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Click here to subscribeGreat Britain Benham Stamp Sheet Collection in a Royal Mail Smilers album with a range of Thematic issues (each with 10 x 1st class stamps), First edition stamp series, mostly 500 only issued. Stated retail of 38 sheets £1,100. Superb includes: Railway, Aviation, Royalty, Titanic, Concorde, Military, Churchill, Antarctic etc.
A fine Royal Crown Derby cabinet plate, painted by Desire Leroy, signed, alternating oval and shaped panels with pink roses and forget-me-nots, the ground with tooled gilt acanthus scrolls in high relief, on a broad border gilt and tooled in high relief, 26cm diam, printed factory mark, Royal Warrant and Tiffany & Co retailers stamp, date code for 1903
Derby City Charter 1977 philatelic first day cover with detached unused 9p stamp; Australia 2003 $5 coin Rugby World Cup in folder of issue & UK crisp unc. £1 note (Somerset); also commemorative £1 coins: 1983 Maxwell House, 2001 Northern Ireland in folder of issue; 1997 silver proof in box of issue along with Royal Mint boxed two coin 10p (large & small) silver proof 1992 set
POSTAGE STAMPS. AN EXTENSIVE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MINT, UNMOUNTED MINT AND USED (MANY FINE) COLLECTION ON LEAVES, GENERALLY FROM LATE QV-CIRCA 1980, USEFUL AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND OTHERS NOTED, COLLECTIONS WITHIN COLLECTIONS, E.G. GIBRALTAR AND MALTA, IRELAND, INCLUDING OVER PRINTS, GREAT BRITAIN, QV 1858 - 70 HALF PENNY, INCLUDING PLATE 8, EXCLUDING PLATE 9, MANY 1D RED, GENERALLY VERY GOOD, EXCLUDING PLATE 225, 2D BLUE, FIVE FINE USED EXAMPLES AND ONE APPARENTLY UNUSED (PLATE 15), JUBILEE'S, EVIIR AND EXTENSIVE LATER RANGES, STAMPS IN STOCK BOOKS, STAMP BOOKLETS AND FDC'S++Generally very clean, many thousands (33 binders / stock books)
RAF flown cover dedicated to Group Captain George Burges OBE. Cover has a portrait of George Burges and illustrates aerial combat over Malta, 22nd June 1940. Special hand-stamp Closure of RAF Luqu, Malta, 30 Sept. 1978. Signed Bill Malone (No. 610 Sqn, Spitfire pilot operating from Luqu 1943). Good condition Est.
RAF Flown cover Royal Air Force North Coates – Closure of the Station, 28th February 1971. Aircraft illustrated on the cover: Bristol Beaufighter MkJC. British Forces hand-stamp for the Closure of RAF North Coates, 28 Feb. 1971. Signed Grp. Capt. A. K. Gatward (Bombed the infamous Gestapo HQ in Paris). Good condition Est.
First Non-Stop Crossing of the Atlantic official double signed cover RAF FF3. Signed by the Pilot and Navigator whom flew this cover, Squadron leader A J H Alcock MBE RAF, and Flt Lt W N Browne RAF. Cover commemorates 60th Anniversary from 14th - 15th June 1919. GB 25th Anniversary of the Coronation stamp and 60th Anniversary of First Direct Crossing of Atlantic by Air British Forces Postal Service 1643 June 1979 postmark. RAF Unit Goosebay General Office June 1979 postmark on back. Good condition Est.
First British Air Mail Service Across the Atlantic official signed cover RAF FF6. Signed by Captain J C Kelly-Rogers, OBE, FRAeS. Flown by Concorde. Cover commemorates the 40th Anniversary from the 5th - 6th August 1939. GB 25th Anniversary of the Coronation stamp and 40th Anniversary of First British Trans-Atlantic Air Mail British Forces Postal Service 1652 August 1979 postmark. Royal Air Force Hendon Museum postmark, and British Airways Manager Kennedy New York postmark on back. Flown from London Airport to John F Kennedy Airport New York in Concorde GN 94 AB, Flight BA 171 of British Airways. Good condition Est.
