1981 FDC Guernsey Diana and Charles Stamp

Whilst news broadcasts the world over follow the Diana Inquest I thought I'd post this First Day of Issue Postcard featuring the Guernsey 12p stamp featuring Prince Charles and Lady Diana (as she was then known) together on the occasion of their wedding on 29 July 1981. The photograph shows the couple at the announcement of their engagement. The postcard was actually posted by an aunt and uncle who were holidaying in Guernsey at the time and the date of cancellation was a pure fluke.

Charles & Diana Wedding Stamp - Guernsey

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Silver Jubilee 1977

In the opening track of Badly Drawn Boy's latest CD Born in the UK there's a line in it that talks about being a kid in the UK back in the summer of 1977:
Vicious and his brothers
Were trying to set us free
But much more than this to you and me
This was the Silver Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977- FDC

This line really made me smile...1977 and the Silver Jubilee - if you were nine years old at the time the Sex Pistols weren't really going to have made much of an impression that year! Anyway, here's a scan of the first day cover with bureau postmark celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. The address is that of my primary school.. I distinctly remember complaining at the time when the school ordered the FDCs and they came back with the school name not our own names on the envelope!

ANTIGUA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL STATE COACHES B ANTIGUA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL STATE COACHES B
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ANTIGUA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL FAMILY BOOKLET ANTIGUA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL FAMILY BOOKLET
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ANTIGUA BARBUDA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL STATE C ANTIGUA BARBUDA 1977 QE II SILVER JUBILEE ROYAL STATE C
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PAIR of 1977 FDCs QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE H s WINDSOR PAIR of 1977 FDCs QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE H s WINDSOR
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JERSEY SILVER JUBILEE 7 2 1977 USED JERSEY SILVER JUBILEE 7 2 1977 USED
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GB 1977 THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE COVER COLLECTION GB 1977 THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE COVER COLLECTION
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Royal Silver Jubilee Cinderella 1952 1977 set 2 Royal Silver Jubilee Cinderella 1952 1977 set 2
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II SILVER JUBILEE 1977 ALBUM EXCELLENT QUEEN ELIZABETH II SILVER JUBILEE 1977 ALBUM EXCELLENT
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