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.....continued Great Britain Collections The Board of Inland Revenue Stamping Department Archive comprises postage and revenue proof material 1710 to date and postal stationery. It includes large numbers of proof sheets in black, India postage and revenue stamps as well as issues of Great Britain overprinted for use in other territories, in proof and issued form. Very extensive. The Chinchen Collection is of Lundy Island, formed by Barry Chinchen and donated in 1977. The H M Customs and Excise Collection of revenue stamps in proof or registration form includes Table Water Duty, Medicine Tax, Playing Card Tax stamps and Pension Order Forms. Transferred in 2002. The Ewen Collection is of railway letter stamps 1891 to 1912 with proofs, sheets and covers. It was formed by H L’Estrange Ewen and donated in 1949. The Fletcher Collection covers nearly 300 years of public and private postal services. About half of the Collection is of pre-adhesive postal and other markings which illustrate the development and operation of a large number of different services. The remainder comprises issued stamps, some postal stationery including many plate reconstructions and is mainly used. The Collection was formed by H G Fletcher and transferred from the London Borough of Haringey in 1989. Extensive in 341 volumes. The Harrison and Sons Collection is mainly of Egypt 1921-22 issue and Palestine 1927-45 issue. Donated by De La Rue in 2002. The HMSO Collection includes Excise Revenue, National Savings and National Insurance stamps. The Landmark Trust Lundy Island Philatelic Archive includes artwork, essays, proofs and issued stamps from 1969 and an extensive range of postmarking devices from 1929. Given by the Trust in 1991. The Langmead Collection comprise Great Britain and Ireland Telegraph stamps and stationery formed by Peter Langmead and received via the in lieu of tax scheme in 1991. The McInroy Collection see under General Collections The Scott Collection see under Air Mail Collections. The Sherborn Collection is of postal stationery envelopes of 1841. It was formed by C Davis Sherborn and donated in 1913. The Treasury Excise Correspondence Collection comprises entire letters between the Treasury and the Excise from 1826 to the 1840s showing a wide variety of postal marks and rates. Transferred from HM Customs and Excise in 1992. The Turner Collection is of railway letter stamps 1891 to the mid-1940s and is strong in covers. Formed by S R Turner RDP and bequeathed in 1973. The Turner Collection is of Newspaper tax stamps and of the 1694 6d revenue tax stamps. Formed by S R Turner RDP and bequeathed in 1973. The Walker Collection is of Channel Islands second world War German occupation issues (mainly Guernsey). Given in 1948 by G L Walker. Air Mail Collections The Fitz Gerald Collection is of world air mails to the 1930s strong in France, Germany, Italy, Newfoundland and the United States. Formed by Mrs Augustine Fitz Gerald and given in 1947. The Monks Collection is of air mails to and from South Africa formed by David Monks and bequeathed in 1981. The Seymour Collection is of mail associated with the Comet aircraft, was formed by Kenneth Seymour and donated by his son and daughter in 2003. The Scott Collection is of Great Britain inland air mails to the late 1970s. Formed by H Eric Scott and given in 1977. Country Collections The Bailey Collection is of Spain 1936-39 Civil War postal history material mainly covers. Formed by Eric Bailey and now on loan from the Spanish Study Circle. The Bojanowicz Collection is of Polish postal history 1939-1946 including Wartime posts in Poland and Polish Free Forces. Formed by M A Bojanowicz RDP and donated in 1966. The Burnett Collection is of Hyderabad postage stamps, postal stationery and postal history. Formed by A H Burnett and given by his sons A D and R G Burnett in 1991. The Chand Collection of classic Mauritius postage stamps on cover and postal history is on loan from Vikram Chand of Singapore. The Davies Collection is of Libya revenue stamps 1955 to 1969, was formed from the Bradbury Wilkinson Archive and presented by J N Davies in 1992. The Foreign Office Collection is of Germany 1945-48 Allied Military Administration issues and consists of proofs, colour trails and issued stamps. Transferred from the Foreign Office in 1956. The Ginger Collection is of the postage stamps of Victoria (Australia) and covers the period 1850 to 1883. It was formed by George Ginger RDP and is on loan from The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester. The Kaluski Collection is of Poland postage stamps to 2002 including Russian issues, German occupation issues, the Polish Government in Exile, etc. Formed by Janusz Kaluski and donated in 2003. The Model Collection is of Germany 1945-46 provisional issues unused and on covers. Formed by Dr Walther Model von Thunen and presented in 1956. The Murray Collection is of China from 1865 to the mid 1950s, mainly unused and used with some blocks and covers. Formed by Engineer Captain J A Murray and Dr S E Murray and presented by Maurice Murray in 1980. The Row Collection of Siam from 1883 to 1918 is chiefly unused with many blocks and is strong in the various surcharges including some postal stationery and issues used in Kedah and Kelantan. Formed by R W H Row and presented in 1919. The Ryan Collection is of Hungarian municipal revenue stamps in proof and issued form. Formed by Gary Ryan and donated in 2001. The Shelley Collection is of Spain 1936-39 Civil War International Brigades mainly covers. Formed by Ronald Shelley and bequeathed in 2003. The Smith Collection is of League of Nations material and United Nations postage stamps and covers. It was formed by M Martin Smith and was bequeathed in 2002. < Back Next > | ||
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