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- The Pan American Exhibition
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- The War For European Unity
- Grills And How Catalog Status Affects Price
- What Has Happened to United States First Day Cover Collecting?
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- Apfelbaum’s Promise
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- Early French Stamps
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- Mistreatment of Stamps
- Check Your Mail
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- The Hawaiian Missionaries
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- A Stamp In Production – Penny Black
- Evolution of Stamp Mounts
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- Latvian Stamps | Collecting Stamps from Latvia
- Stamps of French Colonies
- Evolution of Stamp Quality
- Sergio Sismondo | Foreign Stamp Expert Sergio Sismondo
- Israeli stamps | Israeli Stamps and What They Show Us About Philately
- How To Tell If Your Stamp Has The Original Gum
- Brazilian Stamps |Learn About Collecting Brazilian Stamps
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- How Many People Collect Stamps
- Stock Transfer Stamps | Why Stock Transfer Stamps Became Popular
- Scott Hardbound Brown Philatelic 1840-1940 Album
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- The Rarest Stamp of Canada
- The Apfelbaum Family
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- Two Shilling Brown Britain’s Rarest Stamp
- Demonetization of Stamps Hurting German Philately
- Evolution of Philatelic Expertization
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- Stamps – Might Be More Convenient That Cash
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- United Nations Stamps
- A Guide To Stamp Albums
- The Internet Has Changed Stamp Journalism (And Not Necessarily For The Better)
- Kiauchau – The Stamps of Germany Used in China
- Clasic Montenegro Stamps
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- The Scarcest US Booklet Pane
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- Who Are The New Collectors
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- John Luff
- Sarawak stamps
- Another lesson From Charles Dickens
- F. Burton Sellers
- Varro Tyler
- Minkus’s Better Way of Collecting Never Cought On
- A Good US Stamp Investment
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- Famous Forgers III
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- United States Coils
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- Letter From A Collector
- Stamp Investment and Stanley Gibbons
- Cover Collecting
- Why Don’t More Women Collect Stamps
- Ken Whittle
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- How Well Is Philately Doing
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- Phil Ward
- Western Australia Stamps
- Paper Coins
- San Marino Stamps
- Elliot Pery And How The Philatelic World Has Changed
- High Value 19th Century Stamps Were Very Expensive
- Bill Welch
- Sergio Sismondo
- Stamp Essays
- Maurice Apfelbaum
- Never Lie To Your Wife
- Presidential Topical Collections
- Postage Stamps are Just One Of Several Types of Stamps that Collectors Collect
- Queensland Stamps
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- Do Politics Matter
- Italy and Area Stamps
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- International Stamp Shows
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- North Korean Philately
- Reproductions in Philately
- Why United States Plate Blocks and First Day Covers have Lost Popularity
- Bruno Goldschlag
- A Good Investment Bet
- Unchanging Philately
- Fundamentals of Philately
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- Oldenburg
- Stamp Inverstment Tips: Best Eight Value Stamps
- Max Margolies
- Farley’s Follies
- Herst’s Outbursts
- Bad Reputations
- The Very Low Euro
- Max Margolies
- William Weiss
- Apfelbaum Wants To Buy Your Stamps
- My Favorite Find
- American Philatelic Society Black Blot
- Plate Blocks
- Stamp Comics
- Stamp Collecting’s Three Great Quality Revolutions
- Maynard Sundman and the Mystic Stamp Company
- J. Walter Scott
- Robson Lowe
- H E Harris and American Stamp Collecting
- My Father Has a Stamp Collection
- What to Specialize In
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- Eighty Five Year Old Scott Catalog
- Small Ball
- The Abridged Album for United States Stamps
- Advertising Stamps
- The Modern era in Philately Began in 1960
- Umberto of Italy
- Plate Blocks
- Newfoundland
- The First Communications Revolution
- German States
- Indian States
- Italian States
- Coils Present a Problem for US Collectors
- Prince Edward Island
- Tuscany
- Here’s an Offer
- Saint Peter
- Collection by the 1897 Scott Catalog
- It Pays to Wait
- Roulette and Back
- Philately’s Best Decades
- Whales
- Computers and Stamps
- Stamps Have Always Made Good Bribes
- Propaganda Stamps of WWII
- British Empire Stamps
- Denmark
- Special Delivery Stamps of Canada
- Here’s an Offer
- Space Philately
- Memories
- James DeVoss, Keith Wagner, and Robert Lamb
- Observations from the American Philatelic Society Show 2015
- Why We Collect Plate Blocks
- America’s Favorite Stamp
- Stamp Albums
- German Occupation of Estonia
- France Red Cross Booklets
- Greenland Polar Bears
- German Colonies
- The Stamps of the Saar
- Boys Life magazine, H. E. Harris, and Stamp Collecting
- Herman Herst, Jr.
