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Book Description
This delightfully playful history uses 36 of our most expressive, quirky, beautiful and sometimes baffling stamps to tell us the story of Britain, through Dickens and the potato famine to Thatcher and punk. Stamps tell a story. Since the Penny Black first burst on the scene in 1840, they have made and mirrored history as it happens - from the 'British Empire Exhibition' of 1924 to the Austerity Ol... More
Book Information
Publisher | Square Peg |
Binding | Hardcover |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 272 |
ISBN-10 | 0224095463 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0224095464 |
Publication Date | 10/18/2012 |
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8/23/2013 Rachel Markwick said: Brilliant history of Great Britain through 36 postage stamps - each chapter outlines a period of our history using a particular stamp or stamps to illustrate that particular era.
tags: I read, I recommend
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