Lot 1621

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1979 selection of...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5933

Auction: 26 July 2022 at 01:00 BST

£450

Description

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1979 selection of better postmarks including Dogs (3) with 'Gold of Eldorado, London' (Pilgrim), British Flowers (5) with 'Europe's Floral City' (Cotswold) slogan postmark, EEC (9) with 'Entente Cordial, Stowmarket' (Stowmarket Twinning), 'Lions Holiday 79, Hayling Island' (Lions), Horse Racing 'Derby Fiesta' (Mercury) and 'Racing at Great Yarmouth' (GPO) slogan postmarks, International Year of the Child (9) with 'British Library, London (BL10), 'New Park Boy's School, Leicester' (NPBS), Sir Rowland Hill (3) with 'SKIRRID Energy Drive, London' (SKIRRID), Police (6) with 'Port of London Police' (Port of London), 'Bolton and Bury' FDI (Manchester Police), 'Field Post Office 999' (North Yorkshire Police), 'Warrington' FDI (Cheshire Constabulary) and Christmas (2) with 'Milton Keynes' (Philart) slogan postmark. Mostly fine to very fine. (45)