After exhibiting his collection in a philatelic competition at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in November 1998, Mr. Forster packed it in a briefcase and was leaving the center, at 11th Avenue and 35th Street, to take a car to the airport.
But there is more on the site about the two-penny Tyrian plum stamp of 1910 in the royal philatelic collection than about Sarah Ferguson.
The UK company sees China as a key market, and revealed on Friday that it could soon open an investment office in Hong Kong, the main centre for philatelic dealing in the country.
The Crawford Library was donated by the Earl of Crawford in his Will and was the foremost collection of philatelic books in the world at the time.
David Beech joined the British Library as a philatelic curator in 1983 and was appointed Head of the Philatelic Collections in 1991.
An extensive display of material from the collections is on exhibit, which may be the best permanent display of diverse classic stamps and philatelic material in the world.
A permanent exhibit of items from the Collections is on display in the British Library entrance area upper ground floor, which may be the best gallery of diverse classic stamps and philatelic material in the world.
On the morning of January 25 , 1937 Cosey entered the shop of a stamp dealer named Walter Gisiger, at 80 Nassau Street, in the heart of the philatelic district, with a Lincoln letter commenting on a decision by the Illinois courts against the Wells Fargo Express Company and enclosed in an envelope postmarked Springfield, Illinois.
There are 20 million collectors in China and 50,000 government-sponsored philatelic societies.
Even in the world of top-flight philatelic exhibits, Mr. Forster's collection is exceptional.
