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Treasures from the Lord's Collection, Series 3



Date:
2005
Object Number:
TN.2008.1068
Creator
M.C.C.
Object name
first day cover
Object category
Philately

Description

Treasures from the Lord's Collection, Series 3 (2005) - England v Australia, No 3 Centenary Test Match at Lord's 1980. Features a painting, on the right, of a cricket match in progress at Lord's with the pavilion visible to the left. There are four stamps. The top two are The Ashes urn and the Union jack, both on a blue background, The bottom two are an old scoring machine and the St. Georges flag with a Union Jack in the top left section. Natwest Series logo in the bottom right, in purple with section of a wicket and a ball. 'Lord's' is written in the top left.