Morten Collection Object of the Month: January 2010

January 20th, 2010 admin

Each month, for ten months, we’ll be presenting an object from the Morten Collection on this blog. The Morten Collection is a nationally important postal history collection currently held at Bruce Castle , Tottenham. As part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, Pistols, Packets and Postmen , the BPMA, Bruce Castle Museum and the Communication Workers Union (the owner of the Collection) are working together to widen access to and develop educational resources for the Morten Collection. If you have any comments on the objects or the Collection we’d be grateful …


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