Articles, tagged with "stamp collectors", page 4

An Introduction To Stamp Collection

Stamp collecting for many people is a favorite hobby. Something that they enjoy doing and sharing with their friends and stamp collectors alike. For some collectors, stamp collecting is a serious business. It has been estimated that nearly 20 million ... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

How To Take Care Of Your Stamps

Caring for stamps is essential for all stamp collectors. Although stamps can be quite fragile since they are essentially only made of paper, ink and glue, it does not require much money to protect this investment. Caring for stamps requires only a bit... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

Making Stamp Collecting Fun

Although most stamp collectors generally indulge in their hobby as a leisurely pastime many of them have do their collection appraised for the sake of curiosity. Appraising stamp collections is a good way to find out the accurate value of a person's stamp... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

The Business OF Stamp Collecting

Advance stamp collectors are people who have turned their hobby into a profitable business. Numerous stamp collectors have realized that the potential of stamp collecting goes beyond simply being a thrilling and satisfying pastime. Considering the number ... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

A Quick Guide To Stamps

From then on, stamps continued to proliferate in the different parts of the world and have always been the primary form of postage payment throughout the globe. Along with the growing popularity of stamps was the development of stamp collecting. Many p... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

Recognizing Rare Stamps

The mother of all rare stamps Believe it or not, there exists the stamp that would be considered as the mother of all rare stamps and quite possibly the stamp that - if given the chance - would be the one to rule them all. The stamp that costs on... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

Learn About Stamp Collector Certificates

Stamp collecting has been a very popular hobby and has been thriving for several generations all over the world. Technically referred to as philately, stamp collecting is an art itself, requiring great discipline among its enthusiasts. Perhaps a great... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

How To Store Sort And Soak Stamps

One of the most exciting ways to collect stamp is to process them while they are still attached to envelopes. It's a little like detective work, and doing so is pretty fun and exciting. However, if you are careless in processing your stamps from the envel... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

In Order To Collect Stamps You Need To Learn The Lingo

Stamp collecting is a hobby that dates back to the 1840s when the first stamp known as "Penny Black" was issued by Great Britain. Prior to this year, man's communication system was done primitively without the use of postal service maybe be cause man has ... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

Recognizing The Condition Of Stamps

and sufficient collection. Believe it or not, there are available catalogs that provide an outline of a stamp's relationship between its grade and value. Even modern-day technology such as the internet offers no respite from sound stamp descriptions... Read >
Author: Jerald Shin Shapiro

How To Turn Your Hobbies Into Cash

Everybody I know has a hobby and they all need money. Can you live without money? You can't have a hobby without some money either. What if we can combine our hobby with money somehow? How about making money from our hobbiy? Wouldn't that be wonderful? ... Read >
Author: MARK BARKOW

A Stamp Called the Inverted Jenny

If you collect stamps, there is no doubt that you want the Inverted Jenny as part of your collection. This is a postage stamp issued in the US on May 10, 1918. The design of the stamp was supposed to contain a picture of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane. Through... Read >
Author: Ling Tong

Stamp Collecting as an Industry

Collecting stamps is one of the oldest hobbies. The stamp collecting hobby crosses all boundaries and genres. There are a lot of hobbies that were created in a single nation, while philately is universal. Collection of postage stamps, not only provides th... Read >
Author: nagalakshmi

Celebrate Broadway's Most Wanted With Mauritius

Mauritius seems to be the new buzzword on Broadway this season and it's easy to see why. The play is a delightfully dark comedy, an original play appearing for the first time from a young woman, who has already made quite a mark on the stage. Perhaps best... Read >
Author: reed tieri

Stamp Collecting

Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related items, such as covers (envelopes or parcels with stamps on them). Stamp Collecting Trivia Quizzes measures how well you do with 20 questions about stamps. Stamp collecting is painless when y... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer

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