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On the 1 April 1993 the Royal Air Force issued first day cover commemorating the
75 anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force.
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A First Day Cover is a specially designed envelope, bearing newly issued postage
stamps which were postmarked on the first day that those stamps were placed on
sale by the Post Office. The following three elements comprise every First Day
Cover, the Covers (i.e., the envelope), the Postmarks and the Stamps. In this case
the envelope was signed by Group Captain B.D. Sellick CBE, DSO, DFC who in the
mid 1950’s commandeered 216 Squadron equipped with the new Comet 2 type then
being introduced into the Royal Air Force.
