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 The Official Blackbook Price Guide to US Postage Stamps 2007, 29th Edition (Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps).

1. Did I get some sort of misprint of this book as a joke? In any case, I started by looking up the values of a few US stamps: the 1869 pictorials and the 1892 Columbians. And these were riddled with typos! The 1869 90-cent Lincoln was listed as a few hundred dollars used, but someone left off the "2" that would have made it over 2000 dollars. The $5 Columbian was also listed as a few hundred dollars used, leaving off the "1" that would have made it a thousand dollars more. That was enough for me; I returned the book.
   
   Be very careful to check for such typos before you buy such a book. Better yet, get the Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps at your local post office.



2. Excellent reference book. Purchased to aid in listing an old collection on Ebay. Extremely helpful and accurate.

No comments about The Complete Illustrated Guide to Stamps and Coins: The ultimate visual reference to over 6000 of the world's best stamps and coins and a professional ... acquisit (The Complete Illustrated Guide to).

No comments about The Standard Catalogue of Encased Postage Stamps.

No comments about Scott 2002 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Countries of the World J - O (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol 4 Countries J-O).

No comments about Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 2009: Countries of the World J-O (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol 4 Countries J-O).

No comments about Minkus Stamp Catalog: Spain, Sp Andorra, Portugal, 1982-1983.

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 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 2009: Countries of the World P-slovenia (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Vol 5 Countries P-Sl).

No comments about Scott 2004 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue: Countries of the World C-F (Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. Vol 2: Countries C-F).