The Queen's Stamps: The Official History of the Royal Philatelic Collection (History of Royal Philatelic)
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Times of India reports,"From being a quaint hobby nurtured by being friends with the postman, asking relatives and pen pals to send stamps from abroad or by simply buying them from postal bureaus, philately has mostly gone online. Earlier, philatelic research involved many trips to museums, subscribing to stamp magazines and catalogues and a great deal of letter writing. But the internet has...
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
According to the DansTopical.com website, "An 'error' in philately usually refers something that has gone wrong in the production of a stamp: the wrong or missing colors, misperforations, inversions, and things like that. Such errors are relatively rare and therefore stamps with such errors are expensive. However, there is another kind of error that is neither so rare nor so expensive. It is the...
Horse Racing Tips & Tipping Review Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
. 5.50 Groomed To Perfection, The Kia Soul Conditions Stakes (CLASS 3)(3yo+) Winner £7,353 9 runners 1m2f 103.6% Philatelist 101.0% Hallingdal 97.6% Strategic Mover --.-% Anmar --.-% Bravely Fought --.-% Farley Star --.-% Pachattack --.-% Rajamand --.-% Russian Sage 6.20 boxingdayraces.co.uk Handicap (CLASS 7)(3yo 0-50) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m4f 101.5% Bedarra Boy 101.0% Valkyrie 100.4%...
Timpu (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Kolkata, Nov 6 (ANI): An Indian man with a penchant for collecting railway stamps has compiled a book “The Great Indian Railways Through Philately”, which has exclusive, pictorial story of Indian railways depicted through stamps. Click Here To Read the Full Post
A little about .... (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Kolkata, Nov 6 - ANI: An Indian man with a penchant for collecting railway stamps has compiled a book The Great Indian Railways Through Philately, which has exclusive, pictorial story of Indian railways depicted through stamps.
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Reporter Vladimir Kozlov writes in the Moscow News , "In times of economic uncertainty, people look for unconventional investment vehicles. Investment in postage stamps can bring you a return of 15 to 20 percent a year, but you have to be careful, as philately involves many subtleties." "It's difficult for an ordinary person with little or no knowledge of philately to understand all...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Collecting stamps, for some people, is more than just a hobby�it�s a lifestyle. In fact, the world has been witness to decades upon decades of stamp collecting. Case in point: the American Philatelic Society (APS) with its 44, 000 members�the biggest membership in the entire world�was founded as ear
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Defimedia.info reports one of the famous Post Office stamps, which made Mauritius famous in the world of philately, is currently on sale at Baila, Rumania, for the sum of 2 million Euros. The two stamps form part of the collection of a Rumanian philatelist, Ion Ivan, president of the Danube Philatelic Society. In an interview to the press agency 'Agerpres' Ion Ivan says that he is thinking of selling...
'Tickling the Bone' (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced 10 husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband to "Please be gentle; I'm still a virgin". "What?" said the puzzled groom. "How can that be if you've been married ten times..?" "Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative ; he kept telling me how great it was going to be. "Husband...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
We've seen PIMCO founder Bill Gross sells off some of his philatelic treasures for a good cause before, now he's at it again, selling a portion of his stamp collection to benefit a Smithsonian museum. Next month, Gross, who I've dubbed the Philanthropic Philatelist, will sell off two portions of his extensive stamp collection to raise funds for the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Estimated to...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Classic UK album cover postage stamps for 2010... http://blog.albumartexchange.com/2009/10/british-to-release-famous-album...
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The Suburban Journals in St. Louis calls Ken Lucas "The Pied Piper of Stamp Collecting." Reporter Kevin Carbery writes, "[Lucas],82, can only guess at the number of youngsters he has introduced to the hobby of philately in the more than 60 years he has volunteered to teach about stamps in various schools." Ken is quoted as saying, "I have no idea how many kids I've turned into...
The Stamp Collecting Round-Up (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
You'd never know it from its name but Roger Kirby's The Swedish Tiger website has high definition pictures, prices and more on just about any classic U.S. stamp you can think of. On the site you will find images of all US postage stamps up to 1952. Along with updated market prices. Included are US revenues, officials, Hawaii, Confederate Stamps and more back of the book. Roger tracks prices realized...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
The GPO has organised a philately exhibition celebrating science
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Even before many philatelists thought up the hobby of stamp collecting, it is rather obvious that the act of exchanging letters through a centralized system that would recognize stamps as payment to cover carriage costs would have to be put in place. The American Philatelic Society (APS), which is t
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