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Earliest Documented Use
by bobcat4214( 20532)
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...
Tags: earliest documented use | first day cover | cover | watermark | EDU
40 of 43 people found this guide helpful
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Death in Office of United States Presidents
by bobcat4214( 20532)
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...
Tags: cover | presidents | death | Kennedy | assassination
27 of 27 people found this guide helpful
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Worldwide Postal History
by bobcat4214( 20532)
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...
Tags: worldwide postal history | postal history | cover | postmark | postal marking
26 of 29 people found this guide helpful
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United States Presidential Inaugural Covers
by bobcat4214( 20532)
United States Presidential Inaugural Covers United States presidential inaugural covers are a fun field of philately. Any cover canceled with a United States postmark on the day a US president is sworn into...
Tags: inaugural | president | cachet | Roosevelt | Obama
14 of 15 people found this guide helpful
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USPS Customs Forms
by bobcat4214( 20532)
USPS Customs Forms When to use customs forms and which ones to use is a question that often comes up to dealers. The USPS often train their workers to have customs forms being used when the item is over a few...
Tags: shipping | customs | forms | international | value
8 of 10 people found this guide helpful
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Commemorative Panels
by bobcat4214( 20532)
Commemorative Panels Not many stamp collectors know about US commemorative panels. They have been issued by the USPS since the early 70s. Typically these panels have at least two engraved scenes related to the...
Tags: commemorative | panels | US
4 of 4 people found this guide helpful
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Sizes of Large Envelopes per USPS
by bobcat4214( 20532)
Sizes of Large Envelopes per USPS In 2007, the USPS began to charge rates based on the size of the envelope being used. In 2008, they updated this to include international mail also. Items under 11.5 by 6.125...
Tags: envelopes | flats | shipping | USPS | rates
3 of 4 people found this guide helpful
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The Stamp Specialist by Lindquist
by bobcat4214( 20532)
The Stamp Specialist H. L. Lindquist published this series of 20 books in 1940-8. Typically there are seven to eleven topics per book of assembled articles about philately. The books are now classified by...
Tags: Specialist | Stamp | Lindquist | book | Confederate
3 of 4 people found this guide helpful
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Media Mail
by bobcat4214( 20532)
Media Mail Media mail is the class of mail to use when shipping books or similar products. Other products are CDs, magazines, or bound manuals. The shipping time is most similar to parcel post so if speed is...
Tags: media | USPS | shipping | book | magazine
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Canada Scott 286 Cracked Plate
by bobcat4214( 20532)
Canada Scott 286 Cracked Plate The Canada Scott 286 comes in a cracked plate variety. Only plate blocks with numbers of 4, 9, 10, and 11 have this crack. These plate numbers also exists free of the crack. When...
Tags: Canada | cracked | plate | block
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