This item is a Queen Elizabeth II Souvenir Cover issued by the Royal British Legion for the Poppy Appeal and Remembrance Day.

Reference: Royal British Legion Official Cover No. 24 Limited edition No. 1769

Limited edition carried on the Norbury Branch Poppy Appeal Special Steam Train of Kent and East Sussex Railway and by helicopter of the Decca Navigator Company from Biggin Hill.

Commemorates the Royal British Legion Decca House Branch and the Jubilee Elizabethan steam Train Royal Scott Class Locomotive 4-6-0 7p and Remembrance Day, cachet depicts above named steam  train, poppy flower plus Royal British Legion logo of lion doorknocker design etc.

Also relevant for Thematics / Topicals on British Legion, Poppy Appeal, Remembrance Day, charity, donation, help, ex servicemen, women, widows, Haig Fund, poppy, flower, poem, John Mac Crae, Cenotaph, Unknown warrior, Westminster Abbey, Armistice day, village, anniversary, steam train, carried, Norbury, flown, helicopter, philately, hobby, stamp collecting, mail, post, logo, souvenir, cover, postmark, envelope, advertising etc.

Stamp(s) 9p Squirrel wildlife commemorative (see scan).

Issued 31st October 1977

Additional hand stamps for 'Carried by Steam Train' and for 'Flown by Decca Helicopter to Headcorn Airport, Kent' 30th Oct 1977

Special fancy souvenir postmark of text "Royal British Legion Norbury Branch, Jubilee Elizabethan", Tenderden, Kent

Original Information Card: YES plus certificate for flown / Jubilee Eilzabethan steam train run and picture of LMS train 6170 

See enlarged scans for stamp values, cachets and postmark details.

Cover may have typed addresses, be hand written or blank - please see scan.

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