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Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Helen Morgan
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Description for Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Paperback. Tells the story some of the most coveted scraps of paper in existence, from Amuritius' Port Louis to Bordeaux, India and Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan, into the fantasies and imagination of stamp collectors everywhere. Num Pages: 336 pages, integrated prints & line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: HBT; WCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
In September 1847 coloured squares of paper were stuck to envelopes and used to send out admission cards to a fancy-dress ball on the tropical island of Mauritius. No-one at the party would have guessed that the envelopes bearing these stamps would one day be worth more than a million dollars.
When a two pence 'Blue Mauritius' surfaced on the fledgling French stamp-collecting market in 1865 it gained instant celebrity. Then in 1903, when a perfect specimen, discovered in a childhood album, was bought at auction by the Prince of Wales, the Blue Mauritius gained super-star status.
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Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843544364
SKU
V9781843544364
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan trained as an art historian and archivist. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her Mauritian husband. This is her first book.
Reviews for Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Will strike a chord with anyone who has ever felt the thrill of buying a little glassine packet of stamps, tipping them out, finding the longed-for Missing One and making the proud, complete set... the stories of these stamps are often extraordinary.
Ann Wroe
Daily Telegraph
Fascinating... not just an entertaining and meticulously researched history of Mauritius ... Read more
Ann Wroe
Daily Telegraph
Fascinating... not just an entertaining and meticulously researched history of Mauritius ... Read more