This book will give you a behind the scenes, and explain how it is that, after nearly half a century of existence, stamp collecting has never been more popular than it is to-day.CONTENTSI. STAMP COLLECTING AS A PASTIMEII. THE CHARM OF STAMP COLLECTINGIII. ITS PERMANENCEIV. ITS INTERNATIONALITYV. ITS GEOGRAPHICAL INTERESTVI. ITS HISTORICAL FINGER POSTSVII. STAMPS WITH A HISTORYVIII. GREAT RARITIESIX. THE ROMANCE OF STAMP COLLECTINGX. PHILATELIC SOCIETIES AND THEIR WORKXI. THE LITERATURE OF STAMPSXII. STAMPS AS WORKS OF ARTXIII. STAMP COLLECTING AS AN INVESTMENTXIV. WHAT TO COLLECT AND HOW TO COLLECTXV. GREAT COLLECTIONS