Item TAA iii.41a - Collector's album, stamps only: Tutankhamun-related

Set of 12 stamps

Acquired in an online auction by Elizabeth Fleming, in 2020.

Presented by Elizabeth Fleming in July 2021.

A complete set of 12 Tutankhamun-related stamps, issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., in 1933.

• "Tutankhamen’s Tomb"
• 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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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

TAA iii.41 - 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.