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Presentation Pack, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Presentation Pack, issued on 24 November 2022, part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

  • See https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/tutankhamun/tutankhamun-presentation-pack (accessed 19-06-2023).
  • An illustrated fold-out carrier card, 'Tutankhamun', with the main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca. Carrier card with text on the tomb's discovery on one side and a commentary for each of the objects featured in the main set of stamps on the other
  • Carrier card with the mini-set of four stamps 'Discovering Tutankhamun's Tomb', featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute, Carrier card text on the recording and conservation of the tomb's objects by Howard Carter and the excavation team.

Burton, Harry

Newspaper cutting: Royal Mail "Tutankhamun"

Newspaper cutting, 'King Tut the 1st', the brief article features one stamp (mask) from the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, issued on 24 November 2022.

Burton, Harry

Prestige Stamp Book, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Two copies of the Prestige Stamp Book, 'Tutankhamun: Finding a Pharaoh', issued on 12 December 2022 as part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Burton, Harry

Coin Cover, Royal Mail and Royal Mint: "Tutankhamun"

Two copies (identical) of the coin cover, 'The Burial of a King: Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in partnership with the Royal Mint, marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Royal Mail Group Ltd commissioned the Griffith Institute to act as consultants supplying all the text and required images for all the Special Stamp products.

  • Issued 24-11-2022.
  • See https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/tutankhamun/tutankhamun-coin-cover (accessed 19-06-2023).
  • The coin cover comprises:
    • An envelope with the main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb. Araldo De Luca supplied these images.
    • All of the stamps are hand-stamped with a design based on one of the Horus-falcon collars found in the tomb.
    • The envelope contains a carrier card with a five-pound (£5.00) coin affixed. The text describes Tutankhamun's coffins, sarcophagus and burial shrines.
  • Coin cover limited to 10,000 individually numbered covers.
  • The two coin covers are limited series numbers '05135' and '05137'.

Burton, Harry

Royal Mail Yearbook 2022: "Tutankhamun"

  • Royal Mail Yearbook 2022
  • Anonymous (ed.) 2022. A postcard from..: Royal Mail special stamps 2022. Royal Mail Yearbook 39. London: Royal Mail Group Ltd. ISBN: 9780946165773. 24.4 x 25.7 cm; 64 p., [117] figs [ills (mostly colour)] (OEB 307243).
  • The publication contains every stamp and miniature sheet issued by Royal Mail in 2022, with a chapter devoted to every Special Stamp issue. An expert in their field has written each dedicated chapter for each stamp issue. The subjects include The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb.
  • Contains the chapter 'Tutankhamun' and discusses the extraordinary period during which Tutankhamun lived, the significance of his burial and its site in the Valley of the Kings.
  • Also contains the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
  • The main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca.
  • Mini stamp sheet of four stamps featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute.

Burton, Harry