Excerpt from The Avery Collection of the Postage Stamps of the World
The transaction by which I was enabled to acquire the Avery Collection is the largest cash purchase on record in connection with the pastime of stamp collecting, the amount of ?24,500 being paid by me to the executors in a single cheque, being also probably one of the most extensive deals in any form of collecting hobby.
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