304 - 50th Anniversary Commemorative Pack Isle Of Man - Produced Feb 1992 (24 Stamps)

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304 - 50th Anniversary Commemorative Pack Isle Of Man - Produced Feb 1992 (24 Stamps)
£29.99

Description

Philatelic commemorative pack issued by the Isle of Man Post Office in February 1992 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Parachute Regiment. 24 stamp pack.

Front Cover
Illustrated Parachute Regiment scenes
Signed by Lieutenant General Sir Michael Gray KCB OBE
(Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993)


Back and Inside Cover
Narrative detailing the history of The Parachute Regiment from 1942 to 1992, written by Major G. G. Norton (The Parachute Regiment ret'd)


Stamps
4 sheets of se-tenant pairs of 23p, 28p and 39p Isle of Man stamps.

23p - North Africa and Italy 1942-1943, Operation Overlord Normandy June 1944
28p - Operation Market Garden Arnhem Sept 1944, Operation Varsity Rhine March 1945
39p - Near Middle & Far East 1945-1968, Operation Corporate Falkland Islands 1982


Folder and stamp designs by A. D. Theobald.