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History

	First stamps
•	The Penny Black profiling Queen Victoria England Mai 1, 1840
•	The Penny Red profiling Queen Victoria February 1841
	People
•	Rowland Hill
•	de la Rue
	Postal Services
•	for a world wide listing of postal services click here
	printing technologies
•	line-engrave
•	surface print

Societies & Federations

	Fédération Internationale de Philatelie [Web] with links to many top sites !
	Federation of Inter-Asian Philately FIAP [Web]
	Australia
•	Australian Philatelic Federation [Web]
	Israel
•	Israel Philatelic Federation [Web]
	Italy
•	Federation of the Italian Philatelic Societies [Web]
	New Zealand
•	New Zealand Philatelic Federation [Web]
	UK
•	ABPS Association of British Philatelic Societies [Web]
•	The Great Britain Philatelic Society [Web]
	US
•	American Philatelic Society [Web]

	Resources
	Catalogs
•	Domfil [Web]
•	Groth [Web] covers WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
•	Michel [Web]
•	Scott [Web]
•	Stanley Gibbons [Web]
•	Yvert & Tellier [Web fr]
	Books
•	website with lots of books [Web]

	Internet
	Clubs
•	World Stamps [Web]
	NewsGroups
•	alt.collecting.stamps
	WebLinks
•	Philatelic Bureaux of the World [Web]
•	Ask Phil [Web]
•	Stamps of Luxembourg [Web] Complete with all pictures
•	1840on [Web]
•	Indian Stamps [Web]

some news from the web, updated continuously

we create online catalogues with high resolution scans of the stamps ...

take a look at our catalogues (we do not sell or exchange stamps, we only build a global database of stamps. To do so, we buy new stamps at local shops, scan and publish them with some information.)

Becoming part of the

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Expos

September 12–14, 2008

World Stamp Exhibition PRAGA 2008 [Web]

June 20-28, 2008

World Philatelic Exhibition EFIRO 2008 [Web]

May 2-3, 2008

Stamp Expo ABPS 2008 [Web]

March 7-11, 2008

21st Asian International Stamp Exhibition Tapei 2008 [Web]


Jul 6, 2002

Penny Red page started


Mai 01, 2002

Swedish Nobel Society stamps since 1961 [Web


Feb 9, 2001

We launch our new Stamp Themes / Topic page.


Feb 8, 2001

We launch our new Stamp Issue Dates service.


Feb 6, 2001

We launch our new Stamp Exchange service
our goal is to have a database with stamp collectors whishing to exchange (or sell / buy) using Internet technologies.


Jan 14, 2001

Determine the country from the markings on stamps
find a list with markings on stamps to determine the country.


Jan 4, 2001

link to The Museum of US Essays & Proofs [Web]


Jan 4, 2001

link to Mauritius postal services [Web]
for a world wide listing of postal services click here.


Jan 4, 2001

link to stamp themes [Web]


Jan 4, 2001

link to online stamps catalogue [Web]

Topics

history
de-gumming
drying
equipment
conventions
expos
markets
auctions
mint
national post offices
large collections
museums
value
production technology
perforations
1. day covers
special editions
stamp ATMs

Weblinks

http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/8/2/0/18204/18204.htm

Books

Magazines

	Glossary
	1. day cover
	aerogramme
	air mail
	auction
	bar
	block
	block of 4
	booklet
	broken
	cancel
	cancellation
	cancelled
	centenary
	chalky paper
	circle
	coil
	commemorative A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person. Most postal services of the world issue several of these each year, often holding first day of issue ceremonies at locations connected with the subjects. wikipedia [Web]
	corner
	cover
	cut-square
	damaged
	date
	defective
	definitive
	difference
	envelope
	essay
	exhibition
	expertise
	express
	face value
	field post
	fiscal stamp
	fluorescence
	forerunner
	forged
	forgery
	frame
	franking
	front
	genuine
	gold
	gum
	gutter
	handstamp
	inverted
	issue
	lithography
	local post
	margin
	mount
	obsolete
	occupation
	official
	original
	overseas
	paper
	perforated
	perforation
	perforation gauge
	philately
	piece
	plate
	postage due stamp
	postage stamp
	postal stationery
	posthorn
	price
	print
	printing
	private
	registered letter
	regummed
	repaired
	reprint
	rust
	sale
	set
	sheet
	sheetlet
	shipment
	souvenir sheet
	strip
	surtax
	tête-bêche
	types
	used
	valid
	value
	variety
	watermark
	year