Howard PiltzBesprekingen
Auteur van The Heyday of the Trolleybus
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As a stamp collector, I know that many people specialise in what are called thematic collections rather than collect a particular country. There are many reasons for this, but one is that it follows some of the other interests of the collector. One of those thematic areas is railways, trains in particular and how they are represented across the world.
Mainline Railway Stamps is the latest reference book, on an interesting area of collecting, and the book contains some fantastic information. Not only does this book focus the British Isles but around the world, and the author Howard Piltz has split this down in to the various continents as well as explaining about collecting. How this thematic collecting has the ability to widen your world knowledge as a by-product of studying the subject.
Plitz quite sensibly explains some of the basics of collecting, especially for those that are new to philately. So that the reader has a broader understanding of the various ways that railways stamps have been issued and how you may wish to purchase them to start your collection.
The book has been well research, well written, and with some excellent pictures of many railway stamps from around the world. I can see a number of stamps which I have in my collection and I am not a railways specialist. This is a handy reference book for the seasoned collector and the beginner alike, a book which I can highly recommend.