StampWorld strikes me more as a sale catalog than anything else--but I guess you could say the same thing about all of the hard copy catalogs published 'round the world. I have tried to use StampWorld, but I fear that my attention span has not been particularly long when I've been on there.
Roger
There is a great reference website for stamps which we can all add to and which is growing by the minute.
Started by a friend of mine from South Africa, now living in London, it is much like Wikpedia and with some amazing info.
I strongly recommend to look and if possible to add to it. An excellent reference for now and for the future.
He also has a Facebook page where you can ask questions and see how the site is progressing. It is not a forum, only a reference site so it doesn't tread on anyone's toes either.
The past is a foreign country, they do things different there. 07 Jul 2013 01:12:26pm
re: On line Catalog (or Catalogue)
Ralph:
I do not want to do your thinking for you.
My opinion: "Stampworld" is overloaded with data and still growing.
It is simpler and faster to find what I'm looking for in my
physical stamp catalogues.
Although I have been using a computer for over five years,
I am not a computer geek and websites with lots and lots
of data are, for me, not user-friendly.
I find "Stampworld" not user-friendly.
John Derry
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Hi all
I use the site, stampworld .com ,I find it very useful.If you join you can search by year,other wise you have to go through from the first issues of the country
I did find an error in one set and it took several emails to convince them it was the wrong stamp.
As my paper catalogues only go up to 2010 ,it's great for the later issues and you get to see all the stamps in the set.
Brian
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re: On line Catalog (or Catalogue)
I also use stampworld.com - it is fantastic for giving details about issue dates and often has more information such as quantity of issues, etc.
I've found a few places where there are incomplete sets and I've considered emailing a photo of the ones that are missing. They are listed below, they just don't have an image.
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I am impressed by the stampworld site. It seems very complete and the pictures are all of a good resolution.
One thing that I would like to know: do they have their own catalog numbering, or do they follow one of the main ones? First impression is that it looks like they used Michel, but I cannot find a reference anywhere.
"Please read there 'Privacy policy" under "Personal Information" very carefully. Some of the terms I do not agree with! Here's the direct link:
http://stampworld.com/en/privacy/"
Ross, I really don't see anything unusual in the Privacy Policy. Just disable Cookies in your browser (which you should do anyway) and you will likely be treated no differently than at sites that are less forthcoming about their Privacy Policy.
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Went to stamp world.com ok its not complete but it is free and I was really surprised you could look by topic and musical instruments was there I expected music but really surprised the instruments had there own area I don't think even the ATA has something like this. Great find Thanks
If you are interested the ATA has a 44 page checklist for musical instruments. There are also checklists for several specific musical instruments, pipe organs and drums being two of them.
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