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The book is directed to the collector who has just become fascinated with revenue stamps or to the collector looking for something else to collect. The book is divided into four parts: 19th-century U.S. revenues; beyond the first three issues and through the 20th-century; private die proprietary stamps; and other back-of-the-book areas and non-Scott listed revenues. It includes sewing-machine perforations, playing cards revenues, medicine stamps used for advertising, lock seals, telegraph stamps, savings stamps, motor vehicle stamps.
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About the Author
Richard Friedberg was born in New York City and educated in the public schools there. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Allegheny College in 1970 and masters of arts and a Ph.D., both in English language and literature, from the University of New Mexico in 1971 and 1975, respectively. Since 1974, he has been a professional philatelist, specializing in the postage stamps and revenue stamps of the United States. Additionally, he has been writing a monthly column on U.S. revenue stamps for Linn's Stamp News since 1980. His writings also have been published in the American Revenuer, the journal of the American Revenue Association, and in the American Philatelic Congress Book (52nd edition, 1986). Friedberg was president of the American Revenue Association for four terms (1984-92). He is a member of most philatelic societies related to U.S. stamps and postal history, including the American Philatelic Society, U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Bureau Issues Association, American Revenue Association and United Postal Stationery Society. He is also a member of the APS Speaker's Bureau and occasionally gives the program for stamp clubs in western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. Friedberg is married to Courtenay Dodge. They are the parents of two daughters. He is active in community and civic organizations and has sat on several boards over the past decade, including his local United Way, where he was campaign chairman in 1989.
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- PublisherLinns Stamp News
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0940403625
- ISBN 13 9780940403628
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Linns Stamp News [Published Date: 1994]. Soft cover, 154 pp. No other printings listed. In very good condition. Glossy pictorial soft covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. The book is divided into four parts: 19th-century U.S. revenues; beyond the first three issues and through the 20th-century; private die proprietary stamps; and other back-of-the-book areas and non-Scott listed revenues. It includes sewing-machine perforations, playing cards revenues, medicine stamps used for advertising, lock seals, telegraph stamps, savings stamps, motor vehicle stamps. [From Preface] In recent years there has been much renewed interest in the material issued by the United States that is commonly called "back-of-the-book." The largest category of back-of-the-book groupings is that of the revenue stamps, which were first issued as adhesives in 1862 to meet the demand for funds brought on by the Civil War. In the early part of this century, revenue stamps were widely collected because they were featured in many printed albums. As the nations of the world discovered that stamp collectors would squirrel away commemorative stamps, they began to issue many different postage stamps. Something had to be jettisoned, so revenue stamps were thrown overboard. For many years revenue stamps were almost given away by dealers to the few collectors who wanted them. These collectors were hardy souls who could build their collections without the aid of more expensive monographs available to their postage stamp collecting brethren. (They also had to survive the mock insults thrown at them by dealers).So "outre" was the collecting of revenues that Elliot Perry, one of the kings of stamp collecting in the early 20th century, used the pen name of Christopher West when he wrote articles on revenue stamps. His articles, by the way, are quite useful and have been printed in book form in two separate volumes. So much for ancient history. The hardy souls who collected revenues for years finally banded together to form the American Revenue Association, which today has more than 1,300 members. Their numbers are increasing as other collectors flee from the flood of new issues. Revenue stamps offer a safe haven; none has been issued by the United States since 1962. Most collectors collect them used (hence totally avoiding the never-hinged syndrome), and they are usually less costly than postage stamps. This is especially true of the issues of the classic period of 1862-72. Those who have collected revenues for a while already know all of this. This book, however, is directed to the collector who has just become fascinated with revenues or to the collector looking for something else to collect. Seller Inventory # 20240808023
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