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• Beginning a Stamp Collecting Hobby

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  Starting a stamp collecting hobby can be popular and rewarding if you like the idea of stamps. If you are just getting started with your own stamp collecting hobby and you are trying to figure out where you need to get started, the following tips should prove to be helpful. First and foremost, it is said that the ...
  9 hours ago

• History of Postage Stamp Collecting

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  With the creation of the postage stamp came the birth of the concept of postage stamp collecting . This occurred just shortly after the first postage stamps were introduced in the year 1840 by Great Britain. Plilately, the study of postage stamp collecting has been derived from phileo, the Greek word for “I love” ...
  1 day ago

• Chocolate (Postage) Stamps

  
  Zingology — Authority: 130
  by J. Michael Wheeler Originally published in Dancing Spoon Magazine Who Wants to Lick the Stamps? Send your loved ones chocolate in the mail. Well, actually on the mail. In France, (where else?) food and postage are strangely blended as a .56€ first class postage stamp. These ...
  2 days ago

• Benefits of Collecting Old Stamps

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  Collecting old stamps , especially vintage postage stamps can bring great value. Collecting old stamps can be fun and educational, it can be affordable, and it can bring about understanding of history, art, travel and many other areas of culture as well. Here is an explanation of why collecting old stamps can be ...
  6 days ago

• Guide to Selling Stamps and Stamp Collections

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  Often people ask me for advice on what to do with their newly inherited or given stamp collection , usually with a bent on selling it. These are a few pointers I have slapped together. Number one: do not get your hopes up. Most people see albums or boxes full of old stamps and they think “eureka!” The boring ...
  1 week ago

• Influential Maria behind rise in unlikely hobby

  
  Tennishead — Authority: 146
  There are very few people with the power to make stamp-collecting a fashionable pastime, but it appears Maria Sharapova has done just that
  1 week ago

• Stamp collecting enjoys surge in popularity

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Stamp collecting is enjoying an unlikely surge in popularity, with dealers reporting a sharp increase in sales.
  1 week ago

• Penny Black Stamps: How To Tell A Real Stamp From Another

  
  Gypsy Camp Blog — Authority: 152
  Since penny black stamps were first produced in40 in the UK and Ireland , stamps have proven an important part of our history. Curiously enough, stamps continue to evolve and prosper as a low tech alternative to increasingly complex modern technology.Related posts: Collecting Stamps – Your First Album Collection ...
  1 week ago

• Try Stamp Collecting: Penny Black Stamps And Beyond

  
  rotatelogs.com — Authority: 161
  Since penny black stamps were first produced in’40 in the UK and Ireland , stamps have proven an important part of our history. Curiously enough, stamps continue to evolve and prosper as a low tech alternative to increasingly complex modern technology. These square stickers are notices that an individual piece of ...
  1 week ago

• Stamps and Stories

  
  Collectors Quest — Authority: 128
  I don’t usually cross paths with philately while browsing the thrift shops, but last weekend I was luckier than usual.  We were visiting relatives over Thanksgiving weekend – an excellent time to hit far-off shops in hopes of seeing something new – and I found a couple books on stamps, the first two editions of ...
  1 week ago

• Boy Scouts Stamp - “Celebrate Scouting” commemorative stamp

  
  The Postal Newsgroup — Authority: 131
  "...In 2010, the Postal Service will return the favor, recognizing the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America with its “Celebrate Scouting” commemorative stamp (Link, 11/12). Scheduled for release in July, the stamp pays tribute to the organization that promotes adventure, skill building, leadership, personal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where to Buy Stamps Online

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  People who break into the world of stamps often find themselves wondering about where to buy stamps online as well as in person. Having a guide to the best places for where to buy stamps is always a good idea. One of the places where you can buy stamps online is through eBay , an online marketplace where sellers list ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nostalgia Sunday – JNF-KKL stamp club

  
  ISRAELITY — Authority: 428
  About a week and a half ago, an event took place at the Jewish National Fund House in Tel Aviv that might be termed historic: the revival of the JNF-KKL stamp collectors club. Most people know that the Jewish National Fund – Keren Kayemet (JNF-KKL) raises funds using the trusty old Blue Box method of [...]
  2 weeks ago

• New Israeli Educational Stamps Posted Online

  
  Good News from Israel — Authority: 111
  Hi Everyone! I scanned and posted on my website the new Israeli stamps that were issued in November 2009. I included the stamp itself, the first day cover, and an English and a Hebrew flyer about the stamp. - Maritime Archeology in Israel - Lighthouses in Israel - The Yiddish Theatre in Lasi, Romania (1876) ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Boy Scout Centennial Stamp

  
  Collectors Quest — Authority: 128
  The first new postage stamp for the 2010 year was recently revealed.   To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, the USPS will issue the Celebrate Scouting stamp at the centennial Boy Scouts Jamboree, to be held next July at Fort AP Hill, Virginia.   The stamp was designed by Mill ...
  3 weeks ago

• Condition Guide of Stamp Collectibles

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  Condition The condition of stamp collectibles is a description of a stamps paper, gum (when dealing with mint stamps), and ink characteristics. The most adequate description of a stamp should be concise but still use as many words as necessary to properly describe the stamp. For example, a early British colonial ...
  3 weeks ago

• Collect Stamps and Postcards

  
  The Postal Newsgroup — Authority: 131
  "...CollectStampsAndPostcards is here to provide interesting information about stamp and postcard collecting through our interactive web community! By registering and creating a personalized profile, you will be able to access interesting information on the many different prized stamps and postcards of the past and ...
  4 weeks ago

• PIMCO Founder Bill Gross Selling $3M Portion of Stamp Collection to Benefit Smithsonian Museum

  
  The Postal Newsgroup — Authority: 131
  "...Estimated to bring $3 million in an auction in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009, many of the 214 Civil War-era Confederate States and early Canadian postage stamps are one-of-a-kind or the finest known...."    This Article is From: www.news-antique.comRead our latest posts! .
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