Collectors
Universe http://collectors.com
is a trading place where collectors of coins, sports cards, postage stamps
and other collectibles can conduct their own individual auctions. The site
is supported by chat rooms and bulletin boards. Its related stamp site
called Stamp Universe http://stamp-universe.com
has an excellent stamp dictionary
and stamp site search engine.
Stamp2.com
http://www.stamp2.com
out of Singapore links to over 2000 sites making this the most extensive
registry of stamp links on the web. It may take some time to follow all
the links in your specific area of interest, but if you have an idea what
you are looking for, Francis Chan gives you plenty of leads to follow.
Most notable are his sizable lists of collectors'
pages and dealers.
Joe
Luft's Home Page http://my.execpc.com/~joeluft/
pictures stamp lots
for sale and also includes another catalog of links to a wide array of
philatelic resources.
Joe Luft's links come with a short description of the main content of each
site.
Linn's
Stamp News http://www.linns.com
publishes a weekly philatelic publication with a reported 70,000 subscribers.
If you don't know some of the basics such as the difference between "mint"
and "unused" stamps, read these Collecting
Basics. If this just whets your appetite, then move on to the
columns and articles to orient
yourself to the culture and world of stamp collecting. Anotherhighlight
being worked on as time permits is a brief geographical and historical
sketch for all past and current stamp
issuing entities throughout the world.
Malte
Aronsson's Stamps & Philatelic Website http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/6534/
is a bilingual Swedish/English site featuring a links
directory and the latest
issues of many countries which includes graphics.
Malte
Aronsson also hosts a large pen-pal
club for stamp collectors, both email and snail-mail.
Philatelic
Bibliopole http://pbbooks.com is
a publisher of philatelic books. An on-line catalog lists a broad range
of books about philately arranged by topical themes.
Philatelic
Computing Study Group http://www.pcsg.org
publishes The Compulatelist magazine dedicated to helping put stamps into
your computer. This site also keeps you up on forthcoming stamp shows
around the world.
Philately.Com
http://www.philately.com is an ambitious
project by James Yeaw to catalog the world's stamps by a system of International
Numbers that will very likely become a standard for others to follow.
This database project, currently with 3000 of a planned 40,000 pages, allows
stamps to be located according to country
(past or present) or by topical theme.
You can currently look up any country in the world. Most have a number
of 1995 and 1996 new issues listed. Over half the US stamps are cataloged
and cross-referenced. In addition, stamps depicting people are linked to
a short entry in a biographical encyclopedia of nearly 20,000 entries.
Geographic and other encyclopedic sections are being added. Scanned images
of stamps are in the works. The encyclopedic cross referencing is an excellent
way to learn about the subject matter depicted on the stamps. Stay tuned
for development updates at about
philately.com.
Purring
Tiger's Philatelist in the classroom http://www.science501.com/Philatelic/TeachingIdeas.html
gives you many ideas for how teachers might use philately
in the classroom.
Sandafayre
on-line http://www.sandafayre.com
is a British auction site with some very interesting resources. These
include an international stamp
atlas plus a picture
gallery of scarce and famous stamps. The atlas is a must for anyone
who gets past the images on the stamps and wants to know something about the
geography and history of the countries that issued those stamps. For those
that want to read more about current issues in philately, go to the News
and Articles section.
Stamp
Auction Central http://www.
StampAuctionCentral.com/auctions.htm is the most complete source for
stamp auction information on the internet. It includes a Worldwide Auction
Calendar with links to complete auction catalogs, on-line images of stamps
in auctions, prices realized, auction company profiles, articles about
auctions, and other auction related information. This site also contains
links to over 60 other stamp auction related sites.
Stamp
Shows http://www.stampshows.com
has 49 categories of stamp links besides having the most extensive list
of stamp shows worldwide. Categories not often included elsewhere are chat
rooms, cinderellas,
for kids, news
groups, postal
history, and publications online.
www.StampAuctions.Com
http://www.stampauctions.com
hosts interactive stamp auctions seeking to provide a convenient way for
sellers to offer stamps, as well as a great way for buyers to find stamps
at agreeable prices. The trading procedures
and main site features
are clearly explained. If all you want to find or trade is one or two specific
stamps, try the want list, accessible from
any page, where you can apply filters to look for specific stamps, or interactively
list some for yourself along with your e-mail address. For stamp web masters,
you can participate in the Internet
Stamp Ring to promote your stamp site for free on other stamp sites.