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| Volume 1 Part 1 -
1939 160pp - Contents: (About) The Stamp Specialist,
H. L. Lindquist; Miscellany, George B. Sloane; Mounting
and Filing Entire Covers and Postal Stationery, A.
Eugene Michel; Color, A. Maerz; The United
States Five Cent Stamp of 1847, Stanley B. Ashbrook; Post
Office Seals, Prescott Holden Thorp; The
Confederate States of America 1863 Ten Cent Blue,
Stanley B. Ashbrook; Guam Guard Mail, H.F. Bowker; The Development of the Rotary Press Printing, Max
G. Johl; Unusual Methods of Mounting, Paul F.
Berdanier, Jr. and others; American and European Methods
of Specializing, Edwin Mueller; Philatelic Auction
Survey; An Analysis of Prices Realized for U.S.
Stamps Over a Period of Fifty Years, Charles J. Phillips |
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| Volume 1 Part 2 -
1940 160pp - Contents: Independent Mail Routes of the
United States, Harry M. Konwiser & Laurence B.
Mason; A Study of the Major Varieties of the U.S. 3c 1851,
Richard McP. Cabeen; Roman States - The Original and
Counterfeits of the First Issue, Fritz Billig; Pages
of Aristocrats from My Stamp Album, Philip H. Ward, Jr.; The "Used Abroads" of Great Britain, Lou
W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell; The Australian
Pennies of the King George V Issue, Wm. J. Davy; New
York Post Office, Some Early "Steamship" Markings,
Stanley B. Ashbrook; The "Southn. Letter Unpaid"
Marking of Louisville, Ky. June and July 1861, Lawrence
L. Schenfield; Preliminary Report on the Survey on
Condition; Airmail Stamps at Auction, An Analysis of American
and English Prices Realized During the Past Year; What
Chance Has the Mail Bidder at a Stamp Auction and Other
Pertinent Data |
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| Volume 1 Part 3 -
1940 160pp - Contents: The Popularity Report, H.
L. Lindquist; The Penny Black, Philately's Number One, includes an oversize engraving of a Penny
Black, Lou W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell; The
United States 12c-24c-30c and 90c Imperforates of 1860,
Stanley B. Ashbrook; United States Postal History- Part 1,
Seymour Dunbar; Philately Honors the Constitution,
C.N. Downs; Steamboat Mail Transportation on the Great
Lakes- The Ward Steamship Lines, W.L. Babcock, M.D.; C.C.C.
"Socked on the Nose", Theodore E. Steinway; Unusual
Methods of Mounting; Revised report on the Survey on Condition;
How to Distinguish Stamp Varieties, Edwin Mueller |
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| Volume 1 Part 4 -
1940 128pp - Contents: Paper. A Non-technical History
and Description of the More Common Types as used in Philately,
James H. Obrig -
Aviation and Philately, based on the Norman Serphos
Collection, Frank L. Wilson; United States Postal
History (Part 2), Seymour Dunbar; The Three Cent
1857 - What to look for in the Perforated Issue, Richard
McP. Cabeen; The First Stamps of Honduras, Bertram
W.H. Poole; 40 Years of United States Special Delivery
Stamps, C.W. Bates; Methods of Mounting,
Paul F. Berdanier, Jr.; Final Report on the Survey on
Condition |
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| The Stamp Specialist Orange
Book - 1941 136pp - Contents: Designs
for United States Stamps, Paul F. Berdanier, Jr.; The
Supplementary Mail Service of the New York Post Office
1853-1872, Stanley B. Ashbrook with comments by Dr. W.L.
Babcock; Poland - The Stampless Period , Stephen
G. Rich and Vincent Domanski, Jr.; The Luff Reference
Collection, H.L. Lindquist; The Engraver of the
Five Cents De La Rue, August Dietz; Specializing
in Twentieth Century United States Stamps, Max. G. Johl |
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| The Stamp Specialist Blue
Book - 1941 160pp - Contents: Thru
the Newbury DeLuxe Collection of 19th Century United States,
Stanley B. Ashbrook; Jammu and Kashmir - Notes on Their
Stamps, Winthrop S. Boggs; United Postal History:
1. A Canal Boat Letter Group, 2. A World's Fair Group, 3. A
Railway Post Office Group, Seymour Dunbar; A
Primer of the First Greek Postage Stamps, Robert O.
