The Queen’s Stamps

The Authorised History of the Royal Philatelic Collection

Ranked #57 in Stamping

The first popular history of the world's finest stamp collection. This elegant book is the definitive historical account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and 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. This is a story told through the stamps themselves, many of the most... more

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