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TIRPITZ SIGNED COVERS
The Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust has produced a limited number of commemorative covers to mark the 60th anniversary of the sinking of the German Battleship Tirpitz.
The covers have a GB stamp featuring A Lancaster bomber and Sir Arthur Harris. This stamp is cancelled at Lossiemouth, on 12 November 2004, the 60th anniversary of the final successful attack.. Many of the aircraft in this final attack took off from Lossiemouth. It also features a Norwegian stamp cancelled on the same day at Tromso where the Tirpitz was sunk. The covers are signed by 6 aircrew who took part in various bomber command attacks on the Tirpitz between April 1942 and November 1944. Only 50 covers have been produced. The illustration is reduced. They cost £30 each.
We also have some earlier covers and postcards. These were both produced initially by the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association for the 35th and 43rd Anniversaries respectively and have appropriate cancellations for 12th November 1979 and 12th November 1987. When produced the covers and postcards were not signed but they were signed by three Tirpitz raid veterans at a Public Meeting we heldin 2004 when the three veterans spoke. The veterans are Tony Iveson, Colin Cole and Larry Curtis, all of 617 Squadron and all of whom flew on the raid that sank the Tirpitz. The postcards are about 6" by 4" and the covers just slightly larger. They cost £15 each plus £1 p&p per order. The illustrations are considerably reduced
The second cover features the Isle of Man miniature sheet, cancelled by the Isle of Man Post Office with a Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust cancellation, dated 16th May 2003 - the anniversary date. Only 50 of these covers have been produced with this cancellation and each cover is signed by Sir Barnes Wallis' elder son and by Mrs Margaret Dove, daughter of Roy Chadwick - designer of the Lancaster bomber aircraft used on the raid. These covers cost £20 each.
The covers can be ordered from the Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust, c/o 3 Station Road, Pannal, Harrogate, North Yorks. HG3 1JJ. UK postage £1 extra per order. Telephone the Trust's Chairman, Peter Rix on 01423 871909 for further details, or email covers@bameswallistrust.org
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