The kids of today may not have known the importance of postage stamps while others may not even know what they really are. That is particularly true since in this day and age, postage stamps have lessened in number and usage. In addition, mails are often done electronically, by means of emails in computers. However, it does not mean that we should not appreciate the importance of postage stamps. Remember, these pieces of adhesive paper have mostly travelled far through cities, states and countries just to make messages reach their destinations. Imagine what a sad birthday our parents would have if letters and birthday cards did not reach them on time. What about Christmas? It would be less meaningful too.
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Postcards introduced in Austria during the year 1870 were just plain in nature. These were illustrative in nature and for the purpose of advertising, originally sold with pre-printed stamps, however their popularity and use were very limited then.
It was in the year 1894 when postcards portraying certain pictures became known, but those were not easily accepted. These postcards were mostly images of city and seaside wonders, while themes and subjects were not common earlier on.
As people began to appreciate the use of postcards in their mails, Great Britain was considered slow to adapt to the trend, when compared with neighboring countries. It took the British Postal Service more than 24 years after the introduction of postcards until Britain’s post office took the step... Read More
Certain issues in China have brought forth a highly prized stamp. Though this was found to be bogus 130 years ago, it was still considered a piece worthy of a space in a 19th-century collector’s album.
Many collectors during the early 19th century found Album Weeds as a convenient reference in the study of philatelic forgeries. This book published in the year 1882 was authored by Reverend Robert Brisco Earée and was considered as an authority in the study of forged stamps.
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The making of Fakes and Forgeries is an activity that has been in existence since the early years of philately. It is done in order to defraud or deceive others in assuming that those forgeries and fakes are the authentic items. In the study of stamps known as Philately, this activity is very common thus learning to identify the authenticity of stamps from the fake is considered an interesting and important challenge.
Definition of Terms:
To best understand this article, definition of terms related to the study are:
- Forgery is the word used to refer to those stamps that are produced to defraud collectors (or accurately known to be forgeries) and the government issuing these stamps (accurately branded as counterfeits)
- Fakes is a word used to... Read More