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Description: | This collection includes the stamps which form the theme of the museum. There are early and rare stamps, and stamps covering the period from 1840 to the present; also included are receipts for mail; Victorian illustrated covers; early postal parliamentary documents; a piece of early Egyptian letter written on papyrus; airmail letters; valentines cards; shipwreck mail; envelopes; and a 1727 document signed by Ralph Allen. | Subjects: | Archives | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01225 460 333 | Telephone: | 01225 460 333 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:3873 | Go to resource |
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