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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 (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service , [ 1 ] as a stream of new stamps was produced ...
Maurice Burrus was born in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines on March 8, 1882, to a family of tobacco industrialists. The family was based in the Alsace area, where they owned a chateau named after themselves. The family moved to Switzerland after the French government created a monopoly on the manufacture of tobacco products under Napoleonic laws. [2]
Jacksonville Stamp Collectors Club [40] Keystone Heights Stamp Club [40] Miami Beach Philatelic Society [40] Mid-Florida Philatelic Society [40] Missile Stamp Club [40] New Port Richey Area Stamp Club [40] Palm Beach/Delray Stamp Club (Delray Beach) [40] Pensacola Philatelic Society [40] Plant City Stamp Club [40] Port Charlotte Stamp Club [40]
In 1985's "Brewster's Millions," Richard Pryor's character bought a rare Inverted Jenny stamp for $1.25 million -- then he stuck it on a postcard and mailed it. ... Collecting stamps is a ...
Collectors Club Packs – The Collectors Club was set up to promote stamp collecting for children, as a family activity. It became one of the largest clubs of its kind with 70,000 members worldwide. Only three Presentation Packs were issued specifically for the Collectors Club and they are now difficult to obtain.
First Issues Collectors Club, or FICC, is an international society for collectors of the first postage stamps issued by any legitimate postal administration. FICC is American Philatelic Society affiliate #232 [1] Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine and is a non-profit educational organization.
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