Stamp Collecting as a Pastime

Project Gutenberg's Stamp Collecting as a Pastime, by Edward J. NankivellThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Stamp Collecting as a PastimeAuthor: Edward J. NankivellRelease Date: April 18, 2006 [EBook #18204]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STAMP COLLECTING AS A PASTIME ***Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Sankar Viswanathan, and theOnline Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks. STAMP COLLECTING AS A PASTIME BY EDWARD J. NANKIVELL MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS MEMBER OF THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF LONDON London STANLEY GIBBONS, LTD., 391, STRAND, W.C. New York 167, BROADWAY 1902PREFACEMany people are at a loss to understand the fascination that surroundsthe pursuit of stamp collecting. They are surprised at theclannishness of stamp collectors, and their lifelong devotion to theirhobby. They are ...