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RAF12a 18 Squadron COVER

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RAF12a 18 Squadron

Backstamps 1. R.A.F. POST ROOM GUTERSLOH B.F.P.O. 47 (undated}
           2. RAF GATOW (Undated)
           3. Flugzeugfiihrerschule “S" 305 WUNSTORF FLIEGERHORST (Un-dated)

Total Number Issued 18,000
RAF12a Standard Cover
RAF12b Signed by both Pilot and Crewman
RAF12c Flown from GAF Wunstorf in a German Air Force C47 Dakota 1407 on a Flight Checking Mission. The Cover bears 2 x 5p se-tenant EEC GB Commemoratives, and is signed by AVM Sir Ranald Macfarlane Reid (Ret'd), Wg Cdr J. D. Kirwan (Ret'dl, and Wg Cdr T. S. C. Jones, former and present Officers Commanding No 18 Squadron (1136 numbered and certified)
RAF12d Covers FlAF12a or 12b that were dropped in Bremerhaven harbour during their return, by post, to England. They bear an additional cachet in red on the front: "Durch wasser biem Transport von Deutschland nach England beschadigt" (278 ordinary and pilot signed)

Notes
1 RAF12d A total of 339 Covers were dropped in the harbour; 278 as above and 61 of RAF (SPI1. They are numbered as a total package i.e. up to 339.
2. Standard Covers exist cancelled FPO 965 where the BFPS 1401 cancellation did not cancel the stamp.

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE

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