The Error World: An Affair With Stamps
Simon Garfield Audio Book

When he was very young, Simon Garfield lusted after rare stamps but could not afford them. When he was older, the passion reignited with almost ruinous results. He made substantial purchases (concealed from his wife) and became obsessed with ‘error stamps’, those with printing or production mistakes that elevated their value, sometimes enormously.

'The Error World' is an examination of obsession and desire, and the search for fulfilment. But it is also a story of wooden legs, pornography in the Finchley Road, Pelé’s World Cup shirt, the man who guards stamps for the Queen, and a woman who is terrified of the Post Office Tower.

Simon Garfield is a feature writer on the ‘Observer’ and the author of nine works of non-fiction.