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New A B C of Stamp Collecting: A Guide to the Instructive and Entertaining Study of the World’s Postage Stamps

Author(s):

Melville, Fred J

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Fair

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

–

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

The Melville Book Company

Publication Year:

1922

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

033384

Catalogue(s):

Hobbies, Activities and Pastimes ◇ Vintage Books

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146pp, plus several pages of adverts at rear, numerous black and white plate illustrations. Pictorial boards. Small 8vo. Covers are heavily worn, a little soiled, rubbed on edges and rounded on corners, scuffed around an absent backstrip. Internally pages are a little aged and some signs of handling but generally neat, clean and tight.

A lovely vintage guide to stamp collecting which focuses on the pleasure and romance of philately. Chapter headings include The Story of the Stamp; How Postage Stamps are Made; Starting a Collection; Stamps of Great Value; Errors; Forgeries; History in Postage Stamps; Famous Collectors and their Collections; Philately in Fiction etc.

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