Philatelic Links
Links to other Philatelic Web-Sites

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The following list presents a series of links to extenal philatelic web-sites that users may find intresting.
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Please note The webmasters of the Lagan Valley Philatelic Society and the Shropshire Philatelic Society have no control over the content of these sites. They are presented here in good faith as an aid to collectors. Should you find broken / non-working links or should you feel that a site should be removed please inform the webmaster with your reasons

The pictures that form the illustrated links are taken from the pages in question. In most cases they should give an indication of the content

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World-Wide	These sites contain details from more than one country
	Commercial Overprint Society of Great Britain Information and illustrations on this worldwide collecting area
Belgian
World of Belgian Stamps	The World of Belgian Stamps site covers the issues from 1849 to 2007 Well illustrated and worth a visit from anyone who collects this area
Canada
	The Canadian Postal Archives Canada
	Canada - World War II Overseas Tobacco Distribution Scheme A wealth of information for collectors in this area
Great Britain
	The R.M. Phillips collection
	Before the Penny Black by E and R Shanahan
No illustrations	Before the Penny Black (First Series) by Ken Lawrence Before the Penny Black Revisited (Second Series)
	The Uniform Penny Post By Ross Taylor Part of his main stamps page also worth a visit
	The Wyon City medal By Ross Taylor Part of his main stamps page also worth a visit
	Historical Information on British Victorian Stamps By Ross Taylor Part of his main stamps page also worth a visit
	Queen Victoria's Head - A comparisons Between different issues. by Ross Taylor - Part of his main stamps page also worth a visit
	Ian Wright's large Database of Scans for plating the Penny Black. Probably The largest Online resource for these images. (Includes red stamps from black plates and a full set of the Nissen photographs)
	Plating of the Penny Black with details on states of the plates, ray flaws, guide lines, rainbow trials and much more The main page of this site also contains a number of links to sections relating to the Penny Red perforated stars issue
	Details on the various plates used to print the Two Pence stamps in blue - The imperforate, perforated and trials are shown
Line-Engraved Stamps 1840-1879	Line-Engraved Stamps 1840-1879 This page shows as pictures links to the various line engraved issues Each link brings up additional details on the issue - Worth a visit
	The Penny Red Details of the various types of Penny Red stamps with links to details on the master dies, plate construction and more
Line engraved made easy	Illustrations & Facts About The Line Engraved Issues by William F Blank MD
	The 1880 Tender essays An in Depth & Well Written Article With Many Illustrations by Peter Morton.
	W H Smith & Son Newspaper Wrappers 1870 - 1901 Details and illustrations of this often neglected collecting area
Perfins	British perfins By J Evans Lots of illustrated information for anyone intrested in this area
U.S.A.
	A site dedicated to the identification of U.S. Postage stamps
We hope to be adding more links when possible	.