Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Intro
- 1.2 Disclaimer
- 1.3 The STAMPSLIST
- 1.4 LISTSERV functions
- 1.5 Tiny fileserver
- 1.6 Who subscribes to the list?
- 1.7 rec.collecting.stamps
  - 1.7.1 How did rec.collecting.stamps originate?
  - 1.7.2 What is the purpose of rec.collecting.stamps?
  - 1.7.3 Is rec.collecting.stamps moderated?
  - 1.7.4 For how long are messages posted to rec.collecting.stamps?
  - 1.7.5 Is there a rec.collecting.stamps archives?
  - 1.7.6 What is the Stamp Trader's List (STL)?
  - 1.7.7 How does the usenet philatelic newsletter service operate via rec.collecting.stamps?
- 1.8 Advertising on rcs
- 1.9 Related lists and newsgroups
- 1.10 Net trading etiquette
- 1.11 Foreign Languages and ASCII postings
Chapter 2 Catalogues
- 2.1 Intro
- 2.2 The value of catalogue values
- 2.3 Buying stamps
- 2.4 Scott pricing policy
- 2.5 Catalogue independent numbering system
Chapter 3 World catalogues
- 3.1 Scott
- 3.2 Stanley Gibbons
- 3.3 MICHEL
- 3.4 Yvert & Tellier
Chapter 4 Country Catalogues
- 4.1 Europe
  - 4.1.1 Europa CEPT
  - 4.1.2 Austria
  - 4.1.3 Germany
  - 4.1.4 Great Britain
  - 4.1.5 Baltic States
  - 4.1.6 Romania
  - 4.1.7 Scandinavia
  - 4.1.8 Norway
  - 4.1.9 Sweden
  - 4.1.10 Denmark
  - 4.1.11 Greenland
  - 4.1.12 Finland
  - 4.1.13 Iceland
  - 4.1.14 Germany
  - 4.1.15 Ireland
  - 4.1.16 Russia
  - 4.1.17 Netherlands
  - 4.1.18 Italy
  - 4.1.19 France
  - 4.1.20 Spain
  - 4.1.21 Switzerland
- 4.2 North & South America
  - 4.2.1 USA
  - 4.2.2 Canada
- 4.3 Asia
  - 4.3.1 China
  - 4.3.2 Malaysia - Singapore
  - 4.3.3 Thailand
  - 4.3.4 Japan
- 4.4 Africa
  - 4.4.1 South Africa
- 4.5 Australia, Pacific & Other
  - 4.5.1 Australia
  - 4.5.2 Australia
- 4.6 United Nations
Chapter 5 Specialised catalogues
- 5.1 Postal Stationary
- 5.2 List of Billig's Philatelic Handbooks
Chapter 6 CAP --- Computer Aided Philately
- 6.1 Intro
- 6.2 PCSG - Philatelic Computing Study Group
- 6.3 On-line resources
  - 6.3.1 FTP sites
  - 6.3.2 File servers
  - 6.3.3 Gophers
  - 6.3.4 Reading Usenet News
  - 6.3.5 WWW
  - 6.3.6 BBS's
  - 6.3.7 Commercial services
  - 6.3.8 Other
- 6.4 Making your own album pages
- 6.5 Stamp databases
- 6.6 CD-ROMs
- 6.7 Scanning
Chapter 7 Albums & Displaying stamps
- 7.1 Mounting stamps
- 7.2 Lighthouse
- 7.3 Ka-Be
- 7.4 Scott & Scott Platinum
- 7.5 Minkus
- 7.6 Lindner
- 7.7 Vario Pages
- 7.8 ``Homemade'' album pages
- 7.9 Harris
- 7.10 Stockbooks
Chapter 8 Soaking & pressing
Chapter 9 Restoring and cleaning damaged stamps
- 9.1 Removing Sellotape
Chapter 10 Topical collections
Chapter 11 Philatelic terms & abbreviations
- 11.1 Terms
- 11.2 Recapito Autorizzato
- 11.3 Dunes
- 11.4 CTO
- 11.5 Colours
- 11.6 Abbreviations
- 11.7 Abbreviations found on stamps
- 11.8 Overprints
Chapter 12 Stamps-related Organizations
Chapter 13 Stamps issuing Organizations
Chapter 14 Philatelic societies
- 14.1 General
  - 14.1.1 American Philatelic Society (APS)
  - 14.1.2 The American Philatelic Research Library (APRL)
  - 14.1.3 The American Philatelic Congress
  - 14.1.4 The Junior Philatelists of America
  - 14.1.5 Methodist Philatelic Society
  - 14.1.6 The American First Day Cover Society
  - 14.1.7 The American Topical Association (ATA)
- 14.2 Societies specializing in one Country
  - 14.2.1 Great Britain
  - 14.2.2 Thailand
  - 14.2.3 India
- 14.3 Specialised societies
  - 14.3.1 American Revenue Association (ARA)
  - 14.3.2 The Meter Stamp society
  - 14.3.3 Bureau Issues Association
  - 14.3.4 British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group (BCPSG)
Chapter 15 National Philatelic Bureaus
- 15.1 Iceland
- 15.2 Netherlands
- 15.3 List of Addresses
Chapter 16 Worldwide Stamp Shops Guide
- 16.1 Intro
- 16.2 Mail order
- 16.3 London
- 16.4 New York
  - 16.4.1 Subway Stamp Shop
- 16.5 Washington, D.C.
