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| 17/06/09 | Investing in Rare and Valuable Stamps |
Companies that specialise in stamp investment point to the fact that between 1907 and 1990 stamps gave an average return of 10% per annum (according to a study by Salomon Brothers Investment Bank, published in 1997). They never mention whether the buyers ...
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| 16/06/09 | 18 Reasons Why You Should Collect Stamps |
It’s the most popular hobby around the world.
It makes you smarter. (This has been proven in a study in England.)
It can be an economical hobby. (You can even find free stamps if you search around).
You can meet other stamp coll ...
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| 10/05/09 | Fight against illegal, bogus stamp issues |
The philatelic market gets more and more contaminated by stamps that are not at all collectible, at least they are completely worthless, even though you may have paid lots for them.
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There are, as in many other branches in t ...
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| 01/05/09 | WHAT NOT TO DO WITH YOUR RARE STAMPS |
There are many stories told about stamps, like the one about the retired major in the Swedish Army who searched all his life for the rare Swedish 4 Skilling Banco error of colour and eventually found one (only one or two are known to this day) and decided ...
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| 23/04/09 | COLLECTING BRITISH FIRST DAY COVERS |
For many FDC collectors it is the variety of postmarks that serve as a focus of their collecting. Even as far back as 1924 there was a choice of three different styles provided by the Post Office as SPECIAL POSTMARKS for the celebrated occasion of the 19 ...
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