Welcome to Stamp Collecting
United States Stamp Collection Article
United States Stamp Collections
from: Stamp Collecting MagicCollecting stamps is a hobby that goes beyond the boundaries of nations. One can collect stamps of any country in the world. The availability and the variety of the stamps of all the countries taken together is so large that it's advisable to collectors to specialize in stamps of either a particular topic, say wild life, personalities, historical events, monuments, or of any particular country.
This gives them the opportunity to exactly ascertain their choice and need of stamps. If you intend to specialize in stamps of the United States, there's more to collect than you could ever imagine. Given the size of the country and the number of states, your collection will definitely take more albums than a regular collection would.
You can collect stamps of the United States from the post offices of the country. You can buy the stamps from the postal department directly and you can also get them from the letters and mail you receive. There are many organizations and clubs that specialize in selling and distributing stamps of the country. You can even trade your stamps for the stamps of the United States and add them to your collection.
United States adhesive postal stamps were issued in 1847, picturing the inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin on a five cent stamp, and first president George Washington on the ten cent stamp. Portraits of presidents and others who've made significant contributions to American life have since been featured on United States stamps, portraits of living people are however forbidden in issue of new stamps.
Postage stamps issued by the United States postal service commemorate individual, events and achievements that have shaped the political and social history of America. So, for any collector, there's a large variety of stamps to choose from, even if he wants to just specialize in the stamps of the United States of America. There are basically 25 to 40 new subjects for commemorative stamps each year in the country other than subjects for extensive lines of regular stamps. That's definitely a lot of stamps to collect only if you can keep track of the new ones being issued as well as the knowledge of the old ones.
Since the inception in 1847, over 4000 stamps have been issued in the United States featuring over 800 people. Many of these personalities have even been featured on multiple stamps. There are various sites on the internet that give you complete information about all the stamps issued by the country to date, with the years in which they've been issued. This will greatly help you in building up your collection and also checking out the stamps you've missed.