First United Kingdom Regular Commercial Passenger and Freight Service official signed cover RAF FF7. Signed by Alan Colin Campbell Orde CBE AFC FRAeS. Cover commemorates the 60th Anniversary from the 25th August 1919. GB 25th Anniversary of the Coronation stamp and 60th Anniversary of First British Regular Air Service British Forces Postal Service 1647 August 1979 postmark. Paris Charles De Gaulle August 1979 postmark and Transair France Service Handling 93350 Aeroport du Bourget August 1979 postmark on back. Flown on the special British Airways flight commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the first regular international passenger and cargo flights from London Airport to General De Gaulle Airport, Paris. Good condition Est.
First UK International Air Mail official signed cover RAF FF9. Signed by Wing Commander R H McIntosh DFC AFC RAF. Cover commemorates the 60th Anniversary from the 11th November 1919. GB stamp and 60th Anniversary of First Regular UK International Air Mail British Forces Postal Service 1653 November 1979 postmark. Paris Le Bourget November 1979 postmark and transair France November 1979 postmark on back. Good condition Est.
First Flight from England to Australia official signed cover RAF FF10. Signed by Jean Batten CBE. Flown by Concorde. Cover commemorates the 60th Anniversary from the 12th November - 10th December 1919. GB stamp and 60th Anniversary of First Flight England to Australia British Forces Postal Service 1649 November 1979 postmark. Philatelic Sales Centre Melbourne 3000 November 1979 postmark and Concorde Project Co-Ordinator London Heathrow British Airways November 1979 postmark on back. Flown over the same route from London to Melbourne. Good condition Est.
First Regular Carriage of Mail and Passengers by Balloon Siege of Paris official signed cover RAF FF25. Signed by a pilot who flew this cover. Cover commemorates the 110th Anniversary from the 13rd September 1870 - 28th January 1871. France stamp and Paris November 1981 postmark. On back shows a First Flight Premier Vol November 1980 postmark. Carried in Cameron R 15 combination helium/hot air balloon G-BIHP during its first test inflation in No 1 hangar at RAF Cardington. Cover then flown on the maiden flight of Cameron Viva 77 Hot Air Balloon B-BIDU. Good condition Est.
First Through Coast to Coast Air Service in the United States New York to Los Angeles official signed cover RAF FF26. Signed by Captain Silas Morehouse. Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary from October 1930. US Airmail stamp and Air Mail Facility October 1980 postmark. TWA Los Angeles International Airport October 1980 postmark on back. Flown from London, Heathrow to New York, John F Kennedy in Lockheed L1011 Tri-Star. Then from New York to Los Angeles in Lockheed L1011 Tri-Star of Transworld Air Lines. Return from Los Angeles to London, Heathrow, in Boeing 747. Good condition Est.
First Flight of a British Jet Aircraft official signed cover RAF FF30. Signed by Air Commodore Edward Mortlock Donaldson. Queen Elizabeth 80th Birthday GB stamp and 40th Anniversary of the First British Jet Flight British Forces Postal Services 1735 May 1981 postmark. Tornado Operational Conversion Unit RAF Cottesmore May 1981 postmark on back. Flown aboard tornado air-craft of the Tripartite Tornado Training Establishment Royal Air Force Cottesmore, on a Navigational Training Exercise which included a formation flypast over the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. Good condition Est.
Special Flight of LZ127 Graf Zeppelin over the North Pole official signed cover RAF FF31. Signed by Oskar Rosch. Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary from the 24th-31st July 1931. Deutsche Bundespost stamp and Neu-Isenburg 4 July 1981 postmark. Cover flown on two separate occasions on training flights over the North Geographical Pole on the 12th and 16th September 1981. Good condition Est.
First Solo Crossing of the Atlantic by a Woman, Amelia Earhart official signed cover RAF FF38. Signed by Sheila Scott OBE. Flown by Concorde. Cover commemorates the 50th anniversary from the 20th to 21st May 1932. Jersey GB stamp and The First Woman To Fly The Atlantic Solo Jersey July 1982 postmark. Flown from Kennedy Airport, New York to Heathrow London in Concorde, G-BOAD flight No BA192. Good condition Est.
Southampton Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P2. Signed by The Right Worshipful Mayor of Southampton Councillor Ken Street, and The Chief Executive Mr. W. John Cairns. Supermarine Southampton No 201 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree stamp. Southampton Hampshire September 1997 postmark. Flown in Nimrod MR2, XV248 of No. 201 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Kinloss on a training sortie over the Channel during which the aircraft made a memorial circuit of the City of Southampton and carried out a farewell flypast over HMY Britannia in the Solent. Good condition Est.
