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Author | : Helen Morgan |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2015-06-04 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1782397744 |
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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 Mauritius' Port Louis to Bordeaux, India and Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan, into the fantasies and imagination of stamp collectors everywhere.
Author | : Karin Kavelin Jones |
Publisher | : Publishamerica Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781608134298 |
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Out of the blue, a letter arrives informing Frankie that she has inherited her unknown grandmotheras farm in Italy. To the Sullivan family, Italy seems as far away as Mars. Blue Mauritius is the story of a family who leaves the comfort and security of their American suburb to start over again on this abandoned farm. At the heart of Blue Mauritius is a mystery involving Frankieas grandparents. Not only a mystery, but an ugly smear on the family name. Immediately it becomes Frankieas responsibility to unravel the mystery and absolve her familyas reputation of shame. Digging into the lives of the villagers, for the first time Frankieas own life becomes understandable through circles that return her to the place where understanding was lostaforbidden love, the sins of the mother, runaway husband, suicide, child needs mother. In Italy, those same circles seem to be closing in on the Sullivans now.
Author | : Helen Morgan |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books (UK) |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Follow the adventures of the world's most sought-after postage stamps--from a tropical Indian Ocean island to the hushed atmosphere of the modern auction room--in this dramatic and passionate tale of the first stamp hunters. In September 1847 colored squares of paper were stuck on 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 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. Soldiers, schoolboys, and the entire German nation became obsessed with finding one of these extremely rare examples. When in 1903 a perfect specimen, discovered in a childhood album, was bought at auction by the Prince of Wales, the Blue Mauritius gained superstar status. Even now, "Post Office Mauritius" stamps are synonymous with fame, wealth and mystery. The most coveted scraps of paper in existence, this is their story, from their birth during days of sail, taking them from Port Louis to Bordeaux, India and Great Britain, Switzerland and Japan, into the hearts and imagination of collectors everywhere.
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Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1916 |
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Author | : Mauritius |
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Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Mauritius |
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Release | : 1911 |
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Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 1911 |
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Author | : Scott Publications, Inc |
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Total Pages | : 1742 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Postage stamps |
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Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Art |
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Release | : 1894 |
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