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|title=First Class: A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps

|author=Chris West

|publisher=Square Peg

|date=October 2012

|website=http://http://www.chriswest.info/

|summary=A history of Britain from 1840 to the present day as seen by the author, through (mostly) British stamps, the events and the eras which they commemorated or in which they were issued

}}

As a philatelist and lover of history, I approached this book with even more curiosity than usual. The subtitle suggested a very intriguing approach, but would it work? I’m glad to report that it did.