Language: English
Published by American Philatelic Congress, 1961
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light foxing to outer page edges, else clean and undamaged inside and out. It will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "President's Message and Welcome"; "26th American Philatelic Congress"; "The Specialty Group Seminar"; "U. S. Rural Free Delivery--Early County-Wide Systems, 1899-1904" by Edith R. Doane; "British North America--The Necessity for A Specialized Catalog" by Daniel C. Meyerson; "Papermakers' Watermarks with a Check List of Known Varieties" by John Freehafer; "Civil War Patriotic Envelopes--A Photographic Essay on Crests and Watermarks" by Thomas W. Blinn; "Malays--An Outline of Its Postal History" by Howard J. Selzer; "The Boston University Philatelic Library--A Study in Experimental Bibliosophy" by Albert Roy; "The Ruhleben Express Delivery of World War I" by Herman Herst, Jr.; "Anthropology on Stamps" by Edmund DeS. Brunner; "United States Permit-Meter Systems 1898-1911--Early Development and Approbation" by Alfred P. H. Overment; "Canada 'Small Queen' Series of 1870-97" by Peter J. Hurst; "An Index--The National Philatelic Museum Magazine Articles of Philatelic Interest, 1948-1957" by Helen K. Zirkle; "The Senegal Coastal Mailboat, 1886-95" by Robert G. Stone; "United States--The First Postal Card, 1873-75--Three Related Studies" by Charles A. Fricke; "Revenue Stamps of Norway" by Frederick A. Brofos; "The 'Ferriage Rates' of Upper Canada--Postal History of the Niagara Frontier" by Pitt Petri; "A Sociologist's View of the Stamp Collector" by Edwin A. Christ; "The Fourth 'China Marines' Regiment, U.S.M.C.--Postal History, 1927-42" by Stanley C. Jersey; "The Registration Stamps of Panama" by Gustave Schay; "Russia--The Romanov Tercentenary Issue" by Gregory B. Salisbury; "The Second Issue of Ecuador, 1872-1881" by Roberto Levi-Castillo; "Confederate States--John H. Reagan answers An Inquiry" by Van Dyk MacBride; "Encore for our Authors"; and "Cumulative Index and Index to Book 26".
Language: English
Published by American Philatelic Congress, 1956
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's signature and date on the first free endpage. Front pastedown, rear pastedown, first couple of pages and last couple of pages show some light foxing. Three consecutive pages in the middle of the book have some corrections, underlines and notes. The rest of the pages are clean and unmarked. Exterior covers and spine are clean. No bumped corners. The book will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Patriotic Covers: Colonel E. E. Ellsworth" by Eugene V. Connett 3rd; "Canada: Dollar Decimal Currency" by Douglas and Mary Patrick; "United States: 10 Cents Jefferson, 1870-1879" by Cyril F. dos Passos; "Greece: Post Offices Abroad, Bucharest" by Alex G. Argyropoulos; "United States: Stamped Envelopes, Official Return Requests" by Thomas Doane Perry; "China: Japanese War Overprints of Occupied North China" by Bernard E. Stoloff; "United States: Early Precancels of Philadelphia" by Richard W. Garlichs; "Brasil: Postal Tax Stamps, 1933 and 1952, 1953" by Alfred J. Hillel; "Literature: Philatelic Handbooks, A List of Libraries in which they may be found" by John Freehafer and Helen K. Zirkle; "Australia: Kangaroos, Georgians, Air Posts" by Frank E. Adams; "Valentines: Rare Postal Usages" by Van Dyck MacBride; "Switzerland: Pre-adhesive Stamp Period" by George W. Caldwell; "United States: Gems of Proofdom, Panama-Pacific Die Proofs, 1915" by Francis J. McCall; "Latvija: Survey of All Issues" by Vincent Domanski Jr.; "Postal History: The Illinois Postal History Society" by Wilbur H. Duncan; "Greece: World War I Charity Issues, 1917; Surcharged Fiscal Stamps" by P. J. Drossus; "United States: Overland and Other Western Mails" by Philip H. Ward, Jr.; "Hungary: The Rogues Gallery" by William Stericker; and "Index, Subject, A. P. C. Congress Books 1-22" by George T. Turner.