Canberra Planes & Places official signed cover RAF P&P5. Signed by Major General P. R. Phillips. English Electric Canberra No. 39 Squadron Royal Air Force. Australia RAN Fleet Air Arm stamp. Canberra Parliament House Act 2600 First Day of Issue April 1998 postmark. Flown in Canberra PR9, XH169 of No. 39 Squadron, the last Canberra squadron in the Royal Air Force, from Royal Air Force, Marham on a photographic task sortie over Southern England. Good condition Est.
Royal Burgh of Stirling Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P6. Signed by Provost John Paterson of Stirling Council, and Mr. Kieth Yates the Chief Executive of Stirling Council. Short Stirling No 7 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Princess Diana stamp. Stirling February 1998 postmark. Flown in Chinook Mk2, ZD574 of No. 7 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Odiham to Edinburgh and Kinloss, overflying the Royal Burgh of Stirling. Good condition Est.
Hastings Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P8. Signed by The Right Worshipful, The Mayor of Hastings, Councillor Godfrey Daniel, and Chief Executive Mr. Roy Mawford. Handley Page Hastings No 47 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Lighthouse Bell Rock stamp. Hastings East Sussex March 1998 postmark. Flown in Hercules Mk3 of No. 47 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Lyneham on a training flight, Callsign Griffin Two, which included a circuit of the Town of Hastings. Good condition Est.
Beverley Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P10. Signed by The Right Worshipful Mayor of Beverley, Councillor Norman Dickinson, and The Clerk to the Charter Trustees of the Town of Beverley, Mr. Darryl Stephenson. Blackburn Beverley No 30 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB NHS stamp. Beverley June 1998 postmark. Flown in Hercules C130, Mk3 of No. 30 Squadron on Flight Ascot 5322 from Royal Air Force Lyneham to Tempelhof. The aircraft returned to Lyneham three days later flying via Hannover and RAF Leeming. Good condition Est.
Lerwick Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P12. Signed by Convener of Shetland Islands Council, Canon Lewis Shand Smith MA BD, and Deputy Chief Executive of Shetland Islands Council Captain George Sutherland FNI. Saro Lerwick No 209 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Carnival stamp. Lerwick Shetland August 1998 postmark. Flown in Nimrod MR2P, XV241 of No. 206 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Kinloss on a Surveillance and Anti-Submarine Training Sortie in the South Norwegian Sea, returning to overfly Lerwick and the Shetlands. Good condition Est.
Borough of Harrow Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P13. Signed by His Worship The Mayor of the London Borough of Harrow, Councillor Cyril Harrison JP, and The Chief Executive and Director of Finance, Mr. A. G. Redmond CPFA FCCA. Handley Page Harrow No 115 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB John R Cobb stamp. Harrow Middlesex September 1998 postmark. Flown in BAe146 C. C. 2, ZD621 of No. 32 Squadron from Royal Air Force Northolt over the Borough of Harrow on its way to Edinburgh. Good condition Est.
Oxford Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P14. Signed by The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Carole Roberts, and The Chief Executive of Oxford City Council, Mr. Bob Block. Airspeed Oxford F. T. S Royal Air Force. GB 1998 stamp. Oxford November 1998 postmark. Flown in Piper Cherokee, G-AVNR from Biggin Hill to Kidlington, the Oxford airport and then over the City of Oxford before returning to Biggin Hill. Good condition Est.
Perth Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P15. Signed by Provost John Culliven, Perth & Kinross Council, and Mr. Harry Robertson IPFA, Chief Executive, Perth & Kinross Council. Blackburn Perth No 209 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Test-tube baby stamp. Perth March 1999 postmark. Exercise RUM Punch 99. Flown in Hercules C Mk3, XV189, of No 30 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Lyneham to Gander - Cape Canaveral - Andros Island - North Island NAS - Offutt AFB - Goose Bay - Prestwick. On the flight back to Lyneham from Prestwick, a salute was made by flying over the town of Perth. Good condition Est.
Bristol Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P16. Signed by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Graham Robertson OBE, and The Policy Co-Ordinator and Chief Executive, Bristol City Council, Lucy de Groot. Bristol Blenheim No 107 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Migration to UK stamp. Bristol April 1999 postmark. Flown in Piper Cherokee, G-AVNR, from Biggin Hill Airport to land at Thruxton, and then on to Bristol where a salute was made to the City over the Clifton suspension bridge and the Civic Centre and a landing made at Bristol Airport at Lulsgate Bottom. Good condition Est.
