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SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE
SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE

A total of 48 stamps were issued throughout the year - each one created by a different acclaimed image maker and devoted entirely to celebrating the past Millennium. Artists David Hockney, Peter Blake, and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi RA and illustrator Ralph Steadman were among the prestigious line-up responsible for creating the collection. The stamps in the set celebrate the British men at the forefront of travel, from the 18th century adventures of Captain Cook to the modern day Transatlantic flights.

Airliner hugging Globe (International air travel). Woman on Bicycle (Development of the bicycle). Victorian Railway Station (Growth of public transport). Captain Cook and Maori (Captain Cook's voyages). Cancelled with a specially designed postmark on the first day of issue, 2nd February 1999, at Heathrow Airport, the cover is in fine condition and has been. Hand signed by the first British pilot to fly Concorde, Brian Trubshaw. Shot to fame when he first flew Concorde in April 1969 on a flight from Filton to it's Test base at RAF Fairford. He emerged from 002's then futuristic cockpit with the words:'It was wizard - a cool, calm and collected operation. Brian had weeks earlier piloted an early test flight of the Indentical French prototype Concorde, 001, commanded by Andre Turcat.

In 1962, after the British and French governments signed an agreement to develop a supersonic transport aircraft, eventually called Concorde (the French having insisted on the final "e"), the chairman of BAC, George Edwards, selected Trubshaw as test pilot. After its first supersonic flight over land, in 1970, when it travelled at an altitude of 11 miles and faster than a bullet, Trubshaw had to land the plane on three engines because an instrument showed the other to be overheating.

In 1972, Trubshaw piloted the aircraft on a world tour. Two years later, the third test model, Concorde 101, completed what is still the fastest civil transatlantic flight, travelling from Fairford to Bangor, Maine, in 2 hours and 56 minutes. Concorde eventually went into commercial service on January 21 1976 when British Airways flew to Bahrain and Air France to Rio de Janeiro simultaneously. Brian Trubshaw died in 2001. I shall leave the images to complete my description and welcome all questions. All that remains is to thank you for your interest and invite you to take a peek at my other items. Which include more signed and unsigned FDCs. The item "SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE" is in sale since Thursday, September 17, 2015. This item is in the category "Stamps\Great Britain\First Day Covers\1971-Now\Commemoratives". The seller is "gerryn664" and is located in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Topic: The Travellers' Tale
  • Era: Elizabeth II (1952-Now)
  • Year of Issue: 1999 - 2-2-99
  • Cancellation Type: Fancy Cancel
  • Concorde Test Pilot: Global Travel postmark SHS

SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER BRIAN TRUBSHAW BRADBURY MILLENNIUM TRAVELLERS' TALE