Stamp Collecting


 

Stamp collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Collectors, hobbyists, and historians can explore their world through the stories told by postage stamp designs. The collecting and study of postage stamps and related items is known as philately (a coined Greek word meaning, literally, "love of what is free of further tax"). One of the attractions of stamp collecting is the ease of starting a collection. With access to enough incoming mail, a person can have a collection without any expense. Literally tens of thousands of stamps, including many of the older issues, can be bought for a penny apiece or less. Little special equipment is required. A collector needs only an album to house the stamps, protective plastic pages, some hinges or other types of mounts to attach the stamps to the pages, and a pair of stamp tongs with which to handle them.


 U. S. Postage Stamp

 Achievements

 Scott Numbers

 Louis Armstrong  Jazz Composer/Trumpeter

 2984

 Benjamin Banneker  Planning of Washington DC

 1804

 Ida B. Wells (Barnett)  Co-founded the NAACP

 2442

 Count Basie  Big Band Leader

 3096

 Jim Beckwourth  Fur Trader/Mountain Man

  2869q

 Mary McLeod Bethune  Educator

 2137

 Eubie Blake Nobel Peace Prize

 2988

 George Washington Carver  Agricultural Scientist

  953

 Roberto Clemente  Baseball Player

 2097

 Nat King Cole  Popular Singer

 2852

 Bessie Coleman  Aviation Pioneer

 2956

 John Coltrane  Jazz Composer/Saxophonist

 2991

 Dr. Allison Davis  Educator

 2816

 Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.  Brigadier General

 3121

 Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable  Founded City of Chicago

 2249

 Frederick Douglass  Abolitionist/Civil Rights

 1290

 Charles R. Drew  Blood Plasma Research

 1865

 W. E. B. DuBois  Writer/Educator

 2617

 Paul Laurence Dunbar  Poet/Writer

 1554

 Duke Ellington  America's Jazz Ambassador

 2211

 Erroll Garner  Jazz Composer/Pianist

 2992

 W. C. Handy  Father of the Blues

 1372

 Coleman Hawkins  Jazz Composer/Saxophonist

 2983

 Billie Holiday  Jazz Singer

 2856

 Mahalia Jackson Gospel Singer  
 James P. Johnson  Jazz Composer/Pianist

 2985

 James Weldon Johnson  Composer

 2371

 Robert Johnson  Blues Singer/Songwriter

 2857

 Scott Joplin  Father of Ragtime Music

 2044

 Percy Lavon Julian  Scientist

 2746

 Ernest E. Just  Biologist

 3058

 Martin Luther King, Jr.  Civil Rights/Minister

 1771

 Huddy "Leadbelly" Ledbetter  Folk Musician  
 Joe Louis  Boxer

 2766

 Roberta Martin  Gospel Singer  
 Jan E. Matzeliger  Mass Produced Shoes

 2567

 Clyde McPhatter  Rhythm & Blues Singer

 2726

 Charles Mingus  Jazz Composer/Bassist

 2989

 Thelonious Monk  Jazz Composer/Pianist

 2990

 Jelly Roll Morton  Jazz Composer/Pianist

 2986

 Jesse Owens  Track and Field

 2496

 Charlie Parker  Jazz Composer/Saxophonist

 2987

 Bill Pickett  Cowboy

  2869g

 Salem Poor  Revolutionary War Soldier

 1560

 'MA' Rainey  Mother of the Blues

 2859

 A. Philip Randolph  Civil Rights

 2402

 Otis Redding  Rhythm & Blues Singer

 2728

 Jackie Robinson  Baseball Player

 2016

 Jimmy Rushing  Jazz Singer

 2858

 Bessie Smith  Jazz Singer

 2854

 Henry O. Tanner Artist

 1486

 Sonny Terry Folk Musician  
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe  Gospel Singer  
 Sojourner Truth  Abolitionist

 2203

 Harriet Tubman  Abolitionist/Liberator

 1744

 Madam C.J. Walker  Entrepreneur

 3181

 Clara Ward  Gospel Singer  
 Booker T. Washington  Educator

  873

 Dinah Washington  Rhythm & Blues Singer

 2730

 Ethel Waters  Popular Singer

 2851

 Muddy Waters  Blues Singer

2855

 Josh White  Folk Musician  
 Howlin' Wolf  Blues Singer

 2861

 Carter G. Woodson  Father of Black History

 2073

 Whitney Moore Young  Civil Rights

 1875

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