 | Item 56035
Hong Kong 1977 Silver Jubilee Set of 3 First Day Cover
GPO General Post Office. Crown Agents Stamp Bureau c/o Dept 06, 4 Millbank, London. SG361-363 Presentation of the Orb, The Queen's Visit 1975 Dragon Head, The Orb. Official First Day Cover. 7 February 1977. Silver Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.
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 | Item 56034
Hong Kong 1987 Year of Rabbit MS533 M/S First Day Cover
Chinese New Year of Rabbit Miniature Sheet SG MS 533 on Official First Day Cover. 21 January 1987.
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 | Item 56033
Churchill Set 4 Ascension 1966 Official First Day Cover
1874 - 1965 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Commemoration K.G, P.C., O.M., C.H., F.R.S. Coat of Arms. Official First Day Cover, with Complete Set of 4 stamps SG 91-94. Ascension Jan 24. 1966. Sent from Ascension to London.
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 | Item 18024
France 1982 Conseil - EUROPA Strasbourg First Day Cover
Premier Jour D'Emission Historique No.1269 A Historique F.D.C. , conseil de L'Europe. STRASBOURG. Traite de Rome 1957. Complete Set of 2 Europa stamps. Set of 2 - 1f.60 Map of Europe and Seal (Treaty of Rome) & Seal of Charles the Bald (Treaty of Verdun, 843)
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 | Item 15988
France World Congress Post Office 1972 First Day Cover
Telephone, Airplane, Horses Carriage illustrated FDC, 21st World Congress of Post Office Trade Union Federation I.P.T.T. Paris. Old and New Communications / Satellite Airplane & Horse Carriage
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 | Item 15936
France BIPLANE Bomber 1968 First Flight First Day Cover
Airplane, Route, Map, Ship & Aviators illustrated FDC, 50th Anniversary of 1st Regular International Airmail Service. Premier Jour 17 Aout 1968. Letord Lorraine Bomber and Route Map
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 | Item 15749
United Natioins 1983 Human Rights Set 2 First Day Cover
United Nations Geneva Headquarters, 35th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 40c Homo Humus Humanitas & 1f20 Droit de Creer.
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 | Item 15688
France 1982 Conseil de L'Europe 2f6 1f8 First Day Cover
Premier Jour D'Emission Historique No.1302 F.D.C. , conseil de L'Europe. STRASBOURG.
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 | Item 15611
Germany 1984 Rathaus Michelstadt am1850 First Day Cover
Rathaus in Michelstadt um 1850 Ersttagsbrief Color de Luxe FIDACOS 1984. 500th Anniversary of Michelstadt Town Hall. Sent from Bonn to Esslingen. 60pf horizontal Pair of 2 Town Hall
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 | Item 14797
Lighting Torch Yugoslavia 1988 Olympics First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. Sport. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction & history. Torch Runner lighting the Torch. This tradition for the Opening Ceremonies links ancient and modern Olympic Games. It was was first introduced to the Modern Games in Amsterdam in 1928 to symbolise the endeavour for perfection and the struggle for victory. Jugoslavija Yugoslavia 106 Basketball Seoul 1988
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 | Item 14795
Sprinting SPRINT Vanuatu 1988 Olympics First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Running is probably the oldest sport known to mankind. The most breathtaking of all Olympic track and field events where a 100th of a second can mean the difference between fame and obscurity. Vanuatu 45 Mens track events
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 | Item 14793
Yachting Tuvalu 1988 Olympic Game Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. To qualify for an Olympic berth on one of these fast ships, a sailor must compete internationally. Tuvalu 80c Sailing Yacht Boat
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 | Item 14792
Canoeing Tonga 1988 Olympic Games Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Originated by the Carib Indians, Canoeing became an Olympic event in 1936. There are 2 types of canoeing - Kayaks and Canadian. Tonga Seoul 88 Runner 57s
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 | Item 14788
LONG JUMP St. Vincent 50c 1988 Olympics First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. First Day Cover. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. In ancient Greece, the jumpers used weights to hurl themselves forward. A valid jump must be taken from, or behind a 20cm long take off board. St. vincent 50c First Participation Seoul 1988
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 | Item 14785
RELAY Running Samoa 1988 Olympics Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. The runner passes the baton to his teammate, who sprints for the finish line. A smooth interchange of the light, hollow baton is essential for a fast time, and the best teams are usually those who perfect this technique. Samoa 15s Seoul Olympics 1988
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 | Item 14782
TRIPLE JUMP Poland 1988 Olympics Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. First Day Cover. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. One ancient writer said that the jumpers "move continuously like horses". Formerly known as the Hop, Step and Jump, this male only event was introduced in the first Games in Athens in 1896. Polska 15 PWPW 88 Seoul Korea
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 | Item 14781
STEEPLECHASE Penrhyn Cook Islands 1988 Olympic Game FDC
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. First Day Cover. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. The athletes cross 7 water jumps and 28 hurdles. One of the most gruelling track events and at the moment is confined to the men's competition . Papua New Guinea 45t weight lifting (Port Moresby P.N.G.)
