The Crown Agents Collection is a collection of unused British Commonwealth
philatelic
Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting or the study of postage; it is pos ...
material produced by the
Crown Agents
Crown Agents Ltd is a not-for-profit international development company with head office in London, United Kingdom, and subsidiaries in USA and Japan.
Crown Agents fully owns Greenshields Cowie, a freight forwarding limited company incorporated in ...
since 1922. The collection forms part of the
British Library Philatelic Collections
The British Library Philatelic Collections is the national philatelic collection of the United Kingdom with over 8 million items from around the world. It was established in 1891 as part of the British Museum Library, later to become the B ...
. Material given by the Crown Agents from 1900 to 1922 is included in the Supplementary Collection.
The Crown Agents Collection
British Library, 19 January 2012.
See also
*Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive
The Crown Agents Philatelic and Security Printing Archive was deposited with the British Museum (later becoming the British Library) from the 1960s, though the first recorded deposit from the Crown Agents was in 1900. The archive consists of a ran ...
References
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British Library Philatelic Collections