167d - What's First - ATA Handbook #167 - Digital Download Edition

Topical stamp collecting is increasingly popular. This electronic handbook explores one aspect of the development of this marvelous branch of stamp collecting. Here is a category of postage stamps and other postal elements we term “Topical Firsts,” defined as the first presentation of the topic on or in a postage stamp or other philatelic element created or authorized by a national postal authority. Publisher: American Topical Association Language: English ISBN-13: 978-0-935991-79-6