From My Old Stamp Album: Exotic Tales of Lost Countries

by Chris West and Stuart Laycock

Book Overview

A fresh and intoxicating mix of history, geography and art, offering a fascinating glimpse into the colonial past

Pick up an old stamp album and flick through it. You'll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obock, Priamur, Stellaland, Tuva, Wenden - distant lands, vanished territories, lost countries. Do they still exist? If not, where were they? What happened to them?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803993766
• ISBN13: 9781803993768
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"