Here is a link to a great list of everyday terms (and a few obscure ones LOL) that are used in our hobby A great resource for the beginner and the more advanced collector http://www.stamp2.com/library/terms.asp
This should be the first Stop for anyone who is starting with the idea of stamp collecting - put the link up top so newcomers could be referred to this necessary infomation.
Maybe it is because it is still a good reference to colour, paper thickness, size, and perfs and cancel if it has.
Wow, thanks a lot Steve! I am fairly new to the whole collecting scene and this has absolutely taught me things I didn't know before! Once again, thanks
Maybe I am missing something... but the link goes to some company's "TERMS of sale." Maybe the original page has been moved? ~Peter
Maybe we members could make a list between us and put it somewhere in the introductions. You know like a team work project (such fun).
I have another site that gives defintions to about 300 philatelic terms at the Linn's Stamp News site. I also defaulted to the "terms of sale" page listed in the earlier link. http://www.linns.com/reference/terms/terms.aspx?firstletter=a
Yeah, I was exactly in the same situation that I already thought I stamp collecting is as simple as putting stamps to a scrapbook. I never knew that there is much more deeper element into it. Now this makes it all the more exciting for me.
