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The Blue Mauritius
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Philatelic crime takes the shape of theft, fraud and fraudulent use. In the late nineteenth century, in a widely reported case, a Parisian philatelist, Gaston Leroux, was murdered for his stamps.
Real and imagined, crime was inseparable from the 'Post Office Mauritius' stamps. Fiction writers from the 1890s onwards had spun tales around them in novels, short stories and in poetry, invariably involving criminal activity. The dearth of new discoveries in the twentieth century gave rise to the occasional rumour of such, and saw the publication of several novels involving crime and the 'Blue Mauritius'.
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Books
- Richards, Frank, Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius, Charles Skilton, London, 1952. [ Details... ]
- Warren, Vernon, The Blue Mauritius, Thriller Book Club, London. [ Details... ]
Exhibition Brochures
- 'Sonderausstellung Mythos Mauritius', Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation, Bonn, c.2000. [ Details... ]
Journal Articles
- de Raay, Leon, 'The Stolen "Mauritius": A True Story', Stamp Collecting, vol. 13, no. 10, 13 December 1919, p. 282. [ Details... ]
- Nathan, Walter, 'Reminiscences of a Philatelist', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 7, no. 158, 30 March 1901, p. 13. [ Details... ]
Journal Notes
- 'The Paris Murder; Aubert on his Trial', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 3, no. 55, 14 November 1896, p. 40. [ Details... ]
- 'The Murder of a Stamp Collector in Paris', Philatelic Journal of Great Britain, vol. 6, no. 71, 10 November 1896, p. 181. [ Details... ]
- 'Discovery of Another Philatelic Crime', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 2, no. 48, 25 July 1896, p. 250. [ Details... ]
- '"Philatelism" and Crime', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 2, no. 45, 13 June 1896, p. 224. [ Details... ]
- 'The "Philatelic Murder" in Paris', London Philatelist, vol. 5, no. 54, June 1896, pp. 179-80. [ Details... ]
- 'What is this Passion for Stamps?', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 2, no. 44, 30 May 1896, p. 216. [ Details... ]
- 'A Parisian Philatelist Murdered', Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly, vol. 2, no. 44, 30 May 1896, p. 213. [ Details... ]
- 'Hypnotism and the Blue Mauritius', The Philatelic Magazine, April 1921. [ Details... ]
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Prepared by: Helen Morgan
Created: 25 March 2006, Last modified: 9 July 2006