This page contains links to websites that I consider interesting to stamp collectors. What you will not find here:
Sections: Youtube videos are marked with |
Wikipedia is (of course) a very good place to look up (any) stamp information. Start with the postage stamp page and follow the links from there, or enter your search term. |
Philatelic fakes and forgeries (Wikipedia) Is It Real? Avoiding the Hazards of Fakes and Forgeries List of Lables Purporting to be Stamps (Salm No. 4) Fakes, Counterfeits and Bogus Stamps Stamp Collectors Against Dodgy Sellers (SCADS) World index of stamp forgeries, by country Certificates of authenticity Illegal stamps (Wikipedia) Cinderella stamps (Wikipedia) Where is it? A list of illegal and local unofficial stamps |
The gravure printing process Hologram stamps - how they are made Color in philately |
Deegam Machin Handbook GBStamps.com - The Machin FAQ Machin Colour List Machins Great Britain (by Adminware Corporation) |
AllStampsParadise stamp exchange Tambr - Persian Iranian Stamps - Swap Stamps with Collectors from all over the world |
What is cherrypicking (about coins, but applies to stamps as well) Exponet - virtual philatelic exhibition The Invention of the Postage Stamp Fancy cancels (Wikipedia) Stamp atlas (Sandafayre) Postzegels met bijnamen Postzegelontwerpen World P.E.A.S The World Philately as Educational Aid to Society project The language of stamps Messages embedded in the orientation of stamps The Stamp that Almost Caused a War |