- Elizabeth Bennett and Sherlock Holmes
- The Stamps Of George VI
- The Power of the Completed Page
- Stamp Collecting Can Help Conservation Efforts
- The Demise of H.E. Harris
- Gimbels and Minkus
- American Philatelic Society
- Bill Cosby
- World Wildlife Fund
- Monaco
- Canada Jubilee Stamps
- The 1895 Scott Catalogue
- Is Original Gum Worth the Price?
- Large Collections
- United States Plate Proofs
- Two Ways Successful Dealers Process Stocks
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- Fortunate Mr Stiles
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- Venezuela
- So You Want Yo Be A Stamp Dealer
- Russian Airmails
- Fees
- Quality and United States Stamps
- The Scramble for Africa
- Interphil
- “Is anything alright, Sir?”
- Bill Welch
- Germany
- Collecting Trends Past
- NC-“Never Collected”
- Philately and the Movies
- Pen Pals
- Falkland Islands
- Stamp Periodicals
- United States #1
- India and States
- Philatelic Demograhics
- Linns and the Scott Monthly Journal
- Saving The APS
- Famous Collectors
- Earl Apfelbaum
- A Good Stamp Investment
- German Inflation Period
- Canal Zone
- US Postage
- Covers
- What I would Collect
- Digitization
- Euro in luck
- Robert Lippert and Dale Hendricks
- Memory
- Detecting Forgeries
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- Collecting Cleverly
- Exhibiting Your Stamps
- Inexpensive Specialties
- The Stamp Family Apfelbaum
- The Secrets of Reperfing
- United States Overprinted Issues
- Countries to Collect
- Official Stamps
- Special Service Stamps
- The Genius of Postage Stamps
- You Can’t Improve on Perfection
- Correspondence
- Banknotes
- Revenue Stamps
- Iran
- American Philatelic Society
- Stamp Auctions
- Local stamps
- Guaranteed
- Grills
- The Most extraordinary Philatelic Item
- Stamp Exhibitions
- Essays
- Americans treat their stamps badly
- More on George Sloane
- Philatelic Literature-Sloane’s Column
- A Pretty Good Idea From Eighty Years Ago
- The Big Picture
- Philately and the Apfelbaum’s – The First Sixty Years
- Postage
- Herbert Bloch
- Bileski
- Ivory Show and Captain Tim
- Russian Airmails
- Philately a Hundred Years Ago
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- Hoarding
- Cinderella Stamps
- Why Us?
- Why Philately Should Do Well in The Years Ahead
- Part Time Stamp Dealing
- US Postage Dues
- Proofs
- Early US CHIna Issue
- Classics
- JFK
- What to Expect with PRC Stamps
- Cold and Philately Go Together
- Stamp Profession Provided Escape Hatch From Nazi Germany
- Why are so Many Stamps Sold at Auction
- The Scarcity of Modern Mint Stamps
- The Scarcity of Modern Stamps
- Women and Stamp Collecting
- Try The Stamps Of Mexico
- Adding Autographs Can Spice Up Your Collection
- Certification and Grading
- The Stamps of Antigua
- Africa is The New Growth Area
- Collecting German States
- Revenue Stamps Of The United States
- Big Scarcer Stamps First
- Why Albums Matter
- Who Collects Stamps
- Visiting Europe?