Andover Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P17. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of Test Valley, Councillor A. V. Jackson, and The Chief Executive of Test Valley Borough Council, A. Jones Ewq. BA MCD DMS MRTPI. Hawker Siddeley Andover C. 1 No 46 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Ship Building stamp. Andover May 1999 postmark. Flown in Piper Cherokee, G-AVNR from Biggin Hill to Andover and over the former airfield and site of Royal Air Force, Andover before landing at Thruxton. Good condition Est.
Aldershot Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P18. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of Rushmoor, Councillor David Clifford, and Chief Executive, Rushmoor Borough Council, Andrew Lloyd. Avro Aldershot No 99 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Chaplin's genius stamp. Aldershot June 1999 postmark. Flown in Piper Cherokee, G-AVNR from Biggin Hill to Aldershot making a circuit of the home of the British Army before landing at Fairoaks. Good condition Est.
York Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P19. Signed by The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of York Councillor Peter Vaughan, and Chief Executive of the City of York David Clark. Avro York No 242 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium First Rights stamp. York July 1999 postmark. Operation Banner - Flown in Hercules C Mk3, of No 30 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Lyneham to the City of York and then on to RAF Aldergrove where personnel and equipment was picked up and flown direct to Lvov in the Ukraine. Good condition Est.
Hendon Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P20. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of the London Borough of Barnet, Councillor Jack Cohen, and The Chief Executive of the London Borough of Barnet, Max Caller. Fairey Hendon of No 38 Squadron Royal Air Force over Royal Air Force Hendon. GB Millennium Portsmouth Harbour stamp. Flown in Cherokee P. A. 28, G-AVNR from Biggin Hill Airport on a special sortie on behalf of the Joint Services Charities Consortium to take photographs of the town and docks at Felixstowe. A landing was made at Earls Colne to refuel after which the return to Biggin Hill was made around the Stanstead area and over the Borough of Barnet and the former site of Royal Air Force Hendon. Good condition Est.
Blackburn Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P21. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Councillor S. R. Kiani, and Chief Executive of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Philip S. Watson B Arch. Blackburn No 449 Flight. Fleet Air Arm. GB Millennium Project SUZY stamp. Blackburn British Forces 2597 Postal Services April 2000 postmark. Flown in Piper PA-31-350, G-HURD, from Carlisle to London City Airport, overflying Blackburn and Darwen at Flight Level 90, on the way. Then flown on to Biggin Hill Airport. Good condition Est.
Ripon Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P22. Signed by The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Ripon, Councillor Paul G. Freeman, and Mrs. R. Y. Covell, The Clerk to the City Council. Blackburn Ripon No 810 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. GB Millennium The Lowry stamp. Ripon Blackburn May 2000 British Forces 1592 Postal Services postmark. Flown in Hercules C Mk3, XV190, of No. 30 on Flight, Ascot 5400 of Operation Banner, from Royal Air Force Lyneham to Newcastle, overflying Ripon, and then to RAF Aldergrove and back to Lyneham via Kent. Good condition Est.
Felixstowe Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P23. Signed by The Mayor of Felixstowe, Councillor R. G. Stirrat, and The Town Clerk of Felixstowe, Mrs. S. C. Robinson M. A. Felixstowe F2A No 230 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium On the Line stamp. Felixstowe British Forces 2593 Postal Services June 2000 postmark. Flown in Cessna 152, G-BICG, from Biggin Hill Airport to land at Rochford, Southend-on-Sea. Then flown along the east coast over Bradwell Bay and Clacton-on-Sea and on to Circle over Felixstowe and the landing slips from which the Felixstowe flying boats were launched and brought ashore. Next, to Earls Coln to land for refuelling, after which the covers were flown back to Biggin Hill. Good condition Est.
Vimy Planes & Places official signed cover RAF P&P24. Signed by Jacques Morel, CD, Ing, M. Urb. Vickers Vimy No 216 Squadron Royal Air Force. Celebration de l'an 2000 stamp. Calais June 2000 postmark. Flown in Piper Chieftain, PA31, G-HURD from Biggin Hill Airport over Dover, Le Touquet, Abbeville, and the towns of Vimy and Petit Vimy. Good condition Est.
