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Here are additions from December 2016
Billig's Handbook Volume 3
Ameripex '86 Handbook/catalog
The Grinnell Missionaries handbook put out by Mystic Stamp Company
Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century by The BNA Philatelic Society
Norona's General Catalog of Postmarks of the U.S.
The U.S. Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-1857, Stanley B. Ashbrook
The 1978 & 1982 Register published by U.S. 1869 Pictorial Research Association, Inc.
This past weekend I picked up
Insights Into Postal History, 1855-2016 by Anthony Wawrukiewicz
Rarity Revealed, The Benjamin K. Miller Collection by Scott Trepel & Ken Lawrence
Pacific '97 Handbook / The Congress Book 1997
Robert Siegel Auction Galleries
- Sale #817 The David Golden Collection of U.S. Carriers & Locals, vol.1-3
- Sale #979 he Pony Express, The Collection Formed By Thurston Twigg-Smith
- Sale #1041 The William H. Gross Collection
Shreves Galleries New York
- The Floyd Risvold Collection, vol.1-3
The Risvold Collection is full of American history with detailed descriptions of the lots.
My wife gave up on trying to get me to stop collecting auction catalogs after a friend told her he has them stashed all over his house. He actually bought a large collection of auction catalogs and had to rent a small trailer to bring them from Boston to central Pennsylvania. Whoever gets my collection will also need a small trailer or a dumpster.
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Tell us about Tony W's book.
I have his two rate books, but i'm guessing yours is narrative more than tables
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Hundreds of stamp articles, books and videos; posted for viewing so others can enjoy (all public domain)
Link: Stamp Smarter Library
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I have the following:
2018 Scott Catalog USA excerpt from Volume IA
The Micarelli Identification Guide to U. S. Stamps, regular issues 1847-1934
Volume 1 and 2 of The Nineteeth Century Postage Stamps of the United States by Lester Brookman
Scott 2006 Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps and Covers 1840-1940
Scott 2006 USA Specialized Catalogue
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Scott 1975 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
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a really good internet connection. 
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You are correct about Tony W's book. This book goes into the why and how of US postal History. There are thirteen chapters, here are just a few topics, Held For Postage Mail, The Dead Letter Office, Return of Undeliverable Mail and Business Reply Mail. Many illustrations all in color with not many charts. As you mentioned, his other two books have many charts and explain the various rates. I recommend this book if you collect US Postal History.
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Good to know about Tony W's book!
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2010 Stanley Gibbons SOTW ,2009 Scott's CD.2007&2013 Copies of Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840/1952,1840/1970.,1998 copy of Brookman,Stanley Gibbons Part 19 Middle East,Scott's 1997 Specialized, Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth Stamp Cat.1978,Stanley Gibbons Elizabethan 1973 Sliver Wedding Edition,The Railway Letter Stamps of Gt.Britain & N.Ireland 1891-1947 ,plus several books on GB & Australian Perfins.
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Found my copy of Scott 2000 Classic Stamp Catalog 1840-1940 in addition to the 2006 one to add to my list. Strange how things disappear!
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Time to revive this thread.
The APS and Philatelic Library are still closed to visitors but I ordered on line a few books they had for sale from their surplus donations. I was able to pay for them by phone and picked them up at The Match Factory.
The Buxton Encyclopedia of Watermarks. Copyright 1977 but still plenty of useful information.
The American Postcard Guide to Tuck by Sally S. Carver. copyright 1976, 86 pages but it has just has a small amount of Tuck Postcards pictured. The Values are out of date but a nice addition to my library.
I added another auction catalog, Siegel sale 832, The Dr. Hubert Skinner Collection of New Orleans Civil War Postal History. It shows a lot of material with good write ups. I have a growing collection of auction catalogs which is fun reading because I know I'll never be able to afford the material listed in them. I took a chance on buying this catalog because I don't have an inventory of what catalogs I already own and I still have not been able to unpack my collection and library. I'm still waiting to have work done on my third floor where I plan to keep my collection.
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I got myself this little catalogue which will help me advancing my Danish christmas seals collection.
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A gift from my daughter-in-law.
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The One-Cent Magenta book is a very nice read. I checked it out from the local library here in town and really enjoyed it.
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I have a copy of the One Cent Magenta as well.
I had the privilege of attending a lecture by the book's author a couple of years ago.
