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Blue Mauritius The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamp: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamp | 
 enlarge | Author: Hellen Morgan
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 197512
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1590200772
Dewey Decimal Number: 954
EAN: 9781590200773
ASIN: 1590200772
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
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Blue Mauritius is an adventure that begins at a ball on a tropical island in the Indian Ocean, and unfolds through discoveries of the legendary stamp in Bordeaux, Mauritius, India, and Britain. It is the fascinating story of the birth of philately, the first collectors, and those who hunt the the world's most sought after postage stamps.
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a book to be admired as much as the valued stamp October 12, 2008
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A book of deep scholarship, exactitude and completeness; wonderfully written conveying a sense of the collector's passion and the excitement of discovery. In Helen Morgan's world, the search of, and affirmation for rarity and worth is contained in the history of the first issuance of the the Blue Mauritius in September 1847 and the story of the many collectors and philatelists who have owned or now own one of the treasured stamps called Blue Mauritius. Drawing on sources worldwide in many languages, Morgan's philately is more than the love of those "dirty little pieces of paper, " but the study of countries and their histories and the beauty of the art of the commonplace. Her concluding chapter of the return of two of the prized stamps to an honored place on the small island nation of Mauritius is a fitting coda to a story well told.
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