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History
The story of philately is one that goes back to about the year 1841 when the first stamp collectors in the world began to emerge
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Famous stamp collectors
Prince Rainier of Monaco and former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov all have stunning philatelic collections. We lift the lid on these and many more famous collections...

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Famous stamp designers
From the revered British stamp designer Arnold Machin to rock star Paul McCartney, and master engraver Czeslaw Slania, we reveal the stories behind the designs created by some of the world’s foremost stamp artists...

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Records
From the world’s most enduring stamp design to the person featured on most stamps, the Records section gives you fascinating snippets about philately’s record breakers and groundbreakers...

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World's rarest stamps
The stories behind some of the world’s rarest stamps – including the British Guiana 1c magenta and Sweden’s famous Tre Skilling Banco yellow – are revealed...

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  Philatelic Glossary

Contains definitions for most philatelic expressions.
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  Philatelic Federations

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  Philatelic Museums of the World

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  Introduction of Postage Stamps

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Glossary of Philatelic Terms

Acknowledgement of receipt stamp Adhesive Adhesive revenue stamp Adversity cover Airmail envelope Airmail pilots Airmail service Airway letter stamp Arc roulette Army Post Office (APO) Arrow Autogiro mail service Auxiliary mark Balloon Post, Siege of Paris (1870-71) Barcodes Bicycle mail Bisect Blind perforation Board of Governers Boating stamp Bogus stamp Bulk rate stamp Bus parcel stamp Bypost stamp Cachet Cancel Carriers' stamp Cash on Delivery (COD) Service Certified Mail Certified mail stamp Charity seal CIA invert Cigarette tube stamp Circular delivery stamp Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee City Delivery Service City Free Delivery Service Civil War patriotic covers Classification schemes-mails Classification schemes—post offices Clean-cut perforation Coil stamp College stamp Collotype Color missing Color separation Colored line roulette Comb perforation Commemorative stamp Compound perforations Concessionary parcel stamp Confederate handstamps Confederate semi-official envelope Constitutional Post Consular service fee stamp Control number Cordials and wines stamp Counterfeit Cover Cover (souvenir) Cracked plate Creased paper Curtiss Jenny Customs fee stamp Cylinder numbers Definitive issue Dial (handstamp) Die Documentary stamp Double entry Double impression Double or triple perforation Dragging Drop letter E-COM Electric eye perforation Embossing En epargne Encased postage stamp Engraving Expedition issue Facing Facsimile Fake Fancy (handstamp) Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition (FIPEX) First-day cover Flat plate Flats Fleet post office Flight cover Folded paper Foreign mail stamp Forgery Franchise stamp Franking Freaks Free mail stamp Future delivery stamp General Post Office General Postal Union Grill Guerrilla stamp Guide dots Guide lines Gutter Gutter snipe Handstamp Handwritten plate number Harrow perforation Highway Post Office Service Hotel stamp HPO Hyphen-hole perforation HyPO Illustrated envelopes Imitation Imperforate Intelpost International reply coupon Interrupted perforation Inverted frame Inverted Jenny Joint lines Journal tax stamp Jubilee lines Killer Postmark Kiss prints Knife Late fee stamp Letter carrier Life insurance stamp Line perforation Line roulette Literacy fund stamp Lithography Local city government issue Local official stamps Lottery stamp Lozenge perforation Mail collection service Mailbag Mailbox Marine insurance stamp Master die Maximum card Metal currency stamp Metered mail Migratory bird hunting stamp Military franchise stamp Millesime Mochila Money Order Mourning stamp MPLSM Narcotic tax stamp Newspaper stamp Nixie No Sunday Delivery Obligatory tax stamp Occupation stamp OCR Official issue Official seals Offset printing On-the-Fly Overprints Parcel Post Part-perforated Patronage Perforation Personal delivery stamp Photogravure Pillars Pin roulette Plate number Playing card stamp Plebescite stamp Pneumatic tubes POD Porte de mar stamp Post Card Post Office Post Office Department Post Roads Post-A-Book stamp Postage currency Postage due stamp Postal Card Postal fiscal issue Postal Inspection Service Postal reorganization Postal savings stamp Postal Savings System Postal Service Postal tax stamp Postal telegraph stamp Postcard stamp Postcard tax stamp Postmark Postmarking device Postmaster Postmaster General Postmasters' provisional stamp Potato tax stamp Precancel Printing plate Private die Private die proprietary stamp Private perforation Provisional stamp Railway Mail Service Railway Post Office RBCS Re-engraved Re-issue Recorded message stamp Regional stamp Registered Mail Registration stamp Relief printing Remainders Reprint Return letter stamp Revenue issue RFD Rotary perforating machine Rotary press Rough perforation Roulette RPO Rural Free Delivery (RFD) Sample Scratched plate Screen wagons Se-tenant Sea Post Service Self-service registration stamp Semi-official envelopes Semi-official stamp Semi-postal stamp Separation Serpentine roulette Serrate roulette Sheet number Silver tax stamp Sinking fund stamp Slogan Soldiers' stamp Souvenir sheet Special delivery issue Special Delivery Service Special flight stamp Square perforations Stamp classifications Stamped envelope production Star route Stock transfer stamp Sunday delivery stamp Surcharge Talking stamp Tax Paid stamp Telegraph stamp Telegraph stamp Tete-beche Tobacco sale tax stamp Topical collecting Tour Number Typography Unappropriated Duty stamp Unemployed Intellectual stamp Unissued stamp UPU USPS V-Mail Vehicle Service Vending machine stamp Vignette War stamp Watermark Wiper marks ZIP+4 Zone System

 

 

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