Issued Collection (#9)

The Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, Cork, 1879
Engraving of the Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, November 1879. A Board of Trade paper had been issued that year, praising the lighthouse and the quality of its light

Death Certificate 1941
Death certificate issued when Alan Sandersons ship Inverness is sunk by the enemy in the North Atlantic in World War Two. He is missing, supposed drowned

Baptism Note 1876
A handwritten copy of a baptism certificate issued in 1876 for a baptism in 1840

Disobedience Forum
Handbill issued by the Committee of 100 inviting you to join Bertrand Russell at a Mass Forum on Civil Disobedience against Nuclear weapons

Wartime Leaflets
Three public information leaflets, issued in Britain during World War Two, Air Raid Precautions, Your Gas Mask and Evacuation: Why and How

Vendee : Passport
Facsimile of a passport issued at Chollet (Cholet) by the royalists in the Vendee by the commanders of the catholic and royal armies of the Breton resistance

National Insurance
The beginning of the Welfare State : a booklet issued by the Ministry of National Insurance, explaining the benefits of the scheme which gives us all sickness benefits

Issue of Passes
At the Tauride Palace, passes are issued to the citizens of Petrograd by the revolutionary authorities

Red Guard Learn Guns
Red Guard from the Putilov factory are issued with guns and taught what to do with them : they pose for the camera

War Announced
Citizens of Lyon read the proclamation issued by Napoleon III, announcing his intention of invading Italy

Weapons / Explosives
Title-page of Alfred Nobels patent for nitroglycerine, issued at Stockholm 1866

Licence for Servant
A LICENCE FOR ONE MALE SERVANT Issued by the Inland Revenue at Castle Cary, Somerset, 14 January 1891

Temple of Phtah, Egypt
This recumbent statue of Ramses Sesostris at Memphis is all that remains of the Temple of Phtah where the decree on the Rosetta Stone was issued Date: 1858

Blackpool Rail Excurs
Flyer issued by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway announcing Excursion Trains to the Musical Festival at Blackpool, and Lytham St. Annes

Donating Hair Ww1 Berlin
A poster appealing for donations of womens hair, issued by the Collecting Committee, Berlin

Passport 1921
Joint passport for husband and wife, issued to Mr and Mrs Digby Lander (parents of Mary Evans who founded this Library)

Washington / Polish Stamp
Polish stamps issued to commemorate the bicentenary of the Polish patriots Kosciusko and Pulaski, who fought with George Washington in the American War of Independence

Platform Ticket
Platform ticket issued by British Rail at Victoria Station, London, entitling the purchaser to go onto the platform of their choice, but not to travel on a train

Good Conduct Certificate
Acknowledgment of P Dohmens good behaviour for December 1920 by St Servais College, Liege. Issued monthly such certificates are designed to be given to the parents

Prize Winners Bookplate
A prizewinners bookplate issued by Wellington school to R Ls Mansel for winning the mathematics prize. Alas, we shall never which book it was once attached to

Driving Licence
Early driving licences (the spelling here is incorrect !) were issued by the County for a period of a year

Edward Weds Wallis
Commemorative envelope issued in France on the occasion of Edward, duke of Windsors marriage to Mrs Wallis Warfield/Simpson at Monts

Victoria Cross Album
Cover of an album of scraps celebrating British soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross - issued in the year of Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee

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