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Color in PhilatelyRay H. WhiteBooks |
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The Error WorldMr. Simon GarfieldPhilately |
The Error World From the author of Mauve, an obsessively readable memoir that brings the mania for stamp collecting to life From the Penny Red to the Blue Mauritius, generations of collectors have been drawn to the mystique of rare stamps. Once a widespread pastime of schoolboys, philately has increasingly become the province of older men obsessed with the shrewd investment, the once-in-a-lifetime find, the one elusive beauty that will complete a collection and satisfy an unquenchable thirst. As a boy, Simon Garfield collected errors-rare pigment misprints that create ghostly absences in certain stamps. When this passion reignited in his mid-forties, it consumed him. In the span of a couple of years he amassed a collection of errors worth upwards of forty thousand pounds, pursuing not only this secret passion, but a romantic one as his marriage disintegrated. In this unique memoir, Simon Garfield twines the story of his philatelic obsession with an honest and engrossing exploration of the rarities and absences that both limit and define us.The end result is a thoughtful, funny, and enticing meditati... |
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What philately teachesJohn N. LuffBooks |
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What Philately TeachesJohn N. (John Nicholas) LuffBooks |
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What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899John N. LuffBooks |
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World postmarks (Batsford studies in philately)Reginald Kenneth ForsterBooks |
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International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of PhilatelyR. Scott CarltonBooks |
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What Philately TeachesJohn Nicholas LuffBooks |
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Post DatesKenneth A. WoodBooks |
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Philately Herbert S. Klickstein
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Fakebusters II Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded USD100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broader swath of the problems in art authentication, including philatelic fraud. The articles represent 24 expert contributions on relevant topics pertaining to the scientific detection of forgery in art and philately. |
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Fakebusters II Richard J. Weiss
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Fundamentals of PhilatelyL.N. WilliamsBooks |
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