First day cover
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
220 mm (width); 110 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 658010
Summary
A white envelope, a 1st Day Cover for the Year of the Child 1979, by courtsey of Tellastory. It is addressed to Bartlett Bliss Productions, 39, Warwick Gardens, London, W14 8PH. The 9p stamp has a picture of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck and Squirrel Nutkin and the words 'The Story of Peter Rabbit, The Year of the Child'. The franking stamp has 'Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943, Lived in Near Sawrey, 11 July 1979, Ambleside, Cumbria'. A picture of Peter Rabbit in the bottom left-hand corner.