34¢ Four Flowers (self-adhesive, convertible booklet of 20)
02/07/01
3490a block of four, 3487-90
BK284 combination vending booklet ...
SPORTS, BIRDS, FLOWERS, SPACE CRAFT, ETC.
Some people like to collect stamps of maybe any one country or lots of countries, but which are all of the same subject, or topic. Sometimes, these collections are called "topicals".
A Chinese 80-fen Flowers postal stationery envelope mailed March 10, 2002, from Urumchi is shown in Figure 2. The imprinted Flower stamp design is the indicium. The registered airmail cover was uprated by the addition of six adhesive Chinese stamps.
2: auction abbreviation for topical flowers. 3: USPS abbreviation for Florida. 4: USPS abbreviation in address for number of floor in building.
FLA: Frank L. Adrian, BEP employee initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
Fla.
Guards surrounding her home allow her to receive a birthday cake and a bouquet of flowers from political supporters. (Yahoo! News)
Eight Turkish troops are killed in an attack by Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey.
The pane above is one of only five issues (as of June 2004) with 50 different designs - this one, in 1982,depicted the State Birds and Flowers.
Examples are flowers, art, birds, elephants or the Statue of Liberty. 2) The collection of stamps by the topic depicted on them, rather than by country of origin. See also Thematic.
Wildflowers 1992
Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues 1993
DC Comics Super Heroes 2006
Greetings from America 2002
Insects and Spiders 1999
Art of Disney - Romance 2006
Legends of Baseball 2000
Art of Disney Celebration 2005 ...
TOPICALS: Stamps which all have a common theme, such as animals, flowers, etc.
UNUSED STAMPS: Stamps which have
never been used for postage, but may have one or two small flaws. Mystic sells stamps with small flaws at a significant discount.
Topical: 1) Stamp or cover showing a given subject. Examples are flowers, art, birds, elephants or the Statue of Liberty. 2) The collection of stamps by the topic depicted on them, rather than by country of origin. See also Thematic.
Thematic Philately - collecting stamps pertaining to a theme like birds, flowers etc.
Literature Philately - collecting literature on stamps like catalogues, research articles, handbooks, philatelic periodicals etc.
Topical: Stamp or cover or pictorial postmark showing a given subject. Examples are flowers, art, birds, elephants or the Sydney Opera House. Similar to ‘thematic’ above.
In all there are perhaps 300 different forms of watermark used on stamps, including such styles as stars, crowns, lines, letters and coats of arms, garters, heraldic emblems, flowers and anchors.
Many more people collect stamps according to topic, such as animals, like birds, or fish, people on stamps, such as authors or scientists, or sport scenes, flowers, art or crafts, the list of stamp collections by topics is practically endless.
Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd. - private printer of postage stamps since in 1991, and of stamped envelopes since 2008. Printer of the first commemoratives produced exclusively by offset lithography, the 1992 Wildflowers Stamps pane, Scott 2647-2696.
Stamps that bear illustrations of animals, landscapes, works of art, flowers, or any other decorative theme that sets them apart from portraits or symbols. Although most pictorials are commemorative stamps, some pictorials are definitives.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Sheet, Single
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