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Special Events Covers
A list of covers commemorating particular events or people with special cancellations or cachets for sale. In most cases there is only one of each available:
| SG Cat. (stamps) | Postmarked | At: | Description | Price(£sterling) |
| Addresses on these covers are indicated as (T) = typed, (M) = manuscript, (L) = adhesive label or (U) = unaddressed | ||||
| Great Britain 544 | 13 Mar 1959 | Central Hall, London, SW1 | Plain envelope sent from Stampex Exhibition with special handstamp (T) | 0.20 |
| Mexico 660 x 2 | 5 Apr 1966 | Mexico City | Illustrated cover - BOAC first flight between London & Mexico City (T) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 733 | 17 May 1969 | Dartford, Kent | Plain envelope with special handstamp commemorating the Kent Federation of Philatelic Societies (T) | 0.25 |
| Great Britain 791 | 13 July 1970 | RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire | Cover flown in an aerobatic display to commemorate the 6th World Aerobatic Championships at Hullavington. (L) | 0.60 |
| Great Britain | 28 Oct 1970 | Bethlehem, Llandeilo | Christmas Aerogramme pre-stamped 9d (L) | 0.20 |
| Great Britain 884 | 29 Jul 1971 | Philatex Bournemouth | Commemorative Cover for "Philatex '71" at Bournemouth with special handstamp (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 886 | 15 Aug 1971 | Abbotsford, Melrose | PO Commemorative cover carried by Mailcoach from Abbotsford to Melrose (Sir Walter Scott stamp) (T) | 2.00 |
| Great Britain 887 | 9 Sep 1971 | R.A.F. Hendon | Flown cover Commemorating the 60th Anniv. of the First Aerial Post, Hendon to Windsor. Carried in a Bristol Sycamore Mk. XIV of 32 Squadron R.A.F. (L) | 0.80 |
| Great Britain 887 | 15 Jul 1972 | British Forces 1289 Postal Service | Flown cover Commemorating the 50th Anniv. of the King's Cup Air Race. Carried in a Robin HR 100 and signed by the pilot. (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain X858 | 31 Oct 1973 | British Philatelic Exhibition, London W.1. | Cover with exhibition postmark commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the George V 'Seahorses' stamps (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain X858 | 21 Jun 1974 | London SE1 | CANTAT 2 - New Transatlantic telephone cable. Cover also bears 3 x 3½p Regional stamps (N.I., Scotland & Wales) (T) | 0.60 |
| Great Britain 925 | 29 Jun 1974 | Plymouth, Devon | First visit to Britain of the Tour de France cycle race (U) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 975 | 23 Apr 1975 | National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh | National Trust illustrated cover and special handstamp for European Architectural Heritage Year (L) | 0.75 |
| Great Britain X874 | 24 May 1975 | Seascale, Cumbria | Cover commemorating the Centenary of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. Also bears a 10p Railway letter stamp. (T) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain S16 (x2) | 21 Jun 1975 | British Forces Postal Service | Cover flown across Snowdonia in the World's largest hot-air balloon and signed by the captain (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain S23 | 25 Aug 1976 | British Forces Postal Service | Cover flown in Hercules to commemorate British height record made by a Sopwith plane - signed by the flight engineer (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain W25 | 3 May 1977 | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria | Special Postmark cover commemorating the Launch of HMS 'Invincible' (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain X874 | 5 June 1977 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Edinburgh Philatelic Society cover commemorating their 50th Anniversary Jubilee (U) | 0.60 |
| Great Britain 1033 | 30 July 1977 | RAF Hendon | Cover flown in a Cessna 172 during the World Light Aeroplane Piloting Championships and signed by the pilot (L) | 0.70 |
| Great Britain 923-927 | 26 Aug 1977 | Sir Francis Drake Exhibition, London, WC1 | British Library cover issued on first day of the Exhibition & bearing the British Explorers set of stamps issued in 1973 (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1037 | 17 Oct 1977 | London EC | Illustrated cover for 50th Anniversary of the Post Office Railway with 13p Silver Jubilee stamp and special handstamp (T) | 1.30 |
