Set limits to collect what you like and stay within budget
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Set aside any stamps on colored paper, or on paper with a colored backing. Pick out any stamps with colored cancellations, especially with red or purple ink.
Set - a set of stamps is a sequence or series of values of like type issued at one time or within a period.
Set:
A unit of stamps issued for a common purpose, either at one time or over an extended period, embracing a common design or theme.
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SET: Complete series issued at one time which includes all the values in the set.
SE-TENANT: Two or more stamps with different designs or values printed together on the same sheet.
Set: Stamps sharing common design elements, often issued at one time and usually collected as a group.
Se-tenant: French for "joined together." Two or more unseparated stamps of different designs, colors, denominations or types.
Set: Stamps which have common elements of design.
Sheet: A complete unit of stamps.
Sleeve:A seamless cylindrical plate.
Set - Stamps with common design elements that are typically issued and collected as a group.
Se-tenant - Two or more stamps that are joined, but which differ by denomination, design or colors.
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A collection of coins in a series. This could be a collection of types, or a collection from a particular Mint.
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Set stationary on the work surface, the Loupe is wonderful for examining definitives or any stamp under 1 inch by 1 inch in size. The 5x magnification brings out a lot detail and the whole apparatus is quite stable.
Set of definitive stamps, issued in 1975, which are commonly found precancelled, both as Bureaus (particularly in the decimal range of values, eg 7.7¢, 7.9¢ and 8.4¢) and as locals.
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Argentina: ...
A set of pages with scans and text descriptions of all the rail philatelic postal stationery I know of
changes regularly
an article I wrote for The Dispatcher ...
This set of stamps has found a place in millions of stamp albums and continues to be of top-ranking popularity among collectors.
This set of pages is devoted to beginning precancel collectors. Please send me your questions. Besides answering them, I may add them to the FAQ.
Type-set stamps are usually crudely done, and are frequently State stamps or locals. Some of the Confederate provisionals, the Hawaiian "Missionaries" and the early British Guiana issues were produced in that manner.
Card set ref. Issue date Stamp set Details
PHQ 7
10 July 1974
Medieval Warriors ...
1736a Set of 3 BOOKLETs with different Electric eye markings in margin, complete books
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One of the set of Royal Visit stamps, the War Memorial commemorative was issued in 1939. His Majesty King George VI unveiled it in that year.
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P.C. - Passed Censor.
P.D. - Paid to destination
P.O.A. - Post Office Agency or Price On Application.
P.P. - Pulled Perforation.
P/SET - Part set, contains some stamps from an issue.
P.V.A. - Polyvinyl Alcohol ...
No doubt you have set aside some American stamps that caught your fancy and you want to have more. United States stamp collecting is so popular that philatelists from other parts of the world collect them, too.
GAME RED: Try this set of games for young stamp collectors. They are arranged from "NEWBIE", to "COOL COLLECTOR", to "DUDE MASTER". Just click the answers you think are correct. When you are finished, click for why any of your answers were wrong.
Complete Matched Set - a set of plate blocks representing every number and pane position possible for a given stamp.
Galapagos Islands: Pacific Ocean, 500 miles west of Ecuador; 1957, July 15: Ecuador issued set inscribed "Islas Galapagos," 1959: triangular stamp issued by Ecuador, 1959: first commemorative issued, 1973: a province of Ecuador; see Barrel mail.
P/SET - Part set, contains some stamps from an issue.
P.V.A. - Polyvinyl Alcohol
P. - Abbreviation for 'Proof'; i.e. the item is a die proof, or an impression taken to prove the accuracy of the impression.
One of the most commonly found Confederate counterfeits is a complete set of counterfeit Confederate general issues, which was made up and marketed by a dealer in Springfield, Massachusetts. They are thus known as 'Springfield Facsimiles'.
The background image is from the Louisiana Purchase set that was issued in 1904. The stamp featured is the 10c stamp showing the area affected by the Louisiana Purchase which greatly increased the size of the United States.
For example, Scott expects you to pay around $250 for the complete set of 7 catalogs (excluding the classic catalog) every year. For those with a limited budget, you should try:
a) Your local library.
(especially watch for stamps that are heavily colored or canceled with red or green ink, self adhesive stamps or stamps on colored paper - set them aside for individual treatment).
Back Number specialists may collect the various positions of the back number in relation to the plate number as a 'set'.
The Hawaii "Missionary" stamps (1851) issued by the native government and used mostly by American missionaries serving in Hawaii, an unused set of eight is valued at about $100,000.
A designated number or set of numbers from a standard postage stamp or postal history reference universally identifying a philatelic item. 2. Katalog- nummer [Germany]. 3. Nombre d'Catalogue [France]. 4. Numero Catalogo [Italy].
The Gronchi Rosa stamp was created as part of a set of stamps celebrating Giovanni Gronchi's visit to three South American countries. It was supposed to commemorate the president's stopover in Peru.
These are folders containing a new set of stamps in mint condition. Information about the stamps is printed on the pack.
Starch:
A carbohydrate that is found in seeds, fruit and root vegetables such as potato.
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It goes from permanent ink, pigment ink, dye inks, fabric ink, watercolor, heat-set, and alcohol. The most important of all is dye or pigment ink stamps, since they are the most frequently used.
successfully established one set of international postal rates. Before this time, ...
A (-) Indicates a complete set or range of stamps.
A (/) Indicates a broken range of stamps.
An 'Est'Before the price indicates an estimated cash value of the lot.
Don't forget if you have looked up information about the stamps that you have and discovered that they are part of a larger set, you will need to leave enough room, if you decide you want to try and collect the set.
Miniature Sheets
A small-size sheet with the set (or part) of the issued stamps with decorative margins. Miniatures sheets are generally not broken up by post offices.
Miniature Sheet A small sheet containing a single stamp, pair, block or set of stamps, with wide, inscribed and/or decorative margins, issued as a commemorative souvenir for collectors. Also known as souvenir sheet ...
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Installment A series of postcards designed to be sent one a day. The completed set forms one picture. Some installments are vertical pictures, such as an Uncle Sam figure; others form horizontal images, such as a running horse.
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An army post office or military post office is set up to distribute mail to and from military personnel. Locations are indicated by numbers only to prevent revealing personnel locations. The locations become generally known after a war is over.
A small sheet containing one of each stamp in a given issue sold alongside the set of individual stamps. They are also available in FDC and in Presentation Packs.
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Others set up weekly stamp markets often known as "bourses" that move around a fixed geographical region from week to week.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Local, Catalog
  
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