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50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST AERIAL FLIGHT HENDON TO WINDSOR 1961

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
BRITISH FORCES WITH FRENCH LED FORCE IN THE CONGO EMERGENCY 2003

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
LETTER FROM THE FRENCH EMBASSY LONDON 'VALISE AVION' 1970

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
USA AIRMAIL TO ENGLAND WITH GB POSTAGE DUES 1974

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
GREAT BRITAIN WILDING L.S.D.ISSUE USED ONE YEAR AFTER THE CHANGE TO DECIMAL CURRENCY

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
GB 50th ANNIVERSARY OF AIRCRAFT LANDING ON A MOVING SHIP 1967

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
GB 2½d WILDING ISSUE USED ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1956

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
GB 2½d WILDING USED IN CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1956

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
GB LONDON 1960 INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION COVER PLUS CERTIFICATE OF POSTING

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
GB - DEVON: 1961 PHILATELIC COVER WITH LUNDY MILLENARY ISSUE.

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
LUNDY ISLAND: 1953 ILLUSTRATED CORONATION FIRST DAY COVER.

1953 first day cover with overprinted stamps cancelled by partial special postmarks dated 2.JUNE.1953.

Reference: 199H
GB-LONDON: 1962 AIRLETTER TO NORTHERN IRELAND WITH PAQUEBOT POSTMARK.

1962 - 6d airletter cancelled by a partial PAQUEBOT LONDON postmark dated 8.FEB.62.

Reference: 098H
GB-BUCKS: 1957 REGISTERED SCOUT JUBILEE JAMBOREE FIRST DAY COVER.

1957 registered first day cover with the stamps cancelled by HUGHENDEN RD HIGH WYCOMBE BUCKS postmarks dated 1.AU.57.

Reference: 097H
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