THE

Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks.



STAMP COLLECTING
AS A PASTIME



BY

EDWARD J. NANKIVELL
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS
MEMBER OF THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF LONDON




London
STANLEY GIBBONS, LTD., 391, STRAND, W.C.
New York
167, BROADWAY
1902




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