The Complete Guide To Stamp Collecting

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      CONTENT :

• Genesis                           
• There are Many Kinds of Stamps
• About Stamp Collectors
• About Stamp Dealers
• Stamp Department
• How to Start
• The Next Step
• The Tools You Will Use
• Stamp Albums
• Stamp Catalogs
• How to Acquire Stamps
• How to Collect
• Paper & Watermarks
• Printing
• Perforations
• Condition
• Cancellations
• Is Stamp Collecting an Investment?
• The Social Aspects of Stamp Collecting
• The Advanced Collection
• Treasure Trove
• Stamp Societies
• APPENDIX — The Philatelic Press
• Index

     Written Language : English   
     Written By : PRESCOTT HOLDEN THORP
     Total Pages : 230pages

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      STAMP COLLECTING-Philately-is a Hobby. It is one of the great cultural pursuits of our nation and of several other nations, 
    notably England, France, Germany, and Switzerland, of importance in the order named. It is of lesser importance but 
    nevertheless with substantial numbers of followers in the Benelux nations, Italy, Spain and generally throughout Europe.

    In Asia, China and Japan have long been important centers of Stamp collecting. 
    The Straits Settlements, Thailand, Indonesia, India, all have important philatelic 
    centers and in such remote places as Afghanistan and Ethiopia one will find stamp 
    dealers. Many nations officially take cognizance of  the hobby and newly born 
    nations have embraced the hobby as an important means of developing the 
    “person to person” efforts to have all peoples of the world understand and live at 
    peace with each other.

    Israel, one of the newest of the world’s nations, has vigorously taken up the hobby on 
    a large scale and has even successfully completed an international philatelic exhibition 
    of considerable consequence.

    With each passing year new millions become avid stamp collectors, indeed, the hobby 
    is a virile and dynamic force for good that is constantly growing through-out the civilized world.
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