Now that you’ve decided what type of stamps you want to collect, here are some tips on the best way to keep these stamps in good condition. You may end up with one that is worth a lot of money someday and you’ll want it to be in the best possible condition.

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One of the most difficult areas of philately is learning how to detect fakes or fraudulent stamps. The first forged stamp emerged twenty years after the very first stamp was issued by Great Britain in 1840. This was a stamp that was put out on the market with the intent to defraud collectors and philatelists into believing it was a real one.

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While Philately includes the study of both technical and topical aspects of stamps, it can extend to much more than that. Some concentrate their studies on the history of the postal system and still others may study only “Cinderella” stamps, which are basically stickers that look like stamps but aren’t. Some examples of Cinderella stamps would be the Easter Seal stamps or Christmas stamps.

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