Identify your stamps. [British colonials, Die I, Die II; Reading and using a stamp catalogue; US Types illustrated --- Danish inverted framelines; Philatelic oddities; Imperial Russian stamps and the revolution 1917-22; Trident overprints; Postal systems during wartime; War tax stamps; Stamps negotiable as coins; Certificate of guarantee; They look alike.but; Philatelically illustrated.did you know?; Imperial Chinese Post; Chalon Portrait of Queen Victoria; Buckley portrait of Queen Victoria; Pigeon post; Balloon post of Paris; Peacock overprint--Japanese occupation of Burma; Stamp illustrations and identifications; Stamp illustrations and identifications; Alphabets and numerals; Philatelic Glossary; Philatelic gazetteer;Spanish Civil War

256 pp. ; 23 cm. ; LCCN:67-27919 ; color pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; Contents: British colonials, Die I, Die II -- Reading and using a stamp catalogue -- US Types illustrated --- Danish inverted framelines -- Philatelic oddities -- Imperial Russian stamps and the revolution 1917-22 -- Trident overprints -- Postal systems during wartime -- War tax stamps -- Stamps negotiable as coins -- Certificate of guarantee -- They look alike.but -- Philatelically illustrated.did you know? -- Imperial Chinese Post -- Chalon Portrait of Queen Victoria -- Buckley portrait of Queen Victoria -- Pigeon post -- Balloon post of Paris -- Peacock overprint--Japanese occupation of Burma -- Stamp illustrations and identifications -- Stamp illustrations and identifications -- Alphabets and numerals -- Philatelic Glossary -- Philatelic gazetteer -- Spanish Civil War Names -- Maps of stamp issuing areas -- Lithography (Offset printing) -- Line engraving -- Gumming of stamps -- Collecting postal stationery -- Topical stamp collecting -- Kinderpost Mail -- Philatelic literature -- Stamp clubs -- Bibliography -- Index ; extremely obscure information on stamp collecting would baffle Alex Trebek and friends--example : For the clue, "Arvizkarosultaknak kulon", Alex would have to reply: "What is the inscription in the label below the design of the stamp of Hungary issued in 1913 which translates as "For the flood sufferers, extra"?--see page 173--fascinating information from the Great Barrier Pigeonpost Agency of New Zealand in 1908 to the General Artigas stamp surcharge in Uruguay in 1911 for the memory of the Father of the Uruguayan Republic .…