The Orient is a term for the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe. It is the antonym of Occident, the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia, loosely classified into the Near…
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Collecting: Perfin
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
View More Collecting: ExhibitionsThematic: American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. The civil war began primarily as a result of the…
View More Thematic: American Civil WarThematic: Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth’s surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of…
View More Thematic: PetroleumThematic: Polemology
The scholarly study of war is sometimes called polemology. The multi-disciplinary program explores the military, diplomatic, philosophical, social, political, psychological or economic dimensions of human conflict. In the context of modern warfare, it considers issues of defence policy, strategic planning, logistics and operations. War is an intense armed conflict between…
View More Thematic: PolemologyThematic: Botany
Botany is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of…
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