Great talk and interesting book.
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I am about halfway through my copy of the book and it is really interesting and well written.
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I just ordered another book from the same author "The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand".
It has a good write up. I'm not a particularly a fan of pianos buy I like to see how things are made. I think I have a "Steinway Piano" advertising cover somewhere in my collection.
""Satisfying to the point of sensuousness." -The New York Times Book Review Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds the magic of engineering with the magic of great music. Alone among the big piano companies, Steinway & Sons still crafts each of its pianos largely by hand, imbuing each one with the promise and burden of its brand. In this captivating narrative, James Barron of The New York Times tells the story of one Steinway piano, from raw lumber to finished instrument. Barron follows that brand-new piano-known by its number, K0862-on its journey through the factory, where time-honored traditions vie with modern-day efficiency. He also explores the art and science of developing a piano's timbre and character before its debut, when the essential question will be answered: Does K0862 live up to the Steinway legend? From start to finish, Piano will charm and enlighten music and book lovers alike."
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first, congratulations Jan-Simon on the Danish seal book. The Danes wrote the book on seals, and we'd never have seen one if it weren't for the Danes.
Second, Vinman, my daughter played on Steinways at Steinway Hall, pretty much across from Carnegie Hall, when Steinway still had its NYC shop. She had maybe three or four small concerts there over the years. It was lovely that Steinway made their hall available for young performers.
Several rooms were devoted to demonstrating how the pianos were built and how they function. You'd have liked it. I did.
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Brian, I have heard of the Dai Nippon club. They are really filling a gap with their work. The specialized NVPH catalogue completely ignores this collecting area. Perhaps it is vaguely politically sensitive? Just ignore this black page in History?
Same goes for republican issues from the independence war period 1945-49. The NvPH only lists the official colonial issues...
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Brian,
Where did you get that Dai Nippon calatogue? I'd like to get a copy of that myself.
Regards ... Tim.
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The club runs a website:
https://www.dai-nippon.nl/#/
When you have switched to English, you will see a link to "publications". This handbook is listed there.
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I should have listed this book here, instead of ??? elsewhere.
Great Reference on a very difficult area.
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Here's my go to reference for the Falkland Islands.
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Here is the definitive go to reference for all things Bermuda. I find it indispensable.
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Here are the two that I have my nose in most of the time lately:
Thank You, Phil Bansner!
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I love this book. Even though very dated!
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"The Commonwealth King George VI Postage Stamp catalogue"....Murray Payne Ltd.
Highly recommended catalogue....I use it for my collecting of the period.
Described as....
"The only essential tool for the King George VI collector, now in fully colour for its 20th edition.The Bible for the KGVI collector since first publication in December 1950, with many shades and varieties not listed in other catalogues. With unique flowcharts to aid in identifying the Bermuda keytypes, Grenada 10/s and St Kitts 3ds. Packed with helpful footnotes throughout. Covering prices for mounted mint and fine used."
Not at all sure re "The only essential tool " but definitely worthwhile.
I have the 20th edition issued in 2015...believe that is the most up to date.
Best wishes,
Brian.
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Recently purchased this rather imposing book which details the history of the development of the personal library (while looking for ideas for a new stamp room following a cross country move). For the first time in my life I am looking for/and considering a permanent residence and planning to actually purchase/build furniture to a plan rather than just find something that will work to get things off the floor (or every other place I can stack them). Right now I have 31 plastic tubs and one box plus two small bookcases which survived the move.
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Jarrel,
That looks like an interesting read. Like you, I not planning on any more moves. I have a room in my house for my library and stamp collection. I have the shelves ready to be assembled. When the shelves are assembled I'll have 180 feet of shelving. I just need to paint the room. I also have a sitting room on the first floor that has some of my books on local history and state histories. It also has my collection of local memorabilia.
I will add this to my collection of books about books and libraries.
I just ordered a copy.
Vince
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The library in the cover picture is refreshingly light and bright. So many libraries use dark wood, which, while quite rich and elegant, makes the rooms feel very dark. I use all white binders to keep my stamp den feeling sunny and cheerful.
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I had been meaning to read this one for a long time! Lately I'm into the bucket list stuff, so I went on eBay and bought a recent, still shrink wrapped, copy!