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 | Item 14776
DISCUS Montserrat 90c 1988 Olympic Game First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Strength and technique enable an athlete to hurl the discus across the field. The discus, like the Javelin, is of classical origin. The word "discus" means "thing for throwing" and discoi from 1-4kg have been unearthed by archaeologists. Montserrat 90c Seoul Korea 1988
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 | Item 14771
UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS - Luxembourg 1988 First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. This Women's gymnastic event requries a great deal of agility and flexibility. Sawao Kato of Japan is the only athlete to have won the individual title on more than one occasion when victorious in Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976. Luxembourg 12F Seoul 1988
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 | Item 14741
JAVELIN Kenya 1988 Olympic Games Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. This event was part of the ancient Ollympic Games in 708 B.C. Kenya 7/- (Nairobi)
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 | Item 14740
HURDLES Jamaica 1988 Olympic Game Sport First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Without breaking stride, the hurdler expertly leaps over each hurdle and sprints to the finish line. $5 Jamaica Seoul Olympics 1988
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 | Item 14735
DIVING West Germany 1988 Olympic Sports First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Precision, speed, and smooth execution makes this a thrilling sport to watch. 120+55 Fur den sport Deutsche Bundespost Olympische Spiele 1988 (with Tennis player postmark)
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 | Item 14730
Gymnastics VAULT Egypt 15p 1988 Olympic First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. After a running start, the gymnast jumps forward from a springboard, and vaults over the "horse". Egypt 15p Seoul 88
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 | Item 14713
DECATHLON Barbados 1988 Olympic Sport - First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. FDC. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. The decathlon consists of 10 track and field events. The most demanding and gruelling of all Olympic Events, in which the winner can claim the unofficial title of "The Best Athlete in the world". Barbados 45c
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 | Item 14709
Floor Exercises Australia 1988 Olympics First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. Olympic Games. The Events Masterfile. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. Floor Excercise, Combining balance and strength, floor exercise is a graceful sport. Widely regarded as the most expressive of all the gymnastic events, involving an aesthetic combination of dance, gymnastic movements and tumbling, performed to music within a 40 foot square. Australian $1 Seoul 1988
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 | Item 14660
Cross-Country Skiing 1987 Olympics First Day Cover
XXIV Olympiad. The Events Masterfile, Olympic Game. With introduction, history & best records of the sport. The World's Salute To The Olympics First Day Cover Collection. Cross-Country Relay requires tremendous technique and endurance. It was introduced in the first games at Chamonix, France in 1924, where the Norwegian Thorleif Haug won 3 gold medals.
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 | Item 8168
Australia FDC 1996 Block 4 Military Aviation Airplanes
Austrlian Post Cover. War Battle planes. Sent from Victoria RAAF Laverton. Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter and Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk I, Hawker Sea Fury & Fairey Firefly, Bell Kiowa helicopters, Government Aircraft Factory Hornets.
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 | Item 8166
Christmas Island Australia 2000 Chinese New Year DRAGON
Dragon Set of 2 on First Day Cover. Lunar New Year. Sent from Christmas Island. Dragons Pair of 2
Christmas Island, Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean where half the population is Chinese. Chinese Dragon is a good-natured and benign creatures. He controls the rain, and so holds in his power prosperity and peace.
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 | Item 8165
Christmas Island Australia 1996 Chinese New Year of RAT
Rats Miniature Sheet on First Day Cover. Lunar New Year. Dragon Dance. Sent from Christmas Island. Christmas Island, Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean where half the population is Chinese. The Year of the Rat is the first year in a cycle of 12, commences in 1996. One story has it that the ox headed the line of animals to be included in the zodiac. A rat, however, had climbed on to the ox's back, and when the creatures lined up to be appointed, the rat jumped down and was taken first.
