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Useful Links

Below the line are the links listed before the site rewrite began in 2015: several are no longer functioning. The following table contains links to the sites used in the rewrite.

Source	Comments


colnect	the second place to look for stamp images
Dead Country Stamps and Banknotes	a source of information and stamp images for some of the more obscure stamp-issuing entitles


Wikipedia	used for many of the country descriptions
	and List of sovereign states

Links to sites primarily related to first issues

Great Britain Line Engraved Victoria Made Easy by Wm. F. Blank.
Antichi Stati Italiani Italian States covered in detail. Well worth a visit.
American local posts "A Bibliography of Items in the National Postal Museum Library of the Smithsonian Institution"
El Salvador Philatelic Society deals with much more than the first issue. This site has a wealth of information on a fascinating country you rarely hear anything about.
Hawaiian stamps are naturally dealt with at the "Post Office in Paradise".
Classic stamps of Mauritius should be in every collection. If you don't have them yourself you can view them here.
Mexico's first issue from August 1, 1856 is dealt with in some detail by your humble original webmaster.
The Philippines are covered by Nigel Gooding.

Links to FICC members sites.

Nick Blackburn's multi-subject site including, but not limited to, first issue stamps.
Till Neumann-Classic Philatelie I deal in rare stamps and postal history of the world, including many first issues.

Postal history.

Danish Postal History Society is worth visiting. The webmaster of this Danish site helped us get off the ground, hence the special treatment. It's in Danish but please don't let that stop you ;-)
PostalHistory.org is an extensive collection of links to other stamp sites.
Links on Classic Stamps and Postal History is links, links and links. Many ordered by country. BEWARE: It seems to be outdated.

Philatelic societies and clubs.

First Issues Collectors Club has a membership application conveniently located right here. Shameless, but it may work!
American Philatelic Society is the place to go for stamp news, links and much more.
IPDA is the abbreviation for the Internet Philatelic Dealers Association. Stamps on the 'net, isn't that what you are interested in?
ISPP or International Society for Portuguese Philately, have a nice site. Go see.
MEPSI or Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society International, will start you on collecting Mexico.

Forgeries, fakes and counterfeits.

Bill Claghorn's Comparative Forgery Identification Site is a must visit for anybody wanting to know about forgeries. Plenty of images to compare to, for almost every country imaginable.
American Philatelic Society has an expertizing service. Here's the starting point.
Stamp Forgery Links is a collection of links to "Sites with information on forged stamps and on expertising", as they say. It is quite extensive. The main site is Philatelic experts - it is also well worth a look.

General interest and tools.

After School Care Programs is a charity based in El Paso County, Colorado. One of their study groups, mentored by Courtney Phillips, found and enjoyed the FICC web site and recommended this site at HomeAdvisor which contains advice on stamp collecting and links to other useful resources. Thanks, Courtney's Kids.

Lee's Stamp Listopedia is a huge collection of useful information. See for yourself.
Stamp Yellow Pages is a directory of web sites ordered by category. A good place to start looking.
StampSites is a kind of search engine for stamp sites. Give it a spin.
Do you need a Translator? Try this: enter the address (URL) of the page you want in another language in the box marked "Translate a web page".

Miscellaneous.

Having trouble scanning your stamps? Then ScanTips may be just what you need!
StampFinder is a "Global Stamp Exchange". Is that true?

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