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Jul 28, 2026

Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ

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LOT 89:

Atom Bomber Brig Paul Tibbets signed 1945 RARE US VJ day FDC with Iwo Jima stamp and Washington postmark. Paul ...

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Sold for: £42

Price including buyer’s premium: £ 50.80

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£ 50

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Auction took place on Jul 28, 2026 at Chaucer Auctions

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tags: philately, stamps, covers & postal history Medals and Militaria

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Atom Bomber Brig Paul Tibbets signed 1945 RARE US VJ day FDC with Iwo Jima stamp and Washington postmark. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 4. Good condition Est.