Truman; The Capped Relief of the Two Cents 1890,
John H. Latta, C.P.A.; "Neither Rain - Nor Snow
- Nor Gloom of War..." - Three Letters That Crossed the
Lines in the War Between The States, Lawrence L.
Shenfield; Poland, the Period of Stamps, to 1870,
Vincent Domanski, Jr. & Stephen G. Rich |
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| The Stamp Specialist Yellow
Book - 1942 135pp - Contents: The
Five Cent of 1847 Double Transfers, Stanley B. Ashbrook; Prisoner of War and Flag-of-Truce Covers, Lawrence
L. Shenfield; Supplement to Independent Mail Routes of the
United States, Harry M. Konwiser; United States
Postal History - Postal Memorials of Human Slavery and Lincoln,
Seymour H. Dunbar; The Autaugaville Alabama Stamps,
Howard Lehman; Countries for the Specialist: Norway,
H.L. Lindquist; France Dr. A.J.C. Vaurie; Great
Britain, Major H.P. Burrell; Finland,
Arthur Linz; Canada, Walter Pollock; Guatemala,
H.L. Lindquist; United States - The "Premieres
Gravures" of 1861, Stanley B. Ashbrook; Census
of Philatelists - How Many stamp collectors Are There |
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| The Stamp Specialist Red Book -
1942 128pp - Contents: Canada-17c-1859, A Study of its
Plate Positions, Senator James A. Calder; Four
Historical Covers from the Spanish American War Period in Puerto
Rico, R.B. Preston; China, James Starr; Coffee
House and Newsroom Mail. The Origin of the Postal System in
America, Abe Schoenfeld; A Great Historic
Document Comes to Light - General Winfield Scott's Proclamation
to the People of Mexico; The Puerto Rican Columbian
Commemorative Stamp of 1893, R.B. Preston; Confederate
Notes: 1. - Newly Discovered Rare Prisoner
of war cover with "Examined - Ship Island" in red. 2. -
"Raleigh N. C. Paid 5" Postmaster Provisional or
Handstamped Paid?, Stanley B. Ashbrook; Philatelic
Byways thru 19th Century B.N.A. 1. British Columbia and
Vancouver's Island 2. New Brunswick 3. Nova Scotia 4. Prince
Edward Island, Ed Richardson; Countries for the
Specialist, Ecuador, H.L. Lindquist; Confederate
Blockade Covers including some Unusual Examples, Van Dyk
Mac Bride; "Forwarded By" Handstamps,
Harry M. Konwiser |
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| The Stamp Specialist Green
Book - 1943 128pp - Contents: The
Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898 (The So-Called Omaha Issue),
George B. Sloane; The Bull's Eyes of Brazil (in
Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary), H.L.
Lindquist; Unusual Aguinaldos in One of the Most
Theatrical and Interesting Interludes in the History of the
Philippine Islands, Col. Hans Lagerloef; Guadeloupe,
The Emerald Island , Robert G. Stone; Confederate
Stamps-On-Provisional Covers, Van Dyk Mac Bride; Siam-Thailand,
Adolph Klingenstein; Egypt, Ernest A. Kehr; Embossed
Revenue Stamped Paper of the United States, Carl E.
Dorr; The Swastika in Philately, William T.
Corbusier |
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| The Stamp Specialist Brown
Book - 1943 128pp - Contents: The
30 Cents Black Imperforate of 1860, R.J. Mechin; Confederate
Notes: A. How the Fighting Men of the 5th
Texas Regiment C.S.A. got their letters across the Mississippi
to Texas B. Southern Express Company Office Marking of
Vicksburg, Mississippi, Lawrence L. Shenfield; The
Democracy of Philately, The Rev'd. William H. Tower; Canada
17c - 1859. The Identification of its Printings through the use
of Comparative Color Charts, Senator James A. Calder; Puerto
Rico - The 1873-1876 Overprinted Issues, R.B. Preston; Russia
- The Small Head U.S.S.R. Types of 1923-1927, H.L.
