Category: Collecting

In philately, a cinderella stamp is “virtually anything resembling a postage stamp, but not issued for postal purposes by a government postal administration”. There is a wide variety of cinderella stamps, such as those printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups. The term excludes imprinted stamps…

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So you have just inherited a stamp collection from Great Aunty Jane or Grandpa Bob. For most people, the first thing they will need to decide is whether or not to keep the collection or dispose of it. If you decide to keep it, great! However, if you decide that…

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Cinematography is the art of motion-picture photography and filming either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as film stock. Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor…

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So you may have been collecting stamps for a while or perhaps you inherited a collection, and now you want to take it to the next level. Below is a guide to moving from a Beginner to an Intermediate collector. Intermediate Tips Moving to the intermediate stage is all about…

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A watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light (or when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background), caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. Watermarks have been used on postage stamps, currency, and…

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A magnifying glass (or loupe) is a lens through which can be used to make things appear bigger, so you can see them better. It is used in many applications and manual operations, e.g., for examining postage stamps in philately. The magnifying glass consists of a piece of convex-shaped glass…

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A stamp catalogue (or stamp catalog) is a catalogue of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalogue is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogues are part of philatelic literature. Originally catalogues were just dealers’ price lists, though today that is less common. The…

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