Stamp albums in the Printed Book Collections of the British Library

Abstract

The British Library, through the former Department of Printed Books of the British Museum (one of its component parts), has acquired seventy-three printed stamp albums. These were received from publishers mainly by legal deposit from the United Kingdom and Colonial territories, with a few being purchased from foreign countries. They were acquired between 1863 to 1972 and published between 1863 and 1971. All of the albums are unused.