Why eBay is a good place to buy higher value US Stamps?From a seller's standpoint, eBay is not the place to obtain the highest sale price for valuable material. Traditional auctions will usually result in a...
This GUIDE will show you how to remove stamps from paper, in a step-by-step process, so that you can have them ready for inclusion in your STAMP ALBUM or STOCKBOOK. HOW TO GET STARTED: Get yourself organized...
While browsing Stamp Guides and Reviews there was not a single article about precancels.While writing this beginners guide, it became clear to me that more information was necessary to truly capture the scope...
BACKGROUND; From the earliest days of the war between the States, designs began to appear on envelopes sold to the public which expressed various kinds of sentiments of patriotism and/or negative...
During the last fifty years I have had dealings with hundreds of stamp dealers. They ranged from the smallest to the largest, the sadly ignorant to the world-class expert, the poor to the wealthy, the crooked...
INTRODUCTION; Possibly as many as 2,000 different fancy cancellations exist from the period between the early 1920s to the mid 1930s, but this area of fancy cancel collecting is often misunderstood. It...
In the realm of stamp collecting, the country offering the most diverse, challenging and stimulating field for the collector is China. Unlike the stamps of most countries, the stamps of China did not emanate...
This GUIDE will explain what to expect when you see this word (ACCUMULATION)in EBAY auction lot titles and help you with your bidding. Accumulations: selection of stamps where you will find quite a...
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...
INTRODUCTION; The carraige of mail by airship began almost immediately with the earliest flights after the turn of the 20th century. The Zeppelin company soon realized that carrying mail, which appealed...