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

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!

STAMPS QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE TOUR 1977 X 3 1ST DAY COVERS $1.57 Time Remaining: 30m Bid now

STAMPS QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE TOUR 1977 X 2 1ST DAY COVERS $1.57 Time Remaining: 36m Bid now

E26 GB FDC 1977 SG1034 9p SILVER JUBILEE $1.19 Time Remaining: 37m Bid now

QUEEN ELIZABETH 2nd SILVER JUBILEE 1977 FIRST DAY COVER BRIGHTON EXCELLENT $1.57 Time Remaining: 38m Bid now

STAMPS QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE TOUR 1977 X 2 1ST DAY COVERS $1.57 Time Remaining: 40m Bid now

1977 BAILIWICK GUERNSEY ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE STAMPS MNH PRESENTATION PACK FOLDER $1.57 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 57m Bid now

1ST DAY COVER GB SILVER JUBILEE QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 15TH JUNE 1977 $1.50 Time Remaining: 1h 13m Bid now

ISLE OF MAN 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Superb U M set $0.44 Time Remaining: 2h 20m Bid now

GB SPECIAL SOUVENIR PRESENTATION PACK THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE 1977 $4.73 Time Remaining: 2h 33m Buy It Now for only: $4.73 Buy It Now

1ST DAY COVER GB SILVER JUBILEE ACCESSION QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 11TH MAY 1977 $1.57 Time Remaining: 2h 34m Bid now

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