Philately Goes Online
November 22nd, 2009 admin
The Times of India reports,”From being a quaint hobby nurtured by being friends with the postman, asking relatives and pen pals to send stamps from abroad or by simply buying them from postal bureaus, philately has mostly gone online. Earlier, philatelic research involved many trips to museums, subscribing to stamp magazines and catalogues and a great deal of letter writing. But the…
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T he Guide for the Development of Philately is produced by the World Association for the Development of Philately (WADP), the global philatelic organization represented by: – The Universal Postal Union (UPU) – The International Federation of Philately (FIP) – The International Federation of Stamp Dealers’ Associations (IFSDA)...
Don’t be a programme pirate (POST 110/4328) Following an upload to our online catalogue earlier today, we’ve increased the amount of records searchable via our online catalogue to 89,240 – an increase of over 1500 descriptions of objects, documents, photographs and philatelic material. These new descriptions include additional records of...
One of the frequently asked questions by newbie stamp collectors seems to concern free online stamp catalogues. So, I thought it would be useful to put a resource post about the available alternatives. I hope You all enjoy the following sites PostBeeld Freestampcatalogue.com strong> Site address: https://www.postbeeld.com/app?page=Freestamp&service=external&sp=Spink...
The company StampNews.com has prepared the first-time research dealing with the activity of the post offices from 140 countries and their contributions in the development of international philately. As its aim the research had to rank the countries according to the quantity of new stamps issued (not the overall quantity of copies, but the number...
“Once considered the ‘king of hobbies’, fit for those who seek knowledge and aesthetic pleasure, stamp collection is no longer a thing of attraction for the tech-savvy generation of this fast-paced internet age,” writes reporter Ashis Senapati in the Times of India . In his article, Philately Stamped Out in Internet Age,...
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For the next 10 days we’re offering 15% off all orders over £10 at our online shop . So if you’ve had your eyes on something but not got around to ordering it, do it now and save. Night Mail t-shirt Products recently added to the online shop include greetings cards and postcards featuring our collection of GPO posters , but a range of other...
The University of Texas Dallas’ McDermott Library website reports, “The Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library was founded to provide collectors access to a dynamic collection of books, journals, and catalogs. Collectors have been using this resource for more than two decades in pursuit of their philatelic interests.” It goes on...
Ok, this is not so stamp (or philately) related as my usual posts, but I think it will interest a lot of collectors. eBay has today received (U.S) official patents approval for online auctions. I know, it sounds totally absurd, but it’s 100% true. The patent is called Computer-implement method and system for conducting
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According to an article on the Earthtimes.com website, “Time appears to have stood still in the 78-year-old stamp collecting shop on the Reinhardtstrasse in central Berlin. Surrounded by yellowing copies of magazines and stamp albums, 65-year-old shop owner Norbert Mankiewicz likes to reminisce about the ‘better’ times when philately...
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