Linn's Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps was published in 1993 by Linn's Stamp News.
This useful book by Varro E. Tyler lists 150 stamp forgeries from A to W, side by side with the genuine ones, and compares both.
The introduction states in part that "This compilation of 150 Focus on Forgeries features that originally appeared on a fortnightly basis in Linn's Stamp News is published at the request of many stamp collectors."
Illustrations are in black and white.
This revised edition of the Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works was published by Linn's Stamp News in 1991.
I counted 150 forgers listed in this entertaining book by Varro E. Tyler.
The book is illustrated with black and white pictures of some of the forgers and some stamp and other philatelic forgeries.
"Guide to Stamp Collecting of the World" was written by Jiri Novacek of Czechoslovakia and translated by Simon Pellar.
This edition was published in 1992 by the Promotional Reprint Company of London.
The chapters/sections are as follows:
What is Philately?
Stamps and Their Origin, Manufacture and Varieties
Stamps as Visiting Cards
Postcards
Envelopes
Aerograms and Other Postal Stationery
Non-Postal Marks and Labels
First-Day Covers and Sheets
Essay
Cartes Maximum
Entires
World Classics
Stamp Talk
Ferryboat Posts, Lake Posts, River Posts, Mail Packets, Posted on Board (Paquebot), Pigeon Post Letters, Balloon Post Letters, Zeppelin Letters, Arctic and Antarctic Letters, Early Airmail Letters, First Flights, Helicopter and Rocket Letters, Wreck Letters, Dog Team Letters, Pony Express, Mailcoach Letters, Wandering Letters, Hotel Posts, Postal Wars, Inflation Letters, Letters from Concentration Camps, Electronic Letters, Space Letters
A Perfect Stamp
Forgeries: A Great Headache
Famous Collectors
The Arrangement of a Collection
Prices of Stamps and Other Philatelic Material
Preparation of Stamps
Inspection and Classification of Philatelic Material
Albums
Major Philatelic Organizations
Place-Names Index
Interesting book from a European point of view!
Another title in the Stanley Gibbons Stamp Collecting Series is "How To Identify Stamps" compiled by James Watson.
It was first published in 1983, and this is the third edition of 1994.
The contents are as follows:
Introduction
Key Inscriptions
Using the Catalogue
The Normal Alphabet
A. Country Names - Europe
B. Country Names - Rest of the World
C. Subordinate Inscriptions - Whole World
D. Abbreviations on Stamps - Whole World
Other Alphabets and Scripts
A. The Cyrillic Group
B. The Greek Alphabet
C. Indian Native States
D. Far East Scripts
E. Scripts Various
F. 'No-name' Stamps
Another useful how-to publication!
"Stamp Collecting How To Start" by James Watson (revised by John Holman) is one of the titles in the Stanley Gibbons Stamp Collecting Series.
This was first published in 1983, and this particular edition is the second edition of 1995.
The contents are as follows:
Introduction
Your First Stamps
One-Country Style
Many Kinds of Stamps
The Stamp Collector's Bible
The Collector's Tool-box
Your Album Choice
Arranging Your Stamps
Branching Out
Stamp Collector's Glossary
Useful Addresses
Overall a good how-to publication!
The Observer's Book of Stamp Collecting by Anthony New was published by Bloomsbury Books of London.
This edition is the "Reprinted with revisions" of 1989. It was first published in 1986.
Chapters are as follows:
The Appeal of Stamps
The Appeal Widens
The Specialist's View
The Uses of Stamps
How Stamps are Printed
Ways to Collect
Values and Prices
Aids to Identification
Suggested Subjects and Miscellaneous Topics
There also is a Glossary of some philatelic terms.
An informative book!
This introductory booklet, published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd., "was first written by James Negus, Editor of the Gibbons stamp catalogues, 1977-81" and "revised by John Holman, former Editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly" magazine.
This is the fifth edition (1990). It was first published in 1980.
There are 15 topics covered:
Welcome to stamp collecting
The first stamps
Different types of stamps
Getting started
Finding more stamps
Preparing your stamps
Sorting stamps
Mounting stamps
Stamp albums
The stamp catalogue
Stamp prices
Covers and postmarks
Useful philatelic terms
Stamp countries and currencies
Learning more about stamps
A delightful read!
Coventry & Warwickshire is in England.
NO. VA stands for Northern Virginia (in the United States).
GMF DENVER is a post office of Denver City in Colorado.
Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut.
Saint Petersburg is a city in Florida nicknamed "Sunshine City".
Pine Bluff is a city in Arkansas.
Tallahassee is the capital city of Florida.
Traverse City is a lakeside city in Michigan.
Chattanooga is a city in Tennessee.
Westchester is a county in the state of New York.
Long Beach is a coastal city in California.
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska.
Honolulu is the capital city of Hawaii.
Fox Valley, also known as Fox River Valley, is a region in Illinois.
Boise is the capital city of the state of Idaho in United States.
These 19th century stamps were issued to be used in Cuba and the Philippines, which were then colonies of Spain.
The cancellation determined whether it was used in Cuba or the Philippines.
Here's a misperf pair of the 1966 Washington coil stamp.
Leominster is a city in Massachusetts.
Phoenix is the capital city of Arizona.
Eugene is a city in Oregon.
Portland is a city in Maine.
Springfield is a city in Missouri.
Another city in Washington is Everett, the county seat in Snohomish.
Spokane is a city in Washington nicknamed the "Lilac City".
Warsaw is a city in Illinois with a population of just a little over 1,600 in 2010.
The top stamp reproduces a painting by Ingálvur av Reyni and bottom pair is by Hans Hensen, both of Faroe Islands.
"The Temptations of Saint Anthony" is an artwork of William Heinesen, a painter from the Faroe Islands.
Foldarafossur is a waterfall in the village of Hov.
Clergymen and politicians on parade for Ólavsøka, the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands.
Two stanzas with illustrations from Brynhild's Ballad, a long Faroese narrative poem referring to myths.
Starling is the bird shown on this stamp issued in 1998.
A set of four stamps was issued in 1997 picturing scenes from a film based on a novel.
Shown here is the 6.50kr value.
This stamp was actually issued in 1998 and pictures a killer whale for the Year of the Ocean.
The 600th year of the Kalmar Union was commemorated in 1997 with a Faroese stamp depicting the coat of arms of Eric of Pomerania.
You have to read up on the history of the Nordic countries to know more about these names.
In 1996 a set of three stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued illustrating children's drawings for Nordatlantex 1996, a stamp exhibition.
Shown above is one of the stamps.
Here's a view of Risin and Kellingin, the giant and the giantess.
Nice socked-on-the-nose cancel.
The common crossbill and the waxwing are the birds pictured on these 1996 stamps.
The Church of Hvalvík is the oldest wooden church still in existence in the Faroes.
