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My late father George
Cohen having enjoyed postage stamp collecting for a number of years, came up
with this very different idea, having realised how his friend the late Richard
Hillman could paint such wonderfully detailed watercolour
paintings.
Richard had painted,
just for fun, a copy of one of Dad's mounted stamps so perfectly, that it was
only when one tried to lift a corner that one discovered that it was not a real
stamp!
He used at times, a
single haired brush to achieve the finest of detail.
Richard and
George in due course created some wonderful stamp album collections,
Such as 'The Coronation Series', The 1935 Silver Jubilee Series', Egypt
and several others.
Later,
together with my late mother Betty Cohen (around 1948 when I was
eight years old), they worked on ideas for this album 'Postage
Stamps for Little People' that was dedicated to me.
There is a Pathe
Pictorial video (from 1956) still available that shows some of
the Albums including this one, here is a link to it: -
George and Betty Cohen's Stamp Collection
The Album
Postage Stamp Collecting
For
Little People
Concept & Design by
George and Betty Cohen
Watercolour Paintings by Richard Hillman.
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