Stamps as Witnesses to History
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- ISBN 9781915465191
- Weight: 2520g
- Dimensions: 210 x 297mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2024
- Publisher: Filament Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Stamps as Witnesses of History is not a book about the history of stamps
as such. It is a book about how stamp issues since Rowland Hill invented the
first adhesive postage stamp in 1840 have "witnessed" the seismic
global political developments over the years. It is a guide to political
philately, which aims to show how stamp issues have reflected and have related
to key political events.
Thus stamps of the North German Confederation marked a major stepping stone to
German unification, a truly momentous political event, whilst selected African
stamps of the 1960s celebrated the independence of many emerging African states
from European colonial empires. The book is arranged geographically, covering
the whole world. For each country entry, the major political developments are
listed chronologically on the left hand side with contemporaneous stamps,
supported in some instances by relevant commemoratives, on the right hand side.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruth Lea, Baroness Lea of Lymm, CBE, FRPSL, is a member of the House of Lords and a professional economist. In her extensive career she has worked for the Arbuthnot Banking Group, the Centre for Policy Studies, the Institute of Directors, ITN, Lehman Brothers, Mitsubishi Bank and Thames Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich) and she was a civil servant for 16 years, covering postings at the Treasury, the DTI, the Civil Service College and the Central Statistical Office. From an early age she was intrigued by “stamps as witnesses of history”.
