The Schelly Collection ( English Shelley Collection ) is a collection of philatelic materials relating to the Spanish Civil War . The collection was compiled by and is part of the British Library's philatelic collections [1] .
History
This collection was collected by R. Shelley, who bequeathed it to the British Library in 2003 [1] . Ronald Shelley was a remarkable figure in the philatelic environment of Great Britain . He specialized in collecting philatelic materials in Spain and had a particular interest in things relating to the period of the Spanish Civil War [2] .
Description
The British library considered it a great success to get a collection of Shelley in which the mail correspondence of the International Brigades was presented [2] .
The collection consists of five volumes and mainly includes envelopes of past mail letters that were sent to or addressed to members of the International Brigades [3] .
The Shelley supplemented the , which was originally lent by the British Library from the funds of the Spanish Study Circle [2] , and then also became part of the British Library Philatelic Collections.
See also
- Spanish Civil War
- History of mail and postage stamps of Spain
- Philatelic Collections of the British Library
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Shelley Collection . Philatelic: Philatelic Collections: Collections Overview: Country collections . L .: British Library (November 30, 2003). The appeal date is October 7, 2015. Archived September 22, 2012.
- 2 1 2 3 The Shelley Collection // British Library Philatelic Collections Newsletter. - L .: The British Library Philatelic Collections, 2006. - Issue 9 (Spring). - P. 3. - ISSN 1364-887X. (English) (Checked December 22, 2015) Archived December 22, 2015.
- Ations Donations Received: Spanish Civil War - Blackburn Collection // British Library Philatelic Collections Newsletter. - L .: The British Library Philatelic Collections, 2012. - Issue 19 (Spring). - P. 4. - ISSN 1364-887X. (eng.)
Literature
- Shelley RG 1936-1939. - 1st edn. - Brighton: RG Shelley, 1967. (English)
- Shelley RG 1936-1939. - 4th edn. - Spanish Philatelic Society Bookclub, 1974. - 64 p. - B0063HNU4C. - (Spanish Philatelic Society Bookclub No. 1). (English) [≡]
Links
- Spain Postal History Resources (English) . Country and Topical Resources . Worldwide postal history website - Postalhistory.org. - Links to Internet resources and literature on the history of Spanish mail and stamps on the website "Postalhistory.org" ( Australia ). The date of circulation is January 29, 2012. Archived May 15, 2012.