Small Benham silk first day cover with 1st class Wet Tropics Of Queensland, Australia stamp from the ‘World Heritage’ commemorative set of stamps which were issued 21 April 2005.
Set of 8 Stamps featuring 4 English and 4 Australian Sites.
The stamps are:-
2nd Hadrians Wall, England
2nd Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia
1st Stonehenge, England
1st Wet Tropics Of Queensland, Australia
47p Blenheim Palace, England
47p Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
68p Heart Of Neolithic Orkney, Scotland.
68p Purnululu National Park, Australia
Postmarked:- World Heritage, Greenwich, London SE10, 21.4.05. World Heritage Year of the Sea
Silk picture on cover showing Captain James Cook, Explores Australia 1770.
Smaller picture of The Endeavour 1770.
Cover has the genuine hand Signed signature of Christine Law. She has signed this cover because she is the Chief Executive of the Tall Ships Youth Trust. This is a registered charity, founded in 1956, which is dedicated to the development of young people through the crewing of Tall Shios. There are two 60 metre training vessels, Stavros Niarchos and Prince William, the latter being a major attraction at Sea Britain 2005 events, including the International Fleet Review, which celebrated the 200th Annversary of the Battle Of Trafalgar
Small Information slip about her enclosed.
Benham guarantee and certification on reverse of the cover.
Limited edition of only 500 Signed covers.
This is Cover 8 of 500.
The reverse of the cover has information about World Heritage, Britain and Australia.