Elvis silver coloured

In 2007 it was the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Benham in Folkestone issued four special covers with their ‘silk’ pictures on them. Each cover has a different photo along with a 1st class stamp for ‘Love’. But best of all the Post Office attached to each a first-class stamp with a colour reproduction of the photo on the cover. You get Elvis in his Army uniform, as a cowboy, in a blue mood and film with his signature. They are marked ‘End of a Rock and Roll Era 1935-1977’. You get all four ‘silk’ First Day Covers but supplies are limited.

These are Benham First Day Covers all Official and all postmarked in Memphis, Tennessee, US on the 16th of August 2002. Each of the covers has a large colour sticker of The King, a stamp with that photograph from an overseas country and 2 United States stamps one 29c with Elvis and one 8c stamp. Plus a US legal tender 25c overprinted with the same colour photo of Elvis. Offered here photographed in a Cowboy hat and the stamp is from Grenada. Unfortunately supplies are very limited. They were issued for the 25th anniversary of his death.

After World War Two, the Ministry of Defence issued banknotes which were to be used on British bases all over the world. This was done to prevent black marketeering and lasted until the late 1980’s when the Berlin Wall came down and British bases in Germany were gradually run down. The use of this special military currency ceased. These Uncirculated 1 shilling notes were prepared for issue in 1962 (PM28b) and were part of a group which the Ministry of Defence sold in the late 1980’s. Before they could be sold they were cancelled with 2 holes. Crisp Uncirculated and very very rarely seen uncancelled.