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Sale 88
Lot 2270
U.S. Cachet and F.D. Cover Collections, Extensive Concorde Collection, 1969 to 1985 collector's lifetime accumulation of just under 2000 pieces, incl. rare routes, proving and testing covers by BA crews out of Filton, Bristol, signatures incl. Trubshaw (BAC's chief testing pilot) who had agreement with a Ford engineer to carry 5-10 covers, few French prototype and pre-production covers incl. signed Turcat, inventory consists of 611 souvenir cards, 98 FDC's, 43 postal stationery, approx. 50 pictures with some signed, 367 stamps or blocks, 62 cinderella, highlight incl. 1983 Concorde charter flight signed by golfers Watson, Palmer, and Nicklaus, XB-70 chase plane signed by Barry Goldwater, 001 and 002 prototype 1st flights, also correspondence from British and French pilots to a collector in Illinois, big group of Air France produced, and BA Stamp Club covers, excellent intact lot, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $6,000-8,000.
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