Stamp Collecting

We’ve developed this page as an index to the various articles related to stamp collecting, postal history and philately on our website.  We hope you find it useful.

United States Stamps

•  African Americans on US Postage Stamps
•  Thanksgiving Postage Stamp
• United States Christmas Stamps
  

   

  General Philately

  • Choosing the Right Postage Stamp Catalogue
  • Collecting Plate Blocks
  • Collecting Postal Stationery
  • Collecting Postage Stamps from the Classic Era
  • Creating a Philatelic Collection Plan
  • Does Anyone Collect Stamps Anymore?
  • Donating Philatelic Material
  • How to Break Down a Stamp Collection
  • Is There Still a U.S. Embargo on Cuba Postage Stamps?
  • Philatelic Poetry
  • Philatelic Terms
    • Stamp Grade Definitions – Centering
  • Properly Storing Philatelic Covers
  • Selling Your Stamp Collection
  • Stamp Collecting As a Pastime, by Edward J. Nankivell
  • Stamp Collecting for Children
    • Stamp Collecting for American Boys – from a book published in 1864
  • The Stamp Collector versus the Philatelist
  • Stamp Packets for Stamp Collectors
  • Thematic Postage Stamp Collecting

  Postal History

  • Early Interest in Postal History

  Miscellaneous, Related

  • Cars on Stamps
  • Cowboys of the Silver Screen on US Postage Stamps
  • Gemstones on Postage Stamps
  • Official and Legal Ink, and other chapters from Forty Centuries of Ink
  • Playing Cards from Postal Authorities
  • Postage Stamps for Crafting
  • Postage Stamps of the British Empire

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