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Mainline Railway Stamps: A Collector’s Guide (Transport Philately Series)
£12.50£16.10 (-22%)
For this second book in the Transport Philately series on public transport issues featured on postage stamps, once again the author will combine two of his life-long hobbies as he looks at railways around the world on standard gauge tracks that encompasses the majority of the western worlds major railway arteries. The book will also illustrate railways on other, similar gauges of track where they constitute a countrys major arteries, but it is not an exhaustive survey encompassing every country and every issue for that one needs to refer to major catalogue issues by such well-known authorities as Stanley Gibbons Plc. There have been many and varied reasons why postal authorities have issued stamps featuring railway subjects, varying from major anniversaries to national pride, the latter often from the former Eastern-bloc countries but that is not by all means. The Royal Mail in the UK has certainly not ignored railways, especially in later years, and the author will visit probably more of his native country’s stamps than most other countries, but hes biased. The author often looks in his albums to try to understand why a particular country will sometimes be represented by bulging sections, whilst others are represented by but one or two stamp. And so, the book follows the story around the world in roughly an eastern journey, learning about some of the national histories on the way and admiring the attentions of some extremely accomplished artists that mean philatelists and rail-lovers alike can enjoy many beautiful miniature works of art.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Transport (11 Feb. 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 99 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1473871905 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1473871908 |
| Dimensions | 16.51 x 1.27 x 24.13 cm |
by atticusfinch1048
As a stamp collector, I know that many people specialise in what are called thematic collections rather than collect a particular country. There are many reasons for this, but one is that it follows some of the other interests of the collector. One of those thematic areas is railways, trains in particular and how they are represented across the world.
Mainline Railway Stamps is the latest reference book, on an interesting area of collecting, and the book contains some fantastic information. Not only does this book focus the British Isles but around the world, and the author Howard Piltz has split this down in to the various continents as well as explaining about collecting. How this thematic collecting has the ability to widen your world knowledge as a by-product of studying the subject.
Plitz quite sensibly explains some of the basics of collecting, especially for those that are new to philately. So that the reader has a broader understanding of the various ways that railways stamps have been issued and how you may wish to purchase them to start your collection.
The book has been well research, well written, and with some excellent pictures of many railway stamps from around the world. I can see a number of stamps which I have in my collection and I am not a railways specialist. This is a handy reference book for the seasoned collector and the beginner alike, a book which I can highly recommend.
by DrummerRob
As described, very fast delivery. Book is great for anyone into Railway philately.
by Sally
Good book well illustrated