Identity area
Reference code
TAA iii.41
Title
Collector's album with stamps: Tutankhamun-related
Date(s)
- 1933 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 stamp album with affixed stamps, and a set of loose stamps from the same set
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Name of creator
(1879-1940)
Name of creator
(1874-1928)
Name of creator
(1867-1945)
Name of creator
(1879-1963)
Name of creator
(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
Archival history
TAA iii.41 - Acquired from a market stall in Oxford, by Elizabeth Fleming, in 2020.
TAA iii.41a - Acquired in an online auction by Elizabeth Fleming, in 2020.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
TAA iii.41 and 41a - Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tutankhamun-related stamp album with a full set of affixed collectable 'picture stamps', issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., in 1933.
- "Nestlé's Picture Stamp Album, vol. 2: Wonders of the World", with a complete set of stamps affixed to the album pages.
- 16 pages and covers
- Including "Tutankhamen’s Tomb" = series no. 18 on p. 9, 12 stamps.
- Issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., Vevey, Switzerland.
- Printed by F. Stannard, London, United Kingdom.
- 12 numbered Tutankhamun stamps, artist's impressions, most based on Harry Burton's photographs:
- No. 1. The Valley of the Kings.
- No. 2. The Ante-Chamber.
- No. 3. The back of the Royal Throne.
- No. 4. Entrance to the Tomb.
- No. 5. In the Treasure Chamber.
- No. 6. The Royal Ship.
- No. 7. Statue of Pharaoh on the Leopard.
- No. 8. Golden Falcon with Sun Disc.
- No. 9. The Golden Coffin.
- No. 10. The Golden Mask of the Mummy.
- No. 11. The Head of the Mummy.
- No. 12. Plan of the Tomb.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
- Annotations on cover:
- "
Joan Millins" - "Joan Millins vol. 2."
- "Miss Joan Millin's Book
Book"
- "