first day coverage

FIR S T D AY CO VER AGE
The Newsletter of the Association of G.B. First Day Cover Collectors
P.O. Box 99, WIDNES, Cheshire WA8 0NN
www.gbfdc.co.uk
E-mail: Sheridanfdcs@aol.com
The Association of Great Britain
Cover
G B First DayCollectors
Number 125
From the Editor’s Desk
Inside this Issue
Special Features
GBFDC 2015 Bridges Official cover
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Ironbridge History 3/4
Walton Sextuplets signed covers
5
Rare Covers
6
Let’s Get Connected
7
Publicity Officer Required/ 4
Date For Your Diary /
Auction Deadlines
Producing Our Own Covers 15
Unusual Covers
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Regular Features
If you are snowed in at the moment at least you have your
collections to turn to as a bit of consolation. According to the
weather men today, North West England, and Northern Ireland
are in for a fall of at least 2” on low ground whilst
LONDON
Pub Meetings held in
In The Ship and Shovel, Craven Passage,
London WC2 @ 3pm
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Letters to the Editor/Newsletters
By Email
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Rates Column
Please contact Richard Park for meeting dates during 2015
Queries to: Richard Park, 2 Chaffinch Close, Horsham,
West Sussex RH12 5HA
Advertisements
Farrukh Jamil
good things. We have several issues ahead before Sheridan
Covers produces its first cover for the year, but first we have the
cover for GBFDC. The first official cover for 2015 from GBFDC
features IRONBRIDGE, Telford, Shropshire, and we hope you
like the cover shown on page 3. English Heritage gave us the
‘go ahead’ to feature Ironbridge, as it is in their care. We have
included a bit of fascinating history behind the building of this
bridge. I have learnt something I didn’t know whilst reading it. I
am always open to learning new facts and I love history. We
hope you enjoy reading it too.
Pub Meetings
Members Cover Sale
David Millership
Welcome to the first edition of First Day
Coverage for 2015. We hope that you all
had a good Christmas and New Year. A
Happy belated New Year to everyone. We
are looking forward to this year. It will bring
Continued on page 2
Richard Park
Hon. Chairman GBFDC
2 Chaffinch Close
Horsham,2W. Sussex
Association Officers &
RH12 5HA Editorial
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Membership 277 February 2015
West Midlands Region
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Phil Sheridan Officials
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Covercollecting.com
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Steven Scott
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Meetings held in The Bowling Green Pub, Shaw Lane, Stoke
Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 4BH.
For Future Dates please contact:
Mr Joseph Adam Bevan, Tel: 07969 311 003 & 0121 477 9924
(weekdays 7-10pm).
Newsletter Queries to: P. Sheridan, P.O. Box 99,
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Association Officers
PLEASE CONTACT THE RIGHT PERSON
Subject
Association Chairman
& all matters
concerning the
GBFDC Auction
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Address
Richard Park
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2 Chaffinch Close
Horsham, W. Sussex
RH12 5HA
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All membership
matters & National
Meetings Organiser.
General.
Ian Balcombe,
Secretary GBFDC,
21 The Marlowes,
London
NW8 6NB
E-mail: secretary@gbfdc.co.uk
Editorial, Letters to
the Editor,
Advertising &
General Newsletter
queries. Leaflets &
inserts. Newsletter
Editing.
Phil Sheridan.
Hon. Editor GBFDC
P.O. Box 99, Widnes,
Cheshire
WA8 0NN
E-mail: Sheridanfdcs@aol.com
Assistant Editor to
Phil Sheridan
Hon. Association
Treasurer
Dot R.
Hon. Assistant Editor
GBFDC
P.O. Box 99, Widnes,
Cheshire WA8 0NN
David Cohen
Hon. Treasurer GBFDC
24 Penshurst Gardens
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 9TP
E-mail: david@cohenfamily.co.uk
Hon. Association
Publicity Officer
DEADLINE FOR THE APRIL 2015 EDITION
Items for publication MUST be with the editor by
7th March 2015
Thank you to everyone who has sent in material for publication. If you
haven’t seen your article in this newsletter, please be assured that we will
use it in a future edition. We require more articles and features so that we
have them in have for forthcoming newsletters
From the Editor’s Desk
continued……
higher ground will get 4” by the
end of next week (end of
January). We have had some
pretty bad falls of snow and ice
in February before so wrap up
warm. Ensure you have all you
need to keep warm and fed,
and look in on elderly
neighbours to see if they need
any help. If you have a pet then
please bring it in doors during
the cold weather. A pet should
never be left outside at this time
of the year.
At the time of writing, we are
still waiting for the January
edition of Key News so I can’t
update you on anything
important that might be
announced. I would never
divulge sensitive information but
general information that
everyone should know about is
fine.
We would like to thank all
newsletter contributors. You did
keep us in mind over the
holiday season and we are very
grateful for the material sent in
to us.
Please don’t stop sending in
your material. We need all we
can get from you. Maybe you
have a thematic collection
running alongside your main
collection, if so, please look at it
and send us in several pages
on a theme with a bit about
each cover and why you collect
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that particular theme. We think
many members will be very
interested to read such articles.
