The World's Hottest Stamp Collecting Sites
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philately by leading those collecting stamps directly to relevant philatelic
sites without search engines. Many excellent stamp collecting sites, including
lists of links to various stamp collecting resources, are on the Internet, so
rather than duplicating those sites, these "Stamp Links" take you
directly to the very best of them. Use this site as a jump-off platform to
other philatelic sites on the Internet. Save one of the StampLink pages with a bookmark in your favorite
places now, because
you will soon be leaving here and want to come back when you lose your way,
reach a dead end, or just want to find more links. These links will be updated
regularly and additional pages added to ensure that you quickly find the best
the stamp collecting world has to offer on-line. Click on the SITES button above for a Review of Major Stamp Sites and for links to their home-pages. The World's Hottest Stamp
Collecting Sites
below by-pass their home-pages and go directly to the best page in that site
covering the specified subject category. Click on the LINKS button above for additional meta links on
Find
the value of your stamps for
a small fee.
Stamp Collecting Basics -
learn about how and what to collect, the condition and handling of postage
stamps, postmarks, stamp albums, soaking stamps,
etc. And at some time you may need to refer to a stamp dictionary
to find out what some of those often-seen terms mean exactly, or maybe you need
to identify the country origin of a stamp. Many
countries no
longer exist. If you've just inherited a collection, get informed through
this beginner's corner.
Also here is a "catalog"
of all countries that currently issue or have once issued stamps but now no
longer exist.
Albums and Supplies
- Large stamp collecting supply company. Free 90 page accessory catalog.
Country-specific
- find other stamp links within your country of interest.
Philatelic
Periodicals - current publications in print.
Philatelic Books - catalog of
philatelic books listed by topical themes.
Philatelic Museums and Libraries
- listed by country with descriptions of contents.
Philatelic Clubs and Societies
- listed alphabetically.
Postal
Administrations - for direct ordering of new issues of postage stamps on-line
or use postal addresses
for postal administrations that aren't currently
on the web. There
have also been over 700 stamp issuing entities many
of which have ceased issuing or no longer exist.
Stamp Dealers and Traders -
many have catalogs available
Stamp Auctions - auction or buy
auctioned stamps internationally. Some of these sites have on-line bidding
and/or are supported by scanned photos.
Stamp Shows - thousands of
shows worldwide can be located by country, state and province.
http://www.topicalsonstamps.com/ of
various private collectors categorized by theme. See this blog discussion of thematic collecting
and exhibiting. Some sites specialize in specialty stamp topics such
as postmarks or an explanation
of watermarks on the back of stamps.
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Please e-mail your suggestions for any of the
pages contained within Stamp Link directly to the web master,
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