First Day Covers
1953 (06) Coronation - 'Purple & Gold' Cover - Manchester CDS
Beautiful 'Purple & Gold' Cover - Manchester Double Ring CDS. read more
29.99 GBP
1953 (06) Coronation - 'Purple & Gold' Cover - New Milton, Long Live The Queen Slogan
Superb 'Purple & Gold' Cover - New Milton, Long Live The Queen Slogan.
Minor crease top left. read more
40.00 GBP
1953 (06) Coronation - 'Purple & Gold' Cover - The Markets CDS
Stunning 'Purple & Gold' Cover - The Markets CDS..
The 'Stock Markets' played an important part of the UK recovery around the time of the Coronation, so the name connection on this cover is quite appropriate! read more
29.99 GBP
1953 (06) Coronation - 'Purple & Gold' Cover - Windsor CDS
Lovely 'Purple & Gold' Cover - Windsor CDS - Typed Address.
Bradbury Cat £250 ! read more
149.99 GBP
1953 (07) 5d + 8d + 1/- Definitives - Illustrated - London WC 'Registered' Oval CDS
Exceptional Illustrated cover - London WC 'Registered' Oval CDS.
Open top mentioned for accuracy, but even so - still very scarce to get like this..... read more
29.99 GBP
1953 (08) ½d + 1d + 2d Definitives - Illustrated - London WC CDS
Exceptional Illustrated cover - London WC Steel Ring CDS.
Open top mentioned for accuracy, but even so - still very scarce to get like this..... read more
29.99 GBP
1953 (11) 4d + 1/3d + 1/6d Definitives - Illustrated - Strand BO, WC2 CDS
Exceptional Illustrated cover - Strand B.O. WC2 Steel Ring CDS.
Lovely clear CDS strike on the rear - the ones on the stamps are a bit light... so quite helpful !
Open top mentioned for accuracy, but even so - still very scarce to get like this.....
Cat £150.......... read more
69.99 GBP
1954 (01) 3d + 6d + 7d Definitives - Illustrated - Brighton CDS
Exceptional Illustrated cover - Brighton Steel Ring CDS.
Unnaddressed and Cat £100............. read more
49.99 GBP
1955 (09) 10/- & £1 Waterlow Castle High's - Plain - Threadneedle Street, EC2 CDS
Lovely Plain cover with the pair of Waterlow 10/- & £1 Castle High's cancelled with a Threadneedle Street, EC2 CDS.
Very neat open top. read more
149.99 GBP
1957 (07) Commonwealth Games - Set of 3 Matching Plain Covers - Empire Games Village, Barry CDS
Set of three matching hand-addressed plain covers - but cancelled by the very, very scarce Empire Games Village, Barry CDS
The Single Ring version on the 6d & 1/3d stamps, but the Double Ring version on the 3d cover
The lower 1/3d cover has an opened top, but the other two rear flaps are unsealed and not stuck down...
Cat values for these CDS's versi... read more
49.99 GBP
1957 (08) Scouts - F J Field 'Yellow' Cover - Sutton Coldfield CDS (DOUBLE RING CDS)
Lovely F J Field 'Yellow' Cover - Sutton Coldfield CDS (DOUBLE RING CDS).
This is the more usually seen version of this CDS......
Cat £195.......... but reduced price as it's H/W address.... read more
99.99 GBP
1957 (08) Scouts - Francis J Field 'Yellow' Cover - Sutton Coldfield CDS (PACKET CDS)
Francis J Field 'Sutton Park' Cover with the very scarce Sutton Coldfield CDS - But the PACKET CDS version.... much rarer than the usual CDS cancel you see........
CDS strike could be clearer, but it's still readable. read more
124.99 GBP
1957 (08) Scouts - Indaba Camp Cover - Jubilee Jamboree Slogan
Lovely Indaba Camp Cover - Jubilee Jamboree Slogan.
Cat £35......... read more
14.99 GBP
1957 (08) Scouts - Jamboree (Brown Shirted Scout) Cover - Jamboree Slogan + Sutton Coldfield CDS
Excellent Jamboree (Brown Shirted Scout) Cover - Jamboree Slogan + Sutton Coldfield CDS.
There are many illustration on covers for this issue - this one is one of the nicest.... and it also has the ultra scarce Sutton Coldfield CDS (Where the Jamboree took place)... read more
19.99 GBP
1957 (09) Parliament - Conference Envelope - 'Big Ben' H/S
Astonishingly good Conference Envelope - 'Big Ben' H/S.
This beauty is probably the nearest you could get to an Official for this H/S - there isn't an Official down for it, but on the Conference Stationery, you would genuinely struggle to think of a more appropriate cover........ way more collectable than the usual covers with this H/S offering........ read more
129.99 GBP
1957 (09) Parliament - IPU Conference Cover - Six Pence Airmail Stamp - Conference 'Big Ben' H/S
Highly unusual IPU Conference Cover - Six Pence Airmail Stamp (cut off an Airmail Letter and stuck to the cover) - Conference 'Big Ben' H/S.
Not seen this version before.............
The 'Big Ben' H/S is cat £100 on any cover......... read more
49.99 GBP
1957 (09) Parliament - Red Text/Blue Globe Cover - Big Ben H/S
Lovely Red Text/Blue Globe Cover - Big Ben H/S.
One of the 'South Coast' Dealers wants £125 for this cover! read more
69.99 GBP
1957 (09) Parliament - Red Text/Blue Globe Cover - Block of Four - Big Ben H/S
Lovely Red Text/Blue Globe Cover.
Block of Four - Big Ben H/S. read more
74.99 GBP
1957 (09) Parliamentary Conference - Conference Air Mail Letter - 'Big Ben' H/S - Then Doubled with a 2015 Magna Carta 1st Class
Highly unusual Parliamentary Conference Air Mail Letter with the stamp nicely cancelled by the 'Big Ben' H/S.
Then this has been doubled with a 2015 Magna Carta 1st Class stamp - highly relevant and missed by near enough everyone else ! read more
49.99 GBP
1957 (12) Naphthadag Automatic Letter Sorting Machine - Sanders Covers (Pair) - Southampton Wavy Line Slogan
Amazingly good pair of Sanders covers for the Inauguration of the first Naphthadag Automatic Letter Sorting Machine.
Both covers cancelled with the appropriate Southampton 'S' Machine Wavy Line Slogan.
Booth Cat £95............ read more