** 1982 FALKLANDS CONFLICT COVERS: Range of covers from, dur...

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** 1982 FALKLANDS CONFLICT COVERS: Range of covers from, during, and immediately following the 1982 Falklands conflict inc. (June/July) trio of air mail envs from Ascension all with fine strikes of the "FIELD POST OFFICE/777" cds (two franked machin 15½p the other 12½p) two with mss on reverse stating RAF Victor Detachment, (May) pair of air mail envs with printed image of ship and "Cunard Queen Elizabeth 2" on flap, one with mss 'WO11 CRUICKSHANK/MASTER CHEF/1st WELSH GUARDS/BFPO 666' also on reverse, plus mail from many other named ships inc. HMS Cordella [a Hull Trawler refitted for Minesweeper duties], Hermes (2), Illustrious, Invincible, Plymouth, SS Uganda [Hospital Ship], RFA Tidespring [a replenishment oiler (aka oil tanker) involved in the recapture of South Georgia and subsequently used as a PoW ship], MV Europic Ferry [a RORO used for equipment transport] & MV St. Edmund [a passenger ferry used to repatriate Argentine PoW post conflict]. A good range of commercial covers (c100 covers) Cross Reference: ASCENSION, MILITARY, AIR MAIL COVERS