A fine album of autographed First Day Covers relating to European Cup Finals in the 1960s and 1970s,the meticulously compiled album including complementary photographs, typescript text to illustrate and tell the stories of the Finals represented by the signed FDCs, also some occasional unsigned FDCs, the album commencing with a card signed by the delegates of the 12th UEFA Congress held in Edinburgh in May 1974, Sir Stanley Rous, Atemio Franchi. Antoine Chiarisoli, Helmut Kazer, Hans Bangerter etc.; thereafter the European Cup Finals autographed FDCs comprise: 1964 Real Madrid v FC Inter, a team-signed FDC for both teams; 1968 Manchester United v Benfica, a team-signed FDC for both teams, plus a further example bearing 3 Benfica signatures, a trio signed by Matt Busby, Bobby Charlton & Bill Foulkes; 1969 AC Milan v Ajax, FDC part-signed by 8 members of the Ajax team including Cruyff; 1971 Ajax v Panathinaikos, FDC signed by Puskas and his Panathinaikos team, and another signed individually by the manager Puskas; 1975 Leeds United v Bayern Munich, FDC signed by the Leeds United team; 1976 Bayern Munich v St Etienne, a team-signed FDC for both teams, plus a further one signed by the match officials; 1977 Liverpool v Borussia Moenchengladbach, FDC signed by the Liverpool team, and another by captain Emlyn Hughes; 1978 Liverpool v Brugges KV, a team-signed FDC for both teams, a further example signed by the 'Boot Room' team of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan & Ronnie Moran, and anothed signed by club captain and winning goalscorer Kenny Dalglish; the album also containing match programmes for the 1976, 1977 & 1978 European Cup FinalsProvenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.
£2,000 - £3,000
A fine album of autographed First Day Covers relating to European Cup Finals in the 1960s and 1970s,the meticulously compiled album including complementary photographs, typescript text to illustrate and tell the stories of the Finals represented by the signed FDCs, also some occasional unsigned FDCs, the album commencing with a card signed by the delegates of the 12th UEFA Congress held in Edinburgh in May 1974, Sir Stanley Rous, Atemio Franchi. Antoine Chiarisoli, Helmut Kazer, Hans Bangerter etc.; thereafter the European Cup Finals autographed FDCs comprise: 1964 Real Madrid v FC Inter, a team-signed FDC for both teams; 1968 Manchester United v Benfica, a team-signed FDC for both teams, plus a further example bearing 3 Benfica signatures, a trio signed by Matt Busby, Bobby Charlton & Bill Foulkes; 1969 AC Milan v Ajax, FDC part-signed by 8 members of the Ajax team including Cruyff; 1971 Ajax v Panathinaikos, FDC signed by Puskas and his Panathinaikos team, and another signed individually by the manager Puskas; 1975 Leeds United v Bayern Munich, FDC signed by the Leeds United team; 1976 Bayern Munich v St Etienne, a team-signed FDC for both teams, plus a further one signed by the match officials; 1977 Liverpool v Borussia Moenchengladbach, FDC signed by the Liverpool team, and another by captain Emlyn Hughes; 1978 Liverpool v Brugges KV, a team-signed FDC for both teams, a further example signed by the 'Boot Room' team of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan & Ronnie Moran, and anothed signed by club captain and winning goalscorer Kenny Dalglish; the album also containing match programmes for the 1976, 1977 & 1978 European Cup FinalsProvenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.