146pp, plus several pages of adverts at rear, numerous black and white plate illustrations. Pictorial boards. Small 8vo. Covers are heavily worn, a little soiled, rubbed on edges and rounded on corners, scuffed around an absent backstrip. Internally pages are a little aged and some signs of handling but generally neat, clean and tight.
A lovely vintage guide to stamp collecting which focuses on the pleasure and romance of philately. Chapter headings include The Story of the Stamp; How Postage Stamps are Made; Starting a Collection; Stamps of Great Value; Errors; Forgeries; History in Postage Stamps; Famous Collectors and their Collections; Philately in Fiction etc.
