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Postal History of GB – Aviation and Aircraft Covers and Associated Items.

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British Postal History - Aviation Covers

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Air Covers – Special Events Postmarks

Date	Postmark	Type	Cover		Price
9 Sep 1961	Hendon to Windsor Helicoptor on 11d BEA 50^th Anniv. Stamp, with Windsor Anniv. Slogan on 3d	Slogan / Pictorial	SPE	A	£9.75
9 Sep 1961	Hendon to Windsor Helicoptor on 11d BEA 50^th Anniv. Stamp, with Windsor Anniv. Slogan on 3d on “1^st Aerial Post postcard”	Slogan / Pictorial	PP	A	£9.75
9 Sep 1961	BEA CEPT-Europa Flight on 11d BEA 50^th Anniv. Stamp, with Windsor Anniv. Slogan on 3d	Slogan / Pictorial	SPE	B	£7.75
14 Sep 1968	R.A.F. Finningley “At Home” - Doncaster	Pictorial	SPE	A/B	£1.50
3 Jun 1972	1^st Long Distance Hot Air Balloon Race at Sherborne – with 3 cachets (No. 0068)	Circular	SPE	B	£2.95
17 Dec 1972	Inter Services Hovercraft Unit	Pictorial	ENV	A	£0.95
6/7 Jan 1973	Icicle Meet – Newbury – Dante Hot Air Balloon Group – cachet for “G-AZIP Dante” (No.153)	Circular	SPE	B	£2.95
6/7 Jan 1973	Icicle Meet – Newbury – Dante Hot Air Balloon Group – cachet for “G-BAGY Beatrice” (No.1230)	Circular	SPE	B	£2.95
29 May 1974	40^th Anniv. 1^st Regular Inland Airmail Service – Inverness – Kirkwall (incl. Original booklet)	Pictorial	SPE	C	£3.75
22 May 1980	899 Naval Air Squadron – Re-commissioning	Pictorial	ENV	A	£0.60
16 May 1981	Biggin Hill Air Fair	Pictorial	ENV	A	£0.75

Postmarks related to Airmail and Airforce

Postmark	Cachets etc	Date	Cover Type		Price
St. Eval RAF Station, C.Wall		1967	PPC	A	£7.50

Airmail Covers

Company	Postmarks/Cachets	Date	Cover Type		Price
Air Freight	1^st Scheduled Flight – Antwerp to Lydd	1 Nov 1974		B	£1.50
BEA	Concorde – 1^st Commercial Scheduled Flight London to Washington with Cachet from Concorde Terminal	24 May 1976	SPE	B	£1.75
Lufthansa	First Flight	1 Nov 1961	SPE	B	£3.25

RAF Museum Covers with Special BFPS Postmarks

Date	Postmark	BFPS No.		Price
23 Jul 1977 24 Jul 1977	Air Chief Marshal Boothman – 60^th Anniv. of 44 Squadron Flown in Vulcan B Mk.2 XM 594 of 44 Sqn. In Flypast	1565	B	£0.95
15 Sep 1977 17 Nov 1977	Air Commodore Deere – 37^th Anniv. of Battle of Britain Flown Biggin Hill to Catterick by WB531 of 207 Sqn.	1592	B	£1.25
6/7 May 1978	Sussex Air Pageant - Flown at Pageant	1610	B	£0.95
31 May 1978	RAF Hospital Wegberg Flown in Hercules XV 298 from 70 Sqn. on medical flight.	1612	B	£0.95
11 Nov 1978 3 Feb 1979	Capt Robinson – 60^th Anniv. of Armistice Flown in Airship AD500 on 1^st Flight – RAF Cardington	1622	B	£1.25
14 May 1979 13 Jun 1979	Capt J A Liddell VC MC – 30^th Anniv. of Canberra Flown in Canberra TT18 WJ 682 from RAF Kinross on target towing sortie for Blowpipe missile over Hebrides	1654	B	£0.95

Forces Post Office Cancellations

FPO Number	Description		Cover Type		Price
867	Letter from RAFA Norwegian Branch		ENV	B	£1.75

Airmail and Aircraft Items

Type	Description		Price
GB Forces Letter	Early Airmail sheet – 38-216 – Brown on Buff paper – Unused.	A	£3.95
PO Souvenir Cover	Piccadilly Line to Heathrow Airport Opening - 1977	B	£2.50
Guernsey Air Letter	Balloon Flight – Battle of Flowers 1972	A	£2.25

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Cover
This shows the media on which the postmark is struck as follows:
PPC – Picture Postcard
PC – Plain Postcard
PSC – Postal Stationery Card
PSE – Postal Stationery Envelope
SPE – Specially Printed Envelope
ENV – Plain Envelope
FL – Folded Letter