i have a few "how to collect" type books but nothing detailed at this time. i am considering asking the wife and kids for the ATA handbook "watercraft on Stamps" for my birthday in November.
Books The First Philatelist? 1973 by Kasimir Bileski The Life and Adventures of a Philatelist 1945 by Alvin Good How to Gain Pleasure and Profit from Stamp Collecting 1947 by Henry M. Ellis Stories Postage Stamps Tell 1930 by Sigmund I. Rothschild Linn's Stamp Identifier 1993
Pamphlets/Others Linn's Stamp Collecting Made Easy Harris Stamp Finder Stamp Collecting in Ten Easy Lessons (1936) Harris Stories from Postage Stamps (1950) Guidebook of Ideas from Collector's Institute, Ltd. Harris The Stamp Finder (1949) Mystic's Guide to Stamp Collecting
Two on Stamps and the Bible Two on Kingfishers, one from a human point of view and one from the kingfisher`s! Quite an old book called something like "The stories of stamps" - from the early(ish) 20th century. One very colourful children`s book called Mr. Seahorse, where a male seahorse goes around talking to all the male animals in the ocean who take a much greater part in their reproduction than most animals do! (It`s the male seahorses that carry and give birth to the live babies! - you can see it on Youtube!) I`m not near them right now to give you accurate titles
Collecting Australia, New Zealand, Channel Islands, Canada, U.S., St-Pierre et Miquelon, Faroe Islands Topical - Seahorses, Paleophilately, Machins (limited), kingfishers, trees, horoscope & zodiac, O`Higgins (Chile), Lake Baikal.
I am reading First Class, a history of Britain in 36 postage stamps... not really about the stamps themselves but about the history at the time... I will be finding out next about the three halfpenny red and what was happening at the time.
I am a letter writer, snailmail addict. I send therefore I receive. I also manage a letter writing/correspondence forum called A World of Snail Mail. I sometimes post pictures on Instagram (username morgaine_does_snail_mail) Stamp themes - science, nature, postal history, maps, nice stamps.
Have read this book several times. Great history, facts and information about US Stamps. If you are interested in US Stamps, I recommend that you read it.
A book that I have had on my shelf and has proven useful more than several times is Webster's New Geographical Dictionary. If you are geographically challenged this is a great resource for helping to identify countries, cities, regions, etc...Taken a sudden interest in Kionga? This is where you find out more.
Darrin Lettinga
Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.
Gordon Lee
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I like stamps for the thrills, chills, screams, and laughs.
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Early American Perforating Machines and Perforations 1857 - 1867 (Boggs, 1982,The Unitrade Press)
Canada: Canada Notes on the 1911 - 1925 Series (Marler, 1949, APS Handbook) The Admiral Issue of Canada (Marler, 1982, APS Book) Canada The Admiral Issue 1911 - 1925 (Marler, 1980, Unitrade Press) Canada The Admiral Stamps of 1911 - 1925 (Reiche, 1965) Admiral Cancels (Reiche, 1983, Unitrade Press) The Admiral Era: A Rate Study 1912 - 1928 (Steinhart, 1981) The Canadian Lathework Design (Reiche) The Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada (3rd Edition) (Whitehead, 1964, APS Handbook) A Large Queen's Report (Reiche, 1977, CWS) Canada The Fifteen Cents of 1868 (Firth, 1963)
USA: The Harry F Allen Collection of Black Jacks A Study of the Stamp and its Use (Lane, 1969 APS) The Stamp Specialist Chartreuse Book (Ellis, 1948, Linquist Press) The Postal History of the AEF, 1917 - 1923 (Van Dam, 1980, APS Handbook) United States Cancellations 1845 - 1869 (Skinner / Enos,1980, APS) Thorp - Bartels Catalogue of United States Stamped Envelopes (Century Edition, 1954) The Postage Stamps Of the United States (Luff, 1981, Quarterman) Encyclopedia of Plate Varieties on Bureau - Printed Postage Stamps (French, 1979)
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