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AUCTION
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James Mackay, Lord Mackay of Clashfern signed
PO politics cover of our choice. Mackay was Lord
Chancellor under Thatcher and Major and is now a peer
in the House of Lords........................................................£10
Hilary Benn signed Benham politics cover. Benn is the son
of Tony Benn and currently Shadow Secretary for
Communities and Local Government.......................£17.50
David Steel signed piece plus his personal House of
Commons compliments slip. Steel was leader of the Liberal
Party from 1976-1988, he is now a member of the House
of Lords................................................................................£10
PA0703 Lord Salisbury signed
piece. He served three stints as
Prime Minister totaling 13 years
and was the last PM to head his
administration from the House
of Lords £100
PA0704 Viscount Palmerston
signed piece. He served two terms as
Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and
1859-1865. He was the last PM to die
in office. £50
PA0705 Betty Boothroyd signed official Speaker of the House
of Commons compliments slip. She served as speaker
from 1992-2000.................................................................£15
PA0706 Neil Kinnock signed 8’ x 6’ photograph of himself...£20
PA0707 Andrew Neil signed
photocard, Andrew is a well know
political commentator and hosts the
Sunday Politics Show £15
PA0708 Lord John Russel signed piece. Russell served as PM
twice between 1846-1852 and 1865-1866...................£40
PA0709 James Callaghan signed piece plus covering letter
typed by his secretary........................................................£50
PA0710 Edward Heath signed piece plus a letter written on 10 Downing
Street paper thanking the writer for their support..................£50
PA0711 Denis Healey signed piece.............................................£15
PA0712 Martin Rees signed House of Lords compliments slip. Rees is a
crossbench peer in the Lords and is an astrophysicist who also
serves as the Astronomer Royal.............................................£10
PA0713Virginia Bottomley signed House of Commons
compliments slip. She was a Tory MP from 1984-2005 and
was Secretary for National Heritage..............................£10
PA0714 Leon Britten signed piece, Britten served as Home
Secretary from 1983 - 1985 under Thatcher.................£10
PA0715 Douglas Hurd signed piece, Hurd was a Conservative
MP who served as Home Secretary, Secretary for Northern
Ireland, and Minister for Europe.....................................£10
PA0716 Harold Wilson signed piece..........................................£45
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Benjamin
Disraeli signed
letter with his
initial ‘D’. The
letter is written
on official
Chancellor of
the Exchequer
paper and to
John Roebuck who was
a leading utilitarian reformer £425
PA0718 Michael Howard signed Christmas Card with
illustration of House of Commons..................................£15
PA0719 John Nott signed piece, he served as Secretary for
Defence during the Falklands War.................................£10
PA0720 Natalie Bennett signed Mercury European Parliament
FDC and with a handwritten note thanking the writer for
their vote. She is the leader of the Green Party............£15
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PA0721 Henry Kissinger signed 20th Anniverary of the UN FDC.
Kissinger was Secretary of State for both Nixon and Ford
and was a major player in US foreign policy such as
Detente with the USSR and China............................... £125
PA0722Jeffrey Archer signed Glanford & Scunthorpe
Conservative Association advertisement for ‘An Evening
with Jeffrey Archer’ - 6’ x 4’................................................ £5
PA0723 William Gladstone signed
envelope, foxing hence the cheaper
starting price £80
PA0724 Charles Clarke signed 6’ x 8’ photo, there is a crease running
down the right hand side of the photo but you could easily guillotine
this and not affect the signature or image of him................. £7.50
PA0725 Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766-1835)
signed piece. He was a Tory MP who represented three
different constituencies during his career - Monmouth,
Bristol, and Gloucestershire.............................................£10
PA0726 Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace (1768-1844)
signed piece. He was an MP during the late 1700s and
early 1800s and was Vice-President of the Board of Trade
from 1818-1823.................................................................£15
PA0727 Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort (1822
1894) signed freefront. He was the Irish peer Lord Kenlis
until 1829 when he became the Earl of Bective, he also
