SS26. Zephyr S Maiden Flight Personalised Smiler® Sheets

Name: SS26. Zephyr S Maiden Flight Personalised Smiler® Sheets
SKU: SS26
Price: 45.00 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£45.00

Please note: There will be a limit of 2 of these stamp sheets per order.

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BFPS No: Date of issue: 20/11/20 SKU: SS26 Category: Stamp Sheets Tags: flown, smiler, smiler stamp, space

Description

Description

After taking off on 11^th July 2018 in Arizona, the Zephyr S unmanned aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space logged a maiden stratospheric flight of over 25 days – the longest-duration flight ever made without refuelling. Following this flight, the UK Ministry of Defence ordered three of these systems.

Sheets of specially designed Royal Mail personal smiler^® stamps were flown aboard Zephyr S to mark this historic flight and are to be used to service commemorative covers ordered by the Defence company.