Royal Munster Fusiliers (Royal Bengal ) 101st - Victorian Paper Crest

• Royal Munster Fusiliers ( Royal Bengals ) 101st Regiment of Foot
• Victorian Paper Crest.
• Size : 57mm × 40mm Approx

• History of Paper Crests
• Following the demise of wax seals on correspondence after the introduction of postage stamps , these die stamped Crests were created to ' announce ' oneself on an envelope or headed paper. They were used by many organisations such as the military , hospitals , sports clubs , trades , royalty and titled families etc , On their correspondence. It became a popular collecting hobby from Victorian times right through to the 1930s.
• The Crests are generally about the size of a Postage stamp and smaller.

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