Overview

This gift set includes the Guide to the Museum Collection and set of six corresponding postcards.

This beautifully illustrated 30 page guide reveals the surprising breadth of the museum collection at the BPMA. From pillar boxes and postal vehicles to medals and uniforms, the guide highlights some of the key objects in the collection.

It features objects on display at the Museum Store including Rowland Hills desk, a pneumatic rail car and an Edward VIII pillar box, but also some that currently have restricted access including weapons carried on mail coaches, items for the prints and paintings collection, postcards and greetings cards.

The set of six postcards include:

• Parcel weights, c1960,
• Sir Rowland Hill's desk, 19th Century,
• Inspector's cycle, c1960,
• Pneumatic rail car, c1863,
• Lamp boxes, 1896 to c1925-31,
• BSA Bantam, 1970