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The Tapling Collection was donated to the British Museum from the estate of Thomas Tapling in 1891. The probate value of the Tapling collection was set at £12,000 but on arrival Richard Garnett (assistant keeper of Printed Books) estimated their value at more than £50,000 and described the bequest as the most valuable gift since the Grenville Library in 1847 (equivalent to £24,000,000 in 2011).〔The figure of £24 million ignores any increase in value due to age of the collection and is calculated with average earnings increase since 1891. * * *〕 It is held in the Philatelic Collections of the British Library and selected items are on permanent public exhibition. ==Highlights== The collection features these rarities:〔, 〕 * Gold Coast: 1883 (May) 1d on 4d magenta, unique * Great Britain: 1858-79 1d red, plate 77, one of a few known * Hawaii: 1851-52 2 cents to 13 cents (both types), the "Missionaries" * India: 1854 4 annas blue and pale red, error head inverted, two used on a cover, unique * Mauritius: 1847 1d red used on cover and 2d blue, the "Post Office" issue * Spain: 1851 2 reals, error of colour, one of three known * Switzerland: Zurich: 1843 4 rappen, the unique unsevered horizontal strip of five * Uruguay: 1858 120 centavos blue and 180 centavos green, in tête beche pairs, two of five known * Western Australia: 1854-55 4d blue, error frame inverted 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tapling Collection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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