Stamp collecting
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Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late n
Le Philatéliste by François Barraud (1929)
A young stamp collector, 1954
Queen Victoria's profile was a staple on 19th century stamps of the British Empire, shown here on a half-penny stamp of the Falkland Islands, 1891.
Clockwise from top left: hinge-mounted stamp, stamp about to be hinge-mounted, stamp damaged by a hinge, stamp hinges
Postage stamp
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A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage. Then the stamp is affixed to the face or address-sid
Stamp collecting
…Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most…
The main components of a stamp: 1. Image 2. Perforations 3. Denomination 4. Country name
Lovrenc Košir, 1870s
Rowland Hill
The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp (1 May 1840)