Sujet

Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Extraordinary Accumulation of Postage Stamps, 1850. '...a young lady...was to be placed in a convent, by her father, if she did not procure...one million of used postage stamps. This caused numerous persons to forward stamps for the purpose of securing her liberty. In March last, a lady...mentioned the conditions to her friends, and in a short time the lady began to receive packages by post and railway from every quarter, which poured in in such numbers, that, in ten days...she received parcels containing millions of stamps...it became necessary to give public notice...that it was urgently desired no more stamps should be sent, as the young lady had procured the number she required. The accompanying Sketch gives some idea of the packages. One of them is a large wine-hamper; another, a large wine-cooler; next, a large clothes-basket'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_354

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36,6Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 21,9cm / 4960 x 2581 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual communication communications basket baskets British post mail funny Victorian collection century Britain newspapers press concept parcel parcels B&W collecting stamps post office collectible engraved engraving philately postal service postage stamp 19th century stamp collecting black & white black and white B W nineteenth century postage stamps The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century