(d) Queen Elizabeth
Illustrated commemorative envelope for the 50th anniversary of the First Aerial Post, Hendon to Windsor, in September 1911; 3d WIlding cancelled with the Anniversary slogan d/s 9 September 1961, & an 11d BEA Airway Letter Service stamp cancelled 'BEA CEPT-Europa Flight 9 September 1961' From Windsor to Torquay Reference: 379 |
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French 'no value' stamp cancelled 'Bureau Postal Interarmées 628' 31 July 2003, on a British Airmail envelope, to Totnes; from the French-led force restoring order in the Bunia region of the Congo. This was the first EU military operation outside Europe and without Nato, with a British contingent of Engineers; notes on the operation are included: very scarce and the only example I have seen Reference: 376 |
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5d Machin dark blue on envelope with handstamp in red 'Etat-Major de l'Armée de Terre 2e Bureau Attachés Militaires INV.68-70 - Poste 25.125'; large red cachet 'Ambassade de France Londres Attaché Militaire' & boxed red 'Valise Avion'; MS in red 'o/c MilFrance Londres'; 28 May 1970 London to Ashford, addressed to John Hayhurst, British director of the Concorde Project & famous Postal Hitorian: a spectacular combination Reference: 337 |
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Envelope franked with 3 x 8c Eisenhower portrait, cancelled Bronx NY 104 12 Feb 1974, underfranked, with US Tax handstamp T 36/15, and British 'Insufficiently Prepaid 13p to Pay' handstamp; British Postage Due stamps 2 x 5p + 3 x 1p cancelled Heanor Derbyshire 16 February 1974 Reference: 335 |
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GB2 x 1d, 3d & 1/- Wilding issues used on envelope Farnworth and Bold, Lancs to Bolton, 29 February 1972, L.s.d.stamps used a year after decimalistion, 1/5 rate to equal the current decimal postal rate. Probably philatelic use Reference: 280 |
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GB 3d Wilding + 2 commemorative labels of the event, cancelled with slogan d/s 'Ship through the Port of London' 2 August 1967 & special cachet, on PPC of the landing on HMS Furious 2 August 1917 Reference: 279 |
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GB 2½d red Wilding on airmail envelope neatly cancelled BFPO Christmas Island 22 August 1956; in MS on reverse sent from 'HMS Messina' (a tank landing craft); nice clear markings Reference: 256 |
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GB 2½d red Wilding on airmail envelope clearly cancelled BFPO Christmas Island 22 August 1956; in MS on reverse sent from 'HMS Messina' (a tank landing craft) Reference: 255 |
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1960 Tercentenary of the General Letter Office 1/3 stamp (SG 620) on registered envelope from the London International Stamp Exhibition 1960 with illustration and special cachets (front and back), to Redhill: plus the certificate of posting for this cover, a rare combination and a fine exhibition item. Reference: 165 |
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1961 cover with an ILFRACOMBE DEVON 3d paid meter mark dated 28.VIII.61 and the Lundy Millenary Issue cancelled by LUNDY MILLENARY 30.AUG.61 Reference: 220H |
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1953 first day cover with overprinted stamps cancelled by partial special postmarks dated 2.JUNE.1953. Reference: 199H |
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1962 - 6d airletter cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT LONDON postmark dated 8.FEB.62. Reference: 098H |
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1957 registered first day cover with the stamps cancelled by HUGHENDEN RD HIGH WYCOMBE BUCKS postmarks dated 1.AU.57. Reference: 097H |