First Day Covers
1948 (07) Olympics - Gold 'Runners' Cover (Green Text) - Newquay CDS
Brilliant Gold 'Runners' Cover (Green Text)...
Newquay CDS.
Rare design cover that I've only previously seen with the slogan cancel.... read more
24.99 GBP
1948 (07) Olympics - Gold 'Runners' Cover (Green Text) - Olympic Games, Wembley Slogan
Stunning Gold 'Runners' Cover (Green Text) - Olympic Games, Wembley Slogan.
This cover exists with a 'green' paper, 'white' paper and a 'dark brown' paper - each with a different sporting image on the left... this one has runners about to break the 'tape' at the finishing line... and has a green text around it....
Cover has the usual creases/marks around the edge a... read more
49.99 GBP
1948 (07) Olympics - Green 'Text & Olympic Flame' Cover - 6d & 1/- Blocks of Four - Olympic Games, Wembley Slogan + Wembley CDS
Scarce Green 'Text & Olympic Flame' Covers (pair).
6d & 1/- Blocks of Four.....
Olympic Games, Wembley Slogan, but the stamps themselves have the Wembley CDS, not the slogan, which is off to the side of the covers... and as such if this was the full set, it would be Cat £150.. so priced sensibly for this 'pair' of covers.... read more
19.99 GBP
1948 (07) Olympics - Lionel Barton 'Poster' Cover - Stratford CDS
Unusual Lionel Barton 'Poster' Cover.....
Stratford CDS.
No direct link to the Games, but Stratford was a railway hub that supported the logistical operations of the Games, so a 'slight' link to the issue, albeit a small one.... I've not seen this cover before, so not sure how scarce it is..... read more
49.99 GBP
1948 (10) £1 Arms High Value Brown - 'The Castle Hotel' Cover - Taunton CDS
Lovely 'The Castle Hotel' Cover with the £1 Brown....
Taunton CDS.
Front & Rear shown to clarify that this is 'The Castle Hotel' envelope as stated above.....
Cat £350......... read more
199.99 GBP
1949 (10) Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Display Text cover - Edinburgh CDS
Unusual Display Text cover - Edinburgh CDS.
Pretty good condition considering it's age! read more
29.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - Alcock Display Text Cover - Cheltenham CDS
Lovely Alcock Display Text Cover.
Cheltenham CDS.
Cat £70........
Open top. read more
29.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - Blue Globe & Horn Cover - Stourbridge CDS
Unusual Blue Globe & Horn Cover.
Stourbridge CDS.
Cat £70.........
Might be with a hand-written addres, but a rarely seen cover design.... read more
24.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - Harris, Strand Cover - Glasgow CDS
Exceptional Harris, Strand Cover.
Glasgow CDS.
Numerous US receiving cancels on the rear........
Cat £70.......... read more
29.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - Harris, Strand Cover - Stoke Newington CDS
Superb Harris, Strand Cover.
Stoke Newington CDS.
Cat £70............. read more
29.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - London Assurance Cover - Gresham House CDS
Rare London Assurance Cover.
Gresham House CDS.
Rare to get this with a typed address - I have seen plenty with hand-written ones....
Left hand CDS strike is weak, but the right hand one is good and there are two good clear strikes on the rear as well as a couple of Port Said receiving marks... Not an easy cover to get hold of.... read more
49.99 GBP
1949 (10) UPU - PTS/BPA Cover - Sutton Coldfield CDS
Lovely PTS/BPA Cover (Smaller Version).
Sutton Coldfield CDS.
Small tear top left corner about ½" along, but not effecting anything on the cover............ price reduced because of that....
Cat £70............. read more
19.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival - Festival 'Logo' Cover - Battersea Wavy Line Slogan
Superb Festival 'Logo' Cover - Battersea Wavy Line Slogan.
Printed address to 'The Stamp Shop' at the Festival - so you couldn't get a more appropriate cover for this issue !! read more
39.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival Definitives (½d+1d+1½d+2d+2½d) - Festival illustrated Cover - Gresham House, EC2 CDS
Superb Festival illustrated Cover.
Gresham House, EC2 CDS. read more
24.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival High's (2/6d+5/-) - Plain Cover - Dorking CDS
Lovely Plain Cover.
Dorking CDS.
If the other pair had been on this, it would have been a substancial cover, but marked down as it's just the two stamps.... read more
19.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival High's (2/6d+5/-) - Plain Cover - Stockport CDS
Lovely Plain Cover.
Stockport CDS. read more
24.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival High's + Festival Commemoratives - Plain Cover - Southampton CDS
Excellent Plain cover with BOTH the Festival High's + Festival Commemoratives on it.....
Southampton CDS.
Bradbury Cat £250 for just the Festival High's on it, so would command a small premium with the Commemoratives as well............ read more
99.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival High's - 4 x Festival Covers - Horton, Illminster CDS
Fantasticly rare 4 x matching Festival Covers...
Single stamp on each, cancelled by a Horton, Illminster CDS.
Bradbury Cat £750.............
Each has a brown 'hinge' mark on the rear, so I assume these wre at some point in their lives set into an album page... read more
399.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival High's - Plain Cover - Banstead CDS
Excellent Plain Cover......
Banstead CDS...
Bradbury Cat £250........ read more
149.99 GBP
1951 (05) Festival of Britain - Festival Logo Cover - UNLISTED London Chief Office CDS
Lovely Festival Logo Cover with the full set cancelled by an UNLISTED London Chief Office CDS....
A 'Google' search states that this PO HQ played a major role in the official commemoration of the Festival through the postal and numismatic outlets... read more
29.99 GBP