stamp collecting

New ed. of: Getting started in stamp collecting. Rev. & enl. 1982. Describes how to get started collecting stamps, topical collections, buying, selling, and limiting collections.

Cover title: Usborne guide to stamps and stamp collecting. Offers suggestions for what stamps to collect, how to arrange an album, how to handle stamps, how to identify them, and how to spot interesting details.

Traces the history of the postal system from royal messengers to the complex computer system of today.

Covers stamp collecting basics, stamp products, subscription services, and lists values for stamps, stationary, and collectibles.

Spine title: The official guide to U.S. stamps. Covers stamp collecting basics, stamp products, subscription services, and lists values for stamps, stationary, and collectibles.

How to start, build, organize and care for a stamp collection, and how to identify stamps and determine their value.

Presents details of working with stamps and buying and selling them.

Tells the history of U.S. stamps and the U.S. Postal Service, offers practical advice about how to collect stamps and evaluate their condition, and contains a catalog section giving stamp values.

Covers stamp collecting basics, stamp products, subscription services, and lists values for stamps, stationary, and collectibles.