Philatelists
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Lundy stamps are a type of postage stamp known to philatelists as "local carriage labels" or "local stamps".
However, the erroneous stamps still circulate among philatelists and have greater value than the corrected stamps.
The cancellations of some countries have been extensively studied by philatelists and many stamp collectors and postal history collectors collect cancellations in addition to the stamps themselves.
The Penny Red was used in the UK for many years, and comes in hundreds of variations which are subject to detailed study by philatelists.
This may make them just as interesting to philatelists as are commemoratives.
For world-renowned philatelic experts, Richard K. Aspnes, President of the Society of Indo-China Philatelists and also a computer specialist, is one of those who still find endless joy in stamp collection.