Collecting Handbook

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Written by
Al and Mildred Feinberg
Bensalem, PA

Edited by
Tom Fortunato
Rochester, NY

Table of Contents

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• 01. Catching the Fever
• 02. Printing Methods
• 03. Paper Types
• 04. Color Shades
• 05. Perforations
• 06. Buying Stamps
• 07. Stamp Buying Tips
• 08. Stamp Pricing
• 09. The Hinging Craze
• 10. Choosing an Album
• 11. Identifying Stamps
• 12. Identifying Stamps (2)
• 13. Using Catalogs
• 14. Catalog Values
• 15. Classics
• 16. Semi-postals
• 17. Forgeries
• 18. Abnormals
• 19. Plating
• 20. Postmarks
• 21. Cultural Aspects
• 22. Keeping an Inventory
• 23. Reply Coupons
• 24. Teaching Youngsters

This Handbook originally appeared as a series of articles about the many aspects of stamp collecting in the International Society of Worldwide Stamp Collectors' bimonthly newsletter, The Circuit, between 1994 and 1996.  It is reprinted here by permission.

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