Stamp Collections
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Time to move on. . .
All good things must someday come to an end. This is my last article for Suite 101. I just don't have the time any more to write them. Beginning this new year, I'll be writing fiction full-time. If all goes well, I'll have at least one novel published before next January, and a couple of others in the queue.
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Christmas is coming. . .
Along with the goose, stamp collections and government coffers are getting fat as another flood of religious and non-religious stamps are issued to mark the holiday season.
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The Largest Museum Exhibit in the World!
Stamp designs cover virtually every aspect of human endeavor, not only from this nation, but from every nation in the world. What museum has this large an exhibit?
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The Break-up of the Ottoman Empire
This article discusses the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire, and the creation of independent nations in the Middle East between 1830 and 1948.
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Hyper-inflated Values
The current practice of assigning a minimum value to cheap stamps based on a dealer's perceived overhead is imposing some unintended, and often unnoticed, consequences.
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East Africa
This article completes the series on the philatelic evolution of African nations, with the countries that comprise East Africa.
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War and Philately
This article discusses the effects of war on philately.
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Central Africa
This article continues the series defining the philatelic evolution of the nations of Africa. This article discusses the evolution of Central African nations.
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School Stamp Clubs
This article discusses the importance of school stamp clubs, and provides some links and suggestions on how to create, operate, and promote a school stamp club.
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West Africa
This article is the third in a series on the philatelic evolution of African nations. This month's featured area is West Africa.
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Literature
This article discusses the literature associated with stamp collecting, and what a collector should consider adding to his own personal library.
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Southern Africa
This article picks up from last month's and discusses the evolution of country names for southern African nations.
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Tools of the Trade
Every business, every hobby, every sport, just about any activity that human beings do on a regular basis, soon has a specific set of tools to help us do that activity better, easier, faster. It's always a good thing to know the tools associated with stamp collecting, what they're called, and what they're used for. There are also some very interesting things that some of these tools can be used for that have nothing to do with stamp collecting!
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Collecting Africa can be Daunting
This article is the first in a multi-part series discussing the philatelic history of Africa.
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Book? Which Book?
"Back of the Book" may not have the meaning you expect! This article discusses how different catalogs list items differently. It also acknowledges the need for an internationally accepted standard, and identifies Stanley Gibbons as the first catalogue manufacturer to recognize this, and address it!
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The Great Sand Dunes Caper
This article discusses the evolution of stamp-issuing agencies on the Arabian Peninsula, and explains the source of the excessive material available from some of these states.
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"Locals", "Provisionals", and Other Headaches
Today's article discusses some of the "headache" areas of philately - Local issues, provisional issues, and propaganda issues.
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Alternative Collecting Growing in Popularity
This introductory article discusses two alternative collecting venues, collecting perfins and precancels.
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How to be a Good Consignor
This guest article provides excellent information on how to prepare material for consignment to a dealer, either as an auction/bidboard item, or as a lot offered to that dealer's customers.
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Saying Goodbye
This month's article discusses some of the options available to collectors for disposing of excess material.
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Philatelic rewards from the Spanish/American War
This article discusses the changes in the philatelic world as the result of the Spanish/Amarican War of 1898.
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A New Year - A New Beginning
Most of us make New Year Resolutions, which, if we're lucky, last until early March. This article provides some clues to decide if we need to make some New Year Resolutions regarding our stamp collecting habits.
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Those Pesky Holes in our Collections
This article concentrates on some steps the collector can take to find those hard-to-get stamps he needs to fill specific holes in their collection.
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Support Your Local Stamp Show
This article discusses club-sponsored stamp shows, and why they're important to the hobby.
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Personal Computers, the Internet, and Stamp Collecting
A general overview of how personal computers and the Internet are making stamp collecting easier and better.
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Developing a Collection Plan
This article provides a good overview of why it's important to establish a collecting plan, and how to create one.
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Setting Collecting Goals
Getting the most out of your collecting time and budget requires setting goals. This article provides some guidelines on how to set reasonable goals that the collector can be expected to meet.
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"Growing up" as a Stamp Collector
A short course in learning the more advanced aspects of stamp collecting - beyond identifying a stamp simply by the design.
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How Many Stamps are There?
How many stamps are there to be collected? This article provides a glimpse at the answer!
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The Re-emergence of the Worldwide Collector
There have always been collectors who want to collect "everything". Events of the last three or four decades have curtailed the numbers of such collectors, and forced many to go "underground" with their collecting. Thanks to the Internet and computers, those collectors are once again emerging, and taking their rightful place among the ranks.
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Growing a Stamp Collection, Part 4: Trading
Final part of a 4-part series on growing a stamp collection. This article describes some of the options for trading stamps.
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Growing a Stamp Collection, Part 3
This article discusses some additional aspects of purchasing stamps for your collection.
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"Growing" a Stamp Collection, Pt. 2
This article discusses the many different ways a collector can purchase stamps for their collection.
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"Growing" a Stamp Collection
An introductory article providing information on adding stamps to a collection.
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What is a Stamp Collection?
This article defines what is meant by the term "Stamp Collection"
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In the Beginning. . .
This introductory article provides basic information on how stamp collecting began, and where it currently stands.
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