| Great Britain 1040 | 5 May 1978 | Newark Show, Nottingham | Illustrated Shire Horse Society Cover with 9p British Wildlife stamp (L) | 1.20 |
| Great Britain X884 | 17 May 1978 | Sherborne, Dorset | Postcard showing Britain's oldest 1etterbox with local postman in 1850s uniform (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1059 | 31 May 1978 | Caernarfon, Gwynedd | Cover commemorating the Llanberis Lake Railway. Also bears 2 x 15p Railway stamps; one in Welsh, the other English (T) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain X844 & X878 | 21 Aug 1979 | Shrewsbury Town F.C. | Plain envelope with special handstamp cancel celebrating Shrewsbury's Div 3 championship and first home match in Div 2 (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1087 | 1 Sept 1979 | Bournemouth | Plain envelope with special handstamp cancel commemorating the Centenary of Bournemouth Pier (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1091 | 15 Oct 1979 | First Missionary Church of Scotland, Edinburgh | Plain envelope with special handstamp commemorating the 150th Anniv. of Alexander Duff's departure for India (L) | 0.30 |
| Wales 27 | 20 Oct 1979 | Cardiff Airport | Commemorating the First flight of Concorde Cardiff-Paris (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain | 4 Feb 1980 | Windsor, Berkshire | Aerogramme bearing 14p pre-postage (U) | 0.30 |
| Great Britain 1116 | 29 Mar 1980 | Leicester | Plain envelope with special handstamp Commemorating 150 years of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L) | 0.30 |
| Great Britain 1113a | 19 May 1980 | Manchester | Illustrated Souvenir Cover commemorating the Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway (L) | 1.25 |
| Great Britain 1113a | 24 May 1980 | Liverpool | Illustrated Souvenir Cover commemorating the Re-enactment of the 1829 Rainhill Trials (Railway) (T) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1117 | 24 May 1980 | Liverpool | Illustrated Souvenir Cover commemorating the Re-enactment of the 1829 Rainhill Trials (Railway) (T) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1121 | 28 May 1980 | St. Albans (YHA cancel) | Illustrated Souvenir Cover commemorating the Golden Jubilee of the Youth Hostels Association (L) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1122 | 18 Jul 1980 | Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 | Benham 'silk' cover commemorating the 1980 Promenade concerts (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1129 | 16 Aug 1980 | Manchester | Illustrated cover commemorating the 1980 Centenary tour by the Australian cricket XI - envelope contains photo of the Lancashire XI of the day (M) | 2.00 |
| Great Britain X887 | 25 Aug 1980 | British Forces 1702 Postal Service | Illustrated cover commemorating joint services expedition to the NW face of Phabrang, 1980 (L - label detached) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain X841 & X892 | 6 Oct 1980 | Brighton, Sussex | Plain envelope with special handstamp cancel commemorating first day of sale of P.O. Postbus postcards (L) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1113a | 11 Nov 1980 | Manchester | Post Office illustrated Souvenir Cover commemorating the First Mail by rail on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway (T) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1017 | 29 Dec 1980 | Canterbury, Kent | Commemorating the murder of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, 1170 {silk) (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1160-1161 | 27 Oct 1981 | Caernarfon, Gwynedd | Illustrated cover commemorating the First Official Visit of the Prince & Princess of Wales to Wales. Special pictorial handstamp showing Caernarfon Castle. (T) | 3.50 |
| Great Britain 1155 | 10 Nov 1981 | Pebble Mill, Birmingham | BBC Commemorative cover for 10th Annivesary of the Pebble Mill Studios (T) | 0.70 |
| Great Britain | No stamp or postmark. Mint condition. Card published 22nd February 1982 | Royal Mail Regional Postcard depicting the Dover-London horsedrawn coach circa 1838 - a forerunner of the travelling Post Office (U) | 0.40 | |
| Great Britain | 21 Apr 1982 | Windsor, Berkshire | 1st Class prepaid folding letter with special handstamp (T) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1191 | 16 Jun 1982 | British Forces Postal Services, Peru | 'Silk' FDC commemorating Joint Services Hovercraft Expedition (U) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1187-1191 | 2 Jul 1982 | Gloucestershire | Royal Mail Commemorative cover in aid of the South Atlantic Fund (U) | 2.00 |
