Book Description
The most comprehensive introduction and guide to collecting U.S. stamps ever written. It opens up the hobby to a new generation of collectors, and serves as a treasured reference for established ones. This book, which supplements and transcends a catalog, provides the reader with a vast array of information about United States stamps, as well as many practical tips and suggestions for collecting them. It presents 300 years of American history carefully written and designed to appeal to collectors of all ages, and levels of interest.
Kirk House Publishers is please to present this unique resource as a salute both to these fascinating and highly collectible tiny pieces of paper and to the men and women who collect them.
Customer Reviews:
Good information.......2007-03-11
This book is a must for US stamp collecting. Use it often to find hidden information.
stunning.......2007-01-05
As a newcomer to American Philately I found this work to be
erudite,logical in its layout and,most importantly,very easy to
read.
Very informative........2007-01-05
This is a well put together book. It's very informative and entertaining. The full color illustrations are a plus. Overall great value for the money for any stamp collector, beginner or expert.
Stamp Lovers Alert.......2006-11-15
Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting is not intended to replace the requisite catalogue, but meant to supplement it. Its sixty-two chapters are divided into three parts. "Stamps of the United States" spans thirty-one chapters and covers definitives, commemoratives, special purpose stamps, and postal stationary. The first two chapters discuss postage before stamps and are well-researched and concise without being simplistic.
"History, Production and Technology" claims twenty-four chapters and covers the history of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, United States Postal Service, and technology of stamp production. The last seven chapters focus on related collectables such as first-day covers, metered mail, seals, and cancellations. Appendix A is a glossary of terms. It is unfortunate that this glossary is not available as a stand-alone publication as it would complement a catalogue well. Appendix B and C are print and web resources. Appendix D is a list of benefactors without an explanation of their generosity.
Each chapter has an almanac, a reference for additional information, and relevant quotes from that period. Some chapters have notes for collectors or examples of postal usage. All of these addendums serve to make philately more interesting for novice and seasoned collectors alike.
Curiously, this publication has no index making it difficult to cross-reference issues that are cited in multiple entries. The term "encyclopedia" would imply that the book contains detailed information on every US stamp issued (until its publication). In this regard it is a disappointment as some issues are not covered at all, and a large number are given perfunctory treatment.
Generally, an interpretative review of the socio-political factors that prompted an issue or public reactions to it is lacking in its depth of coverage. Technological factors essential in the production of stamps are adequately covered and well presented. While the glossy pages enhance the vibrant color reproductions, these pages are not conducive to writing personal notes.
One can debate if the book is truly an encyclopedia. However, it is packed with interesting facts and insights making it a wonderful companion to any philatelist's United States stamp catalogue.
Armchair Interviews says: Great for stamp lovers.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES STAMPS AND STAMP COLLECTING.......2006-06-26
I HAVE COLLECTED FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND I AM ONLY AT PAGE 35 OF THIS BOOK AND HAVE ALREADY LEARNED NEW THINGS. GREAT JOB!!!!!ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN U S COLLECTING SHOULD OWN THIS BOOK. GARY MARTIN
Book Description
A perfect introduction for novices — and fun for all! — this mega-set provides everything a beginner needs:
• An illustrated album with room for over 1,000 stamps
• A guide booklet that explains how to build and care for a collection
• A catalog listing hundreds of historic stamps available for purchase
• A magnifying glass
• Adhesive hinges for mounting stamps
• Starter pack of 25 real U.S. postage stamps
Customer Reviews:
Beginner's Kit.......2007-01-19
My son wanted to look into stamp collecting. I don't know much about it. This is a good review/starting place to see what is involved in the hobby. It made a nice Christmas present, didn't cost much and showed him I had listened to his interests. Nice format and helpful included items.
A good beginning.......2007-01-10
This album is strictly for U.S. stamps and covers the early 1900's through 2005. There are some black and white illustrations for each year, as well as blank spaces for other stamps. The book would have been a little nicer with a spiral binding and illustrations in color. Pages that wouldn't lie flat were a definite frustration for our grandson. A few starter stamps were included, as well as hinges, but there were only about a dozen hinges, so the first thing we had to do was find a source for them. Still, it's a good functional album for providing a beginning without a large outlay of money.
Disappointed.......2006-06-19
We ordered this kit for a beginner at stamp collecting. We expected the album to be free-form, so he could save the stamps that he likes. Instead the album has pages for specific years, starting in 1901, and photos of specific stamps for many of the spaces. I'm not a stamp collector myself, and maybe this is a standard format, but it's not at all what we wanted. The Guide is okay, and the magnifying glass is inexpensive but okay. But we ordered the kit primarily for the album, and it's collecting dust on a shelf.
Not bad for a beginner........2006-02-27
This is a nice kit for an early beginner at stamp collecting. Please note that the album is only for U.S. Stamps. It's a good deal for the price.