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I was given this last Saturday. It's almost 500 pages in full colour and A4 size. (Similar to the US letter size.) It weighs 1.2 kilograms. (About 2.6 pounds.) I even get a mention in the introduction as I helped edit some of the the updates. This is just one small part of the postal history catalogue by the late Richard Blakeney and Peter Frantzen who continues to update it. It covers postal stationary and stamp booklets. It has a Thai ISBN/barcode of 9786165868785. Afraid I have no idea if it is available outside Thailand but the postage would be very high.
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Just purchased 10 reference books from Pennymead. Chiefly revenue and/or local post catalogues. Impressive service.
Since onset of the pandemic, majority of philatelic budget has been allocated to reference materials.
Which has triggered an occasional chorus of, "What? Another book?"
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Our county library does not have much of anything philatelic. Definitely no Scott catalogs. They do not even have a research section.
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Here are a few books that arrived yesterday from Leonard Hartmann http://pbbooks.com/
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The book on grills looks interesting. Let us know what you think about it when you have had time to go through it
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smaier,
In the 1860s there was concern about reuse of stamps so the government sought ways to combat it. Also during this time there were experiments on using different papers, printing techniques and cancellers. My interest lies with the Cancellers although this book's focus on the grills and experiments that the Government tried.
I can recommend this book if your interest is in early printing methods for U.S. Stamps, not so much for the general collector. It was $52.00 on Amazon.
Vince
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Here are a few new additions to my Library.
This book I'm looking forward to reading, it is letters from a Confererate Soldier during the U.S. Civil War.
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MPOS publication is a great catch, Vince.
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Very nice.
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Here is a new edition to my Library. I picked it up at my stamp club tonight, Mount Nittany Philatelic Society. Cost $40.00
I highly recommend it if you collect modern U.S.
I wonder if there are similar versions for other countries? The U.S. is not the only country with these modern counterfeits.
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Vinman- wondering how much detail that 2023 Counterfeit catalog offers. Are there photos or just text descriptions? Have been on the fence about whether to get this catalog or not…
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Vinman - never mind. Just saw your post about the counterfeit flags along with the image of one of the pages from the catalog. Looks like an excellent reference. Thanks for sharing
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I think that grill book looks interesting.
I think I have that counterfeit book around here....somewhere...
And I just got a whole slew of books in to add to the library...I'll get pics up as soon as I can.
Later gater
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I had the pleasure of seeing Vinces library. Holy Cow it looks like our town library with an aisle of back to back book cases. A very specific library on matters philatelic.
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Here are some pictures of my Philatelic Library. They measure 3'x6' and there are five sections double sided. The side not shown has my cook books and other interests.
I have about 18 banker boxes of Auction Catalogs and periodicals such as full runs of The Chronicle, SPA journals, BIA Journal and Collectors Club Journal that I don't have room for in the Library.
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I was given this last Saturday. It's almost 500 pages in full colour and A4 size. (Similar to the US letter size.) It weighs 1.2 kilograms. (About 2.6 pounds.) I even get a mention in the introduction as I helped edit some of the the updates. This is just one small part of the postal history catalogue by the late Richard Blakeney and Peter Frantzen who continues to update it. It covers postal stationary and stamp booklets. It has a Thai ISBN/barcode of 9786165868785. Afraid I have no idea if it is available outside Thailand but the postage would be very high."
Very sorry to say that I had a telephone call yesterday to say that Peter Frantzen had died. I do not know where that leaves the massive amount (8 volumes) of Thai postal history that Peter and the late Richard Blakeney had put together. The above postal stationary catalogue was the latest update of volume 6 and Jos Sanders at www.thailandrevenues.com now has all the information of volume 8 Thai revenues which he supplied a lot of.
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Vinman, you have a satellite APRL now!
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Those not mentioned that I have:
Modern US & Canada Locals Vol. 2 Part 1 & 2
The Imperial Eagles Of Maximilian's Mexico, by Corbett
Ma's Illustrated Catalogue of The Stamps Of China
Catalog Of Private Express Labels and Stamps, United States 1839-1918, Canada 1841-1926
Silent Precancels, by David W. Smith
The World Of Donald Evans
Poland 1918 Locals
Defense and War Issues Catalogue
Russia Zemstvos, By F. G. Chuchin
Strike, Courier and Local Post Of the Elizabethan Era, By Covert (Canada)
Ukrainian Postage Stamps, A Catalog of Issues From 1991-1995
The Post War Provisionals Issues of Northeast China: Manchurian Local Overprints
K&S Postal Strike Letter Despatch
Georgia by Barefoot & Hall
Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited
to start! Mike.
