Author: Nicholas Courtney
Publisher: Methuen Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780413776662
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first and definitive history of the finest stamp collection in the world, now in paperback with a new index and epilogue This elegant book is the definitive account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and the monarchs and keepers who have contributed to it. Inaugurated by Queen Victoria, and enlarged by five successive British monarchs, the main body of the Collection came into being under George V, whose passionate and shrewd acquisition of many other private collections has ensured the unique and comprehensive character of his own. This is a story told through the stamps themselves, many of the most famous of which are produced here in full color, as well as through astonishing anecdotes featuring the kings, queens, and courtiers who brought them together. This informative, surprising, highly illustrated volume is written to appeal to the general reader with an interest in Royal history, as well as to the specialist enthusiast.
The Queen's Stamps
Author: Nicholas Courtney
Publisher: Methuen Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780413776662
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first and definitive history of the finest stamp collection in the world, now in paperback with a new index and epilogue This elegant book is the definitive account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and the monarchs and keepers who have contributed to it. Inaugurated by Queen Victoria, and enlarged by five successive British monarchs, the main body of the Collection came into being under George V, whose passionate and shrewd acquisition of many other private collections has ensured the unique and comprehensive character of his own. This is a story told through the stamps themselves, many of the most famous of which are produced here in full color, as well as through astonishing anecdotes featuring the kings, queens, and courtiers who brought them together. This informative, surprising, highly illustrated volume is written to appeal to the general reader with an interest in Royal history, as well as to the specialist enthusiast.
Publisher: Methuen Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780413776662
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first and definitive history of the finest stamp collection in the world, now in paperback with a new index and epilogue This elegant book is the definitive account of one of the world's most important and extensive stamp collections, and the monarchs and keepers who have contributed to it. Inaugurated by Queen Victoria, and enlarged by five successive British monarchs, the main body of the Collection came into being under George V, whose passionate and shrewd acquisition of many other private collections has ensured the unique and comprehensive character of his own. This is a story told through the stamps themselves, many of the most famous of which are produced here in full color, as well as through astonishing anecdotes featuring the kings, queens, and courtiers who brought them together. This informative, surprising, highly illustrated volume is written to appeal to the general reader with an interest in Royal history, as well as to the specialist enthusiast.
The Complete Deegam Machin Handbook
Author: D. G. A. Myall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952104704
Category : Postage stamp design
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780952104704
Category : Postage stamp design
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Stanley Gibbons, limited, priced catalogue of stamps. British empire [afterw.] commonwealth. 11th-83rd ed. Foreign countries. 11th-60th ed. Pt.3: Local postage stamps of the world. Envelopes, post cards and wrappers of the world
Author: Gibbons Stanley, ltd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Invention of Tradition
Author: Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107604672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107604672
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.
Catalogue of the Philatelic Collection
Author: Johannesburg (South Africa). Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Philatelistische Bibliothek, Fachbibliothek Philatelie ; Südafrika ; Fachbibliographie, Bibliothekskatalog Philatelie.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Philatelistische Bibliothek, Fachbibliothek Philatelie ; Südafrika ; Fachbibliographie, Bibliothekskatalog Philatelie.
2018 COMMONWEALTH & EMPIRE STAMPS 1840-1970
Author: Hugh Jefferies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911304029
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Comprehensively illustrated, this is the world-recognised catalogue covering Great Britain and the British Commonwealth countries and is accepted as the standard guide to postage stamps value.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911304029
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Comprehensively illustrated, this is the world-recognised catalogue covering Great Britain and the British Commonwealth countries and is accepted as the standard guide to postage stamps value.
A Glossary of Philatelic Terms
Author: Philatelic Congress of Great Britain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Catalogue of the Colonial Office Library, London
Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Great Britain
Author: Stanley Gibbons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852596210
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This edition contains definitive and commemorative stamp issues up to Spring 2006. The catalogue is an essential guide for one-country collectors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780852596210
Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This edition contains definitive and commemorative stamp issues up to Spring 2006. The catalogue is an essential guide for one-country collectors.
Commonwealth
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description