Stamp Album Icelandic Post and Telegraph Administration

Artifact

Accession Number:
80.5.2224
Date
1957
Materials
Paper, plastic
Measurements
19.7cm (width) 12.4cm (length) 0.7 cm (thickness)
Description
Metal coiled stamp album. Covers and pages within are off-white cardstock, pages have clear plastic covering to protect stamps within. 10 pages total including front and back covers. Souvenir of the Universal Postal Union congress in Ottawa, Ontario 1957. Contains 39 stamps from Iceland dated 1952 - 1957 of various subjects and topics. Front cover features Coat of Arms of Iceland in top centre with hunting horn and electricity bolts underneath Coat of Arms, and double-lined border framing the text. "Administration des Postes et des Télégraphes de l'Islande Souvenir du Congres Postal Universel d'Ottawa 1957" 
 
Marks/Labels
Front cover:
"Administration des Postes
et des Télégraphes de l'Islande 
Souvenir du Congres Postal Universel 
d'Ottawa
1957" 

First page:
"Avec les compliments 
de la delegation de l'Islande" 
 
Category
Album, Stamp
Stamp, Postage