HISTORY

Object Name: Greetings card
Date Made: 1993
1993
Description: Greetings card written from Nelson Mandela to Tom Hartley with a cover illustration of people shaking hands and the message 'hope and optimism in spite of the present difficulties'. Inside the card is printed 'Let 1993 be a year of peace and progress to democracy'.
Catalogue Number: BELUM.W2016.2.526
Notes: The Tom Hartley Collection

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