Beginner's Stamp Collecting Fun Kit: Everything You Need to Start a Fun and Fascinating Hobby [Box set] [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

A perfect introduction for novices — and fun for all! — this mega-set provides everything a beginner needs:
• An illustrated album with room for over 1,000 stamps
• A guide booklet that explains how to build and care for a collection
• A catalog listing hundreds of historic stamps available for purchase
• A magnifying glass
• Adhesive hinges for mounting stamps
• Starter pack of 25 real U.S. postage stamps

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486440664
• ISBN-13: 978-0486440668
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Antiques & Collectibles
  • #33 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Stamps

Customer Reviews

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good beginning, January 9, 2007

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K. Clausen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Stamp Collecting Fun Kit: Everything You Need to Start a Fun and Fascinating Hobby (Hardcover)

This album is strictly for U.S. stamps and covers the early 1900's through 2005. There are some black and white illustrations for each year, as well as blank spaces for other stamps. The book would have been a little nicer with a spiral binding and illustrations in color. Pages that wouldn't lie flat were a definite frustration for our grandson. A few starter stamps were included, as well as hinges, but there were only about a dozen hinges, so the first thing we had to do was find a source for them. Still, it's a good functional album for providing a beginning without a large outlay of money.

34 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, June 19, 2006

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Baker Mom - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beginner's Stamp Collecting Fun Kit: Everything You Need to Start a Fun and Fascinating Hobby (Hardcover)

We ordered this kit for a beginner at stamp collecting. We expected the album to be free-form, so he could save the stamps that he likes. Instead the album has pages for specific years, starting in 1901, and photos of specific stamps for many of the spaces. I'm not a stamp collector myself, and maybe this is a standard format, but it's not at all what we wanted. The Guide is okay, and the magnifying glass is inexpensive but okay. But we ordered the kit primarily for the album, and it's collecting dust on a shelf.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for a beginner., February 26, 2006

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C. Shultz (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginner's Stamp Collecting Fun Kit: Everything You Need to Start a Fun and Fascinating Hobby (Hardcover)

This is a nice kit for an early beginner at stamp collecting. Please note that the album is only for U.S. Stamps. It's a good deal for the price.