One of the first things a new collector thinks about is: which album is right for me? There are many brands on the market. If I’d have to pick just one to suggest, it would have to be the “Scott National”...
Which U.S. Catalogue Should You Buy? There are many stamp catalogues and stamp guides available for purchase on eBay and Half.com. I have some very strong opinions about which are good values for the collector...
List of Billig's Philatelic Handbooks The Billig's books are often quite confusing as there are at least four different series that go by similar titles. This listing is intended to give a working...
I have come across this infomation and thought it might be useful to others as it was to me. When you have a postcard with a postage stamp but can't quite make out the year in the cancelled postmark it may...
Many times when starting a new stamp collection, it is hard to decide what stamps to collect. Should I collect mint stamps, mint never hinged stamps, used stamps? There are many topics you can collect (such...
THE POSTAL HISTORY OF TIBET, by A.C. Waterfall is the most famous book on the stamps and postal History of Tibet.2 Editions were made:1965, 1st edition, 174 pages, Hard-cover, dust jacked.1981, 2nd Edition,...
Tasmanian Postal History Tasmania is an island in the south seas, in fact, it is one of the southern most islands in the World north of Antarctica. Tasmania is a State of the Commonwealth of Australia,...
The “Lions of Iran” Book, 5th. Edition, written and published by Mr. Mehrdad Sadri.This book, which describes in details the first issue of Iran, the so-called Lions stamps of Iran. It represents a significant...
The Private Mail Carriers of Colombia, By Dieter Bortfeldt with Carlos Valenzuela and Alfredo Frohlich, published by COLOMPHIL, the Colombian Philatelic Research Society, Bogota, May 2006 This magnificent book...
The Classic Stamps of Nepal Hellrigl/Vignola, 1984 The foundations for a thorough study of the classic issues of Nepal were laid by Major E. B. Evans, editor of Gibbons' Monthly Journal. His research work was...