41. Stamp and Coin Collecting - Twin Hobbies
Humans are known to engage into different kinds of diversion to unleash the boredom that life sometimes provides. There are people who use coin, stamp, or sticker collecting to accomplish this while others are satisfied with other hobbies such as...
42. Scinde Dawk Stamps In previous years, in India, small copper tokens (called tickets); valued at 2 annas (1/8th of a rupee) were generally the medium of payment for postage. Single letters of up to 2-1/2 tolas (29 gm) were charged at the rate of 2 annas for every 100 mi...
43. Stamps of The Turkish Empire It is about hundred and forty five years since Turkey first attracted the Philatelists' attention. Turkey's first stamps were issued in 1863. In the same year Russian offices were opened and a large square label, a 6k blue, was put forth by the Russi...
44. Stamps As An Investment A great deal has been written from time to time on this subject, both in favor and disfavor, but, when the different articles on both sides are summed up, one cannot but feel convinced that the collection of stamps in a careful manner, is not only Th...
45. Schools Drop Support For Stamp Clubs Back in the 1950s-60s, stamp collecting was a popular hobby and records show that around 85% of schools had active stamp clubs for students. Some were supported by the school, some by students and teachers, and some by outside stamp clubs and associa...
46. Sorting Stamps Many people like to buy heavy, messy boxes of stamps in albums/packets/loose to sort through. We have huge quantities of untidy material that we do not have time to go through properly. Often these can contain some real finds. One customer told us th...
47. Stamps Are Legal Tender – Fact Or Fiction.
It seems to be one of those issues that nobody is really sure about. We have all heard the stories whereby stamps are legal tender and therefore must be accepted, for example in a pub or corner shop. This is only partially true!
48. Stamps Withdrawn Due To Honest Mistakes! Stamps cover a huge range of subjects, events and people and inevitably mistakes will happen. Many stamps have minor mistakes and printing errors, but this article centres on when huge mistakes are made either due to lack of judgement or design ...
49. Stamp Catalogues
Stamp catalogues are extremely helpful aids for the collector. A stamp catalogue helps the philatelist learn about the stamps he has already collected and helps him select which issues he would next like to acquire. By finding the listing of a s...
50. Stamp Collecting
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Humans are known to engage into different kinds of diversion to unleash the boredom that life sometimes provides. There are people who use coin, stamp, or sticker collecting to accomplish this while others are satisfied with other hobbies such as...
Are you looking to sell your stamps or collectables? We offer a free valuation service, throughout the UK. We guarantee to make an offer on any collection we view.