How to Collect StampsAn introduction to stamps and stamp collecting, with guides to identifying American and foreign stamps, a glossary of terms, and maps. |
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
Famous Rarieties | 10 |
History of First Day Covers | 19 |
Copyright | |
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ADMINISTRATION album Australia Austria AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC Britain BRITISH COLONY British Occupation BRITISH PROTECTED SULTANATE cachets Cancellation catalogues CENTS China collectors Colombia COLONY OF FRENCH color COMMUNIST REPUBLIC Cook Islands CORREOS country name Democratic Republic envelope Equatorial Africa Flat Plate France France-Offices French Colonies FRENCH OVERSEAS French West Africa Georgia GERMAN OCCUPATION GOVERNMENT Greece Guinea INDEPENDENT Italian East Africa Italy-Aegean Italy-Offices Japanese Occupation Jugoslavia Kenya KINGDOM Malay MALAYA MALAYSIA Morocco Mozambique Name changed NETHERLANDS Niger overprinted paper perforation Peru philatelic Portugal PORTUGUESE COLONY post office POSTAGE DUE postage stamp PROVINCE PROVISIONAL REPUBLIQUE rotary press Russia Russia-Offices in Turkey shading lines Somalia South Africa SPANISH COLONY Spanish Guinea stamp collecting stamp design stamp printed 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 Uganda UNITED ARAB Unwmkd Rotary USPS Perf usually watermark