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L’île Maurice des origines
à nos jours
Mauritius from its
Origin
The Stamps of Mauritius
The Bramah Tea and
Coffee
Walk around London
Pirates & Corsairs
in Mauritius
Pirates & Corsaires
à l’île Maurice
Travellers
Mauritius
Underwater /
L’île
Maurice sous–marine
Mauritius
- Île Maurice -
Panorama
Port-Louis
Île Maurice
Port
Louis
Mauritius
Séga
de Chazal, un génie dans
l’île joyeuse
Vaco
Golf
Calendar
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Mauritius,
the fifth administration to issue stamps, produced some of the
rarest and most famous postage stamps. The book covers the main
issues from the first locally printed stamps to the
post-independence period including highlights such as the Bordeaux
Cover and the overwhelming amount of overprints of the late nineteen
century. Suitable for readers without philatelic knowledge, 'The
Stamps of Mauritius', presents each Mauritian stamp set explaining
the main concepts of philately such as overprints, varieties,
mistakes, definitives, commemoratives, pictorial issues as well as information related to the post office : history, the postal operations, postal
organisation and the Universal Postal Union. The book is
complemented with notes on fiscal stamps, postal stationery and
celebrated examples of forgery. With more than
350 full colour illustrations, 'The
Stamps of Mauritius' includes for the first time a theory
that explains the ‘mistake’ of the Post Office issue.
Details
The Stamps of Mauritius: ISBN
0–9550285-3–1
Size: 15 x 18.5 cm
Hard back
80 pages and more than 350 full colour illustrations
Contents
Introduction , Philatelic
Terminology, Security Printers, A Portrait Gallery, Postal Reform &
the Penny Black, The Post Office in Mauritius, The GPO Building,
Markings, The Post Office Issue, The Bordeaux Cover, The Mystery of
the 1847 Plate, Post Paid: an Improved Design, The Britannia Motif,
The Last Local Issues, The Victoria Issues & Overprints, The Coat of
Arms, First Commemorative Issues, The Keyplates, The George VI
Varieties, First Pictorial Definitives, The Universal Postal Union,
Elizabeth II Issues, The Birds of Mauritius, Sea Life, The History
Definitives , From Colony to Republic, Railway & Airways, Postal
Stationery, Fiscal Stamps, The Value of a Stamp, Fakes and Forgeries
, The Blue Penny Museum.
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