Centenary of Olympic Games British Gold Medallist Medal Covers Set
Benham FDCs - Signed
This 1996 Centenary of Olympic Games British Gold Medallist medal covers set was issued by Benham Covers as signed First Day Covers. They celebrate all the British Olympic Gold medallists and hosts a golden replica medal of 1908 Olympics and Royal Mail stamps. Each cover is hand signed by the gold medal athlete and the set comprises of 22 FDC's. Cancelled dual postmark Meadowbank Edinburgh 9th July 1996 and Atlanta,GA 2nd May 1996.
The gold medallist covers are:
Linford Christie 1992 Athletics 100m Gold Medallist
Mary Peters 1972 Athletics Pentathlon Gold Medallist
Chris Finnegan 1968 Boxing Middleweight Gold Medallist