Post Office Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage at South Kensington Museum, 2nd July, 1890.
Published / Created:
London : Thos. de la Rue & Co., [1890]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 11 x 13 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts HE6932 .P67 1890 BoxYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14495180
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Commemorative postcard and envelope.1 postcard headed "Penny Postage Jubilee 1890" with portrait of Sir Rowland Hill; contained in an envelope headed "Post Officie Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage at South Kensington Museum, 2nd July 1890"; envelope illustrated with images relating to postal services from 1790-1890; both card and envelope printed in blue ink.Postcard with pictorial envelope issued at the time of the Conversazione held at the South Kensington Museum to celebrate the Jubilee of inland uniform penny postage.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Post Office -- Anniversaries, etc. | Uniform Penny Post -- Anniversaries, etc. | Anniversaries.
Form/Genre:
Commemoratives -- England -- 1890. | Postcards -- England -- 1890. | Envelopes. | Ephemera.
Contributors:
South Kensington Museum. | Thomas De La Rue & Company, printer. | Uniform Penny Post.
