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Aniruddha Chatterjee
Mike Peters
Maria Tadic

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STAMP STORAGE.
Stamps need protection. Tins, jars and boxes are ok. But.. not ideal when you want to display them or see them yourself.
The age old method was to attach stamps to album pages using stamp hinges. The hinges disturbed the gum on mint stamps so was not ideal. Still in use by some. It was replaced by adhesive backed protective plastic foil (Hawid Strips for instance). For me this was replaced by 'stock books'. Simply just an album again but with thick card pages. The pages have built in page width strips. Wide pockets. I prefer my pages divided down the center - this has the effect of keeping my stamps held more firmly in place.
STORAGE - FIRST DAYS COVERS
Again stored in Albums, but with slip-in plastic pages.

CANCELLATIONS
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FDC - First Day Cover. Is an envelope/card postmarked on the first day that the stamp is issued. Usually a special printed envelope and the stamp/s attached and cancelled with an extra special made cancellation just for the 'day'. Think - if the stamps are on sale for 30 days there was only ONE first day! That alone suggests that FDC's have more value than the stamps and normal post. There are now dedicated post offices just for FDC production!

Before nice printed covers became normal, we used plain envelopes. From about the 60's special FDC envelopes started to become normal. With those older plain fdc's many local post offices would hand cancel your FDC himself. Sometimes even a not so nice clear cancel. But stll its an FDC. NOW, some of those cancels can be valuable (for many reasons). Many people collect cancellations. They can become of more value than the stamps!!!!! Look out for 'older' FDC's.

DAMAGED blog to come
MINt/USED blog to come
Thematics - blog to come
Countries - blog to come
Definitives - blog to come
Commemoratives - blog to come

Catalogues - Stamp Catalogues can be expensive but are they worth the cost? One of the main usages I find is the listed valuations of almost every printed World stamp. Mint and use. At the very least you have an indication of the value of your stamps. The other information can be of even more value, date of issue, how many stamp in the series, post office price (face value), the stamp colours and often, lots more info. The range of catalogues go from Whole Complete World (usually simplified) down to single Country Catalogues and even themes, birds, cats, flowers etc. There are many catalogue producers and in many languages. I prefer the English range by Stanley Gibbons of London.

Many people buy new catalogues and often sell their old ones. Even old catalogues will give you at least an idea of stamp values even when they are out of date. The other info given is still very valuable. The other source is via a library but if you can't buy one, borrow one. I recommend catalogues.

Stamp Values - blog to come
Buying/Selling?Exchanges -blog to come

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