Stamp Collector (philatelist) is a postage stamp collecting assistant skill for Echo devices, with access to over 650,000 stamps from colnect.com.
Ask stamp collector to provide some help while working on your collection. # Examples:
User: Alexa, ask Stamp Collector what country has the letters M A G Y A R on their stamps? Alexa: According to the ISWSC World Wide Stamp Identifier, possible matches are: Hungary.
User: Alexa, ask Stamp Collector to find stamp name Virginia with face value twenty five from United States? Alex: The USA 25 ¢ Virginia Ratification Date tamp was issued in 1988...
User: Alexa, ask Stamp Collector to define letterpress? Alexa: According to linns.com, letterpress is printing done directly from the inked, raised surface of the printing plate.
This skill is not sponsored or endorsed by any stamp organization or company.
# Version 0.2 * Colnect.com access * Find stamps by name {topic}, face value, and country to get information including: date issued and print_run. * Creates Alexa app cards to show complete info. # Version 0.1 * Stamp terms * Stamp identification by letters on the stamp.
# Possible future capabilities * Display image of stamp on Alexa Cards (waiting on Colnect to use secure hhttps) * What is the latest stamp news? * Give me a random stamp term. * Tell me about the postal history of {country}. * What happened today in stamp history? * More Colnect.com commands: - Get series of current stamp found - Get variants of current stamp found - Does colnect user {username} have any stamp from {Country} listed in his colnect collection. - Which countries does colnect user {usernme} not have a stamp listed in his colnect collection. (As you might have guessed, I'm working on collecting at least one stamp from every country ;) ) - How many stamps does colnect user {usernme} have in their colnect collection. - What postage stamp were issued by the {Country} in {year}?
# Contact If you have requests or like to become a beta tester for new features, see my contact info at https://github.com/jpecore . You can also submit issues you are having at https://github.com/jpecore/AlexaStampSkill/issues .
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