Identity area
Reference code
TAA iii.51.3.1.1-4
Title
Date(s)
- 2022 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
4 envelopes with enclosures
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British archaeologist and photographer. Born, Stamford 1879. Died, Asyut 1940. Began his photographic career in Florence with the art historian Henry Hobart Cust. He was then engaged as a excavator at Thebes by Theodore Davis between 1910-14. Then from 1... »
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, ... »
Name of creator
Biographical history
Griffith Institute staff member, November 1982 to date.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Royal Mail Group Limited in December 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Four First Day Covers, all 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. The insert is the ... »
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
- The Special Stamp Collection 'Tutankhamun' is © Royal Mail Group Limited.
- The text and many accompanying images, including the three Burton photographs featured on stamps, are © Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. The Royal Mail has licensed the text and images for the period 02-09-2022 to 02-09-2025 (inclusive).
- Araldo De Luca supplied the main stamp colour images. See https://araldodeluca.com/ (accessed 19/06/2023).
Notes area
Note
- First Day Cover texts composed by Elizabeth Fleming, in 2022.