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us suppose that you know nothing whatever about col-lecting stamps but think that you would like to do so.In either case the procedure is the same.

The first step is to visit a stamp dealer, or some placewhere stamps are sold, and acquire a beginner's outfit.

The New World-Wide Outfit

Figure 30. The New World-Wide Outfit

There are many of these available but, if none are instock, any stamp dealer will be able to furnish you withthe requisites of such an outfit.

A good beginner's outfit will consist of the followingessentials;

A stamp album

Stamp hinges

A packet of one or two thousand different stamps of

the worldStamp tongs

To such an outfit it is desirable to add a catalogue ofthe stamps of the world.

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