Aronson; The Raleigh N.C. Provisional - A Correction,
Stanley B. Ashbrook; A Study of the Colors of 1861, 3c
U.S. Design Stamp, Wm. H. Beck |
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| The Stamp Specialist Gray
Book - 1943 128pp - Contents: The
6 Cents Lincoln Bank Note Issues, George C. Hahn; A
Sheaf of War Covers, The Rev'd. William H. Tower; Canadian
Patriotics and Related Boer War Covers, Ed. Richardson; An
Important Discovery on the United States 1898 4c Stamp,
Ferrars Tows; Early Foreign Mail Service From Peru,
Arthur Linz; History of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, Thomas F. Morris; Confederate Mexico
Covers - A sequel to "Confederate Blockade Covers",
Van Dyk Mac Bride; Iceland, Joseph Jaeger |
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| The Stamp Specialist Maroon
Book - 1944 127pp - Contents: The
South's "Way of Life"- Random Notes for the Student of
Confederates, August Dietz; The "Large
Geneva Eagle" 1846-1848, Gustave A. von Gross; Southern
Censorship of the South Bound Mail, L.G. Brookman; Puerto
Rico - The British Postal Agencies in Puerto Rico, R.B.
Preston; A Primer of English Postal History to the
Adhesive Period, The Rev'd. William H. Tower; The
Maryland State Issue of 1818 of Revenue Stamped Paper,
Colin MacR. Makepeace; Philatelic Byways Thru 19th Century
BNA-Victorian Canada, Ed Richardson; Captain
Absalom Grimes - The Confederate Mail Carrier, Van Dyk Mac Bride;
The Postal History of the Ionian Islands, Colonel
Hans Lagerloef |
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| The Stamp Specialist White
Book - 1944 131pp - Contents: The
City Delivery Letter Expresses of San Francisco, Ernest
A. Wiltsee; Air Mail Interruption Covers, R. Lee
Black; National Defense Issue, George C. Hahn and
Sol Glass; "Pan. & San Fran. S.S." (Panama
and San Francisco Steam Ship), Stanley B. Ashbrook; Puerto
Rico - Postal Markings of the 1855-1873 Period, R.B.
Preston and M.H. Sanborn; United States Savings Stamps - A
New Field for the Specialist, H.L. Lindquist; The
Royal Genealogies in Stamps, Harold F. Round |
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| The Stamp Specialist Black
Book - 1945 128pp - Contents: Barnard's
Cariboo Express-In the Colony of British Columbia, 1860-1871 and
Later Expresses of F. J. Barnard, Henry C. Hitt and
Gerald E. Wellburn; Some Notes on the Harold C. Brooks
Collection of Confederate States of America, Stanley B.
Ashbrook; Patriotic Cover Fishing, Rollin E.
Flower; A Huge Find of Rare Western Franks - Many Hitherto
Unknown Varieties, Ernest A Wiltsee; Insurance
Cancellations on Civil War Revenues 1862-1871, Jere.
Hess Barr; Don't Ignore The Letters - A Cover Collector
points out the interest and romance to be found in the contents
of your covers, Towner K. Webster, Jr.; A Letter
From Libby Prison, Van Dyk Mac Bride; "Canada
Mourns Her Beloved Queen", Ed Richardson; Syndicate
Envelopes, Thomas D. Perry |
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| The Stamp Specialist Coral
Book - 1945 128pp - Contents: The
Overrun Nations Series, The Flag Stamps, Sol Glass; Poland,
The Postal Stationery, Clement A. Pulaski; The
Early Postal History of Peru, Arthur Linz; Russian
Zemstvos, A Compendium of Existing Information With Additional
Information Based on Original Research, Col. Hans
Lagerloef; Norway, A Few Notes of the Unlisted 1882-3
Issue, Gustave Larson; Philadelphia's Part in the
Civil War, George N. Malpass; Brazilian Postal
Forgeries, Samuel Ray |
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| The Stamp Specialist Emerald Book -
