Here's the invaluable reference that lists general U.S. postage stamp issues from 1847 to 1997, plus revenue, stock-transfer, and hunting-permit stamps, United Nation issues, mint sheets, and first-day covers.Organized according to the highly efficient Scott numbering system -- and filled with full-color photos -- "The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps" features helpful tips from the experts on grading, buying, selling, and caring for stamps. Special features include a fast-find index of reproductions that helps the philatelist determine authenticity with confidence, as well as important sections on rarities, popular oddities, topic, and error stamps.
America's 19 million stamp collectors turn, year after year, to this, the essential hobbyist's handbook.
