*Girls’ Comics: From 1960 to 1967, Princess weekly delighted a generation of proper young ladies, with its pretention to being a ‘magazine’ – photo-covers and lots of educational, historical and how-to features. But the comic strips kept the readers coming back for more, including ‘Alona the Wild One’, ‘The Happy Days’ and – in this selection – the very peculiar ‘Alice In Spaceland’. We have three Free Gift issues newly stocked. 10th October 1964 is the first ‘merger’ issue with the fallen Girl, the distaff Eagle which bequeathed ‘Belle and Mamie’ and ‘Lettice’ among others, to the combo title. This bribed new readers with a ‘Sparkling Princess Ring’, which is still sealed in its original envelope. When it rebranded the following year as ‘The New Princess Magazine’, the October 16th issue offered a ‘Princess Hair Band’; sadly, though the envelope is intact, the gift itself has broken into three pieces through careless handling over time. But we’re back on happier ground with the following issue, 23rd October, with the ‘Aurora Ring’ pristine in original envelope.
PICTURED: PRINCESS
10/10/64 VG/FN WITH FREE GIFT VF £60 SOLD
16/10/65 VG WITH FREE GIFT PR £15 SOLD
23/10/65 VG WITH FREE GIFT VF £40 SOLD