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Blue Mauritius
- The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Engelsk Paperback
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Blue Mauritius
- The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

Even now, the stamps of ''Post Office Mauritius'' remain synonymous with fame, wealth and mystery. Helen Morgan tells the fascinating story 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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781843544364
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1843544369
Udg. Dato:
1 apr 2009
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
196mm
Forlag:
Atlantic Books
Oplagsdato:
1 apr 2009
Forfatter(e):
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