Bahrain Postal History – Concorde Items

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These items are listed, more or less, in postmark date sequence.
Some (including the pilot signed covers) are quite scarce and the Last Flight cover is from a very small mailing.

Item Description Price

Inaugural Scheduled Fights of British Airways service between London and Bahrain

BPH7/01 Pair of very smart covers produced by Rembrandt as the official British Aircraft Corporation covers. Numbered pair from a declared printing of 2000 carrying the appropriate cachets and signed by the pilots. Destination address on peelable labels. View London - Bahrain or Bahrain - London Pair
Ł 45
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BPH7/02 GB airletter addressed on a peelable label to the BAC agent (as previous item) and numbered 039. Appropriate cachets (flight details cachet applied on reverse), cancellation and Bahrain “receiver” on reverse. View. Ł 15

BPH7/03 Unusual official souvenir cover for Heathrow Airport. Appropriate cancellation. View. Stiffener provides Heathrow and Concorde information. Destination address on peelable label. Ł 12

BPH7/04 Bahrain minisheet on illustrated cover with inscription in Arabic and English. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation and cachet. Insert card is blank.View. Ł 25

BPH7/05 Bahrain minisheet on plain cover. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation, dated British Airways inaugural flight cachet and handling agents numbered “receiver” cachet. Printed stiffener with full flight details.View. Ł 25

BPH7/06 Bahrain minisheet on smaller (7.25 x 5 inches) plain cover. Signed by pilot Brian Calvert. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation but no cachets. Insert is a photocopy of full flight details.View. Ł 28
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BPH7/07 Harrison & Sons presentation folder with block of 4 sheet stamps of the Bahrain Concorde issue mounted inside. Excellent condition (clean, corners not bashed, etc). View folder. View stamps. Ł 48

BPH7/08 Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 4.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. View.Unaddressed. Opened cleanly at right side and containing photocopy of flight details. Ł 15

BPH7/09 Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Contains photocopy of flight details. Ł 18
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BPH7/10 Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976 and dated inaugural flight cachet in Arabic and English. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Contains photocopy of flight details. Very slight soiling of the envelope. Ł 15
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BPH7/11 Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976 and dated British Airways inaugural flight cachet on front (View),and handling agents “receiver” cachet on reverse (View). Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Stiffener provides full flight details. Ł 25

BPH7/12 Bahrain First Flight cover (6 x 4.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with a single from the sheet stamps cancelled by a very good strike (illusive) of the dated inaugural flight cachet in Arabic and English, and with the British Airways inaugural flight. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Stiffener provides full flight details. Ł 18
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Last Scheduled Fight of British Airways service between Bahrain and London

BPH7/13 Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. Unaddressed.
Additional single from the sheet stamps, cancelled by the Manama(2) steel cds, dated 30 OC 80. Cachet in violet, LAST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT / OF CONCORDE BAHRAIN / TO LONDON BA’16’ / 30TH OCTOBER 1980. View.
Reverse carries Heathrow Airport cds dated 30 OCT 1980. View
There are many Concorde First Flights but very few Last Flights Ł 95
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H.M. QEII Visit to the Gulf – Flight covers
This group of six covers is priced individually to a total of Ł 99. They are available as a complete group of six at the reduced price of Ł 80

BPH7/14 HM Flight from London to Kuwait. GB Shetland Pony stamp cancelled by Heathrow Airport cachet/cancellation dated 12 FEB 1979. View. On reverse, double-ring, bilingual cds of GPO KUWAIT dated 12 FE 79. Brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse. Ł 18

BPH7/15 First Flight from Kuwait to Bahrain. Kuwait 1978 Information Centre 30 fils stamp, cancelled by double-ring, bilingual cds of GPO KUWAIT dated 12 FE 79. View. On reverse, MANAMA(2) cds dated 12 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII travelled from Kuwait to Bahrain by sea. Concorde flew to Bahrain to await her arrival. Hence this was not a Royal Flight Ł 15

BPH7/16 HM Flight from Bahrain to Riyadh. Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue, cancelled by Manama(2) cds dated 17 FE 79. View. On reverse a Riyadh machine “receiver” dated 17-2 1979. Brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse.
This is said to be the scarce cover amongst this group due to some being trashed in the local post offices. Ł 18

BPH7/17 First flight from Riyadh to Bahrain. Saudi 25h Oil Rig cancelled by bilingual Riyadh cds dated 17-2.1979. View.. Reverse carries Manama(2) receiver cds dated 17 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII stayed in Riyadh for a few days whilst Concorde returned to Bahrain where servicing cover was available from engineers who supported the scheduled Heathrow/Bahrain service. Ł 15

BPH7/18 HM QEII Flight from Riyadh to Dahran. Saudi 20h Mosque cancelled by bilingual Riyadh cds dated 19-2.1979. View.. Reverse carries DHAHRAN receiver cds dated 19-2-1979. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse. Ł 18

BPH7/19 First flight from Dhahran to Bahrain. Saudi 25h Oil Rig cancelled by bilingual Dhahran cds dated 19-2.1979. View. Reverse carries Manama(2) receiver cds dated 19 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII left Dhahran by sea. Concorde returned to Bahrain en-route home to U.K. Ł 15

Concorde First Flights to and from Bahrain.

