BIB_ID
346646
Accession number
MA 8657
Published
Walsall : Royal Mail Group, 2013.
Credit line
Gift of Joan Kiely, 2013.
Description
1 sheet (2 p.) : col. ill., port. ; 39 x 21.5 cm
Provenance
Gift of Joan Kiely, 2013.
Summary
One sheet (2 p.) featuring six first class postage stamps with added graphics by Angela Barrett illustrating Jane Austen's novels. Issued by the Royal Mail Group Ltd. on 21 February 2013 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice. Also illustrated with reproductions of the 1869 engraved portrait of Austen (made after a sketch by her sister Cassandra) and an engraving of Steventon Parsonage. With introductory text by P. D. James.
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