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The complete guide to stamps & stamp collecting: the ultimate illustrated reference to over 3000 of the world's best stamps, and a professional guide to starting and perfecting a spectacular collection
Publisher
Southwater
Publication Date
c2011
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
Introducing Stamps and Philately
A Guide to Collecting Stamps
What are Stamps?
The Origins of Postal Services
Birth of the Adhesive Postage Stamp
The Parts of a Stamp
Stamps for Everyday Use
Sheets, Coils, Booklets and Stationery
Commemorative and Special Issues
Airmails and Special Service Stamps
How to Collect Stamps
Starting a Collection
Tools and Techniques
Housing a Collection
Mounting Stamps for Display
Advanced Display Techniques
Collecting by Country
Introducing Thematics
Purpose-of-Issue Collecting
Choosing Themes and Telling Stories
Collecting Postal History
Local Philately
Collecting Sea Mail
Collecting Railway Mail
Collecting Wartime Mail
Collecting Airmail
Cinderella Philately
Social Philately
Forgeries, Fantasies and Postal Fraud
First Day Covers and Special Postmarks
Poster Stamps
Charity Seals and Labels
Fiscal Stamps and Special Service Labels
Local Stamps and Private Posts
Essays, Artwork and Proofs
Flaws and Marginal Markings
A Global Hobby
Organized Philately
Exhibiting Stamps
Buying and Selling Stamps
Philately Online
Useful Services and Addresses
The World Directory of Stamps
America
Canada
United States Definitives
United States Commemorative and Special Issues
United States Possessions and Territories
United States Trust Territories in the Pacific
North American Indians in Stamps
Bahamas, Bermuda and West Indies
Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica
British West Indies
Mexico
Central America
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela
Brazil and Guyana
Bolivia, Chile and Peru
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
South Atlantic Islands
Europe
Western Scandinavia
Eastern Scandinavia
Vikings in Stamps
British Isles
British Regional Issues
British Offshore Islands
British European Territories
The Benelux Countries
Switzerland
German States
German Reich
Postwar Germany
Austria and Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Baltic States
Russia
Commonwealth of Independent States
Albania
Bulgaria and Romania
Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia: Division, Reconstruction and Civil War
Greece
Turkey
Italy
France
Iberian Peninsula
Africa
Spanish Africa
North Africa
Egypt and Sudan
Art and Architecture of the Pharaohs in Stamps
French West Africa
French Equatorial Africa
The Horn of Africa
East Africa
Central Africa
West Africa
Portuguese Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa and Namibia
Asia
Lebanon, Iraq and Syria
Middle East
Arabia
Gulf States
Afghanistan and Iran
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Burma
India
Indian States
Indian Ocean
Indochina
China
Lunar New Year
Chinese Territories
Korea
Japan
Indonesia and the Philippines
South-East Asia
Australasia
Two Hundred Years in Stamps
Australian External Territories
New Zealand
PNG, Nauru and Vanuatu
Fiji, Kiribati and Tuvalu
French Pacific Islands
New Zealand Dependencies
Inscriptions
Glossary
Index
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ISBN
9781844768578
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