BPH7/20 1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Perth (Australia). Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (with 15f Sh Isa to make up postal rate), cancelled (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 13 02 85. View. Perth h/s “receiver” dated 14 FEB 1985 on reverse. Map/Kangaroo cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15
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BPH7/21 1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Sydney. Stamps from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (exceeding the postal rate), cancelled by the (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 13 02 85. View. H/s “receiver” of the BA Sydney Passenger Manager, dated 14 FEB 1985, on reverse. Koala cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15
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BPH7/22 1985 First Flight from Sydney to Bahrain. Australia 85c Rock Painting cancelled by the cds/cachet of Sydney International Airport dated 15 FE 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Camel cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15

BPH7/23 1985 First Flight from Perth(Australia) to Bahrain. Australia 85c Angelfish cancelled by the cds/cachet of Perth Philatelic Sales Centre dated 15 FE 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Pipeline cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15

BPH7/24 1985 First Flight from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Bahrain. Sri Lanka 7.00 definitive cancelled by the cds of Colombo Airport dated 15 2 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Arabic script cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15

BPH7/25 1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Bangkok. Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (with 15f Sh Isa to make up postal rate), cancelled (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 02 03 85. View. Bangkok GPO h/s “receiver” dated 03 03 1985 with temple cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15

BPH7/26 1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Hong Kong. Stamps from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (exceeding the postal rate), cancelled by the (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 02 03 85. View. H/s “receiver” of the BA Hong Kong office, dated 3 MARCH 1985, on reverse. Dragon cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15
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BPH7/27 1985 First Flight from Hong Kong to Bahrain. $1.30 stamp of Jockey Club Centenary cancelled by a Hong Kong cds dated 4 MR 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 04 03 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Mosque cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15
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BPH7/28 1985 First Flight from Bangkok to Bahrain. Thailand definitives cancelled by the Bangkok GPO cds of dated 4.3.85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 04 03 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Falcon cachet, brief flight details and (neat,tiny) address printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. Ł 15

