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system requires him to look in at least two places of eachcountry for the stamps he collects. Still another disad-vantage lies in the fact that any person using Scott Cata-logues must know before he consults the catalogue intojust which category the stamp before him falls.

Minkus New World-Wide Stamp Catalog

Figure 48. Minkus New World-Wide Stamp Catalog

When the Minkus Catalog first appeared, some of theolder, more conservative collectors showed reluctance tochange to a new, up-to-date catalog. However, after see-ing the many better features of the new Minkus Catalog,many have already been won over. In this writer'sopinion, the Minkus "integrated" system of listing stampsis the most logical and sensible method and will, in duecourse, predominate. In the few years the "Minkus NewWorld-Wide Catalog" has been published it has had verywide acceptance and each annual edition exceeds thequantity produced for each preceding edition.

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