THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STAMP COLLECTING

Published by London: Hamlyn, 1970, hardcover, illustrated, 312 pages, colour & b/w illustration, index, extensive edgewear to dust jacket, otherwise condition: very good.

Otto Hornung describes and analyze every aspect of stamps and stamp collecting, design and printing, postmarks and watermakrs, cancellations, overprints, forgeries, frauds and rarities. There is a practical section on how to form a collection with advice on equipment, arrangement and how to prepare a collection to exhibition standard.