PHILATELIC LISTSERVES
The most widely used e-mail listserve can be reached at Philatelic.com
. This site provides clear instructions on how to subscribe to the
e-mail as well as locate archives. Also the e-mail works very quickly
and the whole process is engaging and informative.
STAMP COLLECTING, POSTAL HISTORY, AND POST CARDS NEWS GROUPS
There is one site available for those who do not have chat line software. You can use the site directly if you have Windows 95 or 98. Click on http://www.dejanews.com/ which will take you to the site for 100's of news groups etc. If you wish to go directly to the rec.collecting area for stamps and postal history, then click on stamp collecting and postal history
Another interesting website is: Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites .
This site attempts to link to every society, auction, dealer, and publication that might be of interest to collectors of British Colonies.
DEALER WEBSITES
Probably
the "mother" of all philatelic websites is Joseph
Luft . This site is updated regularly and provides great
information in all imaginable areas of philately. The site
includes Society & Association websites, current dealer websites,
and country postal adminstration websites.
Another impressive website NetCollection lists Auctions, Collectors, Countries, Dealers, Groups, Resources, and Topics. This website lists them alphabetically and makes it very easy to visit hundreds of interesting sites dealing with philately.
Also collectors as well as dealers should click on StampFinder which provides more than 550 dealer websites around the world, all detailed alphabetically.
Other Dealer Websites worth considering: (will be added to over the next few months)
* Don Slaughter website offers collectors stamps in British Commonwealth,Western Europe and Topicals.
* Loïc MARCHAT offers topical covers from France (postmarks)
* J. Osborne Covers has a comprehensive listing of covers world wide for sale.
* Stampscollect Site for Stamp collectors and Postal History. Buy, Sell and Trade.It includes a shop for direct ordering.
* Collect.at postal history, stamps, postcards and other collectibles