Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide

Maurice D. Wozniak

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Krause Publications
13 October 2014

Reference works; Stamps, philately

Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide, 3rd edition, features photographs of nearly 1,000 color stamps, thousands of listings values for U.S. regular-issue and Airmail stamps from 1847-2013, all providing a compact and enjoyable overview of one of the world's oldest hobbies.|Stamps are popular with collectors for a number of reasons, such as the beautiful artwork, the historic events they depict, the celebration of pop culture, the fascination of finding errors, and their potential investment value.

From the fine engraving of early letterpress stamps to the full-color lithography of today, the printer's art is on display in stamps. From tiny ?secret marks? used to distinguish some early stamps to almost microscopic nicks and spots to ?hidden images? that can be seen only with special lenses, stamps carry an array of attractions for the technophile. The subjects shown on U.S. stamps represent famous people and events of the nation's past or, in many issues of recent years, popular culture. Call it nostalgia, appreciation or education, history plays a major role in many people's stamp collections, and collectors today are finding production-error stamps more frequently than ever before.

Stamp collecting isn't just for the wealthy elite. Most used stamps, except those issued up until 1930 or so, can be obtained for pennies, literally. However, at the other end of the scale, some U.S. stamps, used or unused, sell for thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of dollars each.

Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide covers it all, including photos and pricing, and gets novice-to-mid-level collectors well on their way to accumulating hundreds if not thousands of fascinating stamps.|Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide, 3rd edition, features photographs of nearly 1,000 color stamps, thousands of listings values for U.S. regular-issue and Airmail stamps from 1847-2013, all providing a compact and enjoyable overview of one of the world?s oldest hobbies.

By: Maurice D. Wozniak
Imprint: Krause Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 132mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781440242014
ISBN 10: 1440242011
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 13 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maurice D. Wozniak has been collecting stamps since the mid-1950s. A retired editor of Stamp Collector magazine and The Stamp Wholesaler, as well as Minkus catalogs for stamp collectors, Wozniak is president of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs, an umbrella group of 30 clubs in the philatelic hobby, and a member of the American Philatelic Society and the Central Wisconsin Stamp Club.

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Warman's U.S. Stamps Field Guide

Maurice D. Wozniak

$35

Paperback

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