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.

Booty, Frederick

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    Mauritius page in Booty, courtesy of H. & C. Treacher.
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Occupation
Philatelic publisher and Philatelic writer
Summary

Frederick Booty was an artist, and produced the first illustrated stamp catalogue in 1862, the quaint and lovingly hand-drawn The Stamp Collectors Guide: Being a List of English and Foreign Postage Stamps with 200 Fac-simile Drawings. He was based at Brighton, in England.

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Title
Mauritius page in Booty
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Photograph
Publisher
H. & C. Treacher
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Prepared by: Helen Morgan