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Short titleStamp House, North Bersted, Bognor Regis
Full descriptionThe Stamp House, North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Interior view showing the original "stamp room". The decoration using stamps was begun in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, 1897, when Richard Sharpe, landlord of the Rising Sun Pub, accepted a wager to decorate one room entirely with stamps from his collection. Over the following years, stamps were added to other rooms and the building became known as the Stamp House. Postcard postmarked 7 November 1909.
Datec1906
PeriodEdwardian & After
Period dates22 Jan 1901- 4 Aug 1914
FormatPostcard
OwnerWest Sussex County Council Library Service
SubjectHotels & Pubs

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/North Bersted//West SussexNA458
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