For many, stamp collecting (philately) is a quiet retreat into history and geography. But for a select few, the album represents more than just a hobby—it represents a global marketplace buzzing with opportunity. Transitioning from a collector to a philatelic dealer is not just about selling off your duplicates. It requires a fundamental shift in […]
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Perfins are stamps with perforated initials or symbols. As almost every country has permitted their use, so it is quite rare that a stamp collector will miss them. They are just like any other stamp, except that they have these perforated initials usually punched through the center of the stamps. These perforated initials as they […]
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With a phenomenal rise in the number of issues of stamps by various countries over the past 150 years and the amount of money needed to acquire them, it has become impossible for an avid stamp collector to have access to all of them. To this, one can add the development of stamp issuing policies […]
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When this hobby had just started the collectors did not hear of hinges and mounts. They used different odd methods, such as sticking them with tape and use of different types of glues to paste their stamps on to their albums consisting of small exercise books to large plain leaf bound registers. Later on they […]
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For preserving stamps and making them displayable, a collector needs a stock book, an album, transparent glass like envelopes and some apparatus. The apparatus consists of a pair of tongs, a magnifying glass, a perforation gauge, a watermark detector, a colour guide and some mounts or hinges and of course the world map. Stock books […]
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After accumulating a good number of stamps, whether used or unused, the next problem faced by a stamp collector is how he is going to clear them from foreign material and also where he is going to keep them. Beginners, specially youngsters have been seen keeping these fragile pieces of paper in small boxes or […]
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Stamp collecting is such a hobby, which can be perused at any age. Some are lucky enough to inherit family collections while others have to start right from the beginning. Yet it is not difficult as there are many other easily accessible sources of making a stamp collection. Exchanging gifts and purchasing is the most […]
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Permanent Pictorial cancellation of Gifu-Nagara post office, Japan 〒 502-0835 1-12 Oda-cho, Gifu CityJAPAN This postmark depicts the famous and ancient method of fishing at Nagwara river. This permanent pictorial cancellation was released on May 11, 1990. Cormorant fishing in Japa called ukai in Japanese. Originally, it was done as one of the main fishing […]
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The address of this post office is as under 665, Kotohira,Nakatado District,Kagawa 766-8799, JapanThis postmark shows Golden House lantern and Sayabahi Covered bridge. Kotohira is a small town located in the Kagawa prefecture southwest of Takamatsu. It has a number of important shrines, including Kampira-san. Takadore is a 26m-High house lantern built in 1865. The […]
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As there are many types of stamps it is necessary that a collector knows about them and is liable to distinguish them. The most important being the definitives, commemoratives and airmails. The definitives are stamps intended for ordinary use over a period of several years and are available in each and every post office counter […]
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