Amiens Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P25. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of Darlington, Councillor Dorothy Long, and Chief Executive of the Darlington Borough Council Mr. Barry Keel. De Havilland Amiens 10 216 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Eden Project stamp. British Forces Postal Service 1000 December 2000 postmark. Flown in Piper Chieftain, PA 31, G-HURD from Biggin Hill Airport over Dover, Le Touquet, Abbeville and Amiens where a circuit was made of the city and over the Cathedral before flying on to Armentieres and Ypres to land at Ostende to clear customs. Then returned directly to Biggin Hill. Good condition Est.
Wellington Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P26. Signed by The Worshipful The Mayor of Taunton Deane, Councillor Tony Floyd, and Chairman, Wellington Town Council, Councillor Andrew Govier. Vickers Wellington No 150 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Groundwork's Changing Places stamp. Wellington British Forces 2507 Postal Services July 2000 postmark. Flown in Piper Archer 28, G-BTGZ, from Biggin Hill airport over the former RAF wartime airfields of Kenley, Farnborough, Odiham, Thruxton, Enstone and Weston Zoyland to Wellington. Good condition Est.
Stranraer Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P27. Signed by Chief Executive, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Mr. Philip N. Jones, and Chairman-Wigtown West Area Committee Mr. Fred Murray. Supermarine Stranraer No 209 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium Forest for Scotland stamp. Stranraer British Forces 2608 Postal Services August 2000 postmark. Flown in Hercules Mk3, XV176, of No. 30 Squadron from Royal Air Force, Lyneham on Flight Ascot 5393, during the course of the Northern Ireland Operation 'Banner', to Royal Air Force, Aldergrove, overflying the town of Stranraer, on the way. Good condition Est.
Pembroke Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P28. Signed by Chairman of the Pembrokeshire County Council, Councillor W. H. Hitchings, and Chief Executive, Pembrokeshire County Council, Bryn Parry-Jones, MA. Hunting Percival Pembroke No 60 Squadron Royal Air Force. GB Millennium SCRAN / Internet stamp. Pembroke British Forces 2609 Postal Services September 2000 postmark. Flown in Hercules CMk1, XV192, of No. 30 Squadron on Flight Ascot 5180 in Operation 'Banner'. Good condition Est.
Valletta Planes & Places official double signed cover RAF P&P31. Signed by Mr R. Gauci BEM MSM MAAT, Chairman, European Area of The Royal Air Forces Association, and Dr Paul Borg Olivier LLD, Mayor of Valletta. Vickers Valetta No 30 Squadron Royal Air Force. Malta 25 Sena Repubblika stamp. Valletta Malta December 2000 postmark. Flown in Hercules CMk3 of No 30 Squadron on Flight Ascot 4634 from Royal Air Force Lyneham to Iraklion, Nikos Kazantzakis, Crete. The return was made the same day and Valletta in Malta was overflown. Good condition Est.
R. J. Mitchell, CBE, AMICE, FRAeS double signed official RAF First Day Cover RAFM HA1. Signed by Air Commodore H I Cozens, CB, AFC, and Jeffrey K Quill, OBE, AFC. GB Jersey 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air Forces Association Jersey stamp and 40th Anniversary of First Flight of the Spitfire Jersey Post Office March 1976 postmark. Good condition Est.
Sir Thomas Sopwith, CBE, FRAeS signed official RAF First Day Cover RAFM HA5. Signed by Sopwith himself. Cover depicts Sopwith Camel landing at RNAS Base on the Western Front. Sopwith Triplanes & Strutter standing by for patrol & reconnaissance. GB stamp and 60th anniversary of the great Sopwiths British Forces 1536 Postal Service August 1976 postmark, and a First Flight Premier Vol May 1976 postmark. Flown over Hendon at 24408 FT on April 1976 in a Hercules of LXX Squadron to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the setting of a British Height Record. Good condition Est.
Sir Thomas Sopwith, CBE, FRAeS official signed RAF First Day Cover RAFM HA5. Signed by Test Pilot Mr DSM Simpson Chief Testy Pilot of Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Flown from HAS Dunsfold on the maiden flight of Hawk G-Hawk. GB stamp and 60th anniversary of the Great Sopwiths British Forces 1536 Postal Service August 1976 postmark, and a First Flight Premier Vol May 1976 postmark. Good condition Est.
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