In the beggining I would like to reveal an interesting fact about stamp collecting.

The actual oldest story associated with collection stamps doesn't sound philatelic whatsoever. It was an ad within "The Times of London" newspaper out of the 1841 published by some "young lady", who wanted to conceal her room for changing with canceled stamps. The first real postage stamp enthusiasts made an appearance in 1860.

One way of stamp collecting is the exchanging of mailing letters. Enthusiasts initially get into possession of postage stamps of their and neighboring states, with many copies. The collection is often the slimmer when country is much more distant and exotic. Portuguese stamps for example tend to be valued significantly. Philately is well-liked there and also in it's gold era the nation was not inclined to overproduction. Before the Second World War, were actually released two to three stamps each year, and that in the eighties progressively climbed to 20 and 30. From normal issues the most common are postage stamps along with the picture of goddess Ceres, seen in the first decades from the last century. These types of postage stamps really are a living illustration of Latin beliefs. There are lots of variations that are displayed - from numerous perforations, kinds of paper and color options to engraver labels as well as overprints. When we add the colonial edition to that, this stamp is perhaps the recorder by the quantity of collection variations. There is a significance within this simply because Ceres is the Roman goddess of fertility! You can find out more about this at American Philatelic Foundation.

One guy told me that couple of years ago he changed postage stamps along with Mister. Fernando Laidley through Portugal. At the begining of 2001 using the excuse that there are no more postage stamps to exchange Fernando sent to my pal his guide "Four Wheels Around The african continent". Fernando's trip had been around The african continent where in 1955 he journeyed 30,000 miles along with his first car (Volkswagen Bug). In the meantime, I travelled along with my own car in The african continent, however my personal trip was a breeze to what has Senor Fernando gone, and that was only one of his expeditions! In the remembrance now I present a part of a series along with design of Ceres from Mozambique. In the event that he's no more among us, he's travelled halfway all over the world with his vehicle, and most importantly with the rainforest!

The actual American Philatelic Foundation regarded as a United States non-profit association, which correctly appraises your stamp selections for thirty years. The APF is happy to respond to each and every queries about postage stamp collecting.