How to Collect StampsDiscusses where and how to obtain stamps; tools, accessories, catalogues, and albums; identification of stamps; and the history of stamps. Includes a dictionary of terms. |
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ADMINISTRATION Aegean Islands album Australia Austria AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC Britain BRITISH COLONY BRITISH PROTECTED SULTANATE cachets Cancellation catalog CENTS collectors Colombia COLONY OF FRENCH color COMMUNIST REPUBLIC country name Czechoslovakia DAY OF ISSUE France French Colonies FRENCH OCCUPATION French West Africa German East Africa GERMAN OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT Greece grill Guinea Hungary Indies ITALIAN EAST AFRICA Italian occupation Italy Japanese Occupation Kenya KINGDOM Malay MALAYA MALAYSIA Morocco Mozambique Name changed NATIONAL REPUBLIC NETHERLANDS Niger Offices in China Offices in Turkey overprinted paper Perf perforations Peru philatelic plate Portugal PORTUGUESE COLONY post office postage stamp Prior PROVINCE PROVISIONAL REPUBLIQUE Romania rotary press Russia SHEIKDOM Somalia South Africa Spain Spanish Morocco stamp collecting stamp design stamps inscribed Stamps issued stamps of Austria stamps of French stamps of Germany stamps of Italy stamps of Russia Straits Settlements Tanzania TERRITORY Turkey Type U.S.POSTAGE Uganda UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES POSTAGE usually watermark Yugoslavia