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 Stamp
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The History Of The Postage Stamp.
Before
The Penny Black Pt 1 - Pt
2, Pt
3,
Pt 4 & Pt
5 - Pre Adhesive Stamp History.
Before
The Penny Black - A Study of Postal History.
Before
The Penny Black Revisited - Parts 1 To 9 of The Above.
The
Uniform Penny Post - Brief History of How The Uniform
Penny Post Came Into Being.
William Mulready
Sir Rowland Hill
Perkins Bacon & Petch - Perkins Bacon & Co
William Wyon
The
William Wyon City Medal - A Brief History of The William
Wyon Medal With Illustrations.
De La Rue
A
Brief Overview - A Brief Insight Into Early British Stamps.
QV
Head - Queen Victoria's Head Comparisons Between Different
Issues.
Line
Engraved Specialist & Hobby Sites.
Plating
The Penny Black - Huge Database of Scans. Probably The
Largest And The Best Online Resource.
Plating
The 1d Black - Plates 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10 & 11. Re-Entries, Double Letters & More.
Plating
the 1d Black & 1d Red - Large Resource With Many Examples
& Illustrations.
1840
1d Black - Varieties, Dates of Note, Frame Lines, Guide
Lines & More.
1840
2d Blue - Illustrations & Information.
1841
2d Blue - Illustrations & Information.
1841
2d Blue Small Plate Trial - Images of 2d Blue Trials With
White Lines and Voided Corner Letters.
1841
1d Red - Nice Hobbyist Site With Images & Information.
The
1841 1d Red - Information, Illustrations & More.
The
Treasury Roulette - Brief History of The Treasury or Gladstone
Roulette.
The
Archer Experimental Roulette - Brief Coverage of Archer's
Experimental Separation Experiments.
The
Archer Perf 16 of 1854 - History of The Archer Perf 16
Experiment.
1d
Red Perforated Stars In Corners - Illustrations &
Information.
Perforated
1d Red Stars On Bluish Paper 1854 - 57 - 1d Red Stars
on Bluish Paper.
Outline
of 1d Red Star Issues 1848 - 1880 - Tabular Outline of
The 1d Stars Issues.
1d
Red Penny Stars Shades - Scans of The 1d Red Stars Shades.
1d
Red First Transitional Issues - Lots of Illustrations.
1d
Red Transitionals 1857 - More Illustrations & Facts.
1d
Red Rose Reds - History of The So Called 1d Rose Red.
Penny
Reds - Various Quality Images of 1d Reds.
Corner
Letters - Corner Letters & Sheet Layouts Explained.
The
Royal Reprints of 1865 - Illustrations of The Plate 66
Reprints In Red & Black.
1d
Red Corner Letters - Illustrations & Information.
Corner
Letter Varieties - Close Up Images of 1d Red Corner Letter
Variants.
The
½d & 1½d Issues - Halfpenny & Three
Halfpence Issues.
The
New ½d & 1½d Stamps - Images of These
Issues.
The
South Kensington Exhibition Proof 1872 -
Brief Coverage of The 1872 Exhibition Proof.
Line
Engraved Study - Line Engraved Study From 1840 In Illustrations.
The
GB Rainbow Colour Trials - Illustrations Of The Rainbow
Colour Trials.
Small
QV Line Engraved Blocks - Images of Small Blocks.
Mixed
Line Engraved Images - A Mixture of Line Engraved Stamps.
1d
Red Master Dies - Explanation of The 1d Red Dies.
Laying
Out The Plate - Explanation of Line Engraved Printing
& Transfer Rollers Illustrated.
1d
Red Corner Letters - The Use of Corner Letter Explained.
1d
Red Marginal Markings - Illustrations of 1d Red Marginal
Inscriptions & Decorations.
1d
Red Watermark Types - Illustrations of 1d Red Watermarks.
1d
Red Perforations - Perforation & Archer Trials Illustrated.
1d
Red & Black Plate Wear & Repair - Illustrated
Explanation of Plate Wear & Repairs.
Maltese
Cross Cancellations - Illustrations of Maltese Cross Cancellations
on 1d Reds.
1d
Reds Used Abroad - Overprints & Cancels on 1d Reds.
1d
Red Security Endorsements - Embossing, Underprinting &
Perfins.
QV
Line Engraved Issues - Illustrations & Facts About
The Line Engraved Issues.
Alphabet
1 Plates 1 To 131- Disinguishing Features of These Plates.
Index
To Fishers Plating The Penny - Online Resource For Plating
The Penny.
Online
Penny Plating Database - Plate The 1840 To 1864 1d Online.
Victorian
Towns Identifier - Online Database To Identify Victorian
Town Names Where Only Part Name Is Known.
1d
Plating Problems - The Problems of Plating Plates 1 Through
131 Explained.
Distinctive
Maltese Cross Cancellations & Shades.
Maltese
Crosses of Great Britain & Ireland - Professor S.
David Rockoff & Mike Jackson.
Maltese Cross
Database of Distinctive Types - Large Database of Scans.
Postmarks.
Postmark
Types - Various Postmark Types Illustrated.
Cancellations
- Showing Difference Between 1844 Types, Number In Cross &
Common Cross.
Pre
Adhesive Postal History - Bishop Marks,Free Franks, Too
Late, London Marks etc.
Maritime
Markings - British Maritime Markings.
British
Postmark Society - Home of The Britiah Postmark Society.
Embossed Issues 1847 - 1854
Embossed
Adhesives - A Brief History of Embossed Stamps With Illustrations.
Embossed
Stamps - Images of The Embossed Issues.
Surface
Printed Specialist & Hobby Sites.