1946 136pp - Contents: Confederate States of America
- Some Notes on the Postal Legislation - Postal Rates - Postal
Uses and Earliest Known Dates of the Stamps of the General
Issues, Stanley B. Ashbrook; Trans-Atlantic
Mails, Major F.W. Staff; Austria and Lombardy-Venetia,
The Re-Engravings on the Dotted Background of the First Issue,
Felix Brunner; Puerto Rico A. The Bogus Stamps of
1897 B. Revenue Stamps used for Postage, R.B.
Preston; The Development of The Electric Eye, Nathan
Goldstein II; Poland - The Postal Stationery A. The Stamped Envelope Section
B. The
Letter Card Section. Clement A. Pulaski |
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| The Stamp Specialist India
Book - 1946 142pp - Contents: The
Autographed Field Letters of General Robert E. Lee, Van
Dyk Mac Bride; Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes,
Sidney S. Jalkut; Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes of the
World (the first known comprehensive compilation of these items
ever made), Sidney S. Jalkut; 1860-1863 Three
Cents Plus One Cent, (Stanley B. Ashbrook; Belgium
Postal Savings and Roulette Cancellations, Lt. Com'd'r.
Ray E. Morrison; Norway - A Century of Steamship Mail
Service, Gustav Larson; Milwaukee Handstamps and
Their Use, Kenneth F. Olson |
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| The Stamp Specialist Mahogany
Book - 1947 128pp - Contents: Burdell's
Express, J.R.W. Purves, F.R.P.S.L.; Express
Company Labels of the United States, Harry M. Konwiser; Stamp
Booklets and Booklet Panes, Sidney S. Jalkut; United
States Postal Agency, Shanghai, China, Harvey
Bounds; The Life of Christ on Postage Stamps,
George A. Rowse; Stamped Revenue Paper Issued by Province
of Mass., Colony of New York, and by Gt. Britain for Use in
America, Leland Powers; The Postage Due Issues of
Norway, A Translation, Gustave Larson; Camp
Shenandoah, Va. Van Dyk Mac Bride; Some Comments
on the U.S. Playing Card Stamps, John C. Rogers, Ph.D.,
M.D.; The British Postal Service from Peru, Arthur
Linz |
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| The Stamp Specialist
Chartreuse Book - 1948 128pp - Contents:
Dies of the Columbian Stamped Envelopes, Commemoratives
of 1893, F.L. Ellis; A Check List
of Uncataloged Envelopes Bearing Patriotic Design of Southern
Sentiment, George N. Malpass; Puerto Rico - The
Postmaster Provisionals of 1898, R.B. Preston; The
Street Car R.P.O. System, Earl D. Moore; A
Discovery in 1860 Issue of Peru: Double Transfers,
Arthur Linz; Eights, Frank W. Staff; The
Overrun Nations Series, The Flag Stamps - Supplement to Article
Appearing in THE STAMP SPECIALIST - Coral Book, Sol
Glass; A Sequel to The Autographed Field Letters of
General Robert E. Lee, Van Dyk Mac Bride; Stamp
Booklets and Booklet Panes, Second Supplement to List of
Booklets in India Book, First Supplement, Mahogany Book |
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The Stamp Specialist Forest
Green Book - 1948 134pp - Contents:
Fairs, Exhibitions and Expositions, and Their Souvenirs,
Raymond
March; Canada 5c 1859 - Renumbering of Flaws, G.A.E. Chapman;
Guatemala, the 100 Varieties of the One
Peso Lithographed Identified, H. L. Linquist; "Camp
Shenandoah, Va." - Were There TWO?, Van Dyk Mac Bride; Teaching With Stamps, Louis H. Drinkwine;
The
Alfonso XII Issues for Puerto Rico, R.B. Preston; The
Penny Postage Jubilee of 1890, Warner Bates; The
Die Cancellation Marks on the U.S. 1873 Issue, Stephen
G. Rich; Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes, Sydney
S. Jalkut; The Stamp Specialist Enters a New Phase
The Forest Green Volume includes a complete index to all
of the Stamp Specialists: 1939-1948 |
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