Everything you need to know about the world's favourite hobby and the many ways to build a collection * Featuring expert advice, vivid examples, famous issues and over 500 images of stamps from around the world.
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Dr James Mackay is one of the foremost and most prolific authors on stamps and stamp collecting in the world. He has written over 100 books and thousands of articles on the subject of stamps and other collectables such as coins, antiques and bronzes. He has one of the largest private collections of stamps and philatelic materials in the world and recently published Philatelic Terms Illustrated (Stanley Gibbons). James Mackay's published works include: Commemorative Medals (A Barker), Collectables (Macdonald), The Banknote Yearbook (Token Publishing), and Dictionary of Turn of the Century Antiques (Ward Lock).
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