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In philately, a perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft. The name is a contraction of perforated initials or perforated insignia. They are also sometimes called SPIFS (Stamps Perforated with Initials of Firms and Societies). Blogs Arge-lochungen Canadian Perfin Officials…

A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to the postal service. A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums, which focus on philately and postage stamps. Facebook Delphos Museum of Postal History National Museum of African Americans on Stamps Websites Athens Philatelic and Postal…

A revenue stamp, tax stamp, duty stamp or fiscal stamp is a (usually) adhesive label used to collect taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines, playing cards, hunting licenses, firearm registration, and many other things. Typically businesses purchase the stamps from the government, and attach them…

Philatelic literature is written material relating to philately, primarily information about postage stamps and postal history. Philatelic literature is held by stamp collectors and dealers, philatelic societies, and general and specialist libraries. Philatelic literature is generally divided into the following categories: Auction catalogues Books Bibliographies of philatelic literature Background material…

A philatelic exhibition is an exhibition of stamps and postal history where stamp collectors (philatelists) compete for medals. Many philatelic exhibitions are regular events, held annually or at some other frequency. Exhibitions are normally of international, national, regional or local scope. They may also be for specific collecting interests, for…