CONTENTSI. STAMP COLLECTING AS A PASTIMEII. THE CHARM OF STAMP COLLECTINGIII. ITS PERMANENCEIV. ITS INTER NATIONALITYV. 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