A brief beginner's guide to the quiet, but exciting hobby of stamp collecting.
The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps
A practical introduction to stamp collecting, with step-by-step instructions on how to handle stamps correctly.
Suggestions for the beginning stamp collector, with introductory information on the nature and history of stamps as well as the qualities that make particular stamps interesting or valuable.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
This volume consists of chapters 23 to 43 of the full 120-chapter version of the novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version.
Postage stamps from around the world help introduce the geography, way of life, folklore, and poetry of many countries.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Reproduction of the original.
Also covered are other printing approaches such as roller printing, and printing with clay and plaster. This highly accessible book will appeal to creatives and crafters of all ages.
This is the first comprehensive, illustrated, and English language summary of available information about all stamps issued in the Russian Empire from 1857 to 1917, their varieties, color shades, perforations, watermarks, and constant plate ...