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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Arts and Crafts/Stamps (Template)

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Stamps (Template)
Arts and Crafts
General Conference 		Skill Level 2
Year of Introduction: 1933

The Stamps (Template) Honor is a component of the Artisan Master Award .

Contents

1. Relate briefly the story of the beginning of the postal service in your country.

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2. How is the history of your country told in postage stamps?

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3. What are the rates for first-class mail in your country?

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4. What country does not have its name on its stamps and why?

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5. Know the meaning of the following

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a. Coil stamp

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b. Booklet stamp

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c. Perforations

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d. Perforation gauge

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e. Definitive stamps

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f. Commemorative stamps

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g. Hinges

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h. Plastic mounts

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6. Have a knowledge of how to soak stamps from paper and how to dry them.

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7. Make a collection of at least 750 stamps. (No two stamps alike.)

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8. Properly classify these stamps

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a. As to country.

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b. In series; that is, according to year and design.

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9. Mount your stamps with gummed hinges or plastic mounts. (Plastic mounts are preferred for mint stamps.)

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10. Choose a topical idea and develop a display of at least nine pages, including a title page, suitable for a stamp club show, Pathfinder Fair, etc. Display should be artistically arranged, neatly labeled and mounted, showing careful thought and research. Be sure to include several covers or cachets.

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