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A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting. Stamp catalogs are part of philatelic literature. == History == The first stamp catalog was published in France by Oscar Berger-Levrault on 17 September 1861 and the first illustrated catalog by Alfred Potiquet in December 1861 (based on the earlier work). The first catalogs in Great Britain were published in 1862 by Frederick Booty,〔Phillips, Stanley. ''Stamp Collecting: A guide to modern philately'', revised edition, Stanley Gibbons, London, 1983, p.243. ISBN 0-85259-047-4. 〕 Mount Brown,〔 and Dr. John Edward Gray.〔( John Edward Gray, ''A hand catalogue of postage stamps for the use of collectors,'' London, Robert Hardwicke, 1862 )〕〔"Early Postage Stamp Catalogs" by George B. Sloane in ''Stamps'', 13 July 1946.〕 The first in the United States was ''The Stamp Collector's Manual'' by A.C. Kline (a pseudonym for John William Kline), also 1862.〔Herbert A. Trenchard and George T. Turner, "John William Kline America's First Philatelic Author", in ''Philatelic Literature Review'', Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 24-41, 1993〕 Older catalogs are still widely used by collectors as they may contain information not found in current catalogs and not all collectors are concerned about prices. Originally catalogs were just dealers' price lists, though today that is rarely the case. Over time, as philately developed, catalogs tended to accumulate additional supporting details about the stamps, such as dates of issue, color variations, and so forth. As their use by collectors became widespread, the catalogs came to define what was and was not a legitimate stamp, since many collectors would avoid stamps not described in the catalog. In recent years, the Internet has become a common resource for information about stamps. Some catalogs have an on-line version while others are available only on-line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stamp catalog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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