If you collect signed covers, or you
send away for signatures yourself,
then we would like to hear from
you. Perhaps you can put together
a page article about some of your
favourite signed covers and how
you obtained them. Think about
what you can assemble together
for publication to help your
newsletter with good material.
We have several very informative
articles for you inside this edition.
We also have a full MCS too. We
hope you manage to pick up some
bargain covers or some of the
more rare ones advertised.
However please respond quickly
otherwise the cover you want may
be gone.
We have an article on Producing
CDS covers by Edward Stedwick
on page 15. Reading about how
they managed to do their own
CDS covers might inspire more
members to DIY own CDS covers.
Many post offices have closed
now so it’s a bit of a challenge to
find one with a connection to a set
of stamps, but there will, at some
time or another, crop up a set of
stamps with a connection to a post
office within a few miles of where
you live or work. Try to take
advantage of it. The results might
surprise you.
Well, that’s it from us for another
year. See you in April. Until then,
Happy collecting.
Phil Sheridan
Hon. Editor
The Association of Great Britain First Day Cover Collectors
Official Covers 2015
GBFDC No.53 OFFICIAL COVER – Bridges 5th March 2015
We open our 2015 cover programme with a very popular theme, Bridges, and it will be a Limited
Edition of 75. Although not depicted on any of the stamps, we decided to feature one of our most
iconic bridges, and tourist attraction, Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire.
If you would like to collect GBFDC Association official covers then please let Terry have your order
and cheque as soon as possible.
Bridges GBFDC official cover shown below for member information
Ironbridge is a settlement on the River Severn at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire
England. It lies in the civil parish of The Gorge, in the borough of Telford & Wrekin. Ironbridge
developed beside, and takes its name from, the famous Iron Bridge, a 30-metre (100 ft) cast iron
bridge that was built across the river in 1779.
In 1773, architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard wrote to a local ironmaster, John Wilkinson of Broseley,
to suggest building a bridge out of cast iron. Pritchard had previous experience with the design of
both wooden and stone bridges, and it is possible that he had integrated into these designs elements
of iron.
During the winter of 1773–74, local newspapers advertised a proposal to petition Parliament for leave
to construct an iron bridge with a single 120 feet (37 m) span. In 1775, a subscription of between
three and four thousand pounds was raised, and Abraham Darby III, the grandson of Abraham Darby
I and an ironmaster working at Coalbrookdale was appointed treasurer to the project.
In March 1776, the Act to build a bridge received Royal Accent with legal counsel from Thomas
Addenbrooke, and Abraham Darby III was commissioned to cast and build the bridge. In May 1776,
the trustees withdrew Darby's commission, and instead advertised for plans for a single arch bridge to
be built in "stone, brick or timber. No satisfactory proposal was made, and the trustees agreed to go
with Pritchard's design.
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Design
The bridge is built from five cast iron ribs that give a span of 30.6 metres (100 ft). Exactly 378 long
tons 10 cwt (847,800 lb or 384.6 t) of iron was used in the construction of the bridge, and there are
almost 1700 individual components, the heaviest weighing 5.5 long tons (5.6 t). Components were
cast individually to fit with each other, rather than being of standard sizes, with discrepancies of up to
several centimeters between 'identical' components in different locations
Decorative rings and ogees between the structural ribs of the bridge suggest that the final design was
of Pritchard, as the same elements appear in a gazebo he rebuilt. A foreman at the foundry, Thomas
Gregory, drew the detailed designs for the members, resulting in the use of carpentry jointing details
such as mortice and tenon joints and dovetails.
Cost
Darby had agreed to construct the bridge with a budget of £3,250 and £3,250 was raised by
subscribers to the project. Whilst the actual cost of the bridge is unknown, contemporary records
suggest it was as high as £6,000, the excess being born by Darby, who was highly indebted from
other ventures as well. However, by the mid-1790s the bridge was highly profitable, and tolls were
giving the shareholders an annual divided of 8 per cent.
It was opened on New Year’s Day 1781 and it continued in full use by ever-increasing traffic until
closed and designated an Ancient Monument in 1934. English Heritage now looks after the Iron
Bridge but Ironbridge Museum looks after the surrounding museums.
In 1986, the Ironbridge Gorge became one of the first group of 7 UK sites to be awarded World
Heritage status by UNESCO. The designation of the Ironbridge Gorge as a World Heritage Site
recognised the area’s unique contribution to the birth of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century,
the impact of which was felt across the world. It was the achievements of pioneering industrialists
including Abraham Darby, William Reynolds and John Wilkinson that led to the Ironbridge Gorge
becoming by the close of the 18th century the most technologically advanced area in the world. The
surviving built and natural environment with its museums, monuments and artefacts, including the
world famous Iron Bridge of 1779, serve to remind us of this area’s unique contribution to the history
and development of industrialised society.