was a Conservative MP.....................................................£15
PA0728 Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800-1849)
signed freefront. He was the Tory MP for Wotton Bassett
and at the time a well-known writer...............................£10
PA0729 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale
(1771-1853) signed freefront. He was a largelandowner
and sat in the House of Commons.................................£10
PA0730 Edward Boscawen, 1st Earl of Falmouth (1787
1841) signed freefront. He was a Tory MP and was part
of the party known as the Ultra-Tory Faction................£10
PA0731 William Horace Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers (1777
1831). A devoted archaeologist who pionered new
techniques and scientific approaches............................£10
PA0732 Lord Charles Russell (1807-1894) signed piece. He
was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Horse Guards and
was an MP and Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of
Commons, also a first-class cricketer.............................£15
PA0733 William Lamb, 2nd
Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848)
signed piece. He was a Whig MP
who was Home Secretary between
1830-1834 before becoming Prime
Minister in 1834 and then again
from 1835-1841 £80
PA0734 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl
Kitchener (1850-1916) signed letter. He
was a senior Army Officer and colonial
administrator who found great fame in
Imperial Campaigns and died in WWI
when HMS Hampshire sank £25
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PA0735 George Thicknesse-Touchet, 21st Baron Audley
(1817-1872) signed piece................................................... £5
PA0736 John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford (1812-1851)
signed piece. He was a Tory MP for Bedfordshire........£10
PA0737 Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1768-1851) signed piece. He was the MP for Dorchester
and served as Chairman of Committees when he was in
the House of Lords.............................................................£10
PA0738 Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet (1838-1928)
signed piece. A Liberal MP who served as Secretary of
State for Scotland, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
and Chief Secretary for Ireland.......................................£15
PA0739 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne
(1816-1866) signed piece. He served under John Russell as Lord of
the Treasury and was MP for Calne........................................£10
PA0740 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839)
signed piece, he was the first Private Secretary to a
British Soverign, serving George III from 1830-37), also
an MP and Ambassador to Germany.............................£25
PA0741 Michael Foot signed typed letter in which he thanks the
writer for their interest in acquiring his signature........£15
PA0742 Lord John Russell signed 1836 freefront. He was Prime
Minister from (1846-1852) & (1865-1866).Also Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs,Lord President of the Council,
Foreign & Home Secretary............................................. £145
PA0743 Printed Winston Churchill signature on postcard of him reading.
On the back the postcard explains that Churchill is re-telling six
classic stories in the News of the World paper.........................£10
PA0744 Ian McCartney signed Philart Trade Union Congress
FDC. McCartney was a Labour MP from 1987-2010
serving as Minister for trade under Brown, and was a
supporter of several Trade Unions..................................£10
PA0745 24/10/1952
Anthony Eden signed
American United Nations
FDC with UN CDS. He was
an advisor to Churchill
before becoming PM
between 1955 - 1957
£200
PA0746 08/07/1965 James Mackay, Lord Mackay of
Clashfern and John Bercow signed Churchill FDC with
Bladon postmark................................................................£30
PA0747 17/03/1967 Margaret Thatcher signed plain FDC with United
Nations CDS and stamp, handwritten address so lower price
than normal for her signature, a great bargain.....................£45
PA0748 29/05/1968 Jimmy Knapp,
Doug McAvoy, Rodney Bickerstaffe
signed Wessex Centenary of Trade
Union Congress FDC. All three were
Trade Union Leaders of the RMT, NUT,
and UNISON respectively £40
PA0749 02/04/1969 Harold Wilson signed Philart 50th
Anniversary of the International Labour Office FDC with
Liverpool FDI postmark (his constituency Huyton was on
the border of the city), a relevant and scare cover... £175
PA0750 02/04/1969 Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair signed
International Labour Organisation FDC........................£85
PA0751 03/01/1973 Shirley Williams signed European Communities
FDC with Folkestone FDI and Paquebot posted at sea on M.V.
