Philately
This does not only mean stamp collecting, but philatelists collect and
do research in anything which is or has been used as receipt for
the postal fees. Also postmarks alone are a field of special interest.
I collect postally used stamps, and am mainly interested in definitive
stamps from all over the world. That means "common" stamps like
the British Machin design,
the German "Famous women" or
"Landmarks",
the French "Marianne",
the Swiss "Animals" and "Professions" series
or the Chinese Great Wall issue,
just to name a few examples. Boring? No way! Actually, there is at least
as much fun in it as in collecting commemorative stamps. It can also be
quite a hunt to find some definitives in good used condition.
Because quite a number of such stamps are still missing in my
collection, I have started to
compile some lists of stamps I am still
looking for.
Below you'll find some philately links:
Personal WWW pages of collectors:
Useful information:
Some countries:
See also Francis Chan's Stamps
Resources in Singapore and W2VTM's list of International
Postal Authorities.
Topics of special interest:
Stamps and postmarks:
Books, magazines, catalogs:
Unsorted:
Other collecting interests (numismatics):
In my opinion, philately and business should be kept as far away from
each other as possible. However, I have included some links to
WWW pages of dealers or auctions where one might find other interesting
information than just offers and prices.
Jan-Martin Hertzsch
HTML checked 2003-10-28.
