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FF06C SIGNED 40th Anniv of 1st British Airmail Service across Atlantic COVER

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FF06C SIGNED 40th Anniv of 1st British Airmail Service across Atlantic

Backstemp MANAGER KENNEDY NEW YORK
          RECEIVED British airways 5 AUG
         
Total Number Issued 13,580

FF6a Standard Cover
FF6b Cover bearing a 9p "25th Anniversary of the Coronation" commemorative stamp signed by the Concorde captain (3250)
FF6c Cover bearing an 11p "25th Anniversary of the Coronation" commemorative stamp. It is signed by Capt J.C. Kelly-Rogers (1480 numbered and certified)

Notes
1. The original for this Cover was painted by Dudley Burnside.
2. Kelly-Rogers joined the RAF in 1927 and spent his service career flying waterborne aircraft. ln 1935 he joined Imperial Ainrvays and after a second career on Flying Boats became Superintendent of BOAC's Atlantic flying boat operations. He has already signed HA(SP1) 5c, the Variety Cover of the Issue commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the First Westward Flight Across the Atlantic.

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE

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

Price: £5.00

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