Benham first day cover issued on 16 October 2007 with the 6 commemorative stamps celebrating the ‘Royal Diamond Wedding Anniversary.’ It has also been doubled with a 20p Silver Wedding Anniversary stamp from 1972.
A certificate of authenticity and a Benham guarantee.
limited edition of only 2500 covers, few signed.
Postmarked:- Royal Diamond Wedding Anniversary, Windsor, Berkshire, 16. Oct 07.
6 black and white stamps of the Queen and Prince Philip.
They are:-
• 1st Queen and Prince Philip leave St Pauls Cathedral, 2006
• 1st Queen and Prince Philip inspect Royal Horse Artillery, 1997
• 54p Queen and Prince Philip at Garter Ceremony, 1980
• 54p Queen and Prince Philip at Royal Ascot, 1969
• 78p Queen and Prince Philip at premier of The Guns Of Navarone, 1961
• 78p Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, 1947.
• Nice silk picture on the cover of Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip
Genuine hand signed signature of Nicholas Witchell. He is an English journalist. He is a newscaster and Diplomatic and Royal Correspondent for BBC News. He was the first reporter to relay the news of the 1979 death of Lord Mountbatten, the Lockerbie disaster, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
In 1998 Witchel became a royal and diplomatic Correspondent. In 2002, his obituary of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowden, recorded sometime before her death but screened immediately after the announcement of her death, was reportedly not well received at Buckingham Palace, as it mentioned her lovers and copious consumption of whisky. He again provoked royal displeasure in 2005. At a press conference at the Swiss ski resort of Klosters, Witchell asked Charles, Prince of Wales how he and his sons were feeling about his forthcoming marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles.
He is a Governer of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People, an Officer of the Order of St John and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He appeared as himself in the Doctor Who Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned," broadcast on Christmas Day 2007
Information card bordered in gold about the Royal Diamond Wedding Anniversary.
Also brief biography sheet about Nicholas Witchell.