. FC1067 125 25 per month over 5 months 9th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Winston Churchill, House of Commons CDS postmark on Save the Children Fund cover. FC126L 35 10th October 1949 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, Riddlesdown South Croydon CDS cancelling blocks of four on a plain cover with a neat handwritten address. A nice neat cover. FC1064A 25 9th October 1974 Centenary of the Birth of Winston Churchill, Cambridge FDI postmark on Post Office cover. Home of Churchill College, which he founded in 1958 with him as the first chairman of Trustees. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details. FC4029I 40 12th August 1981 Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Royal Mail House Official Opening Wakefield Official Cover. This cover had an original cost of 2.50, but as not connected with the issue so was missed by many. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 2 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26
FC189 150 125 25 per month over 5 months 7th July 1960 300th Anniversary of the General Letter Office, Eastbourne International Postal Conference special slogan postmark on typed PTS London Stamp Exhibition cover. 01303 278137 FC193 300 50 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. FC558A 75 18th August 1966 England Winners, Diss Norfolk First day of Issue forged postmark on Stuart cover. Pulham Market CDS has also been added to the stamp which we believe is genuine. FC866A 25 25th August 1971 General Anniversaries, Huddersfield FDI postmark on Universal cover, this is the home of Huddersfield RUFC founded in 1909. FC908A 20 13th September 1972 50th Anniversary of the BBC, London WC FDI postmark on typed Philart cover. FC671V 60 29th April 1968 British Bridges, Menai Bridge Special First Day of Issue Slogan postmark on Philart cover with label address. FD087E 50 24th September 1934 King George V 1d Red cancelled with Twickenham Middx wavy line slogan plus a very unusual 'Found in Brighton without contents cachet. As we assume it was done by a collector there were no contents to be found and it would not have been, and is still not sealed. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months 3
FD080A 750 150 per month over 5 months 20th April 1914 1d 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. 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). 20 th April 1914 5d Postage Due To get the dates and postmarks they wanted early cover collectors had to know how the postal system worked, inside and out plus backwards and forwards and this is especially true with the first postage dues from 1914. W J Wilson was one of these people, and he wanted the 5d postage due. So the day before the issue he arranged to have a cover posted in Brugge on the 19th April, from a back-stamp it then looks like it was received in Birmingham at 1pm the next day, where the missing stamp was spotted and the new stamp was added with a Handsworth CDS plus the original 5d due cachet. At some point on the 20th it was also carried by the North Western TPO Day Down, which I assume was somewhere in the middle. The route I have in mind the next day is the cover being flown from Belgium to Liverpool and then the train to Birmingham, but you have also to add into the mix that it was the first year of the Great War, though it seems Brugge was not occupied till October that year. A great cover, done by one of the leading cover dealers of the 20th Century. FD083 4500 500 per month over 9 months Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 4 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26
FD3027 175 35 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. FD341S 45 1st July 1964 Double First Day Cover, International Geographical Conference and Holiday Booklet both issued on the same day and both cancelled with a Stratford Upon Avon CDS postmark. FD307B 110 22 per month over 5 months 18th August 1958 3d Regionals, set of six matching illustrations with the correct postmarks. Cachet address to the Ardallan Stamp Company in Wimborne Dorset. FD451 60 1st December 1969 Stamps for Cooks Prestige Booklet, set of four with Milk Marketing special postmarks on Trident covers with small label address. 40 per month FC001H 200 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 450 50 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. 5
FC044C 250 50 per month over 5 months 7th May 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V with Charing Cross Glasgow CDS, Semi-illustrated 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 250 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 125 25 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. 01303 278137 EMAIL: betty@buckinghamcovers.com FC131G 50 10th October 1949 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, South Africa matching set of three Robstampco covers, Dundee CDS postmarks. It looks like the Cross of St Andrews is in the bottom of the postmark. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 6 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26