- A Cool US Error
- Margin Initials
- Bi Colors
- Match and Medicine Stamps
- Why Stamp Collecting is Easier Than Numismatics
- Stamp Dealing and Immigration
- There Will Always Be New Stamps
- Specialized French Philately
- Some Investment
- Federal Duck Stamps
- Third Party Grading
- The Best Stamp Book Ever Written
- Why Perforations are Measured Like They Are
- The Civil War
- Martin Apfelbaum and the origin of the term “Black Friday”
- Happy Thanksgiving
- The Cobb, Ruth and Mays of Philately
- Psychologists Explain Why Collectors tend to Over Value Their Stamps
- Ten Years From Now
- One Hundred Years Old and Still Popular
- Subscription confirmation
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- Classic Switzerland
- Boy Scouts Promoted Stamp Collecting
- The Deats Library in Philadelphia
- Why Stamp Insurance Rates are so Low
- Stamp Exhibits in the Future
- North Korea
- Help in Choosing a Specialty
- Bank Note Issue Stamps
- Cape of Good hope
- Why There is Little Written About Philatelic History
- The Effect of the Dollar on Stamp Prices
- Advertising Stamps
- the Universal Postal Union
- Early Romania
- Joe Collector
- US 50c Airmail
- Classic Chile
- An Odd Old Stamp Dealer
- Gambia
- Stamp Mounts- A Short History
- Great Britain Officials Are a Wonderful Specialty of Their Own
- The Day the Internet Won the Publishing War
- War and Philately
- Early Apfelbaum
- Pleased Customers
- The Airmails of France
- Irish Philately
- Is it Original Gum?
- Unconventional Thematic Collecting
- Underground Delivery
- Bileski
- A Financially Successful Philatelist
- Test Blog Post
- Our Founder
- Earning Money in Retirement
- H E Harris in the 1970s
- Hello World
- Perforations
- Are Forgeries Still a Problem?
- US Minisheets Changed Collecting
- Columbians
- Collectors Expect Discounts From Scott Value
- Fads versus Hobbies
- Inflation Hedge
- Canadian Provinces
- Reperfing
- Classic Philatelic Specialization
- The Next International Show-New York 2016
- Collecting in the 1930s
- Philatelic Estate Planning
- Why Are There so Many Damaged Stamps
- A Plea-Lets be in Agreement about Gum
- Stamp Dealing in Retirement
- Get Like-New Specialty Albums for Your Collection for Free
- Some Beautiful World Wide Revenues
- The Economics of Stamp Packets
- A PRC Classic
- Philatelic Specialization is Easier Now
- Collectors Gravitate to Parts of the Hobby that Suit Their Personalities
- The Fourth of July
- Two Very Rare Stamps
- Benghazi is part of Libya
- Dutch Colonies
- The Future of Philately
- Major and Minor Varieties
- War Tax Stamps
- Britsh Guiana Stamp Sells for $9.5 million
- Collecting US Plate Plocks
- Essays
- Our Family
- Plea Agreement
- Sales Tax
- Today’s Classics Were Yesterday’s New Issues
- Always Look Carefully at Your Mail
- Collectors Collect All Day Now
- Catalogs do make a Difference
- Classic Canadian Issues
- Early France
- US Essays
- Deep Back of the Book US Revenues
- Airmail Stamps
- Junior Duck Stamps
- United States Is the Hardest Country to Collect
- German Area Philately’s Influence on the Hobby
- Can China Retain its Philatelic Growth?
- The Stamps of the United Nations
- Lost and Found
- Cut Squares and Entires
- Classic Austria
- The Stamps of China
- Stamp Perforations
- Plan to Visit New York International 2016
- A Set Worth Buying
- A Wonderful Expert for your Foreign Stamps
- Subsidies for the Postal Service
- Remembering Encyclopedias
- Prices Don’t Always Go Up
- Why Isn’t Postal Stationery More Popular
- Why Some Philatelic Areas Stay Unpopular
- The First stamp
- Supply and Demand
- Using Non Scott Catalogs
- Collecting The Stamps Of South Korea
- Can you Collect Modern Hinged stamps
- What Makes Apfelbaum Different From Others
- My First Stamp Magazine
- The Philatelic Mind Existed before Stamps
- Time to Take a Look at the Stamps of Hungary
- Imagine Getting a Stamp of this Value on a Package Sent to your Home
- Rowland Hill-The Progressive
- Young and Old
- What Effect Does Hinging Have on Price?