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NP44 1EQ
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The Year of the Child and the Walton sextuplets
By Selwyn Goodacre
On BBCTV on 17 April 2014, there was a delightful programme about the famous Walton
sextuplets. The programme featured all six girls (Luci, Sarah, Jennie, Ruth, Hannah and Kate)
and their parents, giving a full account of their lives up to the present time. They were born in
November 1983, so are now 21 years old.
In my collection I have two covers signed by both parents and the 6 girls – see the illustrations. I
imagine the first was signed in around 1989-90, with the second a few years later, judging by the
increasing maturity of the girls’ writing.
Though they now style
themselves as Luci
and Jennie, it is
interesting that on the
two
covers
they
signed their names as
Lucy
and
Jenny
(rather oddly Jennie
spells her name with
only one ‘n’ on the
second cover!), One
wonders when they
decided to change the
spelling
of
their
names. The Brown
family also signed the
second
cover
–
readers will recall that
Louise Brown was the
first ‘test-tube’ baby
born in this country.
Some months ago, I
wrote to the Walton
parents saying how I
had
enjoyed
the
programme
and
tentatively
asking
them
about
the
spelling changes, and
if they could let me
know the name of the
dealer
who
had
organised the signings
– and how many covers they actually signed. Sadly I had no reply. Nevertheless I treasure
these covers – it is nice to find first day covers relating in such a strong way to contemporary
events of importance.
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RARE COVERS………….By Colin Young
Fig 1 Changing Tastes on the Nando's OFFICIAL cover. These were produced by Anthony Bard
(ABCFDC) in conjunction with Nando's of which they let him have 5 of these covers with FULL SETS
one of which I managed to get. The cover also came in an envelope virtually the same as the cover
which is sometimes missing but NOT mine.
Fig. 1
Fig 2 Pub Signs. The Scapehouse Inn official with a FULL SET. These covers were produced by RC
Productions for the regulars of the Scapehouse Inn of which no more than 16 were produced. They
also produced this official cover with a SINGLE stamp of which no more than 20 were produced I do
have the letter to confirm The Scapehouse Inn covers.
Fig. 2
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Let’s Get Connected……..by Nigel McGarry
One interesting and fun connection to link literary anniversaries to an FDC is Reading in Berkshire or
as it states in a normal FDI Handstamp Reading, Berks. Great examples would be Reading
Shakespeare in 1964, Reading Dickens and Wordsworth in 1970 and the cover shown below for
Tennyson!
When England won the World Cup in 1966, I was sitting in a change booth in an Amusement Arcade
in Clacton on Sea, Essex. Since that time I collected many covers commemorating both the event
and the fact that England won. Below is a lovely GPO Cover that bears the original and winners
stamp cancelled by Liverpool FDI Handstamp on 18th August 1966 - a nice error. The handstamp is
relevant as Liverpool hosted several world cup matches during the tournament.
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PUBLICITY OFFICER REQUIRED
Dear Members,
We are looking for someone to help promote the club & it's activities nationally by various
means. This would be a voluntary position, and does not necessarily mean the applicant
would have to become a member of the GBFDC committee.
Reasonable out of pocket expensive would be reimbursed, for expenses incurred whilst
carrying out duties for GBFDC.
Any members interested, Please contact Richard Park 01403 241825 or email
rjpark@btinternet.com
Richard Park, Chairman.
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
We have arranged for the 2015 AGM/Cover Fair to be held on Sunday 18th October
2015 at the Collingwood Centre, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 7NF (for Sat Navs).
Tel: 0121 360 1484
Doors open at 9am. A lunchtime buffet will be laid on with the AGM starting at
around 1pm
Auction Deadlines
Spring GBFDC auction April/May is 31st January
Autumn GBFDC Auction October/November is the 31st August.
Guideline for Auction Lots
First Day covers ONLY, no commemorative covers please.
No Philatelic Bureau Covers. (Unless on privately produced covers)
No Handwritten covers (Unless they are Rare covers)
No unrelated First Day of Issue covers. (Unless on Privately produced
covers)
Covers must be in good condition. (Otherwise they will not sell!)
Minimum Estimate of £5 where possible please.
If have any questions please contact Richard Park 01403 241825 or
email rjpark@btinternet.com
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Members Cover Sale
If you are an ordinary member and would like to sell your covers free of charge, then be sure to let
the editor have your list in good time for publication.
All the covers listed are being sold by the member whose contact details appear at the beginning of
their listing. We have laid out each set of listings as requested by the vendor so layouts will probably
differ from person to person. If left to the editor to arrange then the listings will take on a more uniform
appearance. Prices given are the cost of each cover and buyers must contact the seller direct to
negotiate the sale. The seller may or may not add postage costs so it is up to the seller and buyer to
come to their own arrangement. All that remains is to wish you good luck.
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Contact details: Jon Cox – joncox999@btinternet.com Tel: 0121 352 1621
P&P ₤1 any quantity.
