Collecting: Revenue Stamps
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…
View More Collecting: Revenue StampsCollecting: Literature
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: ExhibitionsStanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – Mounting stamps
George James, head of Stanley Gibbons‘ Commonwealth department, provides a visual guide through using stamp hinges and mounts.
View More Stanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – Mounting stampsThematic: Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and…
View More Thematic: IslandThematic: Sport – Hockey
Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck into the opponent’s goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey, ice hockey and rink hockey. In most of the world,…
View More Thematic: Sport – HockeyThematic: Windmills
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines and other applications. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the…
View More Thematic: WindmillsStamp Chats: Life of Marvin Gaye
Life of Marvin Gaye will be presented by Ms. Charlene Blair, NMAAS, EPSPER & APS member and will be hosted by the American Philatelic Society. Marvin Gaye was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house…
View More Stamp Chats: Life of Marvin GayeStamp Chats: British Raj in Tibet on the British Indian Military and Civilian Postal History in Tibet Between 1888-1955
British Raj in Tibet on the British Indian Military and Civilian Postal History in Tibet Between 1888-1955 will be presented by Mr. Danny Wong, internationally acclaimed philatelist and author and will be hosted by the American Philatelic Society.
View More Stamp Chats: British Raj in Tibet on the British Indian Military and Civilian Postal History in Tibet Between 1888-1955Summer of Stamps
The online event will include a stamp marketplace, exclusive videos and guides, exhibits and competitions, with partners including The Postal Museum, The British Library, and The Royal Philatelic Society London. The ‘Summer of Stamps’ virtual festival will begin on 9 July, offering collectors a bustling stamp marketplace, featuring the latest…
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