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I just finished reading this book. Fun read about the history of this stamp and the different characters who owned it over the years.
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I just added this auction cataloge to my reference literature on U.S. Coils and Private Perferorations. The Dr. Joseph Agris Gold Medal Collections of United States Coil Stamps. I find some auction cataloges have a lot of information and research especially on name sales or sales of an exhibit.
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Living near The APS/APRL has it's advantages. After volunteering for a few hours I check out the new items that are for sale. There has not been much added to the freebie table recently.
I added four new books to my library this week.
These two Belgium books are photo copies bound in one binder.
I believe this book is from a talk at the Royal Philatelic Society London.
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Phil,
I have been accumulating Belgium Parcel post stamps for several years, I was attracted to the cancels and variety of stamps. I wanted to put them in some kind of order now with this publication it may be possible.
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This arrived today. Copyright 1975.
51 pages, not the best illustrations but the text is easy to understand and follow. This is a great addition to my forgery literature.
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That book really brings back memories!! My wife and I used to hitch hike into Halifax on Saturday mornings to visit the Scotia Stamp Studio on Barrington St. We got some great stuff there!! Thanks for the post!!!
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I attended SCOPEX at The APS/APRL this past weekend and picked up books for my personal library. I also spent a day there back in December and added to my library.
Here are additions from December 2016
Billig's Handbook Volume 3
Ameripex '86 Handbook/catalog
The Grinnell Missionaries handbook put out by Mystic Stamp Company
Canadian Fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century by The BNA Philatelic Society
Norona's General Catalog of Postmarks of the U.S.
The U.S. Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-1857, Stanley B. Ashbrook
The 1978 & 1982 Register published by U.S. 1869 Pictorial Research Association, Inc.
This past weekend I picked up
Insights Into Postal History, 1855-2016 by Anthony Wawrukiewicz
Rarity Revealed, The Benjamin K. Miller Collection by Scott Trepel & Ken Lawrence
Pacific '97 Handbook / The Congress Book 1997
Robert Siegel Auction Galleries
- Sale #817 The David Golden Collection of U.S. Carriers & Locals, vol.1-3
- Sale #979 he Pony Express, The Collection Formed By Thurston Twigg-Smith
- Sale #1041 The William H. Gross Collection
Shreves Galleries New York
- The Floyd Risvold Collection, vol.1-3
The Risvold Collection is full of American history with detailed descriptions of the lots.
My wife gave up on trying to get me to stop collecting auction catalogs after a friend told her he has them stashed all over his house. He actually bought a large collection of auction catalogs and had to rent a small trailer to bring them from Boston to central Pennsylvania. Whoever gets my collection will also need a small trailer or a dumpster.
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Tell us about Tony W's book.
I have his two rate books, but i'm guessing yours is narrative more than tables
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Hundreds of stamp articles, books and videos; posted for viewing so others can enjoy (all public domain)
Link: Stamp Smarter Library
Don
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I have the following:
2018 Scott Catalog USA excerpt from Volume IA
The Micarelli Identification Guide to U. S. Stamps, regular issues 1847-1934
Volume 1 and 2 of The Nineteeth Century Postage Stamps of the United States by Lester Brookman
Scott 2006 Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps and Covers 1840-1940
Scott 2006 USA Specialized Catalogue
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Scott 1975 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue
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a really good internet connection.
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You are correct about Tony W's book. This book goes into the why and how of US postal History. There are thirteen chapters, here are just a few topics, Held For Postage Mail, The Dead Letter Office, Return of Undeliverable Mail and Business Reply Mail. Many illustrations all in color with not many charts. As you mentioned, his other two books have many charts and explain the various rates. I recommend this book if you collect US Postal History.
Vince
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Good to know about Tony W's book!
