All About Stamps

What's a Cinderella stamp? Omnibus issue? Or a socked-on-the-nose cancel? Your stamp collecting customers will find the answers to these and many other hobby questions in this book. Featuring most English terms with quick, clean definitions, All About Stamps is designed to be easily read and understood by collectors of all levels. Extremely well illustrated with hundreds of crisp, clear photos, this handy philatelic reference presents the essence of the hobby without the clutter of country identifiers and confusing, outdated text.

This is the ultimate guide to getting the most out the world's most popular hobby, with countless examples of rare, vivid and historical stamps spanning almost two centuries, plus advice on price and guidance about acquisition. Read some of the fascinating stories behind the world's most sought-after stamps, from the famous commemoratives of American presidents to issues from some of the most remote post offices in the world. Stamps trace the character and history of the country from which they originate, and this encyclopedic visual directory is a stunning account of some of the most bizarre, vivid and poignant examples ever created.

The most comprehensive introduction and guide to collecting U.S. stamps ever written. It opens the hobby to a new generation of collectors, and serves as a treasured reference for established ones. This book, which supplements and transcends a catalog, provides the reader with a vast array of information about United States stamps, as well as many practical tips and suggestions for collecting them. There s over 300 years of American history carefully written and designed to appeal to collectors of all ages, and levels of interest. Kirk House Publishers is pleased to present this unique resource as a salute to these fascinating and highly collectible tiny pieces of paper and to the men and women who collect them.

Introduces the pleasures of collections, focusing on stamp collecting, and discusses the origins of postage stamps, stamp terminology, errors, finding, sorting, and mounting stamps, and related topics.