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Stamp Collection for Beginners – 08. Perfins

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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Stamp Collection for Beginners – 03. How to start

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

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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Permanent Pictorial cancellation of Kotohira post office, Japan

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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Stamp Collection for Beginners – 02. Types of Stamps

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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