Book Description
Postage stamps have evolved quite a bit since Great Britain’s 1840 Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp. From simple designs featuring the monarch to works of art literally condensed to postage stamp size, hundreds of thousands of different stamps have been issued in the past 164 years—and the great majority of them remain reasonably priced for collectors. With so many stamps to collect from so many countries, a philatelist’s choices are virtually unlimited--which can be both a blessing and a curse, especially if you’re a newcomer to the art of stamp collecting.
Interested in starting a stamp collection, but not sure where to begin? This is the guide for you. Expert Richard Sine fills you in on everything you need to know about selecting, finding, buying, presenting and caring for stamps. An internationally recognized collector and author on stamp collecting (he used to write the New York Times stamp column) he also has much wisdom to impart to collectors who’ve been at it for a while. A gold mine of expert advice and guidance, Stamp Collecting For Dummies is on how to:
- Start or diversify your collection
- Decide what to collect
- Catalog and organize your collection
- Handle, protect, store, and display stamps
- Identify rare and valuable stamps
- Buy stamps online and through auction houses
Unlike most authors on the subject who tend to be pretty stuffy—to put it politely—expert Richard Sine focuses on the side of stamp collecting that’s enjoyable, educational, and fun. With humor, tons of interesting anecdotes about stamps and the men and women who love them, and loads of insider tips, he covers all the bases, including:
- Getting the biggest bang for you stamp-collecting buck
- Researching, locating and buying stamps through traditional sources and online
- Showing off your collection at exhibits
- Customizing your collection
- Housing your stamps and protecting them against the elements
- The ten keys to identifying and authenticating stamps
Stamp Collecting For Dummies is your total guide to starting and building on a really cool stamp collection.
Customer Reviews:
written with a light touch.......2006-04-17
This volume in the 'Dummies' series is written with a humorous light touch that makes it especially attractive to the Dummy who knows he is one and doesn't need to be reminded that he is one by being frog-marched through impenetrable jargon. In addition, Richard Sine or his editor have had the foresight to break the topics he treats up into very small sections and subsections.
The result is a light-hearted but content-rich introduction to the topic, one that this reviewer is only beginning to explore.
I cannot imagine a more effective starting point for the would-be stamp collector or - like me - the person who needs to know before he invests time and treasure whether this is something he's going to be able to manage.
A Good Starting Point.......2002-01-23
I have always thought the Dummies series of books were some of the best-written "How To" books on the market. This one lives up to that reputation.
Mr. Sine has produced a well-written, clear guidebook for both new and experienced collectors. He manages to cover the subject without getting bogged down in the jargon of the hobby. His style and wit are welcome in a hobby whose literature can at times be very dry.
This is a good guide to a great hobby.
A Great Starting Place.......2002-01-23
I have always thought the Dummies series of books were some of the best-written "How To" books on the market. This one lives up to that reputation.
Mr. Sine has produced a well-written, clear guidebook for both new and experienced collectors. He manages to cover the subject without getting bogged down in the jargon of the hobby. His style and wit are welcome in a hobby whose literature can at times be very dry.
This is a good guide to a great hobby.
Book Description
An expert guide to understanding and acquiring wonderful stamps, by one of the world's foremost collectors.
Customer Reviews:
The World Encyclopedia of Stamps and Stamp collecting.......2006-11-02
It wasn't exactly what I'd been looking for. I really wanted more detail on international stamps and their prices.
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Where in the World Atlas for Stamp Collector
Kenneth A. Wood
Manufacturer: Van Dahl Pubns
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0934466068 |
Book Description
Collect stamps from far-away countries and stamps about famous people, places, and things. Stamp It! is filled with tons of information, tips, activities, and the tools kids need to get their collections started. Includes • 48 fun stamp activities • Famous stamp facts • Stamp collecting tips • 200 hinges for attaching stamps to the activity pages • Two stock pages for storing special stamps • Plastic zippered pocket
Customer Reviews:
Great Way to Interest a Child in Stamp Collecting.......2006-11-08
I bought a copy of "Stamp It!" for a six-year-old grandchild. What I like best about the book is that the activity pages are labeled by categories (e.g., "wild animals" and "sporty stamps"). Therefore he can affix on a page (with provided hinges) any stamps that fit the category, rather than being bound by spaces for specific stamps that he may never find. Also, there is a great introduction to stamp collecting at the beginning of the book that can be read to the child, if need be, and would initiate an inexperienced adult into the hobby as well. I have already ordered another copy for a grand-nephew.
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Start Collecting Stamps / Includes Stamps (A Running Press Collector Book)
Samuel Grossman
Manufacturer: Running Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Printmaking
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ASIN: 0894716700 |
Book Description
The colorful world-within-a-world of postage stamps illustrates this lyrical account of a young girl's experiences in Paris. When she and her family move to the city for a year, one of the first places her father takes her is to the stamp market. Her adventures are magically captured in the dainty images of the postage stamps she collects. Young readers will delight in this uniquely told story of a girl finding her own place in a world far from home.
