Postage stamp featuring an image of Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) featuring a photograph by Alexander Stewart, known as Sasha (1892-1953). Issued by the Royal Mail in 2013
Postage Stamp
2013 (printed)
2013 (printed)
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This stamp was issued by the Royal Mail on 16th April 2013 as part of their series of First Class stamps celebrating Great Britons. Leigh was featured in the centenary of her birth, along with Norman Parkinson, Vivien Leigh, Peter Cushing, David Lloyd George, Elizabeth David, John Archer, Benjamin Britten, Mary Leakey, Bill Shankly and Richard Dimbleby.
The photograph taken by the Scottish photographer Alexander Stewart known as Sasha (1892-1953) features Leigh in the costume she wore as Pamela Golding-Finch in Because We Must by Ingaret Giffard at Wyndham's Theatre in 1937.
The photograph taken by the Scottish photographer Alexander Stewart known as Sasha (1892-1953) features Leigh in the costume she wore as Pamela Golding-Finch in Because We Must by Ingaret Giffard at Wyndham's Theatre in 1937.
Object details
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| Title | Postage stamp featuring an image of Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) featuring a photograph by Alexander Stewart, known as Sasha (1892-1953). Issued by the Royal Mail in 2013 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed paper, the reverse coated with adhesive |
| Brief description | Postage stamp featuring a coloured image of a black and white photograph of Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) by Alexander Stewart, known as Sasha (1892-1953). Issued by the Royal Mail in 2013 as part of their series of Great Britons. |
| Physical description | Postage stamp featuring a coloured image of a photograph of Vivien Leigh (1913-1976) as Pamela Golding-Finch in Because We Must by Ingaret Giffard at Wyndham's Theatre in 1937. |
| Credit line | Given by Keith Lodwick |
| Summary | This stamp was issued by the Royal Mail on 16th April 2013 as part of their series of First Class stamps celebrating Great Britons. Leigh was featured in the centenary of her birth, along with Norman Parkinson, Vivien Leigh, Peter Cushing, David Lloyd George, Elizabeth David, John Archer, Benjamin Britten, Mary Leakey, Bill Shankly and Richard Dimbleby. The photograph taken by the Scottish photographer Alexander Stewart known as Sasha (1892-1953) features Leigh in the costume she wore as Pamela Golding-Finch in Because We Must by Ingaret Giffard at Wyndham's Theatre in 1937. |
| Associated object | PROV.2389-2020 (Object) |
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| Accession number | S.193-2020 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2020 |
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