Shelley Collection
{{short description|Collection of philatelic material relating to the Spanish Civil War}}
The Shelley Collection is a collection of philatelic material relating to the Spanish Civil War that forms part of the British Library Philatelic Collections.[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/philatelic/philateliccollections/collectionsoverview/collectionscountry/philcollectionscountry.html The Shelley Collection.] British Library, 28 January 2012.
The collection is in five volumes and mainly comprises covers used to and from the International Brigades."Donations Received: Spanish Civil War - Blackburn Collection" in British Library Philatelic Collections Newsletter, Issue 19, Spring 2012, p. 4. It was formed by Ronald G. Shelley and bequeathed to the library in 2003.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Shelley, Ronald G. The postal history of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Brighton: R.G. Shelley, 1967.
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320104949/http://www.postalhistory.org/sites/spain.htm Spanish Postal History Resources]
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Category:British Library Philatelic Collections
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