Happy to share with you today a cross blog post that I wrote on Scotiana.com‘s website which is a great site about “Everything Scotland”. Photograph of King George V by W.& D Downey   In fact Mairiuna, it was Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria ( later King George V ) that started the Royal Philatelic Collection. His enthusiasm about stamp collecting was shared with his brother, the Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VII) who bought … Continue reading →