A First Stamp Album for Beginners

A First Stamp Album for Beginners
Author: Robert Obojski
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2004-11-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 048644113X

The most popular hobby in the world, stamp collecting has millions of fans in the United States alone. Many are adults who have turned a childhood interest in philately into a pleasurable (and often profitable) lifetime avocation. This volume has everything needed to start a personal stamp collection: Entries for nearly 200 countries; Spaces for more than 2,600 stamps; Over 1,100 black-and-white illustrations of stamps; Easy-to-use Stamp Identifier Table and Index. Clear instructions for using the album and the Stamp Identifier Table are included, along with many useful hints and tips on building a collection. An entertaining, inexpensive way to learn about faraway people and places, stamp collecting brings a sense of excitement and adventure with each new acquisition. This book offers would-be collectors that ticket to discovery.

How to Collect Stamps

How to Collect Stamps
Author: H.E. Harris & Co
Publisher: Whitman Pub Llc
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988-11
Genre: Stamp collecting.
ISBN: 9780937458006

Discusses where and how to obtain stamps; tools, accessories, catalogues, and albums; identification of stamps; and the history of stamps. Includes a dictionary of terms.

2022 Us/Bna Postage Stamp Catalog

2022 Us/Bna Postage Stamp Catalog
Author: Whitman Publishing
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-12-21
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780794848385

Contains current market prices for the United States, U.S. Possessions and trust territories Canada and provinces, and all United Nations. Includes U.S. commemorative index and colorful stamp identifier, grading criteria, and more for the United States and British North America. Full Color

The Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps and Stamp Collecting

The Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps and Stamp Collecting
Author: James Watson
Publisher: Crescent
Total Pages: 221
Release: 1982
Genre: Postage stamps.
ISBN: 9780517358504

A comprehensive guide for the beginning collector explains the basic principles of selecting and identifying stamps and building a collection and includes a history of British stamps

Stamps

Stamps
Author: Useful Book Useful Book Company
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2018-03-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781986204217

Stamps is a Collectors Book for you to arrange and keep your stamps You can also write on the pages Over 100 pages 6 x 9

A History of America in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps

A History of America in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps
Author: Chris West
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250043697

DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF AMERICA THROUGH ITS BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE POSTAGE STAMPS IN THIS EXUBERANT AND ALWAYS CHARMING HISTORY. In A History of America in Thirty-six Postage Stamps, Chris West explores America's own rich philatelic history. From George Washington's dour gaze to the charging buffalo of the western frontier and Lindbergh's soaring biplane, American stamps are a vivid window into our country's extraordinary and distinctive past. With the always accessible and spirited West as your guide, discover the remarkable breadth of America's short history through a fresh lens. On their own, stamps can be curiosities, even artistic marvels; in this book, stamps become a window into the larger sweep of history.

The Complete Guide to Stamps & Stamp Collecting

The Complete Guide to Stamps & Stamp Collecting
Author: James Mackay
Publisher: Southwater
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017-11
Genre: Postage stamps
ISBN: 9781844777259

This is the ultimate guide to getting the most out the world's most popular hobby, with countless examples of rare, vivid and historical stamps spanning almost two centuries, plus advice on price and guidance about acquisition. Read some of the fascinating stories behind the world's most sought-after stamps, from the famous commemoratives of American presidents to issues from some of the most remote post offices in the world. Stamps trace the character and history of the country from which they originate, and this encyclopedic visual directory is a stunning account of some of the most bizarre, vivid and poignant examples ever created.

The 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album

The 1990 Doonesbury Stamp Album
Author: G. B. Trudeau
Publisher: Penguin Paperbacks
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1990
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780140128093

Doonesbury fans will find this unique project a surprise and a pleasure: eight different sheets of postage-style stamps presenting Doonesbury as it has never been seen before. Striking full-color stamps celebrate 20 ye ars of this controversial strip and commemorate the main characters--Mike, JJ, Zonker, Uncle Duke, Lacey Davenport, and more.