Stamps are postage certificates issued by postal agencies and used to affix postage for mail delivery. The square inches of stamps often reflect the history, technology, economy, culture, customs, natural features and other characteristics of a country or region. In addition to their postal value, discount stamps also have collection value. Today, the editor will take you through the top ten ways to collect stamps. (1) Collect a single ticket and a party ticket
This method can be divided into collecting new tickets and new party tickets, old tickets and old party tickets. Currently, Japanese stamp dealers have specially printed stamp albums for this type of collectors. This collection method is gradually accepted by more stamp collectors.
(2) Collect canceled stamps
These are cheaper stamps sold by stamp companies for beginner stamp collectors. It is to cancel the unused new stamps with the postmark specially prepared by the stamp company. It sells for about/around the price of a new ticket. Higher-level philatelists generally do not collect it. This kind of canceled stamps was widely collected in the and 1990s, and it is difficult to see canceled stamps on new stamps currently issued.
(3) Collect used old tickets
This is a relatively common collection method. It doesn’t cost much, it just takes a lot of effort to collect. Some of the high-face-value stamps are difficult to find and buy in stamp markets in China, and they are not cheap either. Some people think that the smaller the stamp on an old used ticket, the better. In fact, this is not the case. First of all, the postmark should be clearly stamped and the time and location should be fully included for future use in studying postal history.
(4) Collecting Mixed Stamps
Some first-time stamp collectors want to appreciate the stamp patterns. When collecting stamps, regardless of whether they are canceled stamps or practical stamps, they just need to make a set. There are several ways to mix tickets: new cover mixed, new old mixed, cover old mixed. No matter which way it is, it all comes together. This method is not only common in the stamp collections of first-time stamp collectors, but also in the stamp collections of some philatelists.
(5) Collect unused new tickets
This is the most common method. It is relatively convenient, not difficult, and has little financial burden. You can collect it slowly. If you don’t have time to buy new stamps on the day they are issued, you can buy this annual album every year. This kind of stamps placed in a positioning album is convenient for collection and storage. The album also has the name of the stamp, the date of issue, the number of the complete set, and the perforation degree. , and even a brief introduction to the content of the stamp pattern.
(6) Collect one new and one old
If you only collect a set of unused new stamps or old practical stamps (cancelled stamps) and the collector's hobby is not satisfied, you can collect both the old and new stamps. Collect one of them. Because some stamps have different difficulty levels between new ones and old stamps.
(7) Collecting four-way series of stamps
Collecting four-way series of stamps can be divided into collecting four-way series of new stamps, four-party series of canceled stamps and four-party series of practical old stamps. Among them, the new ticket Four Directions Company is the easiest to obtain. The Quartet Company of practical old tickets is the most difficult to collect.
(8) Collect one ticket and one stamp. Each time you collect a stamp, you also collect an actual envelope with the stamp (preferably the first-day envelope).
(9) Collecting one stamp, a series of stamps, and a first-day cover
It means collecting a stamp, a series of stamps, and a first-day cover (actually sent or falsely sent).
(10) Collect full-page stamps
Some stamp collectors have strong economic power and like to collect full-page stamps.
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Top 10 ways to collect stamps