Philatelic Literature Specialists

Weston, H. Edgar

A British “Georgian” Stamp Banned by the Postmaster General

Publisher: British Guiana Philatelic Society, Georgetown, 1920

First edition, reprinted from “The British Guiana Philatelic Journal” December 1919, 8 pages + 2 plates, covers a little soiled, tiny piece missing from lower edge of front cover, in Good condition.

The rare original edition of this booklet which tells the story of how, in 1916, stamp-dealer H. Edgar Weston (who used the pseudonym “Victor Marsh”) was thwarted in his attempts to make postal use of impressed halfpenny stamps cut-out from ballot papers.

£21.00