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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