Stamp Collecting as a Pastime
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Chapters (182)
- STAMP COLLECTING AS A PASTIME
- EDWARD J. NANKIVELL
- London STANLEY GIBBONS, Ltd., 391, STRAND, W.C. New York 167, BROADWAY 1902
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I. As a Pastime.
- II. The Charm of Stamp Collecting.
- III. Its Permanence.
- IV. Its Internationality.
- V. Its Geographical Interest.
- VI. Its Historical Finger Posts.
- VII. Stamps with a History.
- VIII. Great Rarities.
- IX. The Romance of Stamp Collecting.
- X. Philatelic Societies and their Work.
- XI. The Literature of Stamps.
- XII. Stamps as Works of Art.
- XIII. Stamp Collecting as an Investment.
- XIV. What to Collect and How to Collect.
- XV. Great Collections.
- Stanley Gibbons, Ltd.
- Rare Stamps
- STANLEY GIBBONS,
- LIMITED,
- New and Improved Packets of Used and Unused Stamps.
- Approval Sheets
- and
- Collections of Stamps.
- Grand Collection Packets.
- NEW AND GREATLY REDUCED PRICES FOR 1902.
- Grand New Variety Packets.
- THE JUBILEE EXHIBITION PACKETS.
- GREATER BRITAIN PACKETS OF
- British Colonial Stamps.
- FOREIGN COUNTRIES PACKETS
- OF
- European Stamps.
- THE 20th CENTURY PACKETS
- Of Envelopes, Registered Envelopes, Wrappers, and Letter Sheets,
- ENVELOPE PACKETS.
- ENVELOPES.
- THE 20th CENTURY PACKETS
- Of Post Cards and Letter Cards.
- POST CARD PACKETS. Section I.—GREAT BRITAIN & COLONIES.
- THE SEVENTH EDITION OF
- The Improved Postage Stamp Album,
- THE Improved Postage Stamp Album.
- NEW EDITION.
- THE STRAND POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM.
- The Century Album.
- ALL THE WORLD IN ONE VOLUME.
- NOW READY. In One Volume, 580 pages. Size of each page 10 by 13 inches.
- The CENTURY ALBUM
- OF THE
- Postage Stamps of the World.
- Including a full Descriptive Catalogue, and Illustrated with several thousand full-sized reproductions of the Stamps.
- THE IMPERIAL ALBUM
- IMPERIAL ALBUM.
- NOW READY. NINTH EDITION, 1902.
- Great Britain and Colonies.
- 504 pages. Size of pages, 8-3/4 by 11-1/2 inches. About 1,800 Illustrations.
- IMPERIAL ALBUM.
- The PHILATELIC ALBUMS A to E.
- The Fifth Edition of
- THE PHILATELIC ALBUM.
- THE ORIEL
- Postage Stamp Album.
- THE PHILATELIST'S COLLECTING BOOK.
- THE MONTHLY JOURNAL.
- The Stamp King.
- EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS.
- The Stamp Collector.
- The Mulready Envelope and its Caricatures.
- The “Philatelists' Vade Mecum.”
- A GLOSSARY FOR PHILATELISTS,
- ENTITLED
- Stamps and Stamp Collecting.
- A COLOUR DICTIONARY,
- Two Hundred Names of Colours used in Printing, &c.
- POCKET MAGNIFYING GLASSES.
- SURCHARGE MEASURER.
- Prepared Stamp Mounts.
- FOR STAMP COLLECTORS.
- SPECIAL POCKET BOOKS, PURSES,
- AND
- CARD CASES.
- STANLEY GIBBONS'
- New Stamp Catalogue.
- REAL MARKET PRICES.
- STANLEY GIBBONS, Ltd., 391, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.
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