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CC43 Red Arrows & Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF FDC Final Flight 2015 postmark 19 Sep

CC43 Red Arrows & Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF FDC Final Flight 2015 postmark 19 Sep

CC43 Red Arrows & Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF FDC Final Flight 2015 postmark 19 Sep

80th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force FDC featuring Avro Vulcan XH558 and Red Arrows in Display Formation Dual Cancelled 1998 & 2015. JS(CC)43a RAF cover dual numbered RAF(80)3a as part of our 80th Anniversary of the RAF mini-series issued in 1998. The cover artwork shows Avro Vulcan XH558 of the Vulcan Display team in formation with the Red Arrows air display team on her Final RAF flight at Cranfield in 1992. Royal Air Force 80th Anniversary 1918-98 logo appears on the cover and the cover bears Cayman Islands 23c Red Arrows Gnat stamp cancelled on first day of issue on 1.4.1998.

Cover has been doubled with 1st Class Air Displays Red Arrows stamp and cancelled with Farewell to Flight Vulcan XH558 Doncaster The Spirit of Great Britain 19th Sep 2015 where she flew one of her final display flights at Southport Airshow along side the Red Arrows in formation. Cover has been flown in Jetstream I of No 45 Squadron from RAF College Cranwell to Liverpool airfield onto Church Fenton then low level in Vale of Pickering and return. We usually have lots of other items up for sale so why not have a look.

The item "CC43 Red Arrows & Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF FDC Final Flight 2015 postmark 19 Sep" is in sale since Thursday, October 29, 2015. This item is in the category "Stamps\Great Britain\Covers\Elizabeth II (1952-Now)".

The seller is "aviationcollectables" and is located in Littlehampton. This item can be shipped worldwide.


CC43 Red Arrows & Avro Vulcan XH558 RAF FDC Final Flight 2015 postmark 19 Sep