RAF Signed Cover Collection 2 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 25 (approx) covers including rare

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RAF Signed Cover Collection 2 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 25 (approx) covers including rare varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £800 including DE1159 1972 112 Squadron Standard Presentation cover, flown in a Canberra of TFF 56 Sqn on an exercise sortie against 112 Sqn. Unidentified signature. RRP £12 DE1161 1970 55th Anniversary of the formation of 204 Sqn. Issued by the Philatelic Club of RAF Ballykelly. Flown on a routine maritime patrol to Ocean Station India and signed by Wg Cdr E P Wildy, OC 204 Sqn. RRP £20 DE1171 1992 King George's Fund for Sailors, 75th Anniversary Covercraft cover with full illustration of HMS Dunraven in 1917. Signed by Vice Admiral Sir John Coward DSO, Captain of HMS Brilliant in the South Atlantic. RRP £40 DE1185 1973 30th Anniversary of the Battle of North Cape HMS Belfast Historic Battles cover. Flown in a Schweizer Teal Amphibious Aircraft from Biggin Hill to HMS Belfast moored on the Thames. Signed by the pilot Lt Cdr T E Sargent. RRP £15 DE1190 Fleet Air Arm Museum flown cover, Royal Navy International Search and Rescue Team, flown in the International Helicopter Rescue Competition in a Wessex Mk1. Signed by the pilot. RRP £25 DE1191 RAF Newhaven Disbandment of 1107 Marine Craft Unit carried on board HM AFV 5012 to sea during trials from Newhaven. Flown in a Chipmunk and signed by the pilot. RRP £10 DE1192 Unusual 1981 Marriage of the Prince of Wales postcard, with Royal Wedding stamp and London postmark. Flown in a Balloon to commemorate the event, with extra balloon stamp and two red Charles and Diana postmarks. Flown cachet and signed by the pilot W/Cmdr Turnbull. RRP £20 DE1202 13 oct 92 BFPS 2336-Single European Market-Flown to the Capital Cities of Europe.Signed.by O.D.No.111(F) Sqn. RRP £7.50 DE1222 SC21 RAF Little Rissington 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School. Flown in a Varsity Mk 1 on a Training flight. Scarce Muscular Dystrophy variation signed by Flt LKt W E P Johnson AFC, pilot of Gamecock J 8047 which is featured on the cover. He flew in 1929. Limited edition numbered 59 of just 100. RRP £45 DE1231 SC21 RAF Little Rissington 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School. Flown in a Varsity Mk 1 on a Training flight. Signed by the pilot Flt Lt R N Swan, the Course Member Flt Lt M Hogg and the Supernumary M Plt K T Massey. RRP £20 DE1241 SC23 RAF Pitreavie Castle, 30th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Coastal Command Air and Sea Rescue. Flown in a Whirlwind helicopter from Air Force Vessel No. 1383 to RAF Pitreavie Castle. Scarce Muscular Dystrophy variation signed by Wg.Cdr. Bennett, who flew Walrus W2710 of Middle-East Air Sea Rescue Service. Limited edition numbered 27 of 48. RRP £25 DE1243 SC23 RAF Pitreavie Castle, 30th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Coastal Command Air and Sea Rescue. Flown in a Whirlwind helicopter from Air Force Vessel No. 1383 to RAF Pitreavie Castle. RRP £7.50 DE1248 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by the pilot who flew the covers Sqn Ldr N Lea. Rare variety also signed by Warrant Officer Ernest Folley AFC, known as the man who made the Blenheim safe for the RAF. He crash-landed a Blenheim in 1938, identifying a common engine problem which would then be sorted. RRP £35 DE1249 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by Warrant Officer Ernest Folley AFC, known as the man who made the Blenheim safe for the RAF. He crash-landed a Blenheim in 1938, identifying a common engine problem which would then be sorted. RRP £30 DE1253 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Scarce variation with Belgian and Dutch cancellations, autographed by Lt Col Henon of the French Air Force who was one of the last pilots to land at Vincennes airfield. RRP £20 DE1256 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by Battle of Britian veteran Richard Jones, 64 and 19 Sqn. RRP £25 DE1258 SC25 RAF Colerne, 50th Anniversary of No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment. Flown in a Handley-Page Hastings from Jersey, Channel Islands to RAF Brize Norton. Signed by AVM B P Young who flew Sunderlands with Coastal Command. RRP £18 DE1286 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. Signed by WWII escaper Group Captain Bill Randle who was shot down over Belgium and escaped with the aid of the Comete Line through France, across the Pyrenees and into Spain. RRP £25 DE1298 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. RRP £7.50 DE1311 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. Signed by Hajo Herrmann, the high scoring WWII Luftwaffe pilot who received the coveted Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. RRP £55 DE1345 SC38 RAF Manston 25th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Education Branch. Flown on 12th October 1971 from Army Parachute Centre, Netheravon to overhead RAF Manston in a Dominie. RRP £7.50 DE1352 SC38 RAF Manston, 25th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Education Branch. Flown on three flights: Manston to Lyneham in a Hercules, on a local flight in a DH89 and Lyneham to Manston in a Dominie. Signed by the pilot of the Dominie A E Rose. RRP £10 DE1376 SC40 RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Scarce variation flown on a test flight from the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in the only remaining Javelin in the world. Signed by MRAF Sir Dermot Boyle who was Chairman of the RAF Museum. RRP £35 DE1377 SC40 1972 Official Silver Wedding FDC Cat RRP £40. RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Flown on a Commemorative World Record flight in a Meteor and signed by the pilot. RRP £30 DE1381 SC40 RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Flown in a Meteor T7, an Andover Mk II and a Whirlwind. Signed by WWII Victoria Cross winner Bill Reid VC. Unusual to see his signature on this cover RRP £45 DE1382 SC19 RAF Cosford First RAF Rocket Mail cover signed by Wing Commander George Harkness OBE AFC who flew the Fury at Northolt before going to the Middle East with 70 Sqn, flying Wellingtons. Post War, he was in Transport Command at the time of the Berlin Airlift. RRP £40 DE1383 SC19 RAF Cosford First RAF Rocket Mail cover. Flown in a single stage mail cargo rocket and delivered to Cosford. RRP £20 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.

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