Ossa Mikko (3 results)

1971, 144pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Dustkjacket worn. Book in good condition.

107pp. 1st ed., ex RPS library with h/s on title page otherwise clean in card covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Text in English and Finnish. 107 pp. This opus on the forgeries of Finnish stamps is the end result of the compilation of years of research and writings. The author, Mikko Ossa, M. A., is well known Internationally having written and published many articles and books on the various phases of Finnish philately. This book is fairly Unique, in that, but few countries, can boast of a completely detailed treatise, on one volume, of it's Nation's forgeries of postage stamps and related philatelic material. The main emphasis of the writing concerns itself with the forgeries of classic material, however, later emissions have been fully covered, The opus reveals much about forgeries, the existence of which could never have entered the mind's imagination, The explicit text in both Finnish and English is fully complimented with many excellent descriptive pictures. "Forgeries of Finnish Postage Stamps" is an absolute must for the serious collector.