UNITED KINGDOM - COVERS and POSTAL STATIONERY

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uki134 (12/11)

* 1964 - registered air mail cover to Thailand with 6d+2/6d Shakespeare Festival commemorative franking

Excellent to fine condition.

uk106

1920s - ½d PTPO envelope with ½d green KGV indicium - fine unused

PTPO for Encyclopaedia Britannica - flap is not stuck down.

uk113 (7/08)

1934 - attractive advertising cover to USA

Excellent condition.

uk132 (9/09)

1934 (Aug 20th) - Railway Services FFC carried Liverpool to London

"Flown to Birmingham" written on flap - must have been an air/rail combo. Fine condition.

uk109

1937 - commercial airmail cover to Egypt

Fine condition.

uk116 (8/08)

1939 - censored commercial cover to Sweden

1d KGVI defin pays Printed Matter rate. A couple of small tears at the right end o/wise condition is excellent. Even though WWII was only about a month old when this cover was mailed, Sweden had become a scarce destination for other than air mail articles.

uk101

1941 - uprated 2d postal card for air amil transmission to driver in M.E.F.

Some minor wear but scarce survivor and better condition than this would be most unusual.

uk127 (2/09)

1945 (Nov 23rd) - cover flown of FF by American Airlines from London to Philadelphia

Fine condition - large cachet on reverse provides flight details ... cover flown on "Flagship Washington". Seen elsewhere for sale @ £10.

uk133 (2/11)

1953 (June 3rd) - Coronation stamp f.d.i. souvenir postcard (Comet Jetliner) used to the USA

Excellent to fine condition - 8d rate is correct. Quite a few of these were probably produced but this is the first example that I've seen (and I'd thought I'd seen them all ... souvenir items from the 1953 Coronation that is!)

uk122 (2/09)

1962 (Jan 6th) - FFC carried on BOAC "Jet Prop Britannia" flight from London to Mauritius

Excellent to fine condition - Port Louis arrival b/stamp.

uk121 (2/09)

1965 (Nov 24th) - BOAC FFC London to Nandi, Fiji

Clear arrival b/stamp - excellent condition.

uk124 (2/09)

1967 (April 1st) - FFC carried to Fiji by BOAC on inaugural SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE flight from London to Sydney

Contains card with flight details. Fine condition.