How to Collect Stamps

How to Collect Stamps

Author: H.E. Harris & Co

Publisher: Whitman Pub Llc

Published: 1988-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780937458006

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Discusses where and how to obtain stamps; tools, accessories, catalogues, and albums; identification of stamps; and the history of stamps. Includes a dictionary of terms.


The 2019 Stamp Yearbook

The 2019 Stamp Yearbook

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780979656910

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Relive the year in stamps! Gifted performers, multicultural holidays, dramatic landscapes -- the 2019 stamp issuances celebrate the exciting things that shape our American heritage. This beautiful, limited edition, hardcover book includes 72 commemorative stamps with mounts and the fascinating stories behind the 2019 stamp issuances.


The Stamp Act Crisis

The Stamp Act Crisis

Author: Edmund S. Morgan

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2011-01-20

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0807899798

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'Impressive! . . . The authors have given us a searching account of the crisis and provided some memorable portraits of officials in America impaled on the dilemma of having to enforce a measure which they themselves opposed.'--New York Times 'A brilliant contribution to the colonial field. Combining great industry, astute scholarship, and a vivid style, the authors have sought 'to recreate two years of American history.' They have succeeded admirably.'--William and Mary Quarterly 'Required reading for anyone interested in those eventful years preceding the American Revolution.'--Political Science Quarterly The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, provoked an immediate and violent response. The Stamp Act Crisis, originally published by UNC Press in 1953, identifies the issues that caused the confrontation and explores the ways in which the conflict was a prelude to the American Revolution.


Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Annotated)

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death (Annotated)

Author: Patrick Henry

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-22

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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"'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Virginia Convention. It was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, ..


Passport to Your National Parks

Passport to Your National Parks

Author: Eastern National

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781590911761

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It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.


A Struggle for Power

A Struggle for Power

Author: Theodore Draper

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-05-04

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0307760006

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From one of the great political journalists of our time comes a boldly argued reinterpretation of the central event in our collective past—a book that portrays the American Revolution not as a clash of ideologies but as a Machiavellian struggle for power.


A First Stamp Album for Beginners

A First Stamp Album for Beginners

Author: Robert Obojski

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2004-11-18

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 048644113X

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The most popular hobby in the world, stamp collecting has millions of fans in the United States alone. Many are adults who have turned a childhood interest in philately into a pleasurable (and often profitable) lifetime avocation. This volume has everything needed to start a personal stamp collection: Entries for nearly 200 countries; Spaces for more than 2,600 stamps; Over 1,100 black-and-white illustrations of stamps; Easy-to-use Stamp Identifier Table and Index. Clear instructions for using the album and the Stamp Identifier Table are included, along with many useful hints and tips on building a collection. An entertaining, inexpensive way to learn about faraway people and places, stamp collecting brings a sense of excitement and adventure with each new acquisition. This book offers would-be collectors that ticket to discovery.