Stamp Curiosities

Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Rebound in yellow cloth boards. Dust-jacket in plastic cover with adhesive at edges.; 285, [3 (blank)] pages. Rebound in yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 203 x 132mm. Numerous black-and-white illustrations of stamps. "Postage stamps which have caused wars, depitcted the impossible, and have pictured the humour and tragedy of our world, form the subject of this unusual book. Many of the tales it contains will be new to the general public, and some - the results of long researches - will be new even to experienced collectors. Intriguing bits of international history, strange fauna and flora, unique customs, little-known facts concerning many peoples, errors of fact or of design, andsome of the uncommon incentives that have brought stamps into being, are related in an interesting manner." - from dust-jacket blurb. The contents are arranged alphabetically by country. Contents: Afghanistan to Austria; Baden to Burma; Canada to the Cape of Good Hope; Ceylon to Chile; The Curious Stamps of China; Cochin to Estonia; Ethiopia to France; The French Colonies to Great Britain; British Isles (Unofficial) to Ireland; Indonesia to Jamaica; Japan to Kelantan; Kenya to Manchuria; Martinique to Newfoundland; New Caledonia to Nyassa; Pakistan to the Seychelles; Shanghai to Switzerland; Tasmania to the United States of America; Uruguay to Zanzibar; Addendum.…