Description: Under the Gum, The Background to British Stamps 1840-1940, by James A. Mackay. Many questions that have puzzled philatelists about the stamps of Great Britain are answered in this book. Full background details on the discussions that went on between the Board of Internal Revenue and the Post Office, often involving the Royal Mint and even Buckingham Palace. The clash of personalities in government departments, in De La Rue, Perkins Bacon and Waterlow & Sons, the involvement and meddling of King George V in matters of stamp design and production and much, much more. Although primarily for philatelists seeking to learn how British stamps evolved in their first 100 years, it also illuminates aspects of British socio-economic history, from the problems of sorting mail by gaslight to the widespread scares of poisoning from the gum or ink on postage stamps. 1997, 536 pages, NEW in original shrink wrap. Size: 8½" X 11".
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