Portraits of the Queen: The Secret Pleasures of Stamp Collecting

Farewell to the empire and the colonies. But stamps remain. Beginning with the portrait of Britain's Queen Victoria, postage stamps were not only the calling card of the nation, but also seductive pieces of paper that corrupted people and even conjured up vast fantasies. The author, who has been collecting stamps since the age of nine, has finally released this collection of essays on "nostalgia and the passion of collecting" for former stamp collectors.

[Table of Contents] Buying "Penny Black" Cultural Revolution stamps were all red Portrait of the Queen The calling card of the nation Colonial landscape Small pieces of paper that corrupted people ...and more