Ripley Autographs Darwin Stamps

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Summary

It is announced that Secretary S. Dillon Ripley will autograph first-day covers of a set of stamps issued by the British Post Office to commemorate the centenary of the death of Charles Darwin.

Subject

  • Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," March 1982, p. 4.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1982

Topic

  • Covers (Philately)
  • Postage stamps
  • Secretaries
  • Stamp collecting

Place

  • Great Britain
  • United States

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