Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting
By Richard McP.Cabeen
Thomas Y. Crowell | English | New Revised Edition 1979 | ISBN 0690017731 | PDF | 668 pages | 45.9 mb
This book is not heavily specialized, but rather intended as an overview of stamp collecting and related matters. Helpful for the beginning philatelist, the Standard Handbook of Stamp Collecting is also a useful reference for more advanced collectors.
CONTENTS
PREFACE V
PART I - INTRODUCTION TO STAMP COLLECTING
1 STARTING A COLLECTION 3
2 EXPANDING THE COLLECTION 6
3 WHAT TO COLLECT 18
4 ALBUMS 30
5 STORAGE OF DUPLICATES AND OTHER
UNMOUNTED STAMPS 35
6 ACCESSORIES AND THEIR USE 37
7 CONDITION 48
8 PREPARING STAMPS FOR MOUNTING 58
9 SPECIALISM 73
10 TOPICAL COLLECTING 83
11 SPECIALTY AND SIDELINE COLLECTIONS 89
12 CANCELLATIONS ON STAMPS OFF COVER 135
13 ARRANGING AND WRITING UP COLLECTIONS 144
PART II - POSTAL HISTORY AND COVER COLLECTING
14 COVERS AND POSTAL MARKINGS 161
15 AEROPHILATELY 207
16 POSTAL STATIONERY 222
17 THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION 232
18 EARLY POSTAL HISTORY 243
PART III - MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS
19 COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING 265
20 UNUSUAL USES FOR STAMPS 281
PART IV - TECHNICAL MATTERS
21 PAPER 292
22 PRINTING 307
23 COLOR 325
24 GUM 329
25 SEPARATION 333
26 OVERPRINTS AND VARIETIES 349
27 GRILLS AND VARIETIES 354
28 DESIGNS 357
29 ERRORS 371
30 VARIETIES 389
31 ESSAYS, PROOFS, SPECIAL PRINTINGS, FORGERIES 398
PART V - CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION
32 CLASSIFICATION 429
33 IDENTIFICATION OF STAMPS 480
34 MONETARY UNITS 512
35 TABLE OF THE WORLD S STAMPS 530
36 PRINCIPAL LATIN-LETTER INSCRIPTIONS,
OVERPRINTS, POSTAL MARKINGS, AND
DESIGN SYMBOLS 546
GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS 605
INDEX 819