Horsa cachet, a great cover which is catalogued at £42 in Booth
for an unsigned version...........................................................£60
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12/09/1973 Peter Walker signed PO 19th Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference FDC. Walker served in the cabinets of
Heath & Thatcher in various roles, including Environment, Energy,
and Welsh Secretary...............................................................£10
10/07/1974 Nigel Lawson signed PO Great Britons
FDC, he served as Chancellor under Thatcher..............£15
03/09/1975 Gordon Brown signed Stuart Conference
of the Inter Parliamentary Union FDC............................£50
PA0755 17/05/1977
Walter Mondale signed US
Vice-President Mondale visits Span
cover. Mondale was the 42nd VicePresident serving under Carter and
was defated by Reagan in the 1984
Presidential Election £50
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08/06/1977 Norman Tebbit signed PO Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting FDC..............................£20
08/06/1977 Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, Denis
Healey, Geoffrey Howe, Paddy Ash dwown, Jeremy Thorpe,
Roy Wessex, and Norman Lamont signed Wessex
Commonwealth Heads of Government FDC....................... £150
PA0758 04/07/1978
Menachem Begin
signed Israeli FDC.
Begin was Israel’s PM
from 1977-19 83, one of his
most notable achievements
was the 1979 peace deal
with Egypt for which he
won the Nobel peace Prize £125
PA0759 12/04/1979 George Thomas signed Winchester Cathedrals
900th Anniversary cover. Thomas served as Speaker of the
Commons between 1976-1983 and was Secrteray of State for
Wales in Harold Wilson’s cabinet...........................................£20
PA0760 09/05/1979 John Bercow signed Benham Official
Conservative Party European Parliamentary Election
FDC.......................................................................................£20
PA0761 09/05/1979 Michael Heseltine signed Cameo Europa
Day FDC with the European Election stamps................£20
PA0762 09/05/1979 Liam Fox signed Colorano Silk Elections to
the European Asembly FDC..............................................£10
PA0763 26/09/1979 Jack Straw signed Stuart 150th Anniversary of the
Metropolitan Poice FDC. Straw served as Home Secretary from
1997-2001, a great cover.......................................................£20
PA0764 25/03/1981 Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe signed Exeter
Multiple Sclerosis FDC. He served as Lord Mayor of
London in 1980, limited edition of 100 covers.............£10
PA0765 08/09/1982 Kenneth Baker signed City of Norwich
Information Technology FDC. Baker was the Minister for
Industry and Information Technology.............................£20
PA0766 09/03/1983 Michael Gove signed Royal Mail
Commonwealth Day FDC.................................................£15
PA0767 17/01/1984
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke
of Norfolk signed Colledge of Arms
Quincentenary FDC. He Served in World
War Two and won the Military Cross
before inheriting his title in 1975 until
his death in 2002 £20
PA0768 17/01/1984 Norman Fowler and Margaret Thatcher signed
NSPCC Centenary FDC. Fowler was Secretary of State for Social
Services in Thatcher’s cabinet..................................................£50
PA0769 06/03/1984 Sir Henry Plumb signed Royal Mail Cattle FDC.
Plumb was a farmer who became a Conservative MEP and the
only ever Briton to be President of the European Parliament....£10
PA0770 06/03/1984
Alec Douglas-Home
signed Benham
Highland Cattle FDC, he
served as Conservative
Prime Minister from
1963-1964 and was
involved with the Highland Cattle Society £95
PA0771 10/04/1984 Michael Heseltine signed Benham
Liverpool International Garden Festival FDC. Hesseltine’s
association with Liverpool is well known, he received the
freedom of the city in 2012..............................................£20
PA0772 15/05/1984 Cecil Parkinson signed Second European Elections
FDC. Parkinson served in several roles including Secretary for
Transport, Energy, and Trade in Thatchers cabinets.................£15
PA0773 15/05/1984 Lord Carrington signed Benham Second European
Parliamentary Elections FDC. He was a Conservative politician
who served under several Prime Ministers and was the 6th
Secretary General of NATO....................................................£25
PA0774 25/09/1984 Geoffrey Howe signed Benham British
Council FDC........................................................................£20
PA0775 30/01/1985
Rear Admiral J R Oswald
and Winston S Churchill
(grandson) signed Royal Naval
20th Anniversary of Sir Winston
Churchill’s Funeral. Oswald was
the Funeral Gun Carriage Officer
at the service £50
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30/07/1985 Thomas Jackson signed Benham 350th
Anniversary of the Post Office FDC. Jackson was General Secretary
of the Union of Post Office Workers and led 200,000 members on
a 47 day strike in 1971...........................................................£20
22/12/1985 William Gladstone signed letter to William Forster
to congratulate Forster on his election win and of the ‘enormous
difficulties’ that the Irish Question presents...........................£295
14/01/1986 Sir Terence Beckett signed Bradbury Ironbridge
Birthplace of Industry FDC. Beckett was a businessman who was
the chairman of Ford and later became Director General of the
CBI, limited edition of100 covers.............................................£20
19/08/1986 Ken Clarke signed Stuart Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference FDC. Clarke is a Tory MP who
has served in many of the highest political cabinet posts
over the last 40 years........................................................£25
19/08/1986 Tanni Grey-Thompson signed Benham
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, a highly successful
disabled athlete she now sits in the house of Lords................£25
19/07/1988 His Grace the Duke of Wellington signed
Bradbury Armada FDC, he is the 8th Duke of Wellington and
served during the Second World War.He lost his seat in the House
of Lords under after the 1999 reform act................................£25
PA0782 11/04/1989 Paul
Eddington signed Benham
Inter Parliamentary Union
Centenary Conference FDC.