The
£5 Orange - Images of The1882 Five Pounds Orange.
Wing
Margins - Illustrations of Stamps With Wing Margins.
The
4d Stamps - Images Of The Four Pence Stamps & Colour
Trials.
Small
Blocks - Images of Small Blocks of QV Surface Printed
Stamps.
Surface
Printed - A Selection of Quality Scans.
More
Surface Printed - Another Selection of Nice Scans.
Mixed
Scans - A Mixture of Stamp Scans Mainly Covering QV Surface
Printed Issues.
2½d
Blue & 2½d
Rosy-Mauve
- A Selection of Scans.
3d
& 3d on 3d - Three Penny Stamp Scans Also Showing
The 3d on 3d.
4d
Colour Trials - Scand Of Four Pence Colour Trials.
6d
Surface Printed Issues - A Selection of Scand of The Six-Pence
Values.
1/-
Greens & 1/- Browns - Selection of 1 Shilling Green
& 1 Shilling Brown Scans.
Colour
Changes - Shows Side By Side Images of Stamps Which Were
Re-Issued In Different Colours.
The
Provisional Issues - Showing The Provisional Issues of
1880 Onwards.
The
1d Lilac - One of The Most Common Victorian Stamps In
Any Collection.
Surcharged
Values - Covers The 3d on 3d & The 6d on 6d Surcharged
Issues.
The
Unified Issue - The 1883 Very Difficult Lilac & Greens
Printed In Fugitive Inks.
Lilac
& Greens Issue - Lilac & Greens Issue Overprinted
Specimen.
Colour
Trials 10/- & £1 - Colour Trials For the One
Pound And Ten Shillings Values.
Specimen
Overprinted High Values - Images of QV High Values With
Specimen Overprints.
The
Jubilee Issue - Illustrations of The QV Jubilee Issues
from ½d To £1.
1887
Jubilee Issue - Showing The Colour Changes of 1887.
Errors,
Freaks & Oddities - Errors & Varieties Illustrated.
The
1880 Tender - Essays & Proofs
In
Depth 1880 Tender Article - In Depth & Well Written
Article With Many Illustrations by Peter Morton.
1880
Tender Essays & Proofs - Perkins Bacon, McCorquodale,
Skipper & East and De La Rue.
The
Provisional Issues - Showing The Provisional Issues of
1880 Onwards.
Specimens, Essays, Die Proofs & Trials.
Die
Proofs -
Archer's
Prince Consort Essays - Henry Archer's Prince Consort
Essays of 1850.
Census
Of Archer's Prince Consort Essay - Many Illustrations
of Henry Archers Prince Consort Essays.
Fiscal, Revenue, Telegraph & Special Usage Overprinted
Stamps.
Telegraph
Stamps - Brief Study of Telegraph Stamps.
Revenue
Stamps - QV Revenue Issues.
The
£5 Orange Telegraphs - Images of The £5 Telegraphs
Stamp & Colour Trials.
Postal
Stationery Cutouts - Postal Stationery Cutouts Used on
Cover.
WH
Smith Newspaper Wrappers - Illustrations of QV Newspaper
Wrappers.
NPB
- The Edinburgh Newspaper Branch.
GB
Revenues - Judicature Fee, Justice Room, Foreign Bill,
Customs Duty, Land Registry & Transfer Duty Stamps.
Identifying
Watermarks, Perforations, Paper Types, Terms etc.
Watermarks
- Illustrated Guide To Watermark Identification & Types.
Fugitive
Ink Recipes - De La Rue Fugitive & Double Fugitive
Ink Trials.
The
Stamp Encyclopedia - Terms, Varieties & Types Briefly
Explained.
Identifying
Stamps - Identifying Stamps By Country, A Useful Reference.
Images
Of The World - Lots of Images & Information About
Stamps.
Philatelic
Dictionary - Dictionary of Philatelic Terms & Abbreviations.
Philatelic Organizations.
RPSL
- Royal Philatelic Society London
GBPS
- Great Britain Philatelic Society
APS -
American Philatelic Society
BPMA
- British Postal Museum & Archive
Online
Philatelic Groups & Clubs.
The
Mulready Group - Yahoo Groups (Highly Recommended For
All GB Line Engraved Specialists)
UK
Philately - Locate Stamp Societies & Much More Information
on Developing Your Collection etc.
Liverpool
& Merseyside Philatelic Society - Online Home of The
Liverpool Philatelic Society.
Philatelic Webmasters
Organization - Online Resource For Philatelic Webmasters.
Great
Britain Collectors Club USA - Home of The Great Britain
Collectors Club.
The
British Philatelic Trust - General Information & Some
Links For Young Collectors.
Bath
Postal Museum - Home of The Bath Postal Museum.
Perfins,
Underprints & Commercial Overprints.
Collecting Perfins
- Special Interest Site With Lots of Resources.
A
History of Perfins - Explanation of Why Stamps Were Perforated
For Security.
Identifying
Perfin Types - An Explanation of Different Types of Perfins
With Illustrations.
Perfin
Society of Great Britain - Exactly As The Title Suggests.
Perfin
Club of New Zealand & Australia - Just As The Title
Suggests.
BAPA
- Bay Area Perfin Association.
British
North American Philately Society - Canadian Perfin Study
Group.
Perfin
Club of Netherland - Dutch Perfin Collectors Club.
Czechoslovakian
Perfin Site - Ablility To Read Czechoslovakian Might Be
A Huge Bonus Here.
Commercial
Overprint Society of Great Britain - Online Study Group.
Collecting
Underprints - Pears Soap etc Undxerprints.
GBOS
- GB Overprints Society.
Perfins
- Illustrations of Perfins From All Reigns.
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