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First Day Cover: 150th Anniversary of the Royal Microscopical Society
PHILATELY
envelope; postage stamp
Royal Mail
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Berkshire, Reading
1989-09-05
paper; card
each stamp: 38 mm x 35 mm; overall: 127 mm x 190 mm
2008.360
PHILATELY
envelope; postage stamp
Royal Mail
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Berkshire, Reading
1989-09-05
paper; card
each stamp: 38 mm x 35 mm; overall: 127 mm x 190 mm
First Day Cover celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Royal Microscopical Society. Embossed illustration of a microscope in gold. Four stamps (19p Snowflake X10, 27p Blue Fly X5, 32p Blood Cells X500, 35p Microchip X600. Cancelled with postmark of Reading, Berkshire and addressed in ink to recipient. Card insert describing the use of microscopes in firing the popular imagination, science (scanning tunnelling microscope), medicine and industry (e.g. metallurgy, computing, lasers).
2008.360
College Purchase, 2008