OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PEEPS SERIES

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS
AND CITIES 57 Vols.
PEEPS AT NATURE 12 Vols.
PEEPS AT HISTORY 9 Vols.
PEEPS AT GREAT RAILWAYS
5 Vols.
PEEPS AT MISCELLANEOUS
SUBJECTS 14 Vols.
Heraldry; The Heavens; British
Army; Royal Navy, etc.
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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
INTRODUCTION[1]
I. PHILATELIC TERMS EXPLAINED[2]
II. HOW TO FORM A STAMP COLLECTION[5]
III. SPECIALIZING[18]
IV. THE STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN[27]
V. STAMPS WORTH FORTUNES[37]
VI. COMMON STAMPS[42]
VII. STAMPS OF SPECIAL INTEREST[46]
VIII. FORGED STAMPS[52]
IX. PIONEERS OF POSTAGE[59]
X. COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS[64]
XI. INTERESTING PICTURE STAMPS[72]
XII. STAMPS AND HISTORY[77]
XIII. WAR STAMPS[82]
XIV. SOME FAMOUS COLLECTIONS[88]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Portraits of King George V.Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2. Overprinted Stamps[8]
3. Some Members of our Royal Family[17]
4. Postage Stamps having Special Uses[24]
5. Specimen Stamps[27]
6. Some Penny Stamps of Great Britain[30]
7. Portraits of Some European Monarchs[41]
8. Curious Stamps[48]
9. Stamps bearing National Emblems[57]
10. Noted Statesmen of the U.S.A.[64]
11. Some View Stamps[73]
12. Zoological Stamps[80]
13. Some Hapsburg Portraits[83]
14. Stamps From the Great War Zone[85]
15. Stamps coming from Countries which No Longer have Separate Issues[88]
16. Commemorative Stamps[90]