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The following books and publications have been reviewed by members of the
United States Stamp Society in issues of The United Stamps
Specialist. Recent back issues of The Specialist may be ordered
from the Executive Secretary for $2 per copy. Send orders to:
Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 6634
Katy, TX 77491-6634
Make checks payable to U.S.S.S.
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August, 2002
Catalog of Private Express Labels and Stamps
by Bruce Mosher
Reviewed by Peter Martin - Recommended
223 pp., illus., 8 ½ x 11 inches, softbound
Published by the author:
P.O. Box 033236
Indialantic, FL 32903-3236
$35.00 plus $2 domestic shipping.
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May, 2002
Appletons' United States Postal Guide - October 1863
originally published by D. Appleton & Co., New York
Reprinted 2002 by James E. Lee
Reviewed by Leonard Piszkiewicz - Recommended
236 pp., 5 x 7 inches, hardcover
Available from the James E. Lee:
P.O. Drawer 250
Wheeling, IL 60090-0250
$35.00 plus $4 domestic/$8 foreign shipping.
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April, 2002
Postmarks on Postcards, An Illustrated Guide to Early 20th Century U.S. Postmarks,
revised, 2nd edition
by Richard Helbock
Reviewed by Peter Martin - Recommended
300 pp., illus., 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, softbound
Published by La Posta Publications
Available from James E. Lee
P.O. Drawer 250
Wheeling, IL 60090-0250
$27.50 plus $4 domestic shipping.
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March, 2002
Napp's Numbers, Volume Two, 2nd ed. (2001)
Subtitled "The Philippine Islands Issues during the American Administrative Period,
1906-1946. A Study of the Plate Number Combinations and of the Quantities Issued."
by Joseph M. Napp
Reviewed by Wallace Cleland - Recommended
344 pages, spiral bound
Published by Grounds for Divorce Publications
Available from the publisher:
5 Knollwood Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
$39; postpaid in the U.S.
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Scott 2002 Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps & Covers
Reviewed by David P. Stiff - Recommended
Published by Scott Publishing Co., Sidney, OH
$40.00.
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January, 2002
Scott 2002 Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps & Covers CD
Reviewed by David Sugar - Recommended
Published by Scott Publishing Co., Sidney, OH
$44.99.
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December, 2001
United States Post Offices Volume IV-The Northeast
compiled by Richard W. Helbock
Reviewed by Chuck McFarlane - Recommended
288 pages, softcover
Published by La Posta Publications, Scappoose, OR
Available from James E. Lee:
P.O. Drawer 250
Wheeling, IL 60090-0250
$27.50; $4 domestic shipping, $7 foreign shipping.
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October, 2001
The Forwarding of Mail by the U.S. Post Office Department, 1792-2001
by Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Reviewed by Leonard Piszkiewicz - Recommended
230 + viii pages + 8 pp. color plates, 8½ x 11 inches
Published by James E. Lee
Available from the publisher:
P.O. Drawer 250
Wheeling, IL 60090-0250
$39.95; $4 domestic shipping, $9 foreign shipping.
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September, 2001
United States 1847 Cover Census
by Thomas J. Alexander
Reviewed by Leonard Piszkiewicz
Summary: "This volume is another impressive publishing venture in the tradition of the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society."
949 + xxii pages, 8½ x 11 inches, hardbound
Published by U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, Inc.
Available from the publisher:
P.O. Box 445
Wheeling, IL 60090
$79.95, postpaid in U.S.; $10 additional for shipment to foreign addresses.
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July, 2001
United States Stamps 1927-32
by Gary Griffith
Reviewed by Rodney A. Juell - Recommended
500 + xii pages, 6x9 inches
Published by Linn's Stamp News
Available from the publisher
$25 softcover, $35 deluxe hardbound, plus shipping.
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April, 2001
All Grade U.S. Plate Block Value Estimates
by Carl Peterson
Reviewed by John L. Larson
Summary: "This book represents a 'proof of concept' of a mathematical approach to the pricing of U.S. plate blocks ... "
70 pages, 8½ x 11 inches, paperbound
Published by the author
Ordering information online at:
http://www.geocities.com/agvcat/stamp.html
$12.95, plus $3.00 shipping.
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December, 2000
Ephemera Philatelica Address Book
by the AIGA/SF
Reviewed by Leonard Piszkiewicz
Summary: "...attractive stocking stuffer for the philatelist "who has everything."
Hardcover 4½ x 7"
Published by Chronicle Books
Available from the publisher:
85 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
1-800-722-6657
$16.95.
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November, 2000
Napp's Numbers, Volume One, 3rd ed.
Subtitled "A Study of the Plate Number Combinations Created by the
Overprinting of U.S. Postage Stamps for use in the United States
Possessions and Administrative Areas 1899-1956."
by Joseph M. Napp
Reviewed by Wallace Cleland - Recommended
270 pages, spiral bound
Published by Grounds for Divorce Publications
Available from the publisher:
5 Knollwood Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
$39.
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July, 2000
A Catalog of United States Revenue-Stamped Documents
of the Civil War Era by Type and Tax Rate
by Michael Mahler
Reviewed by William H. Waggoner - Recommended
268+xvi pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches, sewn hard cover
Published 1999 by The American Revenue Association
Available from the publisher:
P.O. Box 56
Rockford, IA 50468-0056
$45, postpaid in U.S.
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The Duck Stamp Story
by Eric Jay Dolin and Bob Dumaine
Reviewed by Jay Stotts - Recommended
206 pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches
Published by Krause Publications
Available from the publisher:
700 East State Street
Iola, WI 54990-0001
$29.95 softcover or $49.95 hardcover
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June, 2000
PMCs: A Guide to Collecting Purple Machine Cancels
by Robert M. Washburn
Reviewed by Leonard Piszkiewicz - Recommended
81 pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches, softcover, spiralbound
Published by the author
Available from the author:
P.O. Box 840
Skowhegan, ME 04976-0840
$20, postpaid in U.S.
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