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- Author
- Caterson, Simon
- Title
- A hobby worth sticking with
- In
- The Age
- Description of Work
- review of Morgan, Helen, Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps (2006)
- Imprint
- A2, 13 January 2007, p. 20
- Abstract
Morgan's approach is descriptive rather than analytical but there is material here for readers… who like to speculate about the forces that drive popular culture and the psychology of collectors…
Mercifully, for non-philatelists, she has avoided becoming complicated and hypothetical…
The story of Blue Mauritius ends on the island where it began, with the opening in 2001 of a museum in the Mauritian capital Port Louis solely dedicated to the famous stamp. There is a nicely judged twist in the tale that provides this non-fiction book with an ending you won’t want to give away, and which I took as a wry reflection on the history of this curious obsession.
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- Morgan, Helen, Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps, Atlantic Books, London, 2006. [ Details... ]
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