Earliest Documented Use Stamp collecting like all fields of knowledge has a history. One advantage to stamps is that some information is centralized so that records can be kept of vital information such as...
Death in Office of United States Presidents Not only is an inaugural of a US president a collectible subfield of philately, but a term that is cut short is also. There have been nine presidents that did not...
Worldwide Postal History Postal History is an exciting branch of stamp collecting that endlessly rewards the intellect. A single cover can teach you about geography, history, and culture. There are many...
Unitrade – Canada’s Stamp Catalogue Canada also uses the venerable Scott numbering system as its way of organizing stamps. The numbers are licensed to a firm called the Unitrade Press of Canada. Th... read full review
Scott’s New Color Catalogue Stamp collectors have a new and valuable resource at their fingertips. Scott Publishing Company starting this year is issuing their catalogues totally in color. One migh... read full review
Scott’s New Color Catalogue Stamp collectors have a new and valuable resource at their fingertips. Scott Publishing Company starting this year is issuing their catalogues totally in color. One migh... read full review
The Micarelli Identification Guide to United States Stamps – Regular Issues 1847 – 1934 (by Charles N. Micarelli) This identification guide to United States stamps is a very well organ... read full review
Scott’s New Color Catalogue Stamp collectors have a new and valuable resource at their fingertips. Scott Publishing Company starting this year is issuing their catalogues totally in color. One migh... read full review
2002 US FIRST DAY COVER CATALOGUE AND CHECKLIST This is a handy pocket-sized guide to all US FDCs. It is written by Michael Mellone and consists of 273 pages. It uses the Scott numbering system a... read full review
GUIDE TO US STAMPS This 2004 edition is the 31st edition as published by the Postal Service. They list prices for unused, used, plate block, and FDC for all issues. Each stamp also is depicted is... read full review
2008 Scott Stamp Catalogue The color scheme has improved greatly in the Scott catalogues. They switched to color two years ago and since then have improved the color images. I have fou... read full review
2004 BROOKMAN The Brookman Price Guide is a valuable book to both collectors and dealers alike. They price mint and used stamps for the United States. For the modern issues they give sheet and pl... read full review
The History of Postcards is a wonderful book about the growth of postal cards and postcards. It has many illustrations all with captions to delineate its points. The postcard grew out of the postal card and th... read full review