First mail from Port Stanley to the UK via Ascension Island by Hercules plane
July 1982
Signed by Captain Pentreath of HMS Plymouth
Signed by one of the Operation Black Buck Vulcan Bomber pilots
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Reverse side of above envelope
Mint Stamp set for the opening of Mount Pleasant Airport 1985
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First Day cover for stamp issued 12th June 1982, two days before the Argentine surrender.
Text information received with the below envelope
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This is a different cover to the one on the display sheet
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German produced cover for Thatcher's visit to the islands in 1983
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The other two covers from this set appear on sheets within my display.
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HMS EXETER formed part of the Task Force
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LEEDS POSTCARDS postcard issue which came out some years after the Falklands War but which references the sinking of the Belgrano via the cards heading.
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Two used copies of the above postcard
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You search for ages for a cover and then two come along in quick succession, what do you do. Pick up both I suppose.
I have two each of these two covers, but they are nice and are usually of a reasonable price as well as so many were issued
Cover signed by the widows of the two Victoris Cross awardees.
Signed by
MARICA McKAY
SARA JONES
UK Propaganda Postcard
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Reverse side of above postcard.
Forces mail from 1983 from the Falkland Islands
QEII early 1982 cruise cover
QEII early 1982 cruise cover
Special hand stamp on small piece
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Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Reverse side of above card
Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Envelope
Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Reverse side of above card.
The stamp was not cancelled on this card
Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Envelope
Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Falklands Task Force Ship used mail
Its a bit greedy to have two of these, but a second copy came my way via a small collection I bought (see below)
Reverse side of above card
Second copy of this posted card - front and reverse side