Stamp Exhibitions
Title | Stamp Exhibitions PDF eBook |
Author | Prescott Holden Thorp |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Postage stamps |
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Organization, budget, exhibition hall, prospectus, program, classification, frames, publicity, entertainment, insurance.
Online Stamp Exhibit
Title | Online Stamp Exhibit PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Release | 1998 |
Genre | Postage stamps |
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This website contains 16 pages of images of the cancelled United States Franklin 1-Cent stamp from the series of 1902. Each page can be viewed as a full page, cover or close up. The stamp exhibit was presented at the Anphilex Show in 1996 in New York City by K. David Steidley. It is part of a larger collection that explores the postal history of the United States between 1903 and 1908.
The American Philatelist
Title | The American Philatelist PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Stamp collecting |
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United States Stamp Exhibition, September 24-October 15, 1949
Title | United States Stamp Exhibition, September 24-October 15, 1949 PDF eBook |
Author | Philadelphia (Pa.). National Philatelic Museum |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1949 |
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The One-Cent Magenta
Title | The One-Cent Magenta PDF eBook |
Author | James Barron |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2017-03-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1616205180 |
An inside look at the obsessive, secretive, and often bizarre world of high-profile stamp collecting, told through the journey of the world’s most sought-after stamp. When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. In 2014, this tiny square of faded red paper sold at Sotheby’s for nearly $9.5 million, the largest amount ever paid for a postage stamp at auction. Through the stories of the eccentric characters who have bought, owned, and sold the one-cent magenta in the years in between, James Barron delivers a fascinating tale of global history and immense wealth, and of the human desire to collect. One-cent magentas were provisional stamps, printed quickly in what was then British Guiana when a shipment of official stamps from London did not arrive. They were intended for periodicals, and most were thrown out with the newspapers. But one stamp survived. The singular one-cent magenta has had only nine owners since a twelve-year-old boy discovered it in 1873 as he sorted through papers in his uncle’s house. He soon sold it for what would be $17 today. (That’s been called the worst stamp deal in history.) Among later owners was a fabulously wealthy Frenchman who hid the stamp from almost everyone (even King George V of England couldn’t get a peek); a businessman who traveled with the stamp in a briefcase he handcuffed to his wrist; and John E. du Pont, an heir to the chemical fortune, who died while serving a thirty-year sentence for the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz. Recommended for fans of Nicholas A. Basbanes, Susan Orlean, and Simon Winchester, The One-Cent Magenta explores the intersection of obsessive pursuits and great affluence and asks why we want most what is most rare.
A Guide to National Stamp Exhibitions
Title | A Guide to National Stamp Exhibitions PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Elizabeth Capill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Stamp collecting |
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Catalogue of the American Philatelic Association's Loan Exhibit of Postage Stamps to the United States Post Office Department at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893
Title | Catalogue of the American Philatelic Association's Loan Exhibit of Postage Stamps to the United States Post Office Department at the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893 PDF eBook |
Author | American Philatelic Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Postage stamps |
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