Stamp Collecting as a Pastime: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stamp Collecting as a Pastime, credited to Edward J. Nankivell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward J. Nankivell. Read in English by Kangaroo692; Ross Klatte; realisticspeakers; BettyB; TriciaG; Kathrine Engan; John Burlinson; Bill Mosley Edward J. Nankivell was an early stamp collector in England. In this book he describes the hobby of stamp collecting. He was the editor of the Philatelic Record and Stamp News. - Summary by Kangaroo692

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stamp Collecting as a Pastime
• Author credits: Edward J. Nankivell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 3:23:53

Catalogue topics

• collections
• stamps
• stamp collecting
• collecting
• stamp collections
• hobbies

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:54
2. 01 - Stamp Collecting as a Pastime — 4:45
3. 02 - The Charm of Stamp Collecting — 5:49
4. 03 - Its Permanence — 4:44
5. 04 - Its Internationality — 4:02
6. 05 - Its Geographical Interest — 4:37
7. 06 - Its Historical Finger Posts — 9:16
8. 07 - Stamps with a History — 11:17
9. 08 - Great Rarities — 12:40
10. 09 - The Romance of Stamp Collecting — 5:22
11. 10 - Philatelic Societies and Their Work — 4:33
12. 11 - The Literature of Stamps — 8:26
13. 12 - Stamps as Works of Art — 5:02
14. 13 - Stamp Collecting as an Investment — 18:03
15. 14 - What to Collect and How to Collect — 6:19
16. 15 - Great Collections — 7:51
17. 16 - Stamp Advertisements, part 1 — 10:22
18. 17 - Stamp Advertisements, part 2 — 14:17
19. 18 - Stamp Advertisements, part 3 — 14:27
20. 19 - Stamp Advertisements, part 4 — 17:56
21. 20 - Stamp Advertisements, part 5 — 8:09
22. 21 - Stamp Literature Advertisements, part 1 — 7:42
23. 22 - Stamp Literature Advertisements, part 2 — 6:39
24. 23 - Stamp Literature Advertisements, part 3 — 8:40

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