VE
Day Cover re-issued for 70th
Anniversary
Victory
in Europe Day, or VE Day as it was known, was the public holiday
celebrated on the 8th
May 1945 to mark the end of WWII in Europe. To commemorate the 50ᵗʰ
anniversary of VE Day the British Forces Post Office produced an
official commemorative cover, which was issued on 8ᵗʰ May1995 and
sold at the celebrations in London.
To
celebrate the 70ᵗʰ anniversary the Forces Philatelic Bureau has
created some double-dated some covers from the 8ᵗʰ May 1995 issue and produced
a unique collectors’ item that covers 20 years of national
commemorations for this very significant historical event.
The
covers are available to order now on a strictly
first-come-first-served basis from the BFPS online shop
(www.bfps.org.uk/shop).
They will cost just £6 (UK/BFPO p&p free).
Welsh
Guards ‘Trooping The Colour’ in their Centenary Year
1915
saw the raising of the Welsh Guards by order of King George V. A few
days after the Battalion mounted its first King’s Guard at
Buckingham Palace. Later that year they found themselves in France
ready to do battle. A century on and celebrating their 100 years the
Welsh Guards have once again the honour to parade before the
country’s reigning monarch as part of the Queen’s Birthday Parade
and Trooping The Colour.
To
mark both of these historic occasions BFPS, in partnership with the
Welsh Guards, is producing a special commemorative cover to be
released on the 13 June 2015.
The cover carries superb past and
present images of the Battalion on ceremonial and combat duties.
Signed limited editions will be available to buy. A Welsh regional
definitive stamp will be franked by the unique BFPS numbered special
handstamp, the centre of which shows a silhouette of a leek, the
emblem of the Welsh Guards.
The
covers may be purchased from the BFPS online shop
(www.bfps.org.uk/shop).They will cost just £6 for the unsigned version and £12 for the
signed version (UK/BFPO p&p free).
They are available to order
now on a strictly first-come-first-served basis.
Both covers are also available by post by sending a cheque (payable to
‘BFPS CIC’) to BFPS The Old Post Office Links Place Elie Fife KY9
1AX.
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