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2010 Stanley Gibbons SOTW ,2009 Scott's CD.2007&2013 Copies of Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840/1952,1840/1970.,1998 copy of Brookman,Stanley Gibbons Part 19 Middle East,Scott's 1997 Specialized, Stanley Gibbons British Commonwealth Stamp Cat.1978,Stanley Gibbons Elizabethan 1973 Sliver Wedding Edition,The Railway Letter Stamps of Gt.Britain & N.Ireland 1891-1947 ,plus several books on GB & Australian Perfins.
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Found my copy of Scott 2000 Classic Stamp Catalog 1840-1940 in addition to the 2006 one to add to my list. Strange how things disappear!
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Time to revive this thread.
The APS and Philatelic Library are still closed to visitors but I ordered on line a few books they had for sale from their surplus donations. I was able to pay for them by phone and picked them up at The Match Factory.
The Buxton Encyclopedia of Watermarks. Copyright 1977 but still plenty of useful information.
The American Postcard Guide to Tuck by Sally S. Carver. copyright 1976, 86 pages but it has just has a small amount of Tuck Postcards pictured. The Values are out of date but a nice addition to my library.
I added another auction catalog, Siegel sale 832, The Dr. Hubert Skinner Collection of New Orleans Civil War Postal History. It shows a lot of material with good write ups. I have a growing collection of auction catalogs which is fun reading because I know I'll never be able to afford the material listed in them. I took a chance on buying this catalog because I don't have an inventory of what catalogs I already own and I still have not been able to unpack my collection and library. I'm still waiting to have work done on my third floor where I plan to keep my collection.
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I got myself this little catalogue which will help me advancing my Danish christmas seals collection.
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A gift from my daughter-in-law.
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The One-Cent Magenta book is a very nice read. I checked it out from the local library here in town and really enjoyed it.
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I have a copy of the One Cent Magenta as well.
I had the privilege of attending a lecture by the book's author a couple of years ago.
Great talk and interesting book.
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I am about halfway through my copy of the book and it is really interesting and well written.
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I just ordered another book from the same author "The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand".
It has a good write up. I'm not a particularly a fan of pianos buy I like to see how things are made. I think I have a "Steinway Piano" advertising cover somewhere in my collection.
""Satisfying to the point of sensuousness." -The New York Times Book Review Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds the magic of engineering with the magic of great music. Alone among the big piano companies, Steinway & Sons still crafts each of its pianos largely by hand, imbuing each one with the promise and burden of its brand. In this captivating narrative, James Barron of The New York Times tells the story of one Steinway piano, from raw lumber to finished instrument. Barron follows that brand-new piano-known by its number, K0862-on its journey through the factory, where time-honored traditions vie with modern-day efficiency. He also explores the art and science of developing a piano's timbre and character before its debut, when the essential question will be answered: Does K0862 live up to the Steinway legend? From start to finish, Piano will charm and enlighten music and book lovers alike."
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first, congratulations Jan-Simon on the Danish seal book. The Danes wrote the book on seals, and we'd never have seen one if it weren't for the Danes.
Second, Vinman, my daughter played on Steinways at Steinway Hall, pretty much across from Carnegie Hall, when Steinway still had its NYC shop. She had maybe three or four small concerts there over the years. It was lovely that Steinway made their hall available for young performers.
Several rooms were devoted to demonstrating how the pianos were built and how they function. You'd have liked it. I did.
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Brian, I have heard of the Dai Nippon club. They are really filling a gap with their work. The specialized NVPH catalogue completely ignores this collecting area. Perhaps it is vaguely politically sensitive? Just ignore this black page in History?
Same goes for republican issues from the independence war period 1945-49. The NvPH only lists the official colonial issues...
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Brian,
Where did you get that Dai Nippon calatogue? I'd like to get a copy of that myself.
Regards ... Tim.
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The club runs a website:
https://www.dai-nippon.nl/#/
When you have switched to English, you will see a link to "publications". This handbook is listed there.
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I should have listed this book here, instead of ??? elsewhere.
Great Reference on a very difficult area.
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Here's my go to reference for the Falkland Islands.
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Here is the definitive go to reference for all things Bermuda. I find it indispensable.
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Here are the two that I have my nose in most of the time lately:
Thank You, Phil Bansner!
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I love this book. Even though very dated!
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"The Commonwealth King George VI Postage Stamp catalogue"....Murray Payne Ltd.
Highly recommended catalogue....I use it for my collecting of the period.
Described as....
