Buckingham first day cover with the miniature sheet of ‘London 2010 Festival of Stamps ‘ issued May 8 2010. 

The cover has the genuine hand signed signature of Julia Sawalha.

The replica King George V Stamps are:-

1st British Empire Exhibition 1d

1st British Empire Exhibition 1.5p

£1 Seahorse Definitive £1

£1 Seahorse Definitive 10/-

Postmarked:- GVR (George V Rex (king), 8 May 2010, London SW1.

Miniature Sheet printed in Intaglio.

The left hand side of the cover has a border- Stamps Festival 2010. The Design Centre, London 8th-15th May 2010. Image of King George V Two pence stamp. King George V, 6 May 1910 to Jan 1936. The stamp collecting King.

George V became famous for his collection of stamps whic he wanted to be the best. His collection became the basis for the Royal Philatelic Collection.

The Cover has the genuine hand signed signature of Julia Sawalha. A small label on the back states:- Julia Sawalha, who played the Candleford Post Mistress, Dorcas Lane, in Lark Rise to Candleford has signed no more than 150 Buckingham, Stamps Festival 2010 covers featuring a miniature sheet printed Intaglio with FDI pmk & cachet.

This cover is number 16 of 150.

Julia Sawalha (born 1968) is an English actress, who played Saffron ‘Saffy’ Monsoon in the BBac sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She also portrayed Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette , in Press Gang, Lydia Bennett in the 1995 television miniseries of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and voiced Ginger in Chicken Run and Georgina and Kid in Sheeep.

Additionally she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC’s costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Johnathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me.

Information sheet about her enclosed.

The reverse of the cover is entitled ‘International Stamp Exhibitions in Britain’.

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