[Jane Austen stamp set] / Royal Mail Group.

Record ID: 
346646
Accession number: 
MA 8657
Credit: 
Gift of Joan Kiely, 2013.
Description: 
1 sheet (2 p.) : col. ill., port. ; 39 x 21.5 cm
Summary: 

One sheet (2 p.) featuring six first class postage stamps with added graphics by Angela Barrett illustrating Jane Austen's novels. Issued by the Royal Mail Group Ltd. on 21 February 2013 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice. Also illustrated with reproductions of the 1869 engraved portrait of Austen (made after a sketch by her sister Cassandra) and an engraving of Steventon Parsonage. With introductory text by P. D. James.

Provenance: 
Gift of Joan Kiely, 2013.