- Philately and Sales tax
- Today’s Access to Information Makes our Hobby Easier
- Gum
- Earl Apfelbaum’s Writings
- Italy and Area Pricelist
- On President’s Day, try President Jackson
- Valentine Collecting Has Always Been a Part of Our Hobby
- Saving The APS
- Stamp Collecting Used to be Portrayed Positively in the Media
- A Fascinating and Affordable Specialty
- Our Postal Service Deserves Praise
- Promoting Philately
- An Investment Opportunity
- Newer US Issues
- Original Original Gum is the World’s Most Valuable Substance by Weight
- Your Stamps Are Safer Now Than Ever Before
- The Rarest Confederate States General Issue
- Theft or Other Loss of Your Stamps
- Original Gum and Regumming
- A Novel Savings Plan
- Forgeries
- Stamps as Political Propaganda
- Some Advice for eBay Seller
- US Occupation of Japan
- President Kennedy
- H. E. Harris and Keeping the Good Old days Alive
- An Auction Experience
- A Gift of the Magi
- Kionga
- A Good Hint For Your Collecting Enjoyment
- Prices Ahead
- The Effect Of eBay on the Stamp Market
- The Apfelbaum Guarantee
- Canadian Province of Newfoundland
- Female Stamp Collectors
- Thematic Philately Offers a Great Deal
- US Colonials
- Consider The Stamps Of Africa
- Ten Years Hence
- Thanksgiving
- Add Some Spice to Your Collection
- Iran
- Stamps Today Cost Less in Real Money Than They Used To
- San Marino
- Harry Potter Stamps
- Stamp Auctions
- Grills
- A Very Interesting Area To Collect
- 1000 Blog Posts
- Be Honest With Your Family About Your Stamps
- Japanese Philately
- Why The USPS Pushes New Stamps
- Cut Sqaures
- The Next Hot Philatelic Country
- America’s Most famous Philatelist
- Lucky Lindbergh Collector
- The Columbians
- Combining Philately with Other Interests
- How Many Classics Still Exist
- A Stamp Show Every Day
- The $264,000 Question
- Careless Handling
- Evolution of Color and Shade in Philately
- Plating
- Classic Mint Sheets
- Default
- Stamp Collecting Life Cycles
- H E Harris -America’s Greatest Stamp Dealer
- Pony Express and the Importance of Knowledgeable Stamp Dealers
- US #1’s for Sale
- World War I Prisoner of War History
- Scott Classic Catalog
- Gandhi and Modern India
- Why we Collect Stamps
- Prince George
- Our Family History and Mission Statement
- Danzig
- Hall of Fame
- Early Great Philatelists
- Danish West Indies
- Interesting and Affordable Specialties
- Postal Stationery
- Is Stamp Collecting Gaining Popularity?
- Immigration and Stamp Collecting
- Over 1000 Posts
- Civil War Philately
- French Colonies
- The Apfelbaum Stamp Store
- Stamp Circuits
- Plate Blocks
- Stamp Journals and the Direction of the Hobby
- France
- 1898 TransMississpii Issue
- Philately’s Greatest Era
- The Third Reich
- US Possessions
- Switzerland
- Iran
- Bill Bilden
- The Stamp Retailing Cycle
- Stamp Color and Rarity
- The War for European Unity
- An Offer to Join the American Philatelic Society
- Grills and How Catalog Status Affects Price
- Reform can be a Great Thing
- Fascination Philatelic
- 1901 Pan Americans
- Stamp Exhibititions
- Fool Yourself but Don’t Fool Your Family
- Mythicalism in Stamp Design
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