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Encyclopedia of United States stamps and stamp collecting
2006, United States Stamp Society
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Table of Contents

Stamps of the United States
Stampless covers
Postmasters' provisionals
Series of 1847
Series of 1851 and 1857
Series of 1861 and 1869 pictorials
Bank notes of 1870-1894
Series of 1894
Series of 1902
Washington-Franklin heads issue
Series of 1922
Presidential series
Liberty series
Prominent Americans issue
Americana issue
Great Americans issue
Transportation coils
Late twentieth century definitives
Nineteenth century commemoratives
Twentieth century commemoratives, 1901-1933
Twentieth century commemoratives, 1933-1971
Twentieth century commemoratives, 1971-2000
Twenty-first century stamps
Airmail stamps
Special usage stamps
Federal revenue stamps
State revenue stamps
U.S. possessions, usages abroad, and occupied areas
Postal stationery
Precancels and perfins
Carriers' and locals
Confederate States of America
History, production, and technology
United States Post Office Department
United States Postal Service
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Stamp production - the flat plate press
Stamp production - the Stickney rotary press
Stamp production - modern presses
Stamp production - modern private printers
Stamp separation, 1857-1980
Stamp separation, since 1980
Self-adhesive stamps
Watermarks
Plate construction and layout
Plate numbers
Marginal markings
Plate varieties
Stamps in booklets, 1900-1977
Stamps in booklets, since 1977
Stamps in coil rolls, 1907-1980
Stamps in coil rolls, post 1980
Inks, colors, papers, and gums
Errors, freaks, and oddities
Essays and proofs
Luminescence
Test stamps
Expanding the collector's scope
United States Stamp Society
United States stamp research
Postal history - markings
Postal history - Rates and classifications
First day covers
Meters and machine generated postage
Philately never ends
Appendices
Appendix A - Glossary
Appendix B - Print resources
Appendix C - Internet resources.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Minneapolis, Minn
Genre
Encyclopedias.

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Dewey Decimal Class
769.56973
Library of Congress
HE6185.U5 .E53 2006, HE6185.U5 E53 2006

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p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3419856M
Internet Archive
encyclopediaofun00rodn
ISBN 10
1886513988
ISBN 13
9781886513983
LCCN
2005036450
OCLC/WorldCat
62679873
Goodreads
5131319

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