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The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the Bri
The catalogue of the collection, published 1952, here shown in the deluxe leather bound edition out of the slip-case.
The 1850 British Guiana 2c pink cottonreel stamps on cover, formerly in the Luard collection, now in the Royal Philatelic Collection.
Alfred was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was known as the Duke of
Royal Philatelic Collection
…to have been collecting stamps by 1864, just under twenty-five years after their introduction in 1840. The first serious collector in the family was Prince Alfred, who sold his collection to his older brother Edward, Prince of Wales, who in turn gave it to his son, later George V. George V was one of the notable…
Prince Alfred in 1881
Alfred in 1856
Duke of Edinburgh, Alfred Ernest Albert, Sydney, ca. 1868, by Montagu Scott
The arrival of HMS Galatea carrying Alfred. Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 1869.