Stamp first day cover insert / presentation pack
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1972
This philatelic item is recorded as a Post Office First Day Cover relating to three stamps issued to commemorate significant anniversaries. The commemorated subjects recorded are the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the 1822 founding of H.M. Coastguard, and the 1872 birth of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Made of paper, the object is a rectangular folded card or informational insert featuring printed text against a pink surface, divided into explanatory sections regarding the stamps and their subjects. A collection sticker bearing the accession number CIRC.499A-1973 is affixed to the lower right. The item was produced in the United Kingdom around 1972 and distributed by the General Post Office.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- General Post Office
- Place recorded
- UK
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Stamp
- Museum object number
- CIRC.499 to D-1973
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.