Stamp Collector

The Black Empress

Just a few sentimental issues ago we were reminiscing about Sean Connery’s role in the Bond movie Goldfinger (Stamp Collector, March 2021 issue), where we marvelled at the seemingly mystical, gravitational pull there is towards Geneva, and certainly back then our Prussian Blue cover fitted our assertion.

However, this month’s featured rarity, ‘The Black Empress’, is going to tip that pronouncement on its head, quite literally on it’s Chalon head. Because

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