Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps

The dramatic tale of the worldas most sought-after stamp and the passionate story of the first stamp hunters
In September 1847, Mauritiusas very first stamps were produced to send out admission cards to a costume ball. No one at the party would have guessed that the envelopes bearing these stamps would one day be worth more than a million dollars each.
When a two-pence aBlue Mauritiusa surfaced on the fledgling French stamp collecting market in 1865, collectors were driven to bag the stamps as if they were big game. Then in 1903, a perfect specimen was discovered in a childhood album; the Prince of Wales bought the stamp at auction, and the Blue Mauritius gained super-star status. Exhilarating and expansive, "Blue Mauritius" tells the story of the most coveted and valuable stamps in history as they traveled around the globe and entered the hearts and imaginations of collectors everywhere.

ISBN 1590202783   Publication date 01 Nov 2009 ISBN13 9781590202784 (What's this?)   DEWEY 769.569 Publisher Overlook Press   Pages 336 Imprint OVERLOOK   Volumes 1 Format Paperback

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