1966
1970
1970
World Cup
Philympia
9d Regional
FDI Birmingham on PO cover. TA
£12
First Flight, Bembridge IOW on PO Cover. Rare with full set. h/w £150
9d Scotland unwatermarked paper with RARE 39th Congress
Federation Internationale De Philatelic, London W1 handstamp. £45
1972 Polar Explore
CDS Gravesend – single 7½p Hudson stamp on PO cover
£6
1973 Explorers
NPM London EC1 Red Maltese Cross handstamp on PO cover
£18
1973 Inigo Jones
Bureau on Copecrest woven card
£16
1975 Architecture
Slogan European Architectural Heritage Year – single 7p PO cvr £18
1975 Railways
Bureau on Copecrest woven card
£12
1978 Cycling
FDI Dumfries plus Kirkpatrick Macmillian bicycle inventor cachet £25
1978 Cycling
Leicester City Council official
£12
1979 Year of Child
FDI Exeter on Exeter Children’s Orchestra cover
£10
1980 London 1980
50p stamp on PO cvr Codesort comes to Liverpool plus cachet
£10
1980 London 1980
50p stamp on PO cvr Codesort comes to Manchester plus cachet £10
1980 Landmarks
William Shakespeare, Stratford upon Avon handstamp on PO cvr £8
1980 Famous People
Kelloggs, Manchester handstamp on PO cover
£7
1980 Queen Mum
FDI Rochdale plus Toad Lane posted in the box cachet on PO cvr £5
1980 Conductors
Sir Geoffrey De Havilland on PO cover. Not often seen.
£12
1980 Sport
Nearest & Dearest, Blackpool on PO cover. Not often seen
£12
1980 Christmas
Kelloggs, Manchester handstamp on PO cover
£9
1981 Folklore
FDI London special handstamp on Bill Tidy cover
£7
1981 Butterflies
FDI London special handstamp on Bill Tidy cover
£7
1981 D of E
FDI London special handstamp on Bill Tidy cover
£7
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Covers for Sale. Please contact Terry Barnett 0151 486 2610 or email
terryhuntsc@tiscali.co.uk
If you would like a photocopy or a scan of any cover please contact me.
ALL POSTAGE FREE
1966 Burns PHOS Liverpool fdi typed add.
1967 Paintings Art on Stamps cancel printed add.
1975 Sailing Arphila 75 Paris cachet printed label add.
1978 Coronation Wattisham cancel on BOCS3
1980 50p House of Commons cds printed label add.
1980 Q Mother Glamis cancel Abbey cover
1981 R.Wedding Cameo cancel on the Cameo official
1985 Trains House of Commons cds unadd.
1985 Films on the RFDC39 official signed by Richard Todd
1988 Aust Bicent London cancel PPS 5
1988 E Lear m/s Stampex cancel BLCS36b
1988 Christmas Postling cancel Benham Star cover
1989 Christmas House of Commons cds unadd.
£2
£3
£1
£2
£2
£2
£1
£1
£3
£2
£2
£1.50
£1
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1990 Q Awards Saga cancel BLCS52
£1
1991 Sport on the RFDC94 signed by Rory Underwood
£3
1993 Waterways Stoke cancel PPS 52
£2
1994 Trains Derby cancel Westminster official
£1.50
1997 G. Wedding London cancel LFDC154 off
£2
1997 G Wedding W Abbey cancel Vic. Print 116 off.
£2
1997 G Wedding Ballater cancel Benham BLCS134b off
£2
1997 G Wedding Mail on Sunday cancel Benham off.
£2
1998 P Diana Mail on Sunday cancel official
£1
1999 R Wedding Windsor cancel on Mercury official
£1
2000 Art & Craft Salford cancel on 4d Post cover unadd
£1
2000 Life & Earth Kew Gardens cancel on 4d Post cover unadd.
£1
2002 Q Mother Windsor cancel Westminster off.
£2
2003 Rugby m/s Mercury cover signed by John Taylor Welsh
International TV Commentator
£3
22nd February 1988 - 75th Anniversary of Scott’s arrival at the South Pole
on a Cambridge S.C. cover signed by JOHN MILLS 1 of 4
£5
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Contact Details: Maurice Walmsley – Mwalmsley13@aol.com - Tel. Nos. 01636 612425 07860285638
Postage £1.00.
