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Treasures from the Lord's Collection, Series 3



Date:
2005
Object Number:
TN.2008.1069
Creator
M.C.C.
Material
paper
Object name
first day cover
Object category
Philately

Description

Treasures from the Lord's Collection, Series 3 (2005) - England v Australia, No 4 The Ashes Urn and Velvet Bag. On the right is a photograph of the Ashes urn with a red velvet bag with '1883' written on it in gold. 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. Npower Test Series logo in the bottom right, in green with a red cricket ball. 'Lord's' is written in the top left.