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The GUINNESS BOOK OF STAMPS:FACTS & FEATS.

The GUINNESS BOOK OF STAMPS:FACTS & FEATS.

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The GUINNESS BOOK OF STAMPS:FACTS & FEATS.

by MACKAY, JAMES:

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ISBN 10
0851122418
ISBN 13
9780851122410
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No previous owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour photographic wraps with minimal shelf-wear to edges and no nicks or closed tears.Miniscule bumping to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and a small dog-ear crease to bottom of front inner dw/dj flap.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents pristine.Plain black paper-covered boards with blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w postmarks decorated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,225pp includes preface,profuse b/w postmark illus and b/w photographs,16pp colour photographs and an index.A superb copy. Where would you find the world's only undersea post office? Who can really claim the slowest delivery of mail? When did a postman feature in a murder trial and when in a murder hunt? Which uninhabited island has its own stamps? Where and when was it necessary to indicate that your letter was not to be delivered on a Sunday? Which country issued stamps eleven years before it had a postal service? When was a postal service operated by criminals? Which issue of stamps provoked a disastrous war?.and which changed the history of two countries? Who was the first stamp collector? and who invented the word 'philately'? Which stamp showed a telescope in use more than 100 years before it had been invented? These and countless other questions are answered in the pages of this book.This has been written for all the vast numbers who respond to the universal appeal of postage stamps and allied topics whether they are experienced philatelists, or are contemplating a new exciting and educational hobby or are interested readers.As well as dealing widely with stamps themselves, this book brings the unique and successful Guinness blend of facts and feats together and covers postmarks and postal services,postal stationery and labels, the design of stamps, the technology of stamp production and,of course,philately. Fully indexed, the book is an invaluable source of reference and entertainment. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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Title
The GUINNESS BOOK OF STAMPS:FACTS & FEATS.
Author
MACKAY, JAMES:
Illustrator
illus with b/w postmark illustrations,b/w+colour photographs.
Format/Binding
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0851122418
ISBN 13
9780851122410
Publisher
UK.MIDDLESEX.GUINNESS SUPERLATIVES LTD.,1982.
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.s.a.
This edition first published
1982
Keywords
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