Ewen Collection: Papers on the negotiations between the Postmaster General and the Railway Companies regarding the introduction of a Railway Letters Post on 1st February 1891
Scope & Content:
Official papers and ephemera. Includes material relating to the Court Bureau.
Worldwide collection of air mails to the 1930s particularly strong in material from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Newfoundland, New Zealand and the United States of America (USA).
Collection covering three centuries of the public and private postal services of Great Britain and Ireland. Half the collection focuses upon pre-adhesive era postal history and other markings illustrating the development and operation fo various postal services. The remainder focuses on postag...
International collection of British Commonwealth stamps, revenue stamps, postal stationery and some paper money from c. 1890-1992. Includes some of the printing plates for the North Borneo 1894 issue postage stamps.
Worldwide collection of all small acquisitions philatelic, postal history, paper money and security printing materials revieved from 1922 to the present time. Includes the Great Britain St Kilda Mailboat, the Perkins 'D' Cylinder Press, various printing dies, plates and stamps.
Small international collection of proof and specimen material, some with printers annotations, relating to the manufacture of currency notes, banknotes provincial banknotes and bills of exchange for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), England, Greece, Guernsey, India, Irelan...