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MORE ABOUT PHILATELY
While Philately includes the study of both technical and topical aspects of stamps, it can extend to much more than that. Some concentrate their studies on the history of the postal system and still others may study only “Cinderella” stamps, which are basically stickers that look like stamps but aren’t. Some examples of Cinderella stamps [...]
STAMP COLLECTING TIPS
Now that you’ve decided what type of stamps you want to collect, here are some tips on the best way to keep these stamps in good condition. You may end up with one that is worth a lot of money someday and you’ll want it to be in the best possible condition. • When looking [...]
PHILATELIC FORGERIES
There are two distinct types of fraudulent stamps. The first is called a fake, which means someone took a genuine stamp and altered it. By altering they could overprint, alter stamp design, and change perforation numbers… to make them appear as something else. The other is a forgery, which is when someone actually creates a [...]
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FAMOUS STAMPS 2
The Inverted Jenny. This stamp may very well be the most prized find for philatelists. Due to an increase in postage rates, the post office decided to rush out a new stamp especially for this price increase. This was a stamp that shows a Curtiss Jenny, which is the name of a biplane used to [...]
FORGERY METHODS
With so many stamp collectors around, it’s no wonder some find forging stamps to be a profitable business. Some stamps are in high demand and if a successful forger were to be able to reproduce it in such a way that it couldn’t be detectable, then he’s in for a cash windfall. Many of your [...]
HISTORY OF STAMP COLLECTING
The first stamp was issued in Britain back in the early 1800’s. Sir Rowland Hill was the man who first came up with the idea of using postage stamps to prepay for postal mail. It was called the Penny Black, a picture of Queen Victoria. One had to use scissors to cut each individual square [...]
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TRY STAMP COLLECTION
Stamp collecting has been a past time for many people for a long time. Sometimes also known as philately, it is also very educational and interesting when you begin this hobby. There is quite a bit that can be learned from stamp collecting especially when getting stamps from other countries. Looking for older stamps that [...]
ABOUT PHILATELY
Their goal is just to build a collection of stamps according to whatever they chose as their theme. Philatelists, on the other hand, are not necessarily collectors. They could be but their main goal is to study rare stamps and gain knowledge about them without any expectation of owning one. All serious collectors however, could [...]
ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING
There is a difference between stamp collectors and those who extensively study stamps, which is called philately. Most people enjoy collecting stamps as a form of recreation. They don’t spend time worrying about minute details. Those who indulge in philately are typically those who tend to invest large amounts of money in the buying of [...]
BEGINNING A STAMP COLLECTION
Stamps are classified into four separate types. They are Stamp Types, Purpose, Formats and Condition. Stamp Types generally means the difference between a definitive stamp and a commemorative stamp. A definitive stamp most always showed a portrait of some famous person at present time or in history, although recently these have expanded to include the [...]