- 16.6 Elsewhere
Chapter 17 Magazines
- 17.1 General magazines
  - 17.1.1 Linn's
  - 17.1.2 The Philatelic Observer
- 17.2 Specialised magazines
Chapter 18 Foreign Exchange Rates
- 18.1 Sources
- 18.2 United Nations Gopher - 01-12-96
Chapter 19 Books
- 19.1 Some remarks on philatelic literature (Christoph Ozdoba)
- 19.2 Christoph Ozdoba's Collection of Philatelic Literature
- 19.3 Book review of I Inherited a Stamp Collection, Now What?
- 19.4 Review of Philately and the Computer
- 19.5 Varia
- 19.6 Libraries
  - 19.6.1 APRL
- 19.7 List of Billig's Philatelic Handbooks
- 19.8 Bureau Issues
  - 19.8.1 Update: Bureau Issues
Chapter 20 The Post
- 20.1 Postal rates
- 20.2 Address labels for your correspondence
- 20.3 Postal codes
  - 20.3.1 Postal codes
  - 20.3.2 German Postal codes
Chapter 21 Kids & Stamps
- 21.1 Introduction
  - 21.1.1 Starting Kids on Stamps
Chapter 22 Special subjects
- 22.1 Machins
- 22.2 Barcodes on stamps
- 22.3 Holograms on stamps
- 22.4 Fluorescent dots/bars on stamps
- 22.5 Airmail & Express stickers
- 22.6 The 1993 Elvis stamp
- 22.7 Sending mail to less accessible countries
- 22.8 Perfins by Toke Norby (1996)
  - 22.8.1 SPIFS - PERFINS. Foreword and Part 1
  - 22.8.2 The PERFIN Perforating Machine
  - 22.8.3 'Holy Toledo, Those Stamps have Holes' and What Shall We Call These Holes?
  - 22.8.4 The Authorizations to Perforate Stamps
  - 22.8.5 What About PERFINs in Denmark?
  - 22.8.6 What About PERFINs in Other Countries?
  - 22.8.7 Epilogue - 'The Never Ending Story'
  - 22.8.8 Epilogue II or The Man Who Coined The Term PERFIN
- 22.9 Perfins by David Tilton
Chapter 23 Selling a collection
- 23.1 Book review of I Inherited a Stamp Collection, Now What?
- 23.2 Collector's opinions & and experiences
Chapter 24 Paraphernalia
- 24.1 UV lamps
Chapter 25 Technical info about stamps
- 25.1 Paper types
- 25.2 Perforations
- 25.3 Cancels
- 25.4 Colours
Chapter 26 The decline of stamp collecting?
Chapter 27 Identifying Stamps
- 27.1 Arabic languages
  - 27.1.1 Foreign alphabets &
Chapter 28 New Issues
- 28.1 Lists
- 28.2 Hyperlinks
- 28.3 Listed by Country
  - 28.3.1 Korea (South) 1995
  - 28.3.2 Netherlands 1995
  - 28.3.3 Hong Kong 1994
Chapter 29 Philatelic Correspondence
- 29.1 Part I - Franking your letter
  - 29.1.1 Showing consideration to your trading partner
  - 29.1.2 Buying only interesting stamps
  - 29.1.3 Making the cover travel undamaged
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