Philatelic Literature Specialists

Melville, Fred J.

The Mystery of the Shilling Green

Publisher: Chas. Nissen, London, 1926

First edition, paperback, 19 pages + plates, short tear to the covers at top of spine, slight rust mark to front cover, a little creasing, publisher’s compliment slip tipped-in inside front cover, a Good reading copy.

Rare work by Fred Melville on the Stock Exchange Forgery. Subtitled “The Great British Stamp Forgery. How the Post Office was defrauded of many thousands of pounds in 1872-1873, and how the counterfeit was discovered by Charles Nissen in 1898”.

£15.00