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 | Item 8164
Christmas Island Australia 1995 Chinese New Year of PIG
Pigs Miniature Sheet on First Day Cover. Lunar New Year. Sent from Christmas Island. Christmas Island, Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean where half the population is Chinese. The Year of the Pig will commence with lion dances and family celebrations.
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 | Item 8163
CHINA Australia FDC Cover 1994 Giant Panda Koala & Cubs
China - Australia Joint Stamp Issue. Austrlian Post Cover. Set of 2 x 2 Pair of 2, on First Day Cover. Trees, Koala & Giant Panda Postmark. Issues of both countries including 1995-15 PRC Chinese Stamps. Sent from Melbourne Victoria. Giant Panda with Cub, Bomboo leaves, Koala Bears
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 | Item 8159
Australia First Day Cover 1993 Steam Locomotives Trains
Austrlian Post Cover. Railway Crossing. Railways. Sent from Haymarket NSW. Centenary Special Tasmania 1971, Spirit of Progress Victoria, Western Endeavour, Western Australia 1970, Silver City Comet New South Wales, Cairns-Kuranda tourist train Queensland, The Ghan Northern Territory. Set of 6 in BLOCK of 6
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 | Item 8158
Australia FDC 1992 Wildlife Koala Possum Echidna Wombat
Austrlian Post First Day Cover. Sent from Rockhampton. Common Bushtail Possum Koala Bears etc.
Tachyglossus aculeatus can be found whereever the supply of ants or temites is adequate, while the Phasolarctos cinereus feeds predominantly on the leaves of eucalypt trees, Trichosurus vulpecula often makes its home in city parks and gardens, and the Vombatus ursinus leaves its burrow in the cool of the evening to graze on herbs and grasses.
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 | Item 8154
Australia First Day Cover 1981 Set 4 The Gold Rush Era
Tribute to Artist S. T. Gill, Sketch, FDC Austrlian Post Cover No.155 Sent from Ballarat. Licence Inspected, Puddling, Quality of Washing Stuff, On route to deposit gold
Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) was a struggling, Adelaide artist who had emigrated from England in 1839. When the rich gold-fields of Victoria were discovered in 1851 Gill, like thousands of others, joined the rush. His sketches of life at the diggings succeeded in capturing a vivid record of that rollicking period in Australian History.
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 | Item 8153
Australia First Day Cover 1980 Animals Australian DOGS
FDC Austrlian Post Cover No.138 Sent from Young NSW to NSW. Dingo, Border Collie, Terrier, Cattle Dog, Kelpie
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 | Item 8152
Australia FDC 1979 Boat Ferries & Murray River Steamers
First Day Cover, Austrlian Post Cover No.124 Sent from Rockdale to NSW. Canberra Paddle Steamer, Lady Denman, Murray River Queen Paddle Steamer, Curl Curl hydrofoil.
