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Emily Bronte.... On July 9, 1980 the Royal Mail of Great Britain issued a
set of stamps celebrating four 19th century female authors, whose
collective novels comprise some of the most important literature ever
written.The four authors are Emily
Bronte, her older sister Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot. Shown here is a genuine First
Day Cover, an envelope with the stamp honoring Emily Bronte,
depicting the poet/author and her two leading characters from her only
novel Wuthering
Heights - Catherine and Heathcliff. The stamp is
cancelled from the city of
issue (Haworth Keighley - West Yorkshire) on the first day of issue captioned
above. Each stamp in this series is cancelled from a different city,
each one having relevance to the author. In this case, Haworth in
Yorkshire was her home and where she died at the age of thirty. The
'flower' postmark is unique to the cancellation of this stamp.
The large, full-color cachet
(artwork on the envelope) shows a portrait in profile of Emily Bronte.
Based on a painting by her brother, this cachet is printed on silk surrounded by a gold
embossed border.
Historic, collectible it's matted in blue & white and will fit a
standard 8 x 10 picture frame.
***Certificate of Authenticity Included***
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