Rare Stamp Boxes Les Boîtes à Timbres Brian Beet 1st (only) Edition 1994 includes Faberge, Gold examples

First and only edition 1994, 120 pages, perfect bound card covers.
Written in parallel French & English.

200 boxes are illustrated, 56 in colour.

It is, surprisingly, the first book ever to be published on this subject.

During the Belle Epoque of 1880 to 1915, when letter writing was the primary means of communication in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, stamp boxes were a basic necessity for the literate classes.

The range in forms and of materials is staggering, from the humble wooden souvenir to amazingly intricate mechanisms and the jewelled creations of Faberge.

This book described the full history of the stamp box from 1840 up to the present through the magnificent collection exhibited at the Musée de la Poste in Paris.

Brian Beet’s key book on the subject is the bilingual (French/English) catalogue, “Les boîtes à timbres / Stamp boxes,” published in 1994 by the Musée de la Poste in Paris, documenting the museum’s collection and serving as the definitive, standard work on stamp boxes. Beet, a renowned specialist and antique dealer, produced this richly illustrated book, making it a crucial reference for collectors of these unique postal artifacts. 

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