Graves coincidence

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

Picked up a copy of Graves' Count Belisarius ( an English Penguin)
 at a "flea market"......the first amusing coincidence is that this 
book was originally purchased at the Swedish dept. store NK( as 
evidenced by the price sticker), where I spent considerable time in 
my youth.......

But what is really stunning is the entry after the text of the "novel", 
where other works of Graves are discussed.......

"ANTIGUA PENNY, PUCE,

'Lot 50. The rarest and most beautiful stamp in the world. The 
Venus de Milo of Philately. The unique Antigua, one penny, purple-
brown, 1866......the Antigua Penny Puce.'

That was how the auctioneer announced it, and the bidding was so 
fierce that one man died of the excitement. But who, if anyone, had 
the right to auction it? Was it eve, perhpas, stolen? Oliver claimed 
it, but his sister Jane thought it was hers, and she wasn't going to 
let go of it - at any price. As for bluff, hoax, and sabotage; she was 
more than a match for her nasty brother.

Not for sale in the USA " (sorry)

love,
cfa