2000 GBFDC Association 1 Rowland Hill Official
£18
2001 GBFDC Association 2 Body and Bone Official
£18
2001 GBFDC Association 4 Weather (Stamps) Official
£17
2002 GBFDC Association 7 Golden Jubilee Official
£13
2005 GBFDC Association 18 Magic Official
£18
2005 GBFDC Association 20 Trafalgar (Stamps) Official
£20
2006 GBFDC Association 21 World Cup Official
£18
2006 GBFDC Association 22 Victoria Cross (Stamps) Official
£20
2007 GBFDC Association 23 Sky at Night Official
£18
2007 GBFDC Association 24 Scouts Official
£18
2007 GBFDC Association 25 Christmas Angels Official
£14
2008 GBFDC Association 26 House of Lancaster Official
£25
2009 GBFDC Association 30 British Design Classics Official
£23
2009 GBFDC Association 33 William Gladstone Official
£25
2012 GBFDC Association 44 Victoria Museum Official
£30
2013 GBFDC Association 47 Doctor Who Official
£25
2013 GBFDC Association 48 National Wildflower Official
£25
2007 GBFDC Association AGM Endangered Species Official
£150
2009 GBFDC Association AGM British Naval Uniforms Official
£125
2013 Falkland Referendum Stamps FDC Official
£14
2013 Falkland Referendum Mini Sheet Official
£14
2013 Falkland Margaret Thatcher FDC Official
£14
1996 GB2 Derek Williams Wildlife & Wetlands Trust Official
£45
1997 GB5 Derek Williams The Great Tudor Official
£25
1999 GB31 Derek Williams Christians FDC Official
£25
2000 GB33 Derek Williams Above and Beyond Official
£17
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Steve Lawton, 24 Aldred St, Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester M30 8PS Free postage
stephenj.lawton@ntlworld.com 0161 788 0146
1969 Notable Anniversaries GPO Cover, typed add –Manchester FDI, Cat £25
1969 PO Technology PO Cover, typed add-Liverpool FDI (Nat Giro home), not cat
1973 European Communities unaddressed PO Cover-Dover FDI, Cat £12.50
1975 7p Definitive on PO Cover typed add- Large Windsor FDI, Cat £12.50
£9.50
£9.50
£4.00
£4.00
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1988 Armada, Kellogg’s Official with Blackburn ‘k’ H/S 19.07.88 AL not cat.
£10.00
1991 Sport, Radio Times Official with ‘if it’s on it’s in’ W1 H/S AL Cat £20
£7.75
2007 Beatles with both stamps & M/S, UA RM Cover with Woolton ‘disc’ H/S
£15.00
2010 Spitfire Smilers sheet, pair of labels & Spitfire stamps Ruslip H/S
£4.75
2013 Year of the Horse Smilers, pair of labels & 1st Fireworks stamp,Lunar NY W1 H/S,UA
£5.00
2014 Year of the Sheep Smilers, pair of labels & 1st Fireworks stamp,Lunar NY W1 H/S,UA
£5.00
st
2014 Malaysian Exhib Smilers, pr of labels & 1 Hello- Rare 1.12.14 Desert Rats BFPO H/S UA £6.00
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Contact Details:- Peter Middleton 331 Wollaton Rd. NOTTINGHAM NG8 1FQ
All Covers at £5 each (postage appreciated)
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1986
1987
1987
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1988
1989
1989
1990
1990
1990
1990
1991
1993
1993
1993
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1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
Famous people.
British Conductors.
Christmas.
Queen's Birthday.
Medieval Life.
Flowers.
Newton.
Scottish Heraldry.
Sport.
Food/farming.
Microscopes.
Kew Gdns.
Q. Mother.
Gallantry.
Astronomy.
Scientific.
Art. F.D.I.
Christmas.
Christmas.
Steam
Steam
Pictorial Postcards
Pictorial Postcards
Pictorial Postcards
Pictorial Postcards
Medical Discoveries
Nat. Museum - Maltese Cross
Wm. Shakespeare, Stratford upon Avon
Kellogg's, Manchester
Greetings from the Thames Barrier
Greeting from the Thames Barrier
Nat. Post. Museum. Queen Victoria's Jubilee
London S.W.1 (shows Buckingham Palace)
Open Days. Broad lands, Romsey
Manchester United Museum
Royal Academy of Arts
Stampway to the World
Holmfirth, Landof the Summer Wine
Nat. Post. Museum. City of London.
Nat. Garden Fesrival, Gateshead
Queen Eleanor's Cross, Northampton
G.W.R. F.D.I. Swindon (train illustrated)
Durham (shows cathedral)
McCaig Tower, Oban
The Comet, Port Glasgow
The Comet, Port Glasgow
Nat. Exhibit. Centre, Birmingham
Nat. Exhibit. Centre, Birmingham
Britain's Most Northernmost Post Office, Unst
New Lanark Visitors Centre
Heathrow Airport, Hounslow
York Post Shop
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Contact Details: Mr D. Whalley, 3 Laverock Grove, Madley, Crewe CW3 9NL Tel: 01782 750777
POSTAGE £1 per order.
03/02/93
20/07/93
12/10/93.
12/04/94.
05/07/94.
02/08/94
03/09/95
14/09/93.
04/09/01
29/04/03
Princess Diana Great Brington CDS P.O. cover U.A.
Inland Waterways Abergavenny CDS P.O. cover U.A.
Sherlock Holmes. P.O.In estimation Dept. Slogan PM P.O. U.A
Pictorial Postcards. Collect British Stamps Slogan PM U.A.
Golf. Collect British Stamps Slogan PM P.O. U.A.
Summertime. Tropical Places Slogan PM P.O. U.A
Communications Vodaphone Centre Slogan PM P.O. U.A.
Autumn. Philatelic Congress Slogan PM P.O. U.A.
Punch & Judy Full book on 4d cover self adhesive S.H U.A.
Extreme Endeavours. 50th Anniv. Accent of Everest. SH 4d cover U.A.
