Philip Robinson collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1454
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900-2000
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 336 ff., 6 vols, printed, and picture postcards

Scope and Content

Comprises a copy of The Friend of Missions issued by the Russian Missionary Society, printed works on Russian postage stamps by R. J. Ceresa, on Russian post offices, on Siberian postcards and postmarks by P. E. Robinson and A. V. Kiriushkin, and a large collection of picture postcard views of Siberia by P. E. Robinson

Administrative / Biographical History

Philip E. Robinson is a philatelic historian and postcard collector specialising in pre-revolutionary Russia and Siberia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Richard Davies, May 1994, January and July 1999, March 2000; Philip Robinson, July 1997, June 1998, January and August 2000

Note

In English, Russian

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm