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 Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable Founded City of Chicago 2249
Frederick Douglass Abolitionist/Civil Rights 1171
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
Matthew Henson Explorer - North Pole 2223
Billie Holiday Jazz Singer 2856
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
Joe Louis Boxer 2766
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
Sojourner Truth Abolitionist 2203
Harriet Tubman Abolitionist/Liberator 1744
Booker T. Washington Educator 873
Dinah Washington Rhythm & Blues Singer 2730
Ethel Waters Popular Singer 2851
Muddy Waters Blues Singer 2855
Howlin' Wolf Blues Singer 2861
Carter G. Woodson Father of Black History 2073
Whitney Moore Young Civil Rights 1875
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