Description

Operation Musketeer 1956 (Suez Canal crisis)
Operation Musketeer was the Anglo-French plan for the invasion of the Suez Canal in 1956. As part of this helicopters were used to transport Royal Marines of 45 Commando 9 miles from the aircraft carrier HMS Theseus to Port Said. This was the first ever use of helicopters for an assault landing.
BFPS has produced a commemorative cover to mark this groundbreaking use of helicopters and this will be issued on the 1st November 2016
The images used on the cover and the specially produced smiler stamp were taken by ‘troops on operation’ and provide a real sense of history in the making. The smiler stamp features a helicopter landing on the deck of HMS Theseus. This will be cancelled by the ‘BFPS 3201 Operation Musketeer’ handstamp, which incorporates a silhouette of the iconic Wessex Whirlwind helicopter
They will be available on a strictly first-come-first-served basis. Ordered covers will be despatched on or soon after the 1ˢᵗ November 2016
You can also order these covers via mail order by sending a cheque made out to BFPS CIC and sending it to BFPS, The Old Post Office, Links Place, Elie, Fife, KY9 1AX.

Cost of cover £7.50