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Magnifying glass used by King George V. When in London, he spent up to three afternoons a week working on his stamp collection

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  • George V's magnifying glass
  • Watercolour sketch for the first stamps
  • The Kirkcudbright Cover
  • Penny red stamps
  • Mulready stationery
  • Post Office Mauritius 'Ball' cover from 1847
  • The 'Tyrian Plum' stamp
  • A rare Bermuda 'Perot' stamp
  • Five hundred dollar stamps for the Straits Settlements
  • New Brunswick 'Connell' stamp
  • Essays for Coronation stamps in 1953
  • Coronation stamps
  
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