The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps: Updated Stamp Values (Postal Service Guide to Us Stamps)

The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps: Updated Stamp Values (Postal Service Guide to Us Stamps)

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Book Description

Newly revised and updated, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps is just the delivery you've been waiting for!

The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history. Beginning with the first stamps released in 1847, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps covers nearly 4,000 stamps issued up to the present, as well as:

• Every category of U.S. stamp -- definitive, commemorative, air-mail, special delivery, duck stamps, stamped envelopes, and more -- all organized into easy-to-use, color-coded sections for quick access
• Detailed listings for each stamp, with color illustrations, Scott catalog numbers, dates of issue, used and unused prices, quantities issued (when known), and separate listings for design variations
• A complete guide to the new 2002 commemorative stamp program
• Advice on how to start your own stamp collection
• A resource section, a glossary of important terms, and much more!

About the Author
William J. Henderson is the Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service.

James L. Bruns is Director of the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution, located in Washington, DC.

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