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material was mounted. By honouring this promise, Bacon made it possible to extract this data
from each of the four and a half thousand pages of the Collection, which can be used to
reconstruct the donations.
Take the following example depicted in Figure 10. On each page of the Tapling Collection where

a donation is mounted, Bacon inscribed a symbol next to the donated item. This symbol was then
incorporated into a key located at the bottom of the page, next to which is given the date and donor’s
name. Descriptive information relating to the items can be found in the page write-up and further
information in relevant philatelic publications. An excellent example of this practice can be found
on page 8 of the Virgin Islands Section of the Collection which lists two separate donations.

Figure 10. Donations made by Bacon and Ferrary mounted and recorded on page 8 of the Virgin Islands section of

the Tapling Collection. The British Library’s Philatelic Collections: The Tapling Collection.

The first was made by Ferrary on the 19 December 1893, comprising proofs on white card
of the December 1866 One Penny and Six Pence stamps, in addition to a lithograph proof on
white paper of the 1867 One Shilling stamp. The second donation recorded on the page was
made by Bacon on 7 March 1895, comprising an essay of the 1867 One Shilling stamp on stout
white paper.
Scattered throughout the Tapling Collection can be found a total of two hundred and seventy-

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