Buckingham first day cover with five ‘Great Britons’ commemorative stamps issued 16th April 2013.
This is a tribute cover to Vivian Lee and is signed by the wonderful Swedish actress Britt Ekland, who enjoyed success throughout the 1960’s & 70’s.
The stamps are:-
1st Norman Parkinson (1913–1990)
1st Vivian Lee (1913-1967)
1st Peter Cushing (1913–1994)
1st David Lloyd George (1863–1945)
1st Elizabeth David (1913-1992)
Postmarked:- A Tribute to Vivien Leigh, After all tomorrow is another day, Brighton, 16.4.2013
The cover illustration is a tribute to Vivien Leigh in ‘Gone With the Wind’
There is a lovely cameo picture of her with and the background of the cover shows her in the garden of Tara
The cover has the genuine hand side signature of Britt Ekland.
The cover is certified on a small label on the reverse which states famous actress, Britt Ekland, has personally signed no more than 210 Buckingham, tribute to Vivian Lee covers featuring five stamps from the great Britain’s issue and postmarked a tribute to Vivian Lee, 16/04/13
This cover is number 96 of 210.
Britt Ekland (born 1942) is a Swedish actress, model and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Stiletto (1969), and the British crime film Get Carter (1971), which established her as a sex symbol. She also starred in several horror films including the British horror film The Wicker Man (1973), and appeared as a Bond Girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
She continued to act throughout the remainder of the 1970s, having roles in films such as The Ultimate Thrill (1974), Royal Flash (1975), High Velocity (1976) and King Solomon’s Treasure (1979), and into the 1980’s starring in the likes of Fraternity Vacation (1985), Moon in Scorpio (1987) and Scandal (1989) although since the early 1990’s her acting work has mainly consisted of stage shows, one-off roles, cameos or appearances on reality television.
Her high-profile social life, her 1964 marriage to actor Peter Sellers and her relationship with singer Rod Stewart attracted considerable pressed attention, leading to her being one of the most photographed celebrities in the world during the 1970s.
Information sheet about her enclosed.
The reverse of the cover is entitled ‘ Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier, 5 November 1913 –8 July 1967’
Gone with the Wind was an American classic film in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent Love Affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Vivien Leigh starred as Scarlett O’Hara alongside Clark Gable as Rhett Butler.
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