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

by Helen Morgan

Book Overview

Follow the adventures of the world's most sought-after postage stamps--from a tropical Indian Ocean island to the hushed atmosphere of the modern auction room--in this dramatic and passionate tale of the first stamp hunters. In September 1847 colored squares of paper were stuck on to envelopes and used to send out admission cards to a fancy-dress ball on the tropical island of Mauritius. No one at the party would have guessed that these stamps would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843544350
• ISBN13: 9781843544357
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher