'Ginger' Finish:20-pack 29th June 1996

29th June 1996

Sultan of Turkey

Regarded as the inventor of the motor car

Printed inscription: 'JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL

Effigy of William Marshall

'Ginger' Finish:20-pack 29th June 1996Botanical study of ginger with agricultural land and a harbour visible in the background. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company. Original: copperplate