Romance Of Postage Stamps
Chatterjea, S P
It was the evening of 26 January 1965. A silver-red
Boeing 707 from New York landed at London airport. A
crowd of press reporters, newsreel-cameramen and others
milled around, filled with excitement. Mr 'Finber Kenny
climbed out with the 'One-Cent' British Guiana stamp. This
'one-cent' stamp had been insured at £200,000
(Rs 46,00,(00) and was specially brought by a 'bodyguard'
for display at the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Centenary
Exhibition in London,
Boeing 707 from New York landed at London airport. A
crowd of press reporters, newsreel-cameramen and others
milled around, filled with excitement. Mr 'Finber Kenny
climbed out with the 'One-Cent' British Guiana stamp. This
'one-cent' stamp had been insured at £200,000
(Rs 46,00,(00) and was specially brought by a 'bodyguard'
for display at the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue Centenary
Exhibition in London,
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Година:
1973
Език:
english
Страници:
68
ISBN 10:
812371078X
ISBN 13:
9788123710785
ISBN:
ISBN812371078X
Файл:
PDF, 7.36 MB
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english, 1973