Lord Bernard Weatherill 1939 WW2 Radio Chamberlain Message Benham Hand Signed FD

STB08  This is stunning Benhams collectors official limited Outbreak of War WW2 first day cover hand signed by former House Of Commons speaker Bernard Weatherill 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 with full hallmarking and authenticity of the series further detailed in absolute brand new mint condition. You wont source better.

Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 1992. 

Weatherill enlisted as a private in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry of the British Army a few days after the start of World War II. He was commissioned into the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in May 1941 and reached the rank of captain in 1943. He was attached to 19th King George V's Own Lancers, Indian Army, after being posted to Burma. While on active service, Weatherill spent time in Bengal, where he embraced the local culture, including learning Urdu and taking up meditation.

In the House Of Commons he was the last Speaker to wear a wig while in the chair. He commented that the wig is a wonderful device that allows the Speaker to pretend not to hear some things. He enforced the rights of Parliament to be publicly told of government policies before they were announced to the press or elsewhere. A portrait of him by Robin-Lee Hall hangs in Portcullis House