1 comments about Bicycle Stamps: Bikes and Cycling on the World's Postage Stamps (Bicycle Books).

1. I'm neither a serious stamp collector nor a gung-ho bicyclist but the author caught and held my interest with appealing descriptions and history and impressive color photography. I found the entire book fascinating.

2 comments about Stamp Collecting.

1. This is the best stamp collecting book I ever read. It tells me a lot about stamps that I never knew before. Also it tells you where you can get stamps. The best thing about this book is that it told me how to get stamps off an envelope. It is also a great book because it tells about how to identify fake stamps. Overall this is a very very good book.



2. I have been collecting stamps for a couple of years but I still learned many new things from this book such as all the different ways stamps are hinged. There is also a lot about the history of stamps. There are no colored pictures in this book, but the black and white photos are enough. The reason I read this book was because I wanted to know more about stamp collecting. This book gave me MORE than enough information, but it was not overwhelming. I think this would be great for beginners because you don't need to read every word in the book to understand stamps.

No comments about Collect Railways on Stamps (Stamp Catalogue).

No comments about Scott 2006 Catalogue of Errors on U.S. Postage Stamps.

No comments about Krause-Minkus Standard Catalog of Canadian & United Nations Stamps: Includes Canadian Provincials and UN Offices in Geneva and Vienna (Krause Minkus Standard ... Catalog of Canadian & United Nations Stamps).

No comments about Scott 2001 U.S. Pocket Stamp Catalogue (Scott U S Pocket Stamp Catalogue).

No comments about Angels to Zeppelins: A Guide to the Persons, Objects, Topics, and Themes on United States Postage Stamps, 1847-1980.

4 comments about The Buyers Guide: An Analysis of Selected U.S. Postage Stamps.

1. its as easy as this you want it, this book has it. well what eles is there to say?



2. This is essentially a statistical extract of auction lots with some editorial comment for each "Classic US" stamp presented. It does not deal with any modern issues or give any insight about the general subject of buying US issues at discount prices. After reading this book, I have no confidence that a beginning or even intermediate collector can avoid buying troublesome classic stamps without expertization.



3. Classic US stamps only. This is not a book for the general US collector or someone seeking information on the best method of buying for his/her US collection, since it deals with US Scott Catalog numbers before 834 only. The likelihood of forgery, fault repair, regumming or other misrepresentation in these issues must be extraordinary, given the frequent use of the term, "Beware." Mr. Datz makes a strong case for expertization of nearly every issue in this group. The data on scarcity may be useful for debunking those advertised "really scarce" offers in this high dollar area.



4. In response to some of the previous reviews:
    
    1. You DON'T have to worry about modern (post 1945) stamps with a few rare exceptions
    
    2. You don't need expertization on MOST Classic stamps if you do your homework and learn the basics about early US Stamps. One easy rule is to always assume that a stamp is of the cheapest variation until you PROVE that it isn't.
    
    3. Expertization is needed when you feel that you can't figure it out for yourself.
    
    4. If you think of this process as work...get out of stamps. If you look at it as fun...Keep on trucking.

No comments about Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Valuing Supplement 2009: Spring Edition (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol 1 Us and Countries a-B Valuing Supplement).

No comments about The Scott Stamp Atlas (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol 1 Us and Countries a-B).