Depends on the mixture you purchase. Some are world wide mixtures, some are specific country mixtures, and some are US mixtures.
The ones purchased from the US Postal Service include the stamps.
Online sites that have stamp value guides include Stamp Collecting Resources, Stamps Site UK, Hobbizine, Find Your Stamps Value, Stamp Treasures and Mystic Stamp.
It is usually known as a stamp album.
Rubber stamps incorporating a signature can be purchased from stores that sell custom rubber stamps. US-based stores offering this service include: theStampMaker, Staples, Holmes Stamp & Sign and Simon's Stamps. Stores in the UK offering signature rubber stamps include Vistaprint, Stamp Design 4U and London Rubber Stamps.
usually none, but if it needs a stamp, just one stamp is needed.
UK postage stamps are available in denominations to include 1 p and £5, with the 62 p stamp and the 53 p stamp being the most popular. Stamps can be purchased individually, in rolls, sheets or books.
Briefly hinges are used to attach stamps to album pages. Hinges usually leave a mark on the back of the stamps. For a mint stamp, this disturbs the gum, which some collectors don't like. For a used stamp it really doesn't matter, as the stamp can be safely soaked and any remnants removed without affecting the value. Collectors usually are will to pay more for stamps that are "never hinged", especially mint stamps. See Related Link
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Back of the Book stamps are those that are used for special purposes. These include Air Mail stamps, Special Delivery stamps, tax, official, and postage due stamps. In stamp albums and catalogs they are found at the 'back of the book.'
H.E. Harris is one of the oldest stamp companies in the world. They provide real stamps for collectors. If I recall properly, they do include some sheets of sticker stamps with country flags and presidents that are not 'real stamps' to provide some color to the plain pages.
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for about 30 minutes on friday afternoons at school, we gave our teacher money for stamps. she kept our stamp "book" and we got to put stamps in the book - i usually bought ten cent stamps. when we had about $18 and change in stamps, we could go to the post office and trade the book in for a $25 savings bond.