Stamped on back with purple ink - British Official Photograph: Crown Copyright Reserved Issued for British Information Services by Photographic Division, Central Office of Information, London. Two fourpenny stamps from an old age pensioner…..and a cheque for [Pounds]1,000! from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous! This is the range of contributions now pouring into British banks for the Pakistan Relief Fund. This picture taken in the London headquarters of a major bank where thousands of letters are being opened, shows a senior official with the two widely differing contributions both of which arrived in the 77 sacks of letters received in the first five days of the appeal. The donations, 70% of them anonymous, includes cash, cheques, money orders, stamps and even jewellery. Some of the envelopes also contain offers from doctors, engineers and others to volunteer for work in the disaster area. Based on their previous experience of appeals on this scale, bank experts are estimating that the total will eventually come to about [Pounds]800,000.
British People Contribute Thousands to Pakistan Disaster Fund.R.78535(BG21) 25 November 1970.
British Bank Official, Pakistan Disaster Relief Fund, 1970 1 B&W photo print, copy
Senior official (unidentified) in the London headquarters of a major bank, holds two fourpenny stamps (right hand) and a cheque for [Pounds]1,000 (left hand), which shows the range of contributions now pouring into British banks for the Pakistan Disaster Relief Fund.
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