Today more and more collectors are turning to the somewhat esoteric areas of philately. Many are probably disgusted by the endless avalanche of new stamp issues from countries which previously were respected for their serious new issue policies. Other collectors are attracted by the many discoveries to be made in the unmapped philatelic territories. Whatever [...]
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Railway stamps may be divided into three classes, namely, Newspaper, Parcels, and Letter. The newspaper stamps were the first to make their appearance, for as far back as July, 1855, five companies adopted the use of these labels
