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The stamps collected may be limited to the stamps of one country, or even to a particular issue such as Penny Lilac. A philatelic calendar extending from the first day of issue of the Penny Black to the present would include stamps canceled on each day from May 1, 1840 to the present, about 62,000 stamps as of 2011. Only someone who possesses ...
Omaha Stamp Show - Omaha, Nebraska; Philatelic Show - Boston, Massachusetts; PIPEX - multiple locations in Oregon [52] Plymouth Show Detroit, Michigan; Rocky Mountain Stamp Show - Denver, Colorado (formerly ROMPEX) [52] ROPEX - Rochester, New York [52] St. Louis Stamp Expo - St. Louis, Missouri; Sarasota National Stamp Exhibition - Sarasota ...
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic ...
Admission is free of charge [7] and visitors can purchase a philatelic souvenir available to commemorate the show. These souvenirs come in the form of a Stampa overprinted Irish stamp issue, cover, or postcard with the show dates and venue. [8] Past souvenirs included the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, (2015) and the 1916 Rising (2016).
The first postage stamp was issued in Great Britain in 1840, and by the early 1860s the first postage stamp forgery [3] —in the sense of a stamp created to fool philatelists into thinking that it is a genuine one—appeared on the market.
In 1971 Dr Cortland Eyer (1906-89), a retired Professor of Romance Languages, began the first English translation of the Serrane Guide. His work was sponsored by members of the American Philatelic Society (APS) and took three years to complete during which time Eyer checked every reference made by Serrane. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Stamp forgers (24 P) Pages in category "Philatelic fakes and forgeries"
Moens became the owner of eight of the "Post Office" Mauritius stamps.In 1878 Moens published the first of his works on the early stamps of Mauritius, Les Timbres de Maurice depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours, (The Stamps of Mauritius from their Origin until Today), benefiting from the studies of Edward B. Evans, the Philatelic Society of London, and Judge Frederick Philbrick.