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 Note

Title
For the Best "Flip"
In
Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly
Imprint
vol. 5, no. 105, 1 October 1898, p. 6
Abstract

There once was a sharp from Jamaica,
Who bought for a quid from a Quaker,
Three "Post-Office" blue --
That was also his hue,
When he found they were watermarked "Straker".

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