Eddington is best known
for playing Jim Hacker in
Yes Minister and Yes, Prime
Minister £125
PA0783 16/07/1991 Margaret Thatcher, Jennifer Hillier, and Terry
Flanagan signed RAF Bromley & District NSPCC Centenary.
Hillier was Mayor of Bromley in 1990-1991 and Flanagan the
Chairman of the Centenary Appeal......................................£130
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PA0784 23/10/1992 Winston Churchill (Grandson of
wartime leader) signed Battle of El Alamein cover.
Churchill was a Conservative MP from 1970-1983.....£45
PA0785 23/10/1992 John Major signed The Battle for El
Alamein cover.....................................................................£70
PA0786 23/10/1992 Malcom Rifkind signed The Battle for El
Alamein cover. Rifkind served as Defence and Foreign
Secretary in the 1990s......................................................£35
PA0787 03/09/1993 Denis Healey
signed The Invasion of Italy cover.
Healey was Labour Defence Secretary
from 1964-1970 and Chancellor from
1974-1979 having served in Italy during
World War Two £25
PA0788 03/05/1994 John Major signed Benham Channel
Tunnel FDC with French and English postmarks and
stamps, plus doubled on the date of the first Lorry trial
service, a great FDC..........................................................£45
PA0789 02/05/1995 Paddy Ashdown signed Royal Mail 50th
Anniversary of VE-Day FDC. Ashdown was a Royal Marine and
later a UK Intelligence Officer before his political career..........£10
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PA0798 08/01/2008
Norman Tebbit and
Margaret Thatcher signed
Benham 25th Anniversary of
her visit to the Falkland Islands
£150
PA0790 28/08/1995
Henry Kissinger and Sir
Denis Thatcher signed
The Last RAF VC-10 flight
from UK - Washington,
RAF cover £150
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01/05/1997 Tony Blair signed Benham 1997 General Election
cover with special Parliamentary Square, London postmark and
illustration of the Blair family outside Number 10....................£75
13/11/1997 David Clark signed Royal Mail Golden Wedding
Anniversary FDC with House of Commons CDS. Clark was
a Labour MP who served in Blair’s cabinet and was instrumental in
the Freedom of Information Act 2001.....................................£10
28/02/1998 Lord Roy Jenkins signed Benham First Day
of the New 50p, coin cover. Jenkins was a co-founder of
the SDP.......................................................................... £12.50
07/09/1999 Margaret Beckett signed Benham Farmers
Satellite Agriculture FDC. Beckett was Minister for
Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.............................£20
05/10/1999 Alex Salmond signed Benham Scottish
Independence FDC. Salmond led the SNP from 1990-2000
and 2004-2014 when he stepped down after the defeat in the
Scottish Independence referendum.........................................£30
23/04/2001 Ann Clwyd signed Mercury English Pictorial
Country Definitives FDC. Clwyd is a Welsh Labour politician and
chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party..................................£10
29/04/2003 Margaret Thatcher signed Queen of the
Skies cover...........................................................................£90
PA0799 03/03/2014
Lech Walesa signed
American FDC featuring
image of himself, Walesa was
President of Poland from 1990
- 1995 presiding over the postcommunist transformation and
won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 £95
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