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Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting

By Richard McP.Cabeen

Thomas Y. Crowell | English | New Revised Edition 1979 | ISBN 0690017731 | PDF | 668 pages | 45.9 mb




This book is not heavily specialized, but rather intended as an overview of stamp collecting and related matters. Helpful for the beginning philatelist, the Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting is also a useful reference for more advanced collectors.



CONTENTS



PREFACE V



PART I - INTRODUCTION TO STAMP COLLECTING

1 STARTING A COLLECTION 3

2 EXPANDING THE COLLECTION 6

3 WHAT TO COLLECT 18

4 ALBUMS 30

5 STORAGE OF DUPLICATES AND OTHER

UNMOUNTED STAMPS 35

6 ACCESSORIES AND THEIR USE 37

7 CONDITION 48

8 PREPARING STAMPS FOR MOUNTING 58

9 SPECIALISM 73

10 TOPICAL COLLECTING 83

11 SPECIALTY AND SIDELINE COLLECTIONS 89

12 CANCELLATIONS ON STAMPS OFF COVER 135

13 ARRANGING AND WRITING UP COLLECTIONS 144



PART II - POSTAL HISTORY AND COVER COLLECTING

14 COVERS AND POSTAL MARKINGS 161

15 AEROPHILATELY 207

16 POSTAL STATIONERY 222

17 THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION 232

18 EARLY POSTAL HISTORY 243



PART III - MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS

19 COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING 265

20 UNUSUAL USES FOR STAMPS 281



PART IV - TECHNICAL MATTERS

21 PAPER 292

22 PRINTING 307

23 COLOR 325

24 GUM 329

25 SEPARATION 333

26 OVERPRINTS AND VARIETIES 349

27 GRILLS AND VARIETIES 354

28 DESIGNS 357

29 ERRORS 371

30 VARIETIES 389

31 ESSAYS, PROOFS, SPECIAL PRINTINGS, FORGERIES 398



PART V - CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION

32 CLASSIFICATION 429

33 IDENTIFICATION OF STAMPS 480

34 MONETARY UNITS 512

35 TABLE OF THE WORLD S STAMPS 530

36 PRINCIPAL LATIN-LETTER INSCRIPTIONS,

OVERPRINTS, POSTAL MARKINGS, AND

DESIGN SYMBOLS 546



GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS 605

INDEX 819

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