For collectors on the go, the Scott United States Pocket Stamp Catalogue offers the ease of lightweight portability combined with essential listing information and values for more than 5,000 postage stamps and selected back-of-the-book issues such as airmail stamps. Crisp, full-color illustrations and handy checklists on each page make it easy to keep track of what you have and what you need, whether you're at a show, perusing a dealer's website, or relaxing at your stamp desk at home.
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, as well as many practical tips and suggestions for collecting them. There s over 300 years of American history carefully written and designed to appeal to collectors of all ages, and levels of interest. Kirk House Publishers is pleased to present this unique resource as a salute to these fascinating and highly collectible tiny pieces of paper and to the men and women who collect them.
Contains current market prices for the United States, U.S. Possessions and trust territories Canada and provinces, and all United Nations. Includes U.S. commemorative index and colorful stamp identifier, grading criteria, and more for the United States and British North America. Full Color
For collectors on the go, the Scott United States Pocket Stamp Catalogue offers the ease of lightweight portability combined with essential listing information and values for more than 5,000 postage stamps and selected back-of-the-book issues such as airmail stamps. Crisp, full-color illustrations and handy checklists on each page make it easy to keep track of what you have and what you need, whether you're at a show, perusing a dealer's website, or relaxing at your stamp desk at home.
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