An empty used envelope from 1909, got our Ernest Bell Library team talking a lot today. And the best part…… ……a tatty, but glorious, circa 1909 ‘Ingersoll family’ – ‘Anti-Vivisection Crusade’ Cinderella stamp, featuring a dog ‘sitting’ on a vivisector’s knife, has survived for 100+ years and is now in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ In philately, a cinderella stamp is “virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for…
Even 100+ years ago many ‘vegans’ & other meat abstainers were campaigning for animal rights & against vivisection. Today we jump back to ~ 1911 to revisit…… ————————————– Two old postcards & Trans-Atlantic Co-operation Open the Doors!! New York Anti-Vivisection Society This first postcard promotes the New York Anti-Vivisection Society’s – ‘The Open Door’ magazine. Mrs. Diana Belais – launched the New York Anti-Vivisection Society in 1908 – an article – here. We…
Re-introducing “Bob”. 88 years after he achieved fame in human circles. This postcard is a much admired & much loved item in our Ernest Bell Library archives. In November of 1926 Ernest Basil Verney FRS (22 August 1894 – 19 August 1967) was about to experiment on “Bob” at University College London – …..somehow they forget to mention anything about this in their history page! “Bob’s” story ……was told in the London U.K. House of…