2 Oct 76 - BFPS 1551 - 75th Anniv. of Launch of 1st Submarine - 8½p Rose stamp. Signed by Cdr.R.L.T. Jones, HMS Onyx.
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19 Nov 76 - BFPS 1554 - 81st Anniversary of Vice Admiral Bell-Davies gaining the VC at Gallipoli with 8p William Caxton stamp.
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Anniv Bell-Davies gaining VC Gallipoli 1915 Signed
19 Nov 76 BFPS 1554 61st Anniversary of Squadron Commander Bell-Davies gaining the VC at Gallipoli 19th Nov 1915 .Personally Signed by Mr H G Kerry C Eng, F.I. Mach.E.Leading Aircraftman, No 3 Wing, RNAS. Imbros Nov 1915 who handled the Bell Davies aircraft on its return.
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31 Dec 76 - BFPS 1556 - 34th Anniversary of the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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31 Dec 76 BFPS 1556 34th Anniversary of the Battle of the Barents Sea Signed by Commander P F Cole DSC RN RN PhilatelicOfficer RNAS Yeovilton. First Lieutenant HMS Obedient at the Battle.
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Signed by Commander P F Cole DSC RN RN PhilatelicOfficer RNAS Yeovilton. First Lieutenant HMS Obedient at the Battle,allso Signed by Captain N H G Austen RN Commanding Officer HMS Orwell at the Battle
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28 Mar 77 - BFPS 1564 - 35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire.
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28 Mar 77 BFPS 1564 35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire 28th March 1942. Some 600 - 650 sailors and soldiers for a daring raid with the object of destroying the lock gates and operating mechanism of the Normandie Dock with its capacity to repair and service ships up to 83400 tons. Personally Signed by Mr W H Lovegrove CGM Chief Motor Mechanic MTB74 in the action
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 35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire Signed Ryder VC &
28 Mar 77 BFPS 1564 35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire 28yh March 1942. 26th March 1942 with some 600 - 650 sailors and soldiers for a daring raid with the object of destroying the lock gates and operating mechanism of the Normandie Dock with its capacity to repair and service ships up to 83400 tons. Personally Signed by Mr W H Lovegrove CGM Chief Motor Mechanic MTB74 in the action and also Signed by Captain R E D Ryder VC He was 34 years old, and a Commander in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Commander Ryder, commanding the Naval force, led HMS Campbeltown in under intense fire. When the main objective of the expedition had been accomplished and Campbeltown had been beached, Commander Ryder remained on the spot evacuating men from Campbeltown and conducting operations while exposed to heavy fire, and did not withdraw until it was certain that his ship could be of no more use. His motor gun boat (MGB 314), full of dead and wounded, survived by a miracle and managed to withdraw through an intense barrage of fire.
Senior Naval Officer in the operation MGB 314. Official RN Air Station Yeovilton First Day Cover. RN Yeovilton Ref No 2RN5c
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27 May 77 - BFPS 1578 - 8p Chemistry stamp. Commemoration of the sinking of the Bismarck.Personally Signed by Swordfish Pilot Wg Cdr John Moffat who flew off HMS Ark Royal with 818 Sqn when he took part in the attack on Bismarck led by Lt Cdr T Coode . John Moffat torpedo was the first to strike the Bismarck. He was piloting one of three Swordfish open-cockpit biplanes that set off from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal to take vengeance on the Bismarck, which days before had destroyed the British warship Hood with the loss of 1,416 lives It was the torpedo he fired that crippled the rudder of the German battleship, leaving it at the mercy of Royal Navy ships which then sank it in the Atlantic off the west coast of France on May 27, 1941 Two Photo's Enclosed one of self infront of aircraft the other on his swordfish in flight. Certified copy of 5
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27 May 77 - BFPS 1578 - 8p Chemistry stamp. Commemoration of the sinking of the Bismarck Signed by Captain J A Grindle CBE Executive Officer HMS Rodney in the action.
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28 Jun 77 - BFPS 5277 - The Queen's Silver Jubilee Fleet Review - 8½p Silver Jubilee stamp. Black flown cachet flown in Wessex 3 of 737 Naval Air Sqn. Pilot: Rear Admiral J.O. Roberts leader of Jubilee Fleet Review Flypast 28 Jun 77.
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As 2RN7a but Signed by Admiral Sir Terence Lewin, First Sea Lord & Rear Admiral J D Roberts Flag Officer Naval Air Command RNAS Yeovilton.
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11 Oct 71 - BFPS 1597 - 180th Anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown with 10p Caxton stamp and signed by Vice Admiral Forbs Flag Officer Plymouth and Rear Admiral Graham.
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29 Nov 77 BFPS 1777 Special POstmark. 60th Anniversary of thr Formation of the Women's Royal Navy Service 1917 to 1977. Personally Sogned by Mrs J A S Rossiter served 1917 to 1919, C/wren 1939 O.N.12/Officer WRNS Rtd.
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3 Jan 78 - BFPS 1500 - 35th Anniversary of Attack on the Palermo Harbour of Human Torpedos.
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as above but Signed by Captain J S Stevens DSO DSC RN Commanding Officer HMS Unruffled
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3 Jan 78 - BFPS 1500 - 35th Anniversary of Attack on the Palermo Harbour of Human Torpedos. Signed by Captain G M Sladen DSO,DSC trials Officer for the prototype chariot and also signed by Captain J S Stevens DSO DSC RN Commanding Officer HMS Unruffled
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As 2RN10a but signed by Capt.Lt. Siefried Koitschka Knight's Cross Commander of U-boat U-616. Details and photo enclosed.
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12 Apr 78 - BFPS 1605 - Lord Rodney with HMS Formidable at the Battle of Sentes in 1782.
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As 2RN11a but with 9p Tower of London stamp and signed by the present Lord Rodney.
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As 2RN11a but with10p Coal stamp and signed by the present Lord Rodney and Admiral Blackley former O.C. HMS Formidable.
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8 May 78 - BFPS 1609 - 64th Anniversary of the Launch of Plane (527) From Ship (HMS Hiberia) Underway.
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As RN12a but with 10½p Holyrood stamp and signed by Major Samson son of Lt. Samson who made the launch in 1912.
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19 Jul 78 - BFPS 1818 - HMS Sydney sinks Italian Bartimeo Coleomi.
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As RN13a but with 10½p stamp and signed by Cdr. Cole who took part in the battle.
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As 2RN13a but with 11p Horse stamp and signed Admiral Sir John Collins captain HMS Sydney in the battle and Cdr. Cole.
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 As 2RN13b but also signed by Personally Signed by U - Boat Commander. Kapitanleutnant Alfred Eick
Alfred Eick began his naval career in April 1937. Later he served for more than a year on the destroyer Hermann Beitzen, and he undertook 16 patrols in the first year of the war. In November 1940 he transferred to the U-boat force, where he accompanied U-176 on her first two patrols.
In May 1943 he became commander of U-510. After a successful patrol in Brazilian waters, U-510 left Lorient on her second patrol assigned as one of the Monsun boats. Eick operated for a few months in the Indian Ocean before heading back in January 1945 with a load of important goods (tin, quinine, etc.) on board. After being supplied with oil southeast of Madagascar by Krvkpt. Oesten's U-861 (who was short of fuel herself), U-510 ran out of fuel in the North Atlantic, but managed to reach the U-boat base at St. Nazaire in France at the end of April 1945 (at that time the base was still in German hands).
Alfred Eick was in French captivity from May 1945 to July 1947.Details enclosed
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