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First Day Cover: International Year for Disabled Persons 1981
PHILATELY
envelope; postage stamp
Gibbs, John; Royal Mail
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Surrey, Godalming
1981-03-25
paper; card
each stamp: 30 mm x 41 mm; overall: 127 mm x 189 mm

First Day Cover celebrating International Year for Disabled Persons. Illustration of a German shepherd guide dog standing beside its blind owner who is wearing dark spectacles, set against a globe and a set of international sign language symbols. Four stamps (14p Golden retriever guide dog leading its owner, 18p Sign language, 22p Wheelchair, 25p Foot painting. Cancelled with postmark of Godalming, Surrey and addressed in pencil to recipient. Card insert describing the scope of disability and historical efforts at its relief including the formation of the RNIB.


2008.359

College Purchase, 2008



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