Item TAA iii.41 - Collector's album with stamps: Tutankhamun-related

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TAA iii.41

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Collector's album with stamps: Tutankhamun-related

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  • 1933 (Creation)

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1 stamp album with affixed stamps, and a set of loose stamps from the same set

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(1874-1939)

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(1879-1940)

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(1867-1945)

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(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.

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TAA iii.41 and 41a - Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

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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.

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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TAA iii.41a - Set of loose stamps, only Tutankhamun.

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  • Annotations on cover:
    • "Joan Millins"
    • "Joan Millins vol. 2."
    • "Miss Joan Millin's Book Book"

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