VINTAGE UK COMMEMORATIVES & FIRST DAY COVERS

Collection of 9 British commemorative mint stamp sets in original post office packs and 5 First Day covers of special issues: pack of 4 stamps, British bridges, 1968; pack of 4 stamps, Trades Union Congress Centennial 1868-1968, Votes for Women, 50th Anniversary 1918-1968, Royal Air Force, 50th Anniversary, 1918-1968, First Voyage of Discovery Bicentennial, 1768-1968; pack of 4 stamps, celebrating British artists from 1575, 1969; pack of 3 stamps, First Issue of Concorde, 1969; pack of 6 stamps, original GPO Pack British ships, 1969; pack of 4 stamps, post office technology, 1969; pack of 5 stamps, notable Anniversaries, first non-stop Atlantic flight 1919, Europa CEPT 1959, International Labour Organisation 1919, NATO 1949, first England to Australia flight 1919, 1969; pack of 5 stamps, investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969; pack of 4 stamps, rural British architecture, 1970; First Day cover, 2 stamps commemorating the opening of the Forth Road at South Queensferry, West Lothian on 4 September 1964; First Day cover of 5 stamps of the investiture of the Prince of Wales on 1 July 1969; First Day cover of 3 stamps on 17 June 1970 of the new high value decimal issue; First Day cover of 12 stamps on 15 February 1971 of new low value decimal issue with rare post office stamp "POSTING DELAYED BY THE POST OFFICE STRIKE 1971"; First Day cover of 1 stamp on 22 January 1975 at Edinburgh, this being a RARE item as it states it is “an experimental issue” endeavouring to follow the lead of other countries and has a combination cost of 4 1/2 + 1 1/2 p, the 4 1/2 p being the standard rate and the 1 1/2 p being the amount of charitable donation