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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Mekeel's Stamp Collector
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News
Author: I. A. Mekeel
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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The Stamp Collectors' Annual ...
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Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Includes "Index to philatelic literature."
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Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Includes "Index to philatelic literature."
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News
Author: I. A. Mekeel
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Great Texas Stamp Collection
Author: Charles W. Deaton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292745737
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Among the many difficulties the newly formed Confederate States of America endured in the summer of 1861 was the failure of its post office department to provide sufficient numbers of that item most crucial to its service: the postage stamp. Faced with the resulting din of customer complaints, a handful of industrious Texas postmasters solved the problem by simply making their own homemade stamps. In this thoroughly researched history of these rare and highly coveted stamps, The Great Texas Stamp Collection traces their journey from creation through their rediscovery years later by local, and then international, stamp collectors—a journey that culminated in the sale of a few pieces at a recent auction in New York that fetched more than $250,000. Weaving the larger contexts of Texas and U.S. postal history together with individual tales of greed, intrigue, forgery, and discovery, Deaton’s book is rich with characters from European royalty to early stamp dealers to common criminals, while also providing detailed examinations of the stamps themselves, including a complete census of the stamps now known as the Texas Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals. Appealing at once to devoted philatelists, Texas and U.S. history buffs, and amateur collectors of all kinds, The Great Texas Stamp Collection offers a unique vantage point from which to view our history as well as the very nature of collecting.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292745737
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Among the many difficulties the newly formed Confederate States of America endured in the summer of 1861 was the failure of its post office department to provide sufficient numbers of that item most crucial to its service: the postage stamp. Faced with the resulting din of customer complaints, a handful of industrious Texas postmasters solved the problem by simply making their own homemade stamps. In this thoroughly researched history of these rare and highly coveted stamps, The Great Texas Stamp Collection traces their journey from creation through their rediscovery years later by local, and then international, stamp collectors—a journey that culminated in the sale of a few pieces at a recent auction in New York that fetched more than $250,000. Weaving the larger contexts of Texas and U.S. postal history together with individual tales of greed, intrigue, forgery, and discovery, Deaton’s book is rich with characters from European royalty to early stamp dealers to common criminals, while also providing detailed examinations of the stamps themselves, including a complete census of the stamps now known as the Texas Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals. Appealing at once to devoted philatelists, Texas and U.S. history buffs, and amateur collectors of all kinds, The Great Texas Stamp Collection offers a unique vantage point from which to view our history as well as the very nature of collecting.
Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T.
Author: James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford
Publisher: London : Philatelic Literature Society
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Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Publisher: London : Philatelic Literature Society
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Category : Postage stamps
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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The Stamp Collector
Author: William John Hardy
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Postcards, Famous collections.
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Postcards, Famous collections.
Stamping American Memory
Author: Sheila Brennan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472123947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Winner of the University of Michigan Press / Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Prize for Notable Work in the Digital Humanities In the age of digital communications, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the meaning and imagery of stamps was politically volatile. While millions of Americans collected stamps from the 1880s to the 1940s, Stamping American Memory is the first scholarly examination of stamp collecting culture and how stamps enabled citizens to engage their federal government in conversations about national life in early-twentieth-century America. By examining the civic conversations that emerged around stamp subjects and imagery, this work brings to light the role that these underexamined historical artifacts have played in carrying political messages. Sheila A. Brennan crafts a fresh synthesis that explores how the US postal service shaped Americans’ concepts of national belonging, citizenship, and race through its commemorative stamp program. Designed to be saved as souvenirs, commemoratives circulated widely and stood as miniature memorials to carefully selected snapshots from the American past that also served the political needs of small interest groups. Stamping American Memory brings together the histories of the US postal service and the federal government, collecting, and philately through the lenses of material culture and memory to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period in American history.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472123947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Winner of the University of Michigan Press / Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Prize for Notable Work in the Digital Humanities In the age of digital communications, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the meaning and imagery of stamps was politically volatile. While millions of Americans collected stamps from the 1880s to the 1940s, Stamping American Memory is the first scholarly examination of stamp collecting culture and how stamps enabled citizens to engage their federal government in conversations about national life in early-twentieth-century America. By examining the civic conversations that emerged around stamp subjects and imagery, this work brings to light the role that these underexamined historical artifacts have played in carrying political messages. Sheila A. Brennan crafts a fresh synthesis that explores how the US postal service shaped Americans’ concepts of national belonging, citizenship, and race through its commemorative stamp program. Designed to be saved as souvenirs, commemoratives circulated widely and stood as miniature memorials to carefully selected snapshots from the American past that also served the political needs of small interest groups. Stamping American Memory brings together the histories of the US postal service and the federal government, collecting, and philately through the lenses of material culture and memory to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period in American history.
The Stamp Collectors' Fortnightly and International Stamp Advertiser ...
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The American Philatelist
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Stamp collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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