Sale #74

ANIMALS; Small A5-sized album with coll. of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes, each entry (3 per page, not all accompanied by corresponding stamp) with 4-line doggerel verse (as an example, the first entry is 'A' for Anthony Ant-eater/Naught to him could e'er taste sweeter/Than do termites; time to sup/With worm-like tongue, he laps them up'. No idea whether original or copied from elsewhere. Common stamps from Mozambique Co., Tuva etc., but also well-catalogued items from Australia, Newfoundland, Russia and North Borneo etc. Some are stuck down. Interesting lot. (83) [US3] (Start Price = £37.60)