A fine album of 1966 World Cup First Day Covers with representation of all 16 competing teams,comprising: England (16 signatures, including all 11 finalists), Uruguay (21), Mexico (21), France (22), Brazil (22), Bulgaria (21), 2 x Portugal (each with 15 signatures, one postmarked Liverpool representing the Group matches, the other London for their later matches), Hungary (19), Italy (24), Chile (21), USSR (20), West Germany (21), Switzerland (23), Argentina (17), Spain (22) and North Korea (22), the album additionally containing an unsigned FDC issued for the England v West Germany Final, two further World Cup Final FDCs the first signed by hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst the other by F.A. President The Earl of Harewood; FDC signed by French captain Marcel Artilessa; FDC signed by the Brazilian team doctor Hilton Gosling on the occasion of the pre-World Cup match v Scotland, Gosling had a Scottish grandfather; and additional Brazil team FDC, part-signed by 14 members of the squad; another FDC signed by Pele with full signature; two further FDCs for the Soviet team the pair bearing a total of 15 signatures; and finally a FDC signed by the Italy team that travelled to Scotland for the 1966 World Cup Qualification match, which is a quite different group of players to those selected for the tournamentProvenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.
£4,000 - £6,000
A fine album of 1966 World Cup First Day Covers with representation of all 16 competing teams,comprising: England (16 signatures, including all 11 finalists), Uruguay (21), Mexico (21), France (22), Brazil (22), Bulgaria (21), 2 x Portugal (each with 15 signatures, one postmarked Liverpool representing the Group matches, the other London for their later matches), Hungary (19), Italy (24), Chile (21), USSR (20), West Germany (21), Switzerland (23), Argentina (17), Spain (22) and North Korea (22), the album additionally containing an unsigned FDC issued for the England v West Germany Final, two further World Cup Final FDCs the first signed by hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst the other by F.A. President The Earl of Harewood; FDC signed by French captain Marcel Artilessa; FDC signed by the Brazilian team doctor Hilton Gosling on the occasion of the pre-World Cup match v Scotland, Gosling had a Scottish grandfather; and additional Brazil team FDC, part-signed by 14 members of the squad; another FDC signed by Pele with full signature; two further FDCs for the Soviet team the pair bearing a total of 15 signatures; and finally a FDC signed by the Italy team that travelled to Scotland for the 1966 World Cup Qualification match, which is a quite different group of players to those selected for the tournamentProvenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.