FC148A 35 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, block of four 2½d stamps, Windsor Berks double ring CDS postmark. Artcraft illustrated cover sent Airmail to Montgomery Alabama. FC147A 45 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Single 2½d Stamp on gold and blue illustrated cover, Windsor special Long Live The Queen slogan postmark on typed cover sent to Philadelphia USA. FC154C 25 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Qantas cover flown to Karachi, Pakistan, 1/3d cancelled with Long Live the Queen slogan. Karachi receiving mark on the reverse (5th June). FC154M 25 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Qantas cover flown to New Zealand, 1/6d cancelled with Long Live the Queen slogan. Wellington receiving slogan on the reverse (9th June). FC165A 150 30 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. FC156D 25 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Qantas Airletter flown to Mauritius, 4d and 2½d stamps cancelled with Long Live the Queen slogan, Port Louis receiving slogan on the reverse (7th June). FC201B 50 25th September 1961 Parliament, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference special slogan postmark, Sterling Offices Limited cover. Opened at the top and a little foxing. FC4009F 150 25 per month over 6 months 9th May 1979 European Parliament, Stowmarket and Verneuil twinning Entente Cordiale official double postmarked cover. Just 100 of this cover were produced. 7
FC4057C 50 12th March 1985 Insects, Stamp Bug Club 5th Anniversary High Wycombe Official cover. These originally cost 4.50 each with around 500 produced. FC808C 50 3rd June 1970 Literary Anniversaries, Ashford CDS postmark on unaddressed Stuart cover. Dicken s read extracts from A Christmas Carol at the railway works in the town. FC4078L 15 21st July 1987 Scottish Heraldry Royal Mail First Day Cover cancelled with House of Lords CDS postmark, unaddressed. 25 per month over 6 months FC605AC 150 1st December 1966 Christmas Stuart cover missing T on the 3d value, Bideford CDS and cachet address. Also supplied with a mint corner part sheet of 20 stamps with a mint example of this error and the more specialist 'broken A'. FC964 250 25 per month over 10 months 18th April 1973 British Explorers, blue eyes shifted to the left on 7½p value. Aldershot FDI on Post Office cover, unusual error. FC223H 25 3rd May 1951 Festival of Britain Low Values over a matching set of four plain typed covers, each cancelled with Calne Wilts CDS postmark. On the reverse covers are from J Sutton and Son, builders and contractors. FD147E 75 Unusual 1937 Triple First Day Cover, Coronation stamp cancelled with West Brompton CDS on 13th May, 1½d Brown cancelled with London CDS 30th May, plus the three new George VI values cancelled both 10th and 13th May with West Brompton wavy line slogan. 01303 278137 EMAIL: betty@buckinghamcovers.com Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 8 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26
FD217I 750 75 per month over 10 months 30th September 1948 1 brown with margin attached cancelled with Gleadless, Sheffield CDS on plain typed cover. The day before the official release. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months FD223ME 25 3rd May 1951 Festival of Britain commemorative set plus the five low values each cancelled with Fremington Barnstaple CDS postmark. FD265H 250 50 per month over 5 months Matching pair of Wilding Definitive Sterling Offices covers sent to France, 8th February 1954 9d, 10d and 11d registered and cancelled with Threadneedle Street London CDS and 6th July 1953 5d, 8d and 1/- with London FS slogan. FD276B 300 FD312SET 75 60 per month over 5 months 1st September 1955 10/- and 1 Castle High Values, pair of plain handwritten covers cancelled with Sutton, Surrey CDS postmarks. 29th September 1958 Set of three matching illustrated regional Hodson covers, each cancelled with a connected CDS postmark. To find our rare covers on our website, just type Portfolio into the search box 9
