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Andrew Cunningham HMS WARSPITE 1st Day Cover Andrew Cunningham WARSPITE Stamp.... On June 16, 1982, the Royal Mail of Great Britain issued a set of five stamps to commemorate British Maritime Heritage....Henry VIII's Mary Rose, Blake's Triumph, Lord Nelson's Victory, Lord Fisher's Dreadnought, and Viscount Cunningham's Warspite. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the new Andrew Cunningham-HMS Warspite Stamp cancelled from the city of issue (Portsmouth - current home of the Victory) on the first day of issue
captioned above. Note the beautiful cancellation featuring the Tudor
Rose, created expressly to cancel this set of stamps on their
'birthday.'
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope) features original artwork by artist Marjorie Saynor, who also designed the stamps, of H.M.S. Warspite
in the Mediterranean during WWII. The caption below reads, "Andrew
Cunningham and H.M.S. Warspite - Together, boldly and defiantly, they
upheld Britain's proud naval tradition." The company that produced this
cover has also written a brief commentary about Robert Blake and the
glorious HMS Warspite,
which we've included. This cover has all the bells and whistles - a
splendid stamp, great original artwork on the cachet, and a beautiful
postmark.
Matted in blue, it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 picture frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity plus Commentary Included***
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