Blue Mauritius, book cover

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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
Imeson, W. E.
Title
The Prince of Pastimes: A Hobby or a Science?
In
Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly
Imprint
vol. 10, no. 249, 24 September 1901, pp. 116-17
Abstract

If there be "sport" in Philately, the minutiae-hunter is, in the long run, likely to spoil the game. Let him be warned in time, lest the Goddess Philatelia herself should cry: "Enough! Save me from my friends!"

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