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Collection Of Personalized Postage Stamps A personalized stamp is a postage stamp to which a member of the community or some non-governmental entity can add a picture or photograph. This concept was initiated by the United States, on trial basis, for about six weeks. Since, its inception, personalized stamps were declared a success and an estimated 100,000 sheets or 2 million individual stamps were ordered in the first few weeks of the market test. The stamps that were produced during those weeks remain valid, according to some companies. Unfortunately, certain individuals pushed the scheme to its limits and personalized postage stamps were banned. Internet pranksters ordered stamps of controversial figures, which created opposition from various sections of the society. Hence, people could no longer use the images of their dogs, babies, and outlaws on the stamps. Following this ban photo stamps programs came to a standstill all over the U.S. Companies that were printing personalized st...

The 3 Highest Priced Postages In The Stamp Collecting World In the fascinating world of stamp collecting, the collectible status of a particular postage stamp is determined by its value, and value is determined by rarity. The rarer the postage stamp is, the higher the price it will command. Hence, stamp collectors from all over the world are on a constant crusade to find and acquire the rarest stamps of today. Not only will such postage stamps become the crowning glory of their collection, not only will the possession of the same provide a very rewarding experience, but the fact that such rare stamps will only fetch higher values as the years go by could only mean promising things for enterprising hobbyists. So, which of the hundreds of thousands of stamps that have been published in the past 4 centuries can be considered as the rarest of the rare in the stamp collecting industry? Here's a list of the 3 rarest and most valuable postage stamps of today straight from prominent stamp ...

Custom Rubber Stamps Today, many companies offer special, eraser-like rubber stamps in larger pieces and sizes, called custom rubber stamps. This is a form of art that is fast gaining popularity. It is an art form that is virtually unknown in Europe. Custom rubber stamps are especially used by non-professional artists due to the convenience it provides while using it. It can mimic woodcuts, but is rarely used this way. The print from the custom rubber stamp is viewed as work of art on its own or one or several stamps are used to embellish a work of art with other components. Other materials besides rubber may also be used to produce a custom stamp. In fact wood blocks can be used for same art – it’s just a matter of using another carving material. Wood is much harder and so special tools are needed to work with it. In Europe, wood is widely used, instead of the custom rubber carvings that are more popular in the US. While wood is widely used in schools or by hobby artists, plastic is m...

Beginner's Guide To Stamp Collecting Through stamp collecting, one discovers educational information about sports, science, history, arts, currency, animals, rituals and customs of different countries and their people. The hobby of collecting stamps, also recognized as philately, is among the world’s most interesting and popular hobbies. Collectors find them attractive and fascinating at the same time educational. Some collect traditional stamps or “by the country” and others collect topical stamps which are stamps by design and some collect copies of only one kind of stamp (specialist), and there are some who collect stamps from all parts of the world or all types of stamps that they can find (worldwide). It all really depends on one’s interests. For example, when one is fascinated with boats, one can collect stamps of boats and ships. Or any theme that interests you. There are a lot of stamp collectors that specializes in collecting presently existing “commemoratives” as thei...