| Great Britain 1070 | 23 Aug 1982 | Leicester | Commemorating the World Cycling Championships 1982 (silk) (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain | 1983 | National Postal Museum card (mint) depicting a 5/- "Seahorses" stamp (U) | 0.35 | |
| Great Britain X949 | 3 Sept 1983 | London, NW8 | Illustrated cover commemorating the final Natwest Trophy Cricket Match at Lords, 1983 (Benham Silk) (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1240 | 28 Apr 1984 | National Trust for Scotland, Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire | Commemoratimg the Opening of the Museum of Farming Life at Pitmedden [3,000] (L) | 1.00 |
| Nukufetau Tuvalu | 23 May 1984 | Nukufetau Tuvalu | Postcard showing the FordGT40 Mk II and10c stamp depicting same car (U) | 0.30 |
| Great Britain 1277 | 11 Aug 1985 | National Trust for Scotland, Ayr | Commemorative cover for 200th Anniversary of Souter Johnnie's Cottage in Kirkoswald [2,000] (L) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1352 | 13 May 1987 | Portsmouth | Cover commemorating the Bicentenary of the First Fleet of ships to leave Portsmouth with convicts bound for Botany Bay, Australia (L) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1359 | 16 Jun 1987 | Glasgow | Cover commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the maiden voyage of the 'Waverley' paddle steamer (L) | 1.00 |
| Great Britain 1167 | 25 Jul 1987 | Lyme Regis, Dorset | Commemorating the RNLI Lifeboat Week, 1987 (silk) (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1392-1393 | 16 May 1988 | Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh | Commemorating 25 years of the Philatelic Bureau (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1381 | 24 May 1988 | RHS Chelsea, London SW3 | Illustrated Royal Horticultural Society cover commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Chelsea Flower Show (U) | 1.25 |
| U.S.A. | Jan-Nov 1989 | USA Various | Five pre-stamped 15c postcards with special handstamp cancels (T) | 1.25 |
| U.S.A. | May-Nov 1989 | USA Various | Five pre-stamped 15c postcards with special handstamp cancels (T) | 1.25 |
| Great Britain X927 & 1290 | 15 Nov 1989 | Royal Mail Open Day, London W1 | Souvenir Cover from the Royal Mail Open Day event (T) | 0.60 |
| Great Britain 1500 | 25 Apr 1990 | British Forces Postal Services | Cover flown from RAF Northolt to Tunis to commemorate visit of the Duke of Kent. Signed by Senior Engineer (L) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1469 | 13 May 1990 | Stamp World London 90 Exhibition | Cover illustrating a block of four Edward VII £1 official stamps & commemorating FIP Day (Benham Silk) [600] (U) | 2.00 |
| U.S.A. | 1991 | Mint stamped stationery (aerogrammes, envelopes, cards) offered at face value. | 3.00 | |
| Great Britain X940 & 1290 | 23 Oct 1992 | Honiton Post Bus | Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the First English Post Bus (L) | 0.80 |
| Great Britain 1638 | 24 Dec 1992 | Special Handstamp Centre, Cardiff | PHQ Postcard of the 39p Christmas 1992 issue with appropriate stamp (L) | 1.00 |
| Papua New Guinea 643 (1993 imprint) | 16 Sept 1993 | Lae, P.N.G. | Cover commemorating the recapture of Lae from the Japanese by the Australians in 1943. Air-sea battle in 'silk' illustration [1,000] (U) | 2.00 |
| Azerbaijan 132 | 12 Apr 1994 | Baki | Plain envelope with special cancel (U) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1803 | 8 Oct 1994 | Rickmansworth Masonic School | PHQ Greetings (Alice) Card & Stamp with special cancellation commemorating the 1st Exhibition of the Masonic Philatelic Club (U) | 0.50 |
| Great Britain 1621 | 27 Oct 1994 | Newbury, Berkshire | 'Silk' cover commemorating 350th Anniversary of the Second Battle of Newbury during the English Civil War (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1622 | 2 Feb 1995 | Inverlochy, Inverness-shire | Illustrated cover commemorating the 350th Anniversary of the Royalist Victory at Inverlochy. (Benham Silk) (U) | 1.50 |
| Great Britain 1094 | 12 Aug 1996 | Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh | Commemorating 30 years of the Philatelic Bureau (U) | 1.50 |
| Jersey 634 | 31 Dec 1999 | Jersey | Limited edition 'Last Day' cover for the Millennium (U) | 2.00 |
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