Postal Museum to host British writer

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DELPHOS — On November 9, the Museum of Postal History in Delphos will be hosting British author Chris West as he talks about his most recent publication, History of America in 36 US Postage Stamps.

The museum will open at 3:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 4 that afternoon, with the author discussing various aspects of this work and his views on philately as it relates to history.

Following his presentation and a question and answer period, private tours of the museum will be offered. Light refreshments will be served

West writes business books under Chris West, while writing as Christopher West he is author of the China Quartet, four mysteries that, back in the 1990s, were among the first crime novels to be set in the contemporary People’s Republic of China.

On completing this series, West concentrated on co-authoring books aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses.

As a solo author he wrote Marketing on a Beermat and a guide to good, clear writing entitled Perfect Written English.

One of his most recent books is First Class, a History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps, which uses commemorative stamps as hooks on which to hang the nation’s history since 1840, the date of the Penny Black. His newest book is a History of the United States in 36 US Postage Stamps.

West is married with one daughter and lives near Cambridgeshire.

Any questions may be directed to Gary S. Levitt, curator of the Postal Museum.