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Call Number:
MSS 1
Title(s):
Early Albums
Date:
1937-1955
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Early Albums
Provenance:
Bequest of Fred Mallender II, Yale Class of 1952.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Other rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Comprises albums formed during Mallender's early collecting years. The first three albums (volumes A-C) in this series form a general collection of Commonwealth stamps of the period. Organization is alphabetical, by country or territory. Stamps are placed in standard mounts, with multiple mounts affixed to the recto of each album page (on black paper). The majority of mounted items are individual stamps, with infrequent mounting of stamp sheets or booklets. The country or territory name is written in white ink at the top of each page, with additional notes interspersed describing the title or date of an individual stamp or series. Volumes D and E of the first series house thematic collections. Volume D contains three themes: the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, in 1949; the Coronation of King George VI, 1937; and the Silver Wedding anniversary of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1948. Each of these three themes bears an original watercolor title page, in Mallender's youthful hand. Stamps within each theme are organized alphabetically by Commonwealth country or territory, without annotations. The next album (volume E) is also thematic, but the stamps are mounted on pages printed and organized by a publisher for each of the occasions. The first of these is titled <title>British Empire Peace & Victory Issues</title> published ca. 1946 by Royal Publishing House, Racine. The second is titled <title>The White Ace Historical Album for the coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II</title>, published in 1953 by the Washington Press, Newark. In both parts, the publisher has allocated space for a fixed set of stamps to be collected, and Mallender has collected and mounted every stamp required.
Genre:
Postage stamps and Stamp albums
Subject Terms:
Colonies
On postage stamps
Peace
Postage stamps
Stamp collecting
Stamp collections
Stamp collectors
World War, 1939-1945
Associated Places:
Commonwealth countries
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, II, 1926-
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
George, King of Great Britain, VI, 1895-1952
Mallender, Fred, 1930-2003
Universal Postal Union
Finding Aid Title:
Fred Mallender Collection of British Commonwealth postage stamps
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/276
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/276?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1