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Spiral Bound The 2020 edition of the Durland Standard Plate Number Catalog is now available. The Catalog provides the most comprehensive research source for plate number information on United States postage and revenue stamps, including tax-paid revenue stamps, with listings for overprinted Possessions postage, Allied Military government stamps and other back-of-the-book stamps, dummy and test stamps, MDI "Blue Cover" booklets and partial Plate numbers on booklet and coil Stamps. 442 pages, 8.5 x 11.
Encyclopedia of United States Stamps and Stamp Collecting, Second Edition. The most comprehensive introduction and guide to United States Stamps ever written; fully revised and updated; for beginners and veteran collectors alike. Illustrated in full color; 769 pages (2016), hardbound, 9.3x6.5in.
United States Possessions: Postage Due Stamps and Covers presents the story of Postage Due stamps in the major Possessions or territories of the United States told from a stamp collecting perspective. , Hard Cover, 352 pages, 6 x 9.
Describes the 185 different complete booklets in which these issues were sold to the public and the forerunner items that preceded them. Provides in-depth information about each of the 22 issues, including design, specifications, postal history examples, plate number data, siderographer and plate finisher data, pane and plate varieties, minor and rare varieties, and many illustrations. 290 pages (2004), Paperbound.
The book focuses on the stamps and their closely associated collection cards and booklets. Background information is provided to understand the operation of these systems from its beginning in 1910 to an eventual demise in 1970. The book covers essays, proofs, sheet stamps, booklets and coils, as well as official mail stamps and stationery. Illustrated in full color; 245 pages (2012), Paperbound, 6x9.
Describes the origin of the concept of Supplementary Mail and presents previously unknown information on the beginnings and early operation of Supplementary Mail service in New York and ten other cities. Illustrated in full color; 144 pages (2009), Hardbound.
Reprint of Elliott Perry's work published in 58 issues over his lifetime. Emphasis on issues of the 19th century, locals, carriers and express posts plus match and medicine stamps. Arranged by subject matter; 648 pages, Hardbound.