Stamp Collecting Tools
The principal tools required by every philatelist are simple and inexpensive. They consist
of stamp tongs with which to handle your stamps, a perforation gauge and millimeter rule
with which to...
Stamp tongs require little instruction in use. Each of us will
instinctively hold the tongs as they feel most comfortable. They are used to pick up and
hold a stamp either for identification...
This instrument is to help you see better and its proper use needs no explanation. There
are innumerable varieties in all price ranges available at most stamp dealers. Many fold
and may be carried...
The stamp hinge is simply a small piece of thin, but tough, paper to which a special gum
has been applied. Stamp hinges come in a variety of sizes and styles and are in almost
universal use...
rimarily as a protection against counterfeiting, many stamps are printed on paper
watermarked with some sort of device. All adhesive stamps of the United States were
printed on watermarked...