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Philatelic Phun!

Can you get all of the correct answers from this stamp collector's cornucopia of crossword clues?
Across
This term refers to postage stamps that have been cut in half, and postally used for 50% of postal value of the stamp.
Common names for most famous and long running stamp newspaper (now a quasi-magazine)
Color of first postage stamp in the world.
The former British Honduras, now produces stamps under this name
A design on an envelope, usually on the left side; most commonly found on first day covers
Currency on stamps of Finland, but not Sweden, Norway or Denmark.
Stamp that is unperforated on top and bottom OR on left and right side.
Stamp lifters
Brand of the most commonly used stamp catalogue in the U.S.
Semi-postal stamps are given a "B" prefix in the Scott Catalogue because back-in-the-day these stamps were known as "__-Postal stamps"
On different stamps it can be wove, laid, or bluish.
Stamps from abbreviated territories commonly identified as "BAT," "AAT" "Ross Dep." and "FSAT" are from what area of the world?
Stamp holders
Stamps that honor something, someone, some event or some anniversary.
5-cent value of a 5-cent stamp is its ___ value
Issued annually, these U.S. stamps are simply fowl. (2 words)
These islands have had stamps issued by Great Britain, Greece and Italy.
Bird stamps, plant stamps, and train stamps, for example.
You are holding a stamp that features the words "Magyar Posta" -- from what country would that stamp be?
U.S. postage stamp on which the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane in the center of design is printed upside-down: "The Inverted ____."
The world's first sports-theme stamps were issued in 1896 to commemorate what sporting event?
Picky collectors don't want this part of their stamps "disturbed"
If you collect stamps from a European nation whose stamp issuing colonies were Horta, Funchal, Tete, and Imhambane, from what country would you be collecting stamps?
This small European country has separate and distinct stamps issued by its Spanish Post Office and its French Post Office.
U.S. department store which, from 1940s - 1980s, was known for its impressive stamp departments.
Most common place for purchasing collectible stamps these days
After 2020, this country will be the first country in the world to no longer issue postage stamps.
Down
Credited with creating the first modern postage stamp: Sir Roland ___.
First country in the Western Hemisphere to issue postage stamps
From 1897 to 1949, most stamps from this country were inscribed with the country name "TOGA" -- what country is it?
In 1898, Canada had, arguably, the first stamp to celebrate _______.
What allows two stamps to have a no-fault divorce?
Common two letter ending of the name of a stamp show.
Prolific stamp album and stamp catalogue company from the late 1940s to mid-1980s.
J-prefix on a Scott catalogue number indicates a stamp is a _______ (2 word) stamp.
City that is home to largest Post Office in the United States
This country stopped producing stamps in 1968 when it became fully (and postally) part of Tanzania
A $2.60 U.S. stamp from 1930 featured what kind of airship?
Seen as a "CA" or "CC" on some British stamps, or a swastika on some German stamps
Perhaps the most valuable stamp in the world (valued at $9.5 million) is the 1-cent magenta issue from British ____.
An image of him is found on the first U.S. postage stamp (last name)
In 2013, The Belgian Post Office issued a set of five stamps that smelt and tasted like ______.
Common item on doors and stamps in a stamp album
Scott catalog identifies this type of a stamp with the prefix "C"
The margin around a sheet of stamps; it may include plate numbers, copyright, and other markings
In Germany, in December 1923, due to hyper-inflation, the postage rate to mail a letter rose to 300 _____ Marks.
They can be "mail early," "ZIP," or "plate."
Abbreviated name for the largest U.S. stamp collectors' society.
This country's internal regions and kingdoms issued "feudatory" and "convention" issues of stamps.
Abbreviation of the only country which is not required to put its name on its stamps