Customer Reviews:
Captivating!.......2006-03-18
I'm a relatively new stamp collector, and came across a reference to this book in a stamp magazine...as a book that would intrigue a youngster. Trust me, it is beautifully published and quite charming, even for an adult! The color reproductions of each stamp are gorgeous! I went one step further, and decided to acquire each of the stamps that are depicted in the book. What fun! I have almost completed my search, but as most stamp collectors will tell you, a lot of the fun IS the search! I highly recommend this as a gift book for anyone young or young-at-heart to introduce them to the magic of stamps!
What a 'fun' Geography lesson !.......2005-10-06
Ten-year-old Leslie tells her story of living in Paris for a year, illustrating this appealing odyssey with postage stamps. Her mother, father and 'baby' brother Michael and all of Paris play important roles. Her father introduces her to collecting stamps & they visit the famous stamp market, and become acquainted with several stamp sellers - - their carefully gloved hands and often gruff manners.
For Leslie it is a year of new sights & friendships, of a newly acquired language, and stamps chosen for the album that will bulge with special memories when she returns to the States. Young readers will share the excitement of this adventure, and maybe even feel the lure of stamp collecting. What a wealth of French artists are included! Leslie goes to the beach where her school friends swim topless & there is an appropriate painting by Ingres of a shy nude figure - - mirroring how she felt.
Other art is shown in a stamp from "Ceskolovensko" with a handsome magician doing an improbable card trick, a stamp from Monaco with "La Lectrice" . . .even Romanian stamps of radishes & cucumbers! I hope students (including home-schooled) are inspired to adapt their experiences in stories about their own country, state, or particular area of interest: Art, food, bridges, etc.?
McHAIKU has 'graduated' from her stamp-collecting days but enjoyed Leslie's travelogue tremendously, with a good topping of nostalgia. Thank you, Leslie Jonath!
An artistic travelogue.......2005-04-03
Like most Chronicle books, Postmark Paris is an artistic adventure through the boulevards of Paris as described through a series of postage stamps, narrated by a nine-year old girl who navigates the city for the first time. It is a small, tidy book, journal-like entries opposite the postage stamps, each related through a memory or occasion, personalized by a thoughtful girl reflecting on her experiences in Paris. The girl's collection mirrors a world within a world, visiting the usual tourist sites, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Montparnasse, the twisting Seine.
Timbres is the French word for stamps and the girl carefully pastes each one into her orange stamp album with transparent pages, stamps from every country imaginable, all colors and shapes, decorated with fruit, flowers and people. There is even an open-air stamp market off the Champs-Elysses, the vendors eager to share their wares with the neophyte stamp collector.
The family settles in for their year in France, picnicking on balmy days, viewing the Luxumborg Gardens to see tulips and poppies, as well as the gardens of the Tuilleries by the Louve. They snack on fried fish, fritures, on the banks of the Marne River outside of Paris. As the year winds down, the girl bids adieux to her schoolmates, who line up to "pour faire les bisoux- to kiss me goodbye on the cheek."
Later, back home in California, the girl keeps her treasured book of collected stamps on a nearby shelf; whenever she grows nostalgic for those picturesque Parisian days, she turns the pages, reliving her adventures, each memory reflected in the stamp so carefully pasted on the page. This small, colorful selection is the repository for fond memories of a fascinating country, Postmarked Paris. Appropriate for child or adult, this whimsical book will most likely hold the interest of nine and up, the journal entries full of names and French phrases, the writing small and personal, family outings and details of this extraordinary city. Luan Gaines/ 2005.
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The Farmyard In Patchwork and Applique
Helene Martin
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0896892573 |
Book Description
Patchwork and applique come together in this invigorating guide to playful quilts with a farmyard theme! Charming sketches of farm animals and farmyard features translate into 31 simple appliqué motifs that quilters can easily attach by hand or machine to background fabric.
Detailed instructions, demonstrated in 45 color photos and 100 illustrations, provide direction for combining patches into an overall piece. In addition to basic techniques, this easy-to-follow resource includes a fabric guide to aid quilters in choosing material, and offers tips on adding borders with French-inspired motifs.
-Features 45 color photos and 100 illustrations
-Includes 31 farmyard designs
-Details for adapting motifs to smaller projects
Books:
- Everyday Style: Classic Knits for Women
- Everyday Training Backyard Dressage
- Ferrets (Keeping Unusual Pets)
- Great American Quilts 2004 (Great American Quilts)
- Gunfitting: The Quest for Perfection for Shotguns And Rifles
- Happy Horses of H. Goodwine
- Heirloom Machine Quilting, 4th Edition: Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- How Do You Sleep?
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