This item is a Queen Elizabeth II First Day Cover issued by  Royal Mail / GPO.

Special alternative postmark: Writers Museum

Commemorates Bicentenary of the Death of Robert Burns (Scottish Poet), cachet depicts text "The immortal Memory Robert Burns" and thistles.

Stamps of Robert Burns Poems -  Opening lines of to a mouse and field mouse, O my love is like a red rose and wild rose, Scots wha hae and Sir Robert Wallace, Auld Lang Syne and Highland dancers, author, poet, soldier, sword, armour, dancing, hobby, collecting, postmark, souvenir, stamps, philately, cover, FDI, cachet etc (See scan).

Reference SG  1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904

Issued 25th January 1996.

First Day of Issue special fancy date stamp: Rose and text "The Writers' Museum", Edinburgh

Original Information Card: YES (Envelope is sealed but card is inside)

See enlarged scans for stamp values, cachets and postmark details.

Cover may have typed addresses, be hand written or blank - please see scan.

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