FD313 135 27 per month over 5 months 18th November 1959 Inauguration of the First Phosphor Graphite Sorting Machine, pair of covers with cachet illustration, cancelled with Southampton S machine wavy line slogan. 50 per month FD282B 150 over 3 months 23rd September 1955 2/6 Castle High Value, Buckingham St Aylesbury CDS on plain handwritten registered plain cover. Nice clear strike below the stamp. FD350A 100 20 per month over 5 months 16th August 1965 Holiday Booklet, Coventry CDS postmark, both panes on one plain cover, cachet address. FD473Z 45 15th February 1971 New Decimal Values, Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent CDS on unaddressed Stuart cover. A working Post Office during the strike. FD629 60 21st August 1974 7p Red Brown Postage Due cancelled with Willesden CDS on small plain cover plus green 'To Pay' cachet and Willesden slogan. FC113I 25 10th May 1948 3rd Anniversary of the Liberation, Guernsey slogan on unusual cover with cachet illustration, produced by Strathmore Stamps. FC146EE 35 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Greeting from Edinburgh cover, single 2½d stamp cancelled with Edinburgh Long Live the Queen slogan. FC098P 450 50 per month over 9 months 26th April 1948 Silver Wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, registered illustrated cover cancelled with single ring Rhyl CDS postmark. Rhyl is famous for the forgery on the PUC issue but we believe this is genuine. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 10 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26
FC1150A 75 11th June 1975 Sailing, Royal Thames Yacht Club Official London cover with label address, these originally cost 2 each. FC099X 100 50 per month over 2 months 26th April 1948 Silver Wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Glasgow CDS on plain typed cover. The postmark looks like Bearswell Glasgow, but we can't make it out. FC154J 25 3rd June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Qantas cover flown to Australia, 1/6 stamp cancelled with London Long Live the Queen slogan, Sydney receiving mark (8th June). ORDER FORM RETURN TO: BUCKINGHAM COVERS WARREN HOUSE SHEARWAY ROAD FOLKESTONE KENT CT19 4BF PAGE ITEM QTY CODE p WANT TO SPREAD PAYMENTS? If you want an expensive item, you don t have to pay for it all at once. We will spread the payment up to 12 months without interest. Tick the box and we will contact you to discuss a payment plan that suits you. Delivery Details ACCOUNT No (If Known) NAME ADDRESS UK POST & PACKING UNDER 200 2.45 PER SENDING UK SPECIAL DELIVERY 200 AND OVER PER SENDING 6.95 OVERSEAS POST & PACKING UNDER 200.3.45 PER SENDING OVERSEAS SPECIAL DELIVERY 200 AND OVER 7.95 PER SENDING TOTAL Payment Details I enclose my cheque/ Postal Orders made out to Buckingham Covers for..... I would like to pay by Credit / Debit card. I understand you will keep this number on a secure computer system and I authorise you charge it when my covers become available. FDC Specialist List DECEMBER 2017 POST CODE TEL No: Email: EXPIRY DATE START DATE ISSUE No SIGNATURE SECURITY CODE* *Last 3 digits on back of card. We cannot process your order without it. Alternatively you can call our small friendly Folkestone based Customer Service team (no call centres) on 01303 278137 BUCKINGHAM COVERS LTD, REGISTERED IN ENGLAND NO. 03877048 IS PART OF INTERNET STAMPS GROUP LTD, REGISTERED IN ENGLAND NO. 03497867. REGISTERED OFFICE FOR BOTH: WARREN HOUSE, SHEARWAY RD, FOLKESTONE, KENT CT19 4BF, UK. TEL. 01303 278137. 11
FC1557A 15 5th October 1977 British Wildlife, Norfolk Naturalists Trust Norwich Official cover. There were around 600 of these produced which originally cost 1.25 each. FC379E 30 19th July 1965 700th Anniversary of Parliament, block of four 6d phosphor stamps, London EC FDI postmark on typed Stuart cover. FC287 125 25 per month over 5 months 3rd December 1963 Commonwealth Pacific Cable, phosphor stamps cancelled with London EC1 Philatelic Bureau First Day of Issue slogan postmark. Unusual as the Bureau was in London and there was no GPO cover till next year. FC4004M 35 5th July 1978 Horses, Aberystwyth FDI on Welsh Pony and Cob Society cover, plus posted by Welsh Pony Express cachet, typed. FC4005C 20 2nd August 1978 Cycling, TI Raleigh Nottingham Benham Official cover plus two cachets at the bottom. FC379F 30 19th July 1965 700th Anniversary of Parliament, block of four 6d phosphor stamps, Bournemouth/Poole FDI postmark on typed Connoisseur cover. FC4008G 15 21st March 1979 British Flowers, Bath Floral City Official Cotswold cover. Around 500 of these were produced with an original cost of 1.25 each. FC4005D 35 2nd August 1978 Cycling, Leicester Sports Centre Official cover plus posted at the cycle track cachet. There were around 750 produced with an original cost of 1.50 each. FC4015G 25 16th January 1980 British Birds, RSPB Sandy Beds official cover. Around 750 of these were produced which cost 2.50 each in 1980. FC4028D 35 22nd July 1981 Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The City of Ely Official cover with Cambridge FDI postmark, signed by the Mayor and City Clerk. FC4015E 20 16th January 1980 British Birds, Cotswold Wildlife Park 10th Anniversary Oxford official cover produced by Cotswold covers. FC4043A 20 6th July 1983 British Army FDC, Sandhurst Military Academy Greenberg & Porter official cover. Around 700 of these were issued at 4 each. Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details. Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 12 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email Betty@Buckinghamcovers.com FDC26