"The only essential tool for the King George VI collector, now in fully colour for its 20th edition.The Bible for the KGVI collector since first publication in December 1950, with many shades and varieties not listed in other catalogues. With unique flowcharts to aid in identifying the Bermuda keytypes, Grenada 10/s and St Kitts 3ds. Packed with helpful footnotes throughout. Covering prices for mounted mint and fine used."
Not at all sure re "The only essential tool " but definitely worthwhile.
I have the 20th edition issued in 2015...believe that is the most up to date.
Best wishes,
Brian.
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Recently purchased this rather imposing book which details the history of the development of the personal library (while looking for ideas for a new stamp room following a cross country move). For the first time in my life I am looking for/and considering a permanent residence and planning to actually purchase/build furniture to a plan rather than just find something that will work to get things off the floor (or every other place I can stack them). Right now I have 31 plastic tubs and one box plus two small bookcases which survived the move.
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Jarrel,
That looks like an interesting read. Like you, I not planning on any more moves. I have a room in my house for my library and stamp collection. I have the shelves ready to be assembled. When the shelves are assembled I'll have 180 feet of shelving. I just need to paint the room. I also have a sitting room on the first floor that has some of my books on local history and state histories. It also has my collection of local memorabilia.
I will add this to my collection of books about books and libraries.
I just ordered a copy.
Vince
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The library in the cover picture is refreshingly light and bright. So many libraries use dark wood, which, while quite rich and elegant, makes the rooms feel very dark. I use all white binders to keep my stamp den feeling sunny and cheerful.
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I had been meaning to read this one for a long time! Lately I'm into the bucket list stuff, so I went on eBay and bought a recent, still shrink wrapped, copy!
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I was given this last Saturday. It's almost 500 pages in full colour and A4 size. (Similar to the US letter size.) It weighs 1.2 kilograms. (About 2.6 pounds.) I even get a mention in the introduction as I helped edit some of the the updates. This is just one small part of the postal history catalogue by the late Richard Blakeney and Peter Frantzen who continues to update it. It covers postal stationary and stamp booklets. It has a Thai ISBN/barcode of 9786165868785. Afraid I have no idea if it is available outside Thailand but the postage would be very high.
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Just purchased 10 reference books from Pennymead. Chiefly revenue and/or local post catalogues. Impressive service.
Since onset of the pandemic, majority of philatelic budget has been allocated to reference materials.
Which has triggered an occasional chorus of, "What? Another book?"
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Our county library does not have much of anything philatelic. Definitely no Scott catalogs. They do not even have a research section.
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Here are a few books that arrived yesterday from Leonard Hartmann http://pbbooks.com/
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The book on grills looks interesting. Let us know what you think about it when you have had time to go through it
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smaier,
In the 1860s there was concern about reuse of stamps so the government sought ways to combat it. Also during this time there were experiments on using different papers, printing techniques and cancellers. My interest lies with the Cancellers although this book's focus on the grills and experiments that the Government tried.
I can recommend this book if your interest is in early printing methods for U.S. Stamps, not so much for the general collector. It was $52.00 on Amazon.
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Here are a few new additions to my Library.
This book I'm looking forward to reading, it is letters from a Confererate Soldier during the U.S. Civil War.
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MPOS publication is a great catch, Vince.
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Very nice.
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Here is a new edition to my Library. I picked it up at my stamp club tonight, Mount Nittany Philatelic Society. Cost $40.00
I highly recommend it if you collect modern U.S.
I wonder if there are similar versions for other countries? The U.S. is not the only country with these modern counterfeits.
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Vinman- wondering how much detail that 2023 Counterfeit catalog offers. Are there photos or just text descriptions? Have been on the fence about whether to get this catalog or not…
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Vinman - never mind. Just saw your post about the counterfeit flags along with the image of one of the pages from the catalog. Looks like an excellent reference. Thanks for sharing
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I think that grill book looks interesting.
I think I have that counterfeit book around here....somewhere...
And I just got a whole slew of books in to add to the library...I'll get pics up as soon as I can.
Later gater
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I had the pleasure of seeing Vinces library. Holy Cow it looks like our town library with an aisle of back to back book cases. A very specific library on matters philatelic.
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Here are some pictures of my Philatelic Library. They measure 3'x6' and there are five sections double sided. The side not shown has my cook books and other interests.
I have about 18 banker boