Digital First Edition of Life of Martin Luther King, Jr., through Philately - MLK Stamp Catalog

This Digital First Edition of MLK Stamps Catalog was created with intensive effort over many years and is meant to serve both as a world-wide stamp catalogue and as a means to learn more about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., theActivist from Atlanta so we can apply his teachings in our daily lives.

The brief summary of contents are as follows:

1. Beautifully illustrated with color images of 817 stamps on Martin Luther King, Jr., from all over the world

2. Covers all 89 issuers belonging to present day 77 countries apart from erstwhile stamp issuing authorities

3. It gives both country-wise and year-wise summary of stamp listings

4. Classification of genuine and illegal stamps

5. Contains images of stamps, souvenir sheets, FDCs, postcards etc.

6. Meant for use as a comprehensive collector’s guide for MLK stamps

7. Addresses of websites and email ids of postal authorities / agents, where you can buy genuine stamps at face value

8. All key events in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. summarized along with a brief memoir on theActivist from Atlanta and a few of his famous quotes along with a 'Did you know' section

How to use Catabooks MLK Stamp Catalog?

The Catalogue lists stamps by country of issue with a brief country profile along with a brief history of stamps and a note on postal authority. The next level of structure is by date (month or year if date is not available) of issue.

The following information is made available for each stamp:

1. CMC No. - The Catabooks MLK Stamps Catalog (CMC) has a unique CMC number to easily identify legal stamps issued on MLK using 2 letters country code as per ISO 3166-2, 3 digits stand-alone year-wise serial number for MLK stamps and the four digits for the year after ‘M’, a character to denote Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. Image of the stamp / miniature sheet and first day cover, folder, etc. to the extent possible

3. Basic information about the stamp

4. Denomination in local currency

5. Quantity of stamps issued, if available

6. Date of Issue (wherever date is not available, the year is given)

7. Nature of Issue like definitive (regular issuance for postal use) or commemorative (special issuance mostly for collectors), or if meant only for air post, if available

8. Shape of Issue with dimensions, if available

9. Serrations: Perforations made to the sheet, which are printed to have a specific number of stamps, to ease their splitting also referred to as perforated (meaning stamp with cutting rows and columns of small holes). It is called imperforate where this is no separation, especially the earlier stamps.

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We wish you the very best in your stamp collecting hobby and happy reading.