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COMING SOON
Centenary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
2019 sees the centenary of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF). It is the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity, providing financial, practical and emotional support to serving and former members of the RAF – regardless of rank – as well as their partners and dependents.
Lord Trenchard founded the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund in 1919, one year after the formation of the Royal Air Force. It was originally known as the Royal Air Force Memorial Fund as one of their charitable objects was to raise a memorial to airmen who died in the First World War. The Royal Air Force Memorial was completed in 1923 and the charity’s name changed to the Benevolent Fund in June 1933.
BFPS, in collaboration with the RAFBF, has produced a commemorative cover to mark this historic occasion to be issued on the 23rd October 2019.
The image on the cover represents the cross section of people that the RAFBF supports. A unique special handstamp numbered BFPS 3224, with the Centenary logo silhouetted in the centre, will be used to cancel the 1st class stamp “Hurricane MK 1”.
Three versions will be issued:
- standard unsigned version costing £7.50.
- ‘flown’ version – flown on a mission in ‘Tiger’ Puma HC2 Aircraft No XW224 by 230 Squadron, RAF Benson, costing £10.
- numbered limited edition signed by Air Vice-Marshall The Honourable David Murray CVO OBE, Controller of the RAFBF, costing £15.
Profits will be donated to the RAFBF.
