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The Royal Philatelic Collection, by Sir John Wilson
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Condition: Front cover with a few bumps. The Royal Philatelic Collection, by Sir John Wilson, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection and edited by Clarence Winchester. This book presents the foundation and the development of the Royal Philatelic ... Read More
Condition: Front cover with a few bumps.
The Royal Philatelic Collection, by Sir John Wilson, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection and edited by Clarence Winchester. This book presents the foundation and the development of the Royal Philatelic Collection in a manner worthy of its importance and to record in catalogue form its fascinating and educational contents.
The are 12 large lithographed color plates in this book, all sunk on card stock and proof like in quality and with glassine overlays over each, depicting mostly rarities from the collection in their issued colors as well as Edward Henry Corbould's Queen Victoria, the Britannia designs from Mauritius, the 'Chalon' heads and the New South Wales Crown designs. There are also a large number of illustrations in black & white.
This book will immediately strike you as something out of the ordinary. It is very large: it is 10½" X 14½" X 3" in size, has bright red cloth covers and it weighs 11½ pounds. This volume was published in 1952 with the "Gracious Permission of His Majesty King George the Sixth", and all pages are on light weight card stock, with the printing and the color plates nothing short of exquisite. The book is not paginated, rather it is presented in sections, contains about 400 pages, hard cover. Used, but in excellent condition except for a few bumps to the front cover.
A rare and magnificent book!
The Royal Philatelic Collection, by Sir John Wilson, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection and edited by Clarence Winchester. This book presents the foundation and the development of the Royal Philatelic Collection in a manner worthy of its importance and to record in catalogue form its fascinating and educational contents.
The are 12 large lithographed color plates in this book, all sunk on card stock and proof like in quality and with glassine overlays over each, depicting mostly rarities from the collection in their issued colors as well as Edward Henry Corbould's Queen Victoria, the Britannia designs from Mauritius, the 'Chalon' heads and the New South Wales Crown designs. There are also a large number of illustrations in black & white.
This book will immediately strike you as something out of the ordinary. It is very large: it is 10½" X 14½" X 3" in size, has bright red cloth covers and it weighs 11½ pounds. This volume was published in 1952 with the "Gracious Permission of His Majesty King George the Sixth", and all pages are on light weight card stock, with the printing and the color plates nothing short of exquisite. The book is not paginated, rather it is presented in sections, contains about 400 pages, hard cover. Used, but in excellent condition except for a few bumps to the front cover.
A rare and magnificent book!
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