A collection of Royal Mail commemorative philatelic folders, postcards, and covers. The group includes a New Royal Mail Identity presentation folder containing a bronzed? commemorative medal which depicts a profile portrait based on the Penny Black, bearing the printed inscriptions POSTAGE and ONE PENNY. An accompanying 150th Anniversary folder contains a commemorative miniature sheet celebrating the 1840-1990 sesquicentennial, featuring a reproduction black stamp design. The set further includes a Royal Mail First Day Cover for the wedding of HRH The Prince Edward and Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones, dated 19 June 1999, which carries multiple stamps in denominations of 19p, 26p, 64p, and £1.12, each cancelled with a circular date stamp. Also present are several PHQ postcards celebrating the 90th Birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and a perforated strip of definitive stamps depicting British architecture and wildlife. The items are presented in their original printed card and paper packaging.
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