The Sinking Of The Bismarck WW2 Ludovic Kennedy Benham Hand Signed FDC

STB009 This is stunning collectors official limited Sinking Of The Bismarck 1941 first day cover hand signed by Sir Ludovic Kennedy where the signature rests perfectly accompanying the special hand commemorative franks.  This comes with full lifetime COA as the signing has been officially certified by the publishers Benhams with full hallmarking and authenticity of the series further detailed in absolute brand new mint condition. You wont source better.

Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, FRSL (3 November 1919 18 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author. As well as his wartime service in the Royal Navy, he is known for presenting many current affairs programmes and for reexamining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley. He also campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.

Ludovic Kennedy followed his father into the Royal Navy; he served as an officer on destroyers, mostly in the same northern seas. His ship, HMS Tartar, was one of those that pursued the battleship Bismarck following the Battle of the Denmark Strait. He witnessed the final battle, until Bismarck was ablaze and its crew began to abandon ship, but shortage of fuel forced Tartar to depart for home before Bismarck sank. Kennedy later wrote about this in his 1974 book Pursuit, his chronicle of the chase and sinking of Bismarck