The Error World: An Affair with Stamps

An obsessively readable memoir about the passions—and perils—of collecting, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Just My Type.

From the Penny Red to the Blue Mauritius, generations of collectors have been drawn to the mystique of rare stamps. Once a widespread pastime of schoolboys, philately has increasingly become the province of older men obsessed with the shrewd investment, the once-in-a-lifetime find, the one elusive beauty that will complete a collection and satisfy an unqu...