Item	Description	Price
Inaugural Scheduled Fights of British Airways service between London and Bahrain
BPH7/01	Pair of very smart covers produced by Rembrandt as the official British Aircraft Corporation covers. Numbered pair from a declared printing of 2000 carrying the appropriate cachets and signed by the pilots. Destination address on peelable labels. View London - Bahrain or Bahrain - London	Pair Ł 45 Sold
BPH7/02	GB airletter addressed on a peelable label to the BAC agent (as previous item) and numbered 039. Appropriate cachets (flight details cachet applied on reverse), cancellation and Bahrain “receiver” on reverse. View.	Ł 15
BPH7/03	Unusual official souvenir cover for Heathrow Airport. Appropriate cancellation. View. Stiffener provides Heathrow and Concorde information. Destination address on peelable label.	Ł 12
BPH7/04	Bahrain minisheet on illustrated cover with inscription in Arabic and English. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation and cachet. Insert card is blank.View.	Ł 25
BPH7/05	Bahrain minisheet on plain cover. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation, dated British Airways inaugural flight cachet and handling agents numbered “receiver” cachet. Printed stiffener with full flight details.View.	Ł 25
BPH7/06	Bahrain minisheet on smaller (7.25 x 5 inches) plain cover. Signed by pilot Brian Calvert. Unaddressed. Appropriate cancellation but no cachets. Insert is a photocopy of full flight details.View.	Ł 28 Sold
BPH7/07	Harrison & Sons presentation folder with block of 4 sheet stamps of the Bahrain Concorde issue mounted inside. Excellent condition (clean, corners not bashed, etc). View folder. View stamps.	Ł 48
BPH7/08	Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 4.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. View.Unaddressed. Opened cleanly at right side and containing photocopy of flight details.	Ł 15
BPH7/09	Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Contains photocopy of flight details.	Ł 18 Sold
BPH7/10	Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976 and dated inaugural flight cachet in Arabic and English. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Contains photocopy of flight details. Very slight soiling of the envelope.	Ł 15 Sold
BPH7/11	Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976 and dated British Airways inaugural flight cachet on front (View),and handling agents “receiver” cachet on reverse (View). Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Stiffener provides full flight details.	Ł 25
BPH7/12	Bahrain First Flight cover (6 x 4.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with a single from the sheet stamps cancelled by a very good strike (illusive) of the dated inaugural flight cachet in Arabic and English, and with the British Airways inaugural flight. View. Unaddressed and unsealed (flap tucked in). Stiffener provides full flight details.	Ł 18 Sold
Last Scheduled Fight of British Airways service between Bahrain and London
BPH7/13	Official Bahrain First Flight cover (8.5 x 5.5 inches), inscribed in English and Arabic, with block of 4 of the sheet stamps cancelled by the official Bahrain P.O. Inaugural Flight handstamp dated 22 Jan 1976. Unaddressed. Additional single from the sheet stamps, cancelled by the Manama(2) steel cds, dated 30 OC 80. Cachet in violet, LAST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT / OF CONCORDE BAHRAIN / TO LONDON BA’16’ / 30TH OCTOBER 1980. View. Reverse carries Heathrow Airport cds dated 30 OCT 1980. View There are many Concorde First Flights but very few Last Flights	Ł 95 Sold
H.M. QEII Visit to the Gulf – Flight covers This group of six covers is priced individually to a total of Ł 99. They are available as a complete group of six at the reduced price of Ł 80
BPH7/14	HM Flight from London to Kuwait. GB Shetland Pony stamp cancelled by Heathrow Airport cachet/cancellation dated 12 FEB 1979. View. On reverse, double-ring, bilingual cds of GPO KUWAIT dated 12 FE 79. Brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse.	Ł 18
BPH7/15	First Flight from Kuwait to Bahrain. Kuwait 1978 Information Centre 30 fils stamp, cancelled by double-ring, bilingual cds of GPO KUWAIT dated 12 FE 79. View. On reverse, MANAMA(2) cds dated 12 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII travelled from Kuwait to Bahrain by sea. Concorde flew to Bahrain to await her arrival. Hence this was not a Royal Flight	Ł 15
BPH7/16	HM Flight from Bahrain to Riyadh. Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue, cancelled by Manama(2) cds dated 17 FE 79. View. On reverse a Riyadh machine “receiver” dated 17-2 1979. Brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse. This is said to be the scarce cover amongst this group due to some being trashed in the local post offices.	Ł 18
BPH7/17	First flight from Riyadh to Bahrain. Saudi 25h Oil Rig cancelled by bilingual Riyadh cds dated 17-2.1979. View.. Reverse carries Manama(2) receiver cds dated 17 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII stayed in Riyadh for a few days whilst Concorde returned to Bahrain where servicing cover was available from engineers who supported the scheduled Heathrow/Bahrain service.	Ł 15
BPH7/18	HM QEII Flight from Riyadh to Dahran. Saudi 20h Mosque cancelled by bilingual Riyadh cds dated 19-2.1979. View.. Reverse carries DHAHRAN receiver cds dated 19-2-1979. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener is a British Airways Certificate of Authenticity with full flight details on the reverse.	Ł 18
BPH7/19	First flight from Dhahran to Bahrain. Saudi 25h Oil Rig cancelled by bilingual Dhahran cds dated 19-2.1979. View. Reverse carries Manama(2) receiver cds dated 19 FE 79. Basic flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details. HM QEII left Dhahran by sea. Concorde returned to Bahrain en-route home to U.K.	Ł 15
Concorde First Flights to and from Bahrain.
BPH7/20	1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Perth (Australia). Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (with 15f Sh Isa to make up postal rate), cancelled (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 13 02 85. View. Perth h/s “receiver” dated 14 FEB 1985 on reverse. Map/Kangaroo cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15 Sold
BPH7/21	1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Sydney. Stamps from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (exceeding the postal rate), cancelled by the (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 13 02 85. View. H/s “receiver” of the BA Sydney Passenger Manager, dated 14 FEB 1985, on reverse. Koala cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15 Sold
BPH7/22	1985 First Flight from Sydney to Bahrain. Australia 85c Rock Painting cancelled by the cds/cachet of Sydney International Airport dated 15 FE 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Camel cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15
BPH7/23	1985 First Flight from Perth(Australia) to Bahrain. Australia 85c Angelfish cancelled by the cds/cachet of Perth Philatelic Sales Centre dated 15 FE 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Pipeline cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15
BPH7/24	1985 First Flight from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Bahrain. Sri Lanka 7.00 definitive cancelled by the cds of Colombo Airport dated 15 2 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 15 02 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Arabic script cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15
BPH7/25	1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Bangkok. Single stamp from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (with 15f Sh Isa to make up postal rate), cancelled (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 02 03 85. View. Bangkok GPO h/s “receiver” dated 03 03 1985 with temple cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15
BPH7/26	1985 First Flight from Bahrain to Hong Kong. Stamps from the Bahrain 1976 Concorde issue (exceeding the postal rate), cancelled by the (new) “continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 02 03 85. View. H/s “receiver” of the BA Hong Kong office, dated 3 MARCH 1985, on reverse. Dragon cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15 Sold
BPH7/27	1985 First Flight from Hong Kong to Bahrain. $1.30 stamp of Jockey Club Centenary cancelled by a Hong Kong cds dated 4 MR 85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 04 03 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Mosque cachet and brief flight details printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15 Sold
BPH7/28	1985 First Flight from Bangkok to Bahrain. Thailand definitives cancelled by the Bangkok GPO cds of dated 4.3.85. View. “Continental-type” cds of Manama(20) dated 04 03 85, as a “receiver” on the reverse. Falcon cachet, brief flight details and (neat,tiny) address printed on the cover. Stiffener carries full flight details.	Ł 15