The Guide to Beginners

Stamp-collecting is a very popular hobby and many people from all over the world are collecting stamps, studying them,showing them to friends,exhibiting them in the stamp shows,writing books about them and enjoying the excitement of collecting them. However, as a beginner, how can you start this hobby ? You may ask the following questions: Why to collect? Who collects stamps? What to collect? How to collect? What tools needed? Where to get stamps? Where to get the philatelic knowledge? You can find very good answer to all these questions from American Philatelic Society(APS) website, for details, please click here and you can find everything you need as a beginner. Many thanks to APS for sharing these information with our beginners! You can also watch some videos below and visit the following websites for how to collect stamps.
Collector's Most Popular Topics( courtesy of Mr.Graham Beck)
Ted Talking about stamp collecting (Courtesy of Mr. Ted Tyszka)
By kind courtesy of James
Visiting stamp show,courtesy of Mr.Beck
By kind courtesy of Mr.Beck
Stamp collecting for beginners: How to read an SG Stamp Catalogue? by Oscar Young of SG. By kind courtesy of SG.
Stamp collecting for beginners: Mounting stamps by George James, head of SG's Commonwealth department. By kind courtesy of SG.
StampIT is the Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies youth programme where children can discover a world of stamps through interactive games and activities. By kind courtesy of StampIT.