CC59 Bluebird Boat & Car RAF Hunter FD2 FDC signed GINA CAMPBELL & DON WALES

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CC59 Bluebird Boat & Car RAF Hunter FD2 FDC signed GINA CAMPBELL & DON WALES:
$11.81

British Achievements in Speed cover showing the Bluebird Car and Bluebird Boat signed by Gina Campbell and Don WalesJS(CC)59e RAF 1998 First Day Cover for British Achievements in Speed commemorating speed records in the air, on land and water. The artwork shows Neville Duke\'s Red Hawker Hunter which broke the World Air Speed Record in 1953, Peter Twiss in the Fairey Delta 2 which shattered the World Air Speed Record in 1956 with a blistering 1,200mph+, Sir Henry Segrave\'s Golden Arrow is shownwhich set the Land Speed record at 231.44mph in 1929. No cover would be complete without commemorating the famous Bluebirds and Sir Malcom Campbell is shown in his Bluebird car which in 1935 set the World Land Speed Record at 301.13mphand finally Donald Campbell is shown in his Bluebird K7 boat which set the World Speed Record on Water at 276.33mph in 1964.The cover bears the Royal Mail 20p Speed stamp showing Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of his Bluebird in 1925 and is cancelled on the first day of issue with a Donald Campbell 1921-1967, Horley Surrey Postmark dated 29.9.98 showing Donald Campbell\'s Bluebird CN7 record breaking car.The cover is signed by Gina Campbell, grandaughter of Sir Malcolm Campbell and daughter of Donald Campbell and also Don Wales, who is the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who is the holder of the National Land Speed Record for electric powered vehicles with his his Bluebird Electric car.Official specialnumbered and certfied on reverse.

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