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- 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

- 6.3.5.1 General & Pages that list a list of sites
- 6.3.5.2 Images
- 6.3.5.3 Postal authorities
- 6.3.5.4 Organized by topic
- 6.3.5.5 Collector's Home Pages
- 6.3.5.6 Commercial Offerings

- 6.3.6 BBS's

- 6.3.6.1 USPS RIBBS
- 6.3.6.2 Stampline BBS

- 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

- Appendix 1 FAQ Contributors