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.[edit | edit source]

2. How is the history of your country told in postage stamps?[edit | edit source]

3. What are the rates for first-class mail in your country?[edit | edit source]

4. What country does not have its name on its stamps and why?[edit | edit source]

5. Know the meaning of the following[edit | edit source]

a. Coil stamp[edit | edit source]

b. Booklet stamp[edit | edit source]

c. Perforations[edit | edit source]

d. Perforation gauge[edit | edit source]

e. Definitive stamps[edit | edit source]

f. Commemorative stamps[edit | edit source]

g. Hinges[edit | edit source]

h. Plastic mounts[edit | edit source]

6. Have a knowledge of how to soak stamps from paper and how to dry them.[edit | edit source]

7. Make a collection of at least 750 stamps. (No two stamps alike.)[edit | edit source]

8. Properly classify these stamps[edit | edit source]

a. As to country.[edit | edit source]

b. In series; that is, according to year and design.[edit | edit source]

9. Mount your stamps with gummed hinges or plastic mounts. (Plastic mounts are preferred for mint stamps.)[edit | edit source]

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.[edit | edit source]

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