£30
£5
£5
£3
£4
£4
£4
£4
£8
£8
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02/03/93
02/03/93
27/07/04
22/08/95
17/08/94
17/09/85
02/09/86
15/09/87
27/04/93
08/06/93
27/07/93
06/04/93
£10 Britannia Stamp Britannia CDS P.O. cover U.A.
£16
£10 Britannia Stamp Britannia Porth SH P.O. cover
£13
Bank of England booklet Pane Britannia CDS P.O. cover U.A.
£12
3 Stamp Windsor SH P.O. cover U.A.
£4.50
Boots 1st Label. Collect British Stamps Slogan P.O. cover U.A.
£3
1-40 parcel post stamp. N.E. Parcel Centre SH P.O. cover U.A.
£8
1-50 Parcel Post Stamp N.E. Parcel Centre SH P.O. cover U.A.
£8
1-60 Parcel Post Stamp N.E. Parcel Centre SH P.O. cover U.A.
£8
6p Enschede Printing Block of 4 Windsor SH Cotswold Cover U.A.
£2
10p, 5p, 1p Enschede Printing Windsor SH Cotswold Cover U.A.
£2
30p Enschede Printing Windsor SH Cotswold Cover U.A.
£2
2nd, 3 x 1st Single Stamps from Booklets issued on this date Harrison,
Walsall & Questa
£5
12/08/81
D of E Award D of E Award SW1SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
25/03/81
Disabled People. Leicester Committee IYDP Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
06/82
Maritime Heritage FDI Portsmouth Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
28/04/82
British Theatre New Theatre, Hull SH Cotswold cover U.A
£2
24/08/83
British Gardens League of Friends Biddulph SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
24/08/83
British Gardens Blenheim Palace SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
01/10/83
British Fairs Showman's Guild, Hull SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
22/01/85
Famous Trains 150th Anniv., Didcot, Oxon Cotswold cover U.A.
£3
21/04/86
Queen's 60th Birthday Balmoral SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
21/07/87
Scottish Heraldry Order of the Thistle SH Cotswold cover U.A.
£2
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Contact Details: Phil Sheridan, Tel: 0151 257 8874 E-mail: sheridanfdcs@aol.com
Postage Free. All covers becoming very scarce, especially the doubles, where I only have 1 available.
Very Rare Generic Sheet Covers. Four covers each with a quarter of Generic Sheet affixed in order to
make up a complete sheet when put together. Last sets in stock. When they are gone, they are gone.
04/11/08 Xmas Generic Sheet on 4 Sheridan The Grand Theatre Official covers (only 12 sets done)
06/11/08 Lest We Forget Generic Sheet on 4 Sheridan Western Front Association Official covers
(only 15 sets done)
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18/08/09 Post Boxes Generic Sheet on 4 Sheridan 10 Anniversary Official covers (only 13 sets done)
03/11/09 Xmas Generic Sheet on 4 Sheridan Westminster Cathedral Official covers (only 16 sets done)
Buy all 4 sets and save money – all 4 sets of covers for £210
£60
£60
£60
£60
PSB sets of 4 Sheridan official covers. Last sets in stock.
08/01/08 Ian Fleming (James Bond) 4 PSB Sheridan Leo Casino official covers (31 done)
£55
18/09/08 RAF Uniforms 4 PSB Sheridan The Helicopter Museum official covers (35 done)
£50
17/09/09 Brit. Naval Uniforms 4 PSB Sheridan Historical Maritime Society official covers (32 done)
£50
22/03/11 WWF 4 PSB Sheridan Earthwatch official covers (32 done)
£50
31/05/12 QEII Diamond Jubilee 4 PSB Sheridan Royal Yacht Britannia official covers (36 done)
£55
08/05/10 King George V Panes on 4 Sheridan Empire Exhibition official covers (32 done)
£60
Buy all 6 sets and save money – all 6 sets of covers for £290
08/01/08 Ian Fleming (James Bond) full mini-sheet on Sheridan Leo Casino official cover (57 done)
£40
08/01/08 Ian Fleming (James Bond) full M/S & set on Double Sheridan Leo Casino off. cvr (33 done)
£60
08/01/08 Ian Fleming (James Bond) 4 PSB Sheridan Leo Casino official covers (31 done)
£55
Buy in 3s and save money – all 3 for £130
23/04/07 Celebrating England M/S on Sheridan* Royal Society of St. George Official (120 done)
£40
(50* bought by RSSG members)
23/04/07 Celebrating England M/S on Sheridan St. George Day ‘Special’ (40* done)
£40
(*This cover bears the same image that is on the handstamp but in colour. I was given permission to use it)
Buy both covers and save money – both covers for £70
18/07/06 National Portrait Gallery on Sheridan Royal Society of Portrait Painters official cvr (61 done)
£40
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05/06/07 Machin 40 Anniv. M/S on Sheridan Royal British Society of Sculptors official cvr (60 done)
£40
Buy both covers and save money – both covers for £70
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Build-up to the London Olympics covers
22/10/09 set 10 Olympic Sports on Sheridan English Field Archery Official (60 done)
27/07/10 set 10 Olympic Sports on Sheridan International Mountain Biking Assoc. Official (55 done)
27/07/11 set 10 Olympic Sports on Sheridan Liverpool Yacht Club Official (50 done)
