Blue Mauritius, book cover

Welcome to the Blue Mauritius Research Companion

This website contains biographical and bibliographical information about the Post Office Mauritius stamps and subjects related to them. It is based on my research for the book Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps.

Journal Article

Author
Nathan, Walter
Title
Reminiscences of a Philatelist
In
Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly
Imprint
vol. 6, no. 150, 8 December 1900, p. 154
Abstract

Nathan relates that by the late 1890s auctioneers were more inclined to offer cash advances to philatelic clients wishing to sell, indicating that 'from a merely fancy value' they had become a 'pawnable commodity'.

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