George Eliot - pen-name of Mary Ann Evans.... 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 George Eliot,
depicting the author of such famous novels as The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, Middlemarch
and Silas Marner.
Pictured on the stamp is the author, and the brother and sister Maggie and Tom Tulliver from The Mill on the Floss. The
stamp is cancelled from the city
of issue (The Elms - Rickmansworth) 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, The Elms was the
country home of George Eliot. The unique postmark was created to
cancel this stamp on its 'birthday.'
The large, full-color cachet
(artwork on the envelope) shows a portrait of George Eliot with a scene
from The Mill on
the Floss. It's 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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