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Philatelist Hind also brought with him from his $2,000,000 collection his famed "Mauritius cover." A "cover," in stamp language, is any envelope or package wrapper to which stamps are affixed. Mr. Hind's Mauritius cover, bearing a tuppenny and a one-penny Mauritius stamp, is considered philately's most valuable item, worth $50,000 at least. Mauritius is a knobby little island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, once (1598-1710) a Dutch colony, once (1715-1814) a French colony, ever since a British possession...
Second in importance to Philatelist Hind's $82,500 scraps were three more Mauritius stamps?one tuppenny, two one-pennies? owned by Alfred F. Lichtenstein of Manhattan. He also showed to envious fellow collectors the "most beautiful philatelic piece," and original cover bearing four neatly pasted Cape of Good Hope triangular "wood blocks," addressed in a fine, spidery hand...
Hookworm work was carried on during the year in Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Australia, Fiji, Siam, Ceylon, Mainland India, Mauritius...