Stamp Collecting Guide

Updated yearly, the "Brookman Stamp Price Guide" has been the nation's most accurate and respected guide for retail pricing of stamps and postal collectibles for more than 60 years. The 1998 edition includes 5,000 price changes for U.S., United Nations and Canadian stamps, First Day Covers, souvenir cards and most areas of postal collectibles.

The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history. Beginning with the first stamps released in 1847.

American artists contribute immeasurably to our national life, andthis year's commemorative stamp program highlights their wonderful creative legacy. From Dr. Seuss and John Wayne to The Art of Disney and American Choreographers, the 2004 stamps elegantly encapsulate the artistic talents of the United States in a variety of fields, including dance.

Avoid costly mistakes. Paul Schmid's new edition explains how to detect alterations that can drastically affect a stamp's value and how to recognize regummed, reperforated, repaired and otherwise altered stamps.

Now in an easy-to-use, oversize format, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps is just the delivery you've been waiting for! The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history.

The new 28th edition of "The Official(R)" "Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps" is updated to give you the current value of every U.S. postage stamp along with its illustration on every page. This in-depth source makes it easy to identify and price the collection you own and the stamps you want to buy.

Greetings from America From the halls of the United States Military Academy to the sand and surf at Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, the 2002 commemorative stamp program offers a grand tour of the best of America, highlighting the people, places, events, and issues that are important to us as a nation.

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.

Features over 10,500 listings and more than 26,000 prices in used and unused grades- Updated prices given for all stamps, including rarities and errors- Expanded coverage in most sections- Covers U.S. postage stamps issued since 1845.

Fakes, forgery warnings, defects, and variations of U.S. postage stamps are identified in this fully updated handbook. Hundreds of errors are illustrated in 790 photos for easy identification.

Spaces for about 2,600 stamps from nearly 200 countries. Over 1,100 b/w illus. Easy-to-use Stamp Identifier Table. Introduction. Glossary.

Since 1845, billions of brilliantly colored miniature works of art have been keeping our postal system afloat--and celebrating important individuals and major events in the history of our country. This book compiles and enlarges these postal gems--some magnified more than 2000 times--allowing readers to see intricate detail in these visually.

Prohibition, women's suffrage, anti-war, "win the war", and anti-communism movements are profiled in America's historical political campaign stamps. This reference contains almost 2,000 listings and supplies up-to-date pricing for each stamp, with accurate descriptions and photos for almost every non-postage political stamp from 1856 to the present.

The most comprehensive introduction and guide to collecting U.S. stamps ever written. It opens 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.

Everyone has a favorite holiday, and they are all celebrated in this sweeping collection of vintage postcards. Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Easter, and more are all memorialized in authentic postcards nearly a century old. More than 850 color images present the greeting selections of long ago in exquisite detail.

Since the first chess stamp was issued in 1947, over 200 Jewish chess stamps, souvenir sheets, covers and postmarks have been issued by about 35 nations. Many of these Jewish chess stamps honored world champions from Wilhelm Steinitz to Garry Kasparov. General chess philately encompassed about 600 items as of 1994.

Cycling stamps over the ages. Not only a unique resource for stamp collectors, but also a colorful gift for any cyclist.

Elegantly depicted through a series of rarely seen photos, "An American Postal Portrait" is an impressive photojournalistic retrospective that equally traces U.S. cultural and technological advances, from the rise of mail delivery via railroads to the sophisticated sorting machines automating the process of mail today. Photos, some in color.

A fully-illustrated, four-color field guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history. Lists every stamp issued from 1847 to the present.

Every U.S. stamp issued since 1847 is pictured and listed in this completely updated third edition. Collectors can customize this handy, portable catalog to inventory their U.S. stamp collection, create a wish list, and cross-reference stamps. 4,000 photos.