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The First Stamp Collector |
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The first stamp collector was John Bourke, Receiver General of Stamp Duties in Ireland, who in 1774, formed a collection of fiscal stamps in an album which he annotated as A Collection of the Impressions to be made on every Skin, or piece of Vellum or Parchment or every sheet of Paper, in manner and form as hereinafter expressed.
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