The Queen's Stamps: The Authorised (Authorized) History of the Royal Philatelic Collection
ISBN-13:
9780413772282
ISBN-10:
0413772284
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Nicholas Courtney
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Great Britain
,
European History
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ISBN-13:
9780413772282
ISBN-10:
0413772284
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Nicholas Courtney
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Great Britain
,
European History
Summary
The Queen's Stamps: The Authorised (Authorized) History of the Royal Philatelic Collection (ISBN-13: 9780413772282 and ISBN-10: 0413772284), written by authors
Nicholas Courtney, was published by Methuen Publishing Ltd in 2004.
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This elegant book is the definitive historical account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and of the monarchs and keepers who have -contributed to it.Inaugurated by Queen Victoria, and enlarged by five successive British monarchs, the main body of the Collection came into being under George V, whose passionate and shrewd acquisition of many other private collections has ensured the unique and comprehensive character of his own.Highly illustrated with full-color reproductions of some of the most famous stamps ever printed, The Queen's Stamps is a story told through the stamps themselves, as well as through astonishing anecdotes featuring the kings, queens and courtiers who brought them together.This informative, surprising volume is the first and definitive history of a unique institution, written to appeal to the general reader with an interest in Royal history, as well as to those with a specialist's enthusiasm for the most collected commodity in the world. The book's publication will coincide with the inauguration of a major stamp exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC.Nicholas Courtney is the former governor of Mustique, and the author of 20 books. He lives in London.
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