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 | Item 8151
Steam LOCOMOTIVES TRAIN 1979 Australia FDC Fish Cancel
Stamp & Cover Designer : Ray Honisett, Australia Post Office No.127. Sent from Post Office Museum First Day of issue 16 May 1979 Hobart Tasmania 7000. Double Fairlie Type Western OZ, Locomotive Puffing Billy Line, Richi Richi South Australia, Zig Zag Railway, New South Wales
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 | Item 7372
Papua New Guinea 1993 AIR NIUGINI Plane First Day Cover
20th Anniversary of Air Niugini 1973-1993, Airplanes, Complete Set of 4 on Airplane & Bird illustrated Airmail OFFICIAL FDC. 20 Years of Service. Sent from 27th Oct 1993. Douglas DC-3, Fokker F.27 Friendship, De Havilland DHC7 Dash Seven, Airbus Industrie A310 (high value)
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 | Item 7371
Papua New Guinea 1984 Airmail Airplanes First Day Cover
50th Anniversary of First Air Mail Australia - Papua New Guinea Complete Set of 4 on Airplane & Territory of 1934 New Guinea Airmail overprinted Bird stamp illustrated Airmail FDC. Sent from 9th May 1984 Port Moresby. Avro Type 618 Ten Faith in Australia, De Havilland Dragon Express Carmania, Westland Widgeon, Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina Flying Boat
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 | Item 7370
Papua New Guinea 1981 Net Rod FISHING - First Day Cover
Complete Set of 4 on Bird illustrated Airmail FDC. Sent from 26th August 1981 Port Moresby. Fish, Scoop Net Fishing, Kite fishing, Rod, Scissor Net fishing
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 | Item 7368
Papua New Guinea 1976 Tropical Fish Set First Day Cover
Fauna Conservation Complete Set of 4 on Fish illustrated FDC. Sent from 28th Oct 1976 fish Postmarks Port Moresby. Picture Wrasse, Emperor Angelfish, Six-Blotched hind, Thread-finned butterflyfish
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 | Item 7367
Papua New Guinea 1974 Birds Heads Eagle First Day Cover
Muruk - Casuarius Casuarius, Tarangau - Harpyopsis novaeguineae, Kokomo - Aceros plicatus. Complete Set of 3 on Feather illustrated Air Mail FDC. Sent from 12th June 1974 Bird Postmarks. Blyth's Hornbill, Double-Wattled Cassowary & New Guinea Harpy Eagle (High Catalogue value)
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 | Item 7365
German New Guinea 1897 Stamps on Stamps 1973 FDC Papua
75th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Stamps. Stamp on stamp First Day Cover. Sent from 24th Oct 1973. 1897 German New Guinea 5pf & 5pf overprints on SG260, 1900 Ship 2m on SG261, 1914 Registered label G.R.I. Rabaul Deutsch Neuguinea 3d No.861 on SG262
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 | Item 7364
Papua New Guinea 1973 Old Stamps on Stamps 10s 1/2d FDC
75th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Stamps. Stamp on stamp First Day Cover. Sent from 24th Oct 1973. 1932 Papua 2s SG144 Lightening Fire on SG264, 1925 Territory of New Guinea 1/2d SG125 on SG265
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 | Item 7362
Australia Flowers Roses Carnation 1982 First Day Cover
Australia Post Envelope FDC. Sent from First Day of Issue 19 May 1982 Everton Park Q. 1053 postmark. Marjorie Atherton Yellow Rose, Imp, Minnie Watson, Satellite.
Published by Stamps & Cover Designer : Brian Clinton
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 | Item 7359
Australia Performing Arts Musician 1977 First Day Cover
Australia Post Envelope Stamps & Cover Designer W. Tamlyn. Music Violinists, Stage Drama, Dance Dancer, Opera Singer. FDC. Sent from First Day of Issue 19 Jan 1977 Woden Act. 2606.
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 | Item 7355
Norfolk Island Wedding Prince of Wales & DIANA 1981 FDC
Official First Day Cover, embossed - The Royal Wedding of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Charles & Lady Diana, 29th July 1981. Flowers. At Horse Trials, Lady Diana Spencer. Wedding Bouquet from Norfolk Island.
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 | Item 7354
Tokelau Islands Fish of Coral Reef 1975 First Day Cover
Fish of the Coral Reef. FDC. Sent from Nukunonu. 19th Nov. 1975. Moorish Idol, Long Nosed Butterfly fish, Lined Butterfly fish, Red Fire Fish.
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 | Item 7330
50th Anniversary of D-Day 1944 First Day Cover 1994 WW2
D Day 6th June 1944 Royal Mail FDC. Tank. Soilders. Flags. Anchor Postmarks. Sent from Portsmouth to Melbourne Victoria Australia. Set of 5 in Strip of 5. Groundcrew Reloading RAF Smoke Canisters on War Plane Douglas Boston of 88 Sqn, Coastal Bombardment by HMS Warspite Battle Ship, Commandos Landing on Gold Beach, Infantry regrouping on Sword Beach. Tank and Infantry advancing Ouistreham.
Published by The House of Questa
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 | Item 7290
Steam LOCOMOTIVES TRAIN 1979 Australia First Day Cover
Stamp & Cover Designer : Ray Honisett, Australia Post Office No.127. Sent from Post Office Museum First Day of issue 16 May 1979 Hobart Tasmania 7000. Double Fairlie Type Western OZ, Locomotive Puffing Billy Line, Richi Richi South Australia, Zig Zag Railway, New South Wales
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