to solve the murder of a well-known stamp dealer. Masuto quickly realizes that the incredible passion felt by stamp collectors for rare stamps, especially the 1847 One-Penny Orange, can lead to almost anything, even murder. See also List of notable postage stamps Mauritius Post Penny Black Mauritius (play) References Further reading Beech, David R. "The Printing Plate of the Mauritius 1847 Post Office Issue" in The London Philatelist, Vol. 121, No. 1392, Jan/Feb 2012, pp. 2–9. Hiroyuki Kanai, Classic Mauritius, Stanley Gibbons, London (1981) —an illustrated work on the author's famous Mauritius collection, including photos of reconstructed plates, postmarks and postal history. David Feldman SA, Mauritius: Classic Postage Stamps and Postal History, Switzerland (1993), illustrated auction catalog including the Kanai collection (see above), with Supplement providing detailed information on plating positions of the "Post Paid" and the "Lapirot" issues in their different states. Helen Morgan, Blue Mauritius: The Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Stamps, Atlantic Books (2006) —a detailed study of the Post Office stamps, including the social and economic factors that brought about the modern postal system in Mauritius and the resulting philatelic interest. The author compiled her sources and bibliography on a website: Blue Mauritius Research Companion. External links 175 years Blue and Red Mauritius Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Mauritius Ball cover auction catalogue 1847 introductions Postage stamps British Mauritius Philately of Mauritius