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FF01Aa Folkestone to Cologne COVER

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FF01Aa Folkestone to Cologne

Backstamps 1. O.H.M.S. TO BE DROPPED AT COLOGNE
              G.P.O. POSTMASTERS NO 844
              HOME DEPOT NO 146 DATE 1-3-19
           2. Sonderpostamt 5000 Koln 15
          
Total Number Issued 14,980
FF1-Aa Standard Cover

FF1-Ab Cover bearing a 9p "25th Anniversary of the Coronation"
commemorative stamp signed by the Devon captain [3300)

FF1-Ac Cover bearing an ’I1p "25th Anniversary of the Coronation"
commemorative Stamp signed by Sir William Barlow, Chairman of the Post
Office (1485 numbered and certified)

FF1-Ad As Standard Cover but reflown in Bell Jet Ranger G--BGGX
with His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan en route to open the 1979 Biggin Hill Battle of Britain Air Display (1500)

Notes
1, Details of the return flight of FFl-Ac from Koln to Northolt in Pembroke WV 701 are in German on the reverse.
2. FFl-Ad bears one of two additional cachets on the front. This is either the original 1919 Biggin Hill handstamp with date added "R.A.F. POST OFFICE, BIGGIN HILL, l<ENT 22 SEP 19il9" or "ROYAL AIR FORCE
BIGGIN HILL 22 SEP 1979". There are equal numbers of both.
3. The 50th Anniversary of the First United Kingdom Regular Air Mail
Service was commemorated by the Issue of a pair of Covers F2and F3

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE

***** PLEASE DO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER RAF COVERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS STORE**********

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