First Flight & Commemorative Covers - Page 1
These were issued by BUA and BCal, aircraft manufacturers and organsations that were in some way linked to the airlines. Many were carried in fleet aircraft at the time and the details of the aircraft and crew recorded on them.
They were typically issued for First Scheduled Flights, arrival of new aircraft, aircraft deliveries, Special Flights, GLCT Flights for Children and a host of other reasons too.
I have included some by those other organisations where there is a good link to BUA / BCal. So far no Caledonian commemorative covers have appeared, though being primarily a charter airline at that time there may not be any?
But I hope you enjoy the covers, they are listed in date order, and the format is Year - Month - Day
They were typically issued for First Scheduled Flights, arrival of new aircraft, aircraft deliveries, Special Flights, GLCT Flights for Children and a host of other reasons too.
I have included some by those other organisations where there is a good link to BUA / BCal. So far no Caledonian commemorative covers have appeared, though being primarily a charter airline at that time there may not be any?
But I hope you enjoy the covers, they are listed in date order, and the format is Year - Month - Day
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| 63-11-29 Red Cross | 64-11-04 LGW - East Africa | 64-11-04 LGW - Central Africa | 64-11-06 Central Africa - LGW | 64-11-08 Central LGW |
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| 64-11-04 LGW - South America | 65-05-04 Palma - LGW | 65-09-04 LGW - Genoa | 65-09-04 Genova - LGW | 65-11-04 Accra - LGW |
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| 66-01-04 Inaugural Interjet to EDI | 66-04-11 Inaugural Gibralter - LGW | 66-08-05 Inaugural Paris - Jersey | 68-01-05 Inaug Sao Paulo - LGW | 68-11-05 GLA - Southampton |
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| 68-11-05 Amsterdam- NCL-GLA | 68-11-05 SOU - Glasgow | 68-11-05 Glasgow-NCL-Amsterdam | 71-04-11 LGW-ACC-Lagos | 71-04-11 (Signed) |
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| 71-08-04 | 71-11-01 WinterJet LGW-Jersey | 72-11-02 LGW-Casablanca-Recife | 72-11-02 Recife-Casablanca-LGW | 73-02-28 LGW-EDI (Turnhouse) |
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| 73-06-30 BCal Cup | 73-11-01 LGW-MAN (Op by BIA) | 73-11-01 MAN-LGW (Op by BIA) | 75-03-24 | 74-04-26 |
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| 75-06-13 LGW-Kinshasa | 76-01-29 Jersey Airport | 76-03-22 LGW-Algiers | 76-03-22 Algiers- LGW | 76-04-05 JER Airport Office |
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| 76-04-05 (Signed) | 76-07-31 Kitwe Sales Office | 76-07-31 | 76-10-13 3rd GLCT LGW-JER | 76-10-20 Regional Scottish Stamps |
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| 76-10-26 Inaugural Columbia, Peru & Venezuala Services | 76-10-26 LGW-Caracas | 76-10-26 LGW - Lima | 76-10-26 (Signed) | 76-10-27 Caracas - LGW |
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| 76-10-27 Lima - London | 76-10-27 London-Bogota | 76-10-27 (Signed) | 76-10-29 Bogota-London | 77-01-01 LGW-MAN (1-11) |
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| 77-01-01 MAN-LGW (1-11) | 77-03-10 JER Airport 40th Anniversary | 77-03-12 G-BEBM Delivery Flight | 77-03-12 G-BEBM Naming Ceremony | 77-03-12 |
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| 77-03-20 LGW-Casablanca | 77-03-20 LGW-Casablanca (no flight text) | 77-03-20 (Signed) | 77-03-20 LGW-Casablanca | 77-03-20 First DC10 to LGW - Kano |
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| 77-03-20 First DC10 Kano - LGW | 77-03-20 First DC10 LGW - Lagos | 77-03-20 First DC10 Lagos - LGW | 77-04-13 Official Inaugural DC10 LGW-Lagos |
The covers are available here as a navigable slide show...please use the arrow buttons......or below in usual gallery format
The full collection of covers can be seen on FFC Pages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - please see links below
If you have any different FFC's, please drop me a line anytime, it would be nice to show them here too evswitch@aol.com