Buy in set of 3 and save money – all 3 covers for £100
06/06/06 World Cup Winners on Sheridan The Referees’ Association Official (62 done)
06/06/06 World Cup Winners on Sheridan England The World at their Feet Official (62 done)
Buy both covers and save money – both covers for £70
28/02/08 House of Lancaster & York single set Sheridan Richard III Society official cover
28/02/08 House of Lancaster & York mini-sheet Sheridan Richard III Society official cover
28/02/08 House of Lancaster & York DOUBLE (M/S & set) on Sheridan Richard III Society official cvr
Buy in set of 3 and save money – all 3 covers for £120
09/09/11 Aerial Post M/S Sheridan Royal Aeronautical Society (RAS) official cover (50 done)
09/09/11 Aerial Post M/S Sheridan Royal Aeronautical Society official with RAS M/M (32 done)
09/09/11 Aerial Post PSB Panes on 4 Sheridan Royal Aeronautical Society official covers (34 done)
Buy in set of 3 and save money – all 3 covers for £115
10/01/12 Roald Dahl 4 PSB Sheridan Seven Stories official covers (32 done)
10/01/12 Roald Dahl single set Sheridan Seven Stories official cover (48 done)
10/01/12 Roald Dahl M/S Sheridan Seven Stories official cover (54 done)
Buy in set of 3 and save money – all 3 covers for £110
01/05/12 James Bond Souvenir Sheet of 10 stamps & Labels on one Sheridan official cover
(Very rare – only 40 produced & all sold at issue. This one chance only to acquire it)
£40
£40
£40
£40
£40
£40
£40
£60
£40
£40
£55
£50
£40
£40
£75
On the 8/01/2008 I produced just ONE set of 4 Cotswold’s Stuart 007covers with Ian Fleming
(James Bond) PSB Panes on cancelled with Cotswold’s own ‘official’ 007 postmark. Each cover has The Bond
Group meter mark on the top (a unique set of covers). I am selling this set for £60. Be quick if you would like it
in your James Bond collection.
(Further discounts are available on large orders for covers out of the sets.)
- END OF SALE MCS How to submit your covers for sale
Please submit your list either by post or email (typed in a Word Doc.) Please make it LEGIBLE otherwise it will
not be included. Send them by e-mail to sheridanfdcs@aol.com.. We would prefer you NOT to list covers in a
table as it makes formatting difficult. Any member can sell covers via the newsletter free of charge. If you require
further details then please contact the Editor.
Please, if possible, only send the list of covers for the next newsletter rather than sending a large list or several
lists. It is becoming a little confusing to work out which list belongs to whom and which edition it is for. Thank
you
1) Please list them in a Microsoft Word Document (NOT in a table though). The more details you include then
the less space there will be for your covers and less covers will be listed.
2) Either email your list or send it by post to Phil Sheridan. Hon. Editor, GBFDC Association, P.O. Box 99,
Widnes, Cheshire WA8 0NN. E-mail: sheridanfdcs@aol.com When posting hand-written lists please make sure
we can read them. It is probably best to print all lists.
3) Deadline for all items for inclusion in to any newsletter is ALWAYS 7th of the previous month to the
newsletter publication. Please see top of page 2 and inside back page in EVERY newsletter
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Whist we are happy to receive lists of covers for the MCS written in long hand for members who do not have a
computer (or access to email), we would ask those member who do have a computer and (or) access to email
to take the trouble to type out their lists in a Word Doc. or directly in to an email and email it to us. This will save
us a lot of work and time in transferring the list to computer and trying to decipher hand writing. If you submit a
list in long hand and we know you have a computer and email then we are sorry but we can’t guarantee to put
your list in the newsletter. We hope you will understand. We are trying to make things a little easier for Phil &
Dot due to their ongoing health problems
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For Sale
Post & Go Vending Machine A003 with
receipt £18.50 inc. p&p
Post & Go Vending Machine A004 with
receipt £18.50 inc. p&p
Post & Go Vending Machine A004 with
receipt £18.50 inc. p&p
Post & Go Vending Machine A004 with
receipt £18.50 inc. p&p
Double cancelled Limited Edition of 6
covers £9.50 inc. p&p
Limited Edition of 11 covers
£29.50 inc. p&p
Orders & Payment:
Cheque Payment to: Farrukh Jamil, 9 Gladstone Park Gardens, London NW2
6LA (UK)
Paypal Payment to: farrukh.jamil@virgin.net
Internet Banking Payment to: 66797845 Sort Code: 600625 (under advise)
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PRODUCING OUR OWN CDS COVERS….by Edward Stredwick
A friend and I decided to produce our own FDCs, so let me tell you a story……….
Firstly we had to pick a name, and what issue for 2014 would be best for us. Finding a post office with the
right connections to the issue was not easy. Hence we decided on the Prime Ministers. This gave us two
possibilities (depending on who was featured). The two choices were Heath and Wilson, both being areas of
Cardiff and Prime Ministers. As Ted Heath was not on the stamps, that left Wilson. There is a Wilson Road in
Ely, Cardiff. Bingo we have a connection, but this brings new problems in to play. Do we design our own
covers or use Post Office blank covers, with the added cost of our own design we went with the blanks.
The next problem to
overcome was how
many we do, 10, 20,
or more! After
talking to dealers
and collectors alike,
we decided on just
20 covers (this being
our first go at it).
We did 10 covers
with full sets and 10
covers with just the
Wilson stamp. All
have the Wilson Rd.
CDS.
The whole experience was quite enjoyable and fairly painless (except the pain on the wallet) and will be
repeated in 2015.
Also, and just for fun, I did an
extra cover featuring Churchill
using the 6 x 4d Battle of Britain
set, the 4d from the 1965
Churchill set, along with the
1974 set and, of course,
Churchill from the 2014 set. I
have provided photocopies of
both covers for fellow members
to see & enjoy.
I hope my little story inspires
other collectors to try their own
hand at producing FDCs.
Many thanks go to my friend,
Roger Gilbert, for his computer
know-how, and for putting up
with my lack of it. And thanks
to dealer, Mark Grimsley, for his advice and expertise and patience, and to the gentleman behind the counter
in Wilson Road Post Office.
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Unusual Covers
First Day Covers with CDS cancellations never cease to surprise me. Very often connections are
missed. I certainly missed the connection with this cover, kindly sent in by Bill Norburn. He found it
on ebay and, because everyone else missed the connection also, Bill acquired it for 99p, plus
postage. Bill said he liked the connection because of the two sets of crossed hands on the two lower
values (enlarged scan of the cancellation in figure 2).
If you have similar CDS covers in your collection that you have come across during your rummaging
through boxes of covers and thought, yes, I like the CDS connection on that cover, then do send us a
scan or good quality photocopy of it and we will publish it. If you can give us a line or two about how
you found it etc., then it would be helpful.
HANDCROSS CDS
cancelling the two
lower values. Both sets
of hands are crossed!
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receiving it this way cut down on having to find storage for paper newsletters around the
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From the point of view of our European and Overseas members emailing your newsletter
would mean that you could be on a par with everyone else when it comes to the opportunities
of purchasing items advertised in the newsletter, for instance in the Members Cover Sale.
Emailing the newsletter also saves your association money in paying for the newsletter
printing and in postage costs. At the time of writing we are emailing the newsletter to 100
members and are keen to increase this number.
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That’s it from us for this edition. Please do look in your collections and see if you can put
together an article for us. It will be most appreciated.
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to the Editor P.O. Box 99, Widnes, Cheshire
WA8 0NN
Dear Editor……
Could you tell me why it's not possible for me to have a realisation list of covers sold in our
cover auction? I've requested a list along with a list of covers not sold, sending a self addressed
envelope, post paid, so not to put any cost to the association. I've received the unsold list but
told we don't have a list of prices realised. We've had one list in Coverage but that is the only
one I've seen, none for the last two. I think there must be other members who would like to see
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sold. It would also help you in filling a page in Coverage.
 D. Whalley
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Phil Sheridan, P. O. Box 99, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 0NN
Scarce official covers
The covers below are available on a first come basis. Some collectors will be missing several of
them. Special Offers apply so be very quick. These are amongst the last I have left for 2010. All
prices include postage.
06.05.10 King George V Accession M/S on Sheridan KGV
College official cover - £40
(56 done)
08.05.10 King George V – London 2010 Festival of
Stamps M/S on Sheridan official British Empire Exhibition
cover - £40 (53 done)
08.05.10 King George V – London 2010 Festival of Stamps
M/S Overprinted with Business Design Centre, London 8 –
15 May 2010 on Sheridan official British Empire Exhibition
cover - £50 (only 35 done)
08.05.10 London 2010 Exhibition Sheet on Sheridan official
British Empire Exhibition cover - £50 (38 done)
Special Offer - All 4 covers for - £160
Tel: 0151 257 8874 or 07975 858 815 E-mail: Sheridanfdcs@aol.com If we are not available
then please leave your message and we will get back to you.
SHERIDAN FIRST DAY COVER CHAT GROUP - FACEBOOK PAGE
I am in the process of building a Facebook page titled – Sheridan First Day Cover Chat
Group. The purpose of the group is to facilitate safe chat amongst group members, whether it
be philatelic related or not. Members can also sell, exchange, and buy, first day covers and
related items in a safe ‘closed’ environment. There will also be monthly special discounts on
Sheridan Covers, only available to members of the group. We hope that members will use this
page to its full extent. It is open to non-GBFDC members also. If you have regular access to a
computer with internet connection, then join Facebook and become a member of Sheridan
First Day Cover Chat Group. We will be very happy to welcome you.
Please bear in mind that the group is a work in progress and we need to build-up membership
to get things going properly. But first we need members so please join. The page is now live
so we look forward to welcoming you. Phil Sheridan
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