Aberdeen Court W9

This is Aberdeen Court in Maida Vale, an Edwardian-era mansion block built in 1903 by architects Boehmer & Gibbs. In well-to-do neighborhoods such as this one, it was a fashion of the day to mimic the grandeur of Parisian flats.

During the 1920s, Flat 10 was the home of Nicholas Argenti, a stockbroker who'd risen to the rank of Captain in the British Army during World War I. Argenti was also a stamp collector. The posthumous publishing of his life's work, 'The Postage Stamps of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia' won him the Royal Philatelic Society London's prestigious Crawford Medal. His collection was auctioned off in 1963 and fetched over £800,000 in today's money.

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