Sunday 6 March 2016

Happy Mother's Day

I thought I'd write a post today as it's Mother's Day. Marianne died 27 years ago, but we still remember our mother daily, and are surrounded by many of her lovely things 😍 And after visiting the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the British Library this week and seeing the beautiful illustrations and memorabilia they had on display, I remembered that she owned one of the items on display - a postage stamp case from 1889. Maybe she bought it from Mr Nash at Jon Ash Rare Books...? I love it - look!

The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case
Invented by Lewis Carroll
MDCCCLXXXIX
Published by Emberlin &  Son,
4, Magdalen Street, Oxford.
(Post Free, 13d.)
Price One Shilling

Alice in Wonderland postage stamp case published by Emberlin & Son, Oxford

Alice in Wonderland postage stamp case - Emberlin & Son, Oxford


The Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the British Library in London is on until Sunday 17th April 2016 - go and see it if you can, it's free :)

Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the British Library

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