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RAF Signed Cover Collection 8 in Album With Slipcase. 20+ covers including rare Red Arrows Team signed covers scarce varieties from AC Co-ordinated series. Covers have a retail price of over £550 including DE1975 25 4 95 BFPS 2463 postmark on 25p Cat Stamp. Battle of the imjim River Flown Herclues RAF Lyneham around the World to Cairo,Colombo, Bangkok,Hong Kong,Yokota,Honolulu, Las Vegas,Washington DC and then back to Lyneham. Special signed General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley DSO* MC (1924 - 2006), affectionately known as "Farrar the Para". He was a British soldier and military historian who distinguished himself in a number of conflicts including WWII (winning the Military Cross in Greece) and the Korean War. A rare signature. RRP £45 DE1976 16 Dec 94 BFPS 2438 50th Anniversary Battle of the Ardennes 16 Dec 44 Flown Hercules. Special signed Professor Sir Harry Hinsley OBE MA FBA.Spent the war at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park,work took him USA & the Far East. RRP £65 DE1978 24 3 95 BFPS 2446 50th Anniversary Operation Plunder Special Postmark Crossing of the Rhine Operation Varsity. Special Signed Lt Col F Eadie commanded 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion through Germany 1945. RRP £20 DE1979 12 Oct 95 BFPS 2487 Ulster Operation Banner. Flown in Army Lynx from RAF Aldergrove. Special signed by General Sir Frank King GCB MBE. RRP £15 DE1980 1 Jan 96 BFPS 2488 Formation of Airborne Territorial Army The Airborne Territorial Army. Special signed by Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs GCB CBE DSO MC JP. R Gibbs was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 31 December 1939 during the early stages of World War II. Deployed to North Africa in 1941, he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 July 1941 and awarded the MC on 15 October 1942, took command of 'C Company' in March 1943 and remained in that role for the rest of the War taking part in the Allied invasion of Italy, the Normandy landings and fighting in North West Europe.Being awarded the DSO on 2 August 1945. RRP £20 DE1989 27 Jul 85 BFPS 1892. Formation of Bomber Command Association. Special Signed by Lady Harris Wife of the late Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris and personally Signed by Air Vice Marshal D C T Bennett. RRP £50 DE1990 29 Oct 85 BFPS 2104 Diamond Jubilee of the Royal Observer Corps. Flown in a Tornado F2 of 229 Sqn and signed by the crew: Flt Lt Burnside and Flt Lt Burden. RRP £10 DE1992 23 June 85 Digital Schneider Trophy Race, Flown Cover. Signed by the pilot Mr P Shipton. Race Position 4th. RRP £9 DE1993 23 June 85 Digital Schneider Trophy Race, Flown Cover Flown in the Digital Schnider Trophy Race from Bembridge Airport aircraft Beagle Bulldog XX654. Special Signed by Gp Capt L S Snaith Member of the Original Trophy Team of the Schneider Trophy in 1931 that won the orginal Schneider Trophy outright for Great Britain. And the 1985 Schneider Trophy Air Race Judge . And on the reverse Signed by Sqn Ldr C Hilliker of the 1985 Team Details and photo enclosed. Numbered 87 of 435. RRP £35 DE1995 21 Oct 85 BFPS 2103 25th Anniversary of the First Lift off of the P1127. Green Flown Cachet Flown in Harrier and signed by Pilot Mr H E Frick. RRP £10 DE1996 16 Sept 86 British Forces Postal Service 2123 46th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain postmark.The Red Arrows Salute Farnborough 1986.Cover depicts The Red Arrows at Farnborough 1986 Air Show, RAF Aerobatic Team ( The Red Arrows ) Badge & Farnborough International 86 logo. Red Flown cachet ( on the Back ) Flown by the Red Arrows Hawks from RAF Scampton to Farnborough to participate in Farnborough 96.Personally Signed by Complete Red Arrow Sqn Ldr R.M.Thomas, Team Leader, Flt Lt P.D.Lees, Sqn Ldr A.B.Chubb, Flt Lt P.J.Collins, Sqn Ldr G.I.Hannam, Flt Lt A Lunnon - Wood, Flt Lt Thurley Flt Lt C.D.R.McIIroy, Flt Lt D.W.Findlay and the display team manager Sqn Ldr H.R.Ploszek. RRP £40 DE1999 13 Oct 87 BFPS 2154 The 47th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain special postmark on 17p Lord Dowding / Hurricane stamp. Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Project. Cover flown in Hurricane LF 363 of the Battle of Britain Memorial flight from RAF Coningsby to RAF Abingdon to participate in the 1987 Battle of Britain open day flying display. Signed by the pilot Sqn Ldr K.N.T. Lee DFC of No 501 Sqn. RRP £12 DE2001 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex Signed 4 pilots who flew the cover on training sorties. Also special signed by Sqn Ldr Terence Bulloch DSO* DFC*, the legendary U-Boat attacker. RRP £35 DE2003 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex. Special signed The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon MA Honorary Air Commodore,No 2 ( City of Edinburgh ) Maritime Headquarters Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force RRP £12 DE2004 1 Sep 88 BFPS 2172 50 Anniversary of RAF Pitreavie Castle Flown in Wessex. Signed by Air Vice Marshal D C G Brook. Certified Copy No of 500 RRP £12 DE2009 13 May 89 BFPS 2205 40th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Canberra. 25th Anniversary of the Red Arrows .Flown cachet Flown in Hawk XX307 of the RAF Aeorbatic Team The Red Arrows from RAF Scampton on a practice flight in preparation for the Air Display at RAF Wyton to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Canberra. Signed by all Red Arrows team pilots plus Manager. RRP £45 DE2012 12 Jun 89 BFPS 2203 Presentation of a Colour by HM the Queen to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at RAF Benson. Flown in BAe 146 of the Queens Flight from St Helier, Jersey to London. Special signed The Duke of Hamilton & Brandon MA Honorary Air Commodore,No 2 ( City of Edinburgh ) Maritime Headquarters Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, The Duke of Grafton KC DL Honorary Air Commodore No 2623 ( East Anglian ) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment & Sir Rex Hunt CMG . Honorary Air Commodore No 2729 ( City of Lincoln) Squadron. RRP £35 DE2017 24 - 29 Sep 89 BFPS 2289 Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition Flown in Lynx. Special signed Vice Admiral Sir Jock Slater KCB LVO Chief of Fleet Support. RRP £18 DE2022 8 Sep 90 BFPS 2290 Farnborough Special Postmark. The Red Arrows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team Salute at Farnborough. . Red Flown cachet on the back Cover flown by the Red Arrows. Personally Signed by the 9 Pilots Red Arrows Display Team and the team manager. Tim Miller, Paul Rogers, Dom Riley, john Newton, Martin Cliff, Tony Smith A L Huy, Steve Johnson, Andy Wyatt & Andy Stewart team manager second year. RRP £45 DE2024 11 Sep 90 BFPS 2232 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Postmark on 20p Victoria Cross Stamp.RAF Northolt 75th Annivversary Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary . Red flown cachet on the reverse Flown in HS 125 XX508 of No 32 Sqn over Buckingham Palace on the Battle of Britain Flypast. Signed by FIt Lt L. Martel. Polish Battle of Britain fighter pilot. RRP £40 DE2025 5 Feb 91 BFPS 2258 RAF Reserve Service Flown on Sea King Nimrod & Wessex. Signed by Air Vice Marshal J Morris CBE BSc RAF Air Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland. RRP £15 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
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All items are sent by either Recorded or Royal Mail Special Delivery. The UK delivery cost will be £3.95 for items up to £50 and £6.95 for items over £50, plus any additional insurance to cover the full lot value. Overseas orders will be charged at cost. If you have special delivery instructions, do not hesitate to call us on 0845 1304094

All autographs and first day covers will come securely packaged with an envelope stiffener in a board-backed envelope. Larger photographs and prints are sent in a tough tube, and books and oversized/framed items will be packaged with bubble wrap and sent in a box.