Envelope
Category
Ephemera
Date
10 Dec 1984
Materials
paper, pen, pencil, ink, glue
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749075.114
Summary
Christmas Greetings Card - The white envelope that has been opened via a slit in the top and holds twenty Christmas cards dating to 1984. White paper envelope of diamond construction with 'CHRISTMAS CARDS 19854 handwritten on the back in pencil by William Jnr. On the front centre handwritten in blue biro the address; 'William Straw, Esq, 7, Blyth Grove, Blyth Road, Worksop, Notts.'. In the top right corner a '13P' pink postage stamp with queen Elizabeth II portrait facing left. Over which is stamped a partial square black ink postal mark to the left of which is a circular postal mar 'SHEFIELD M.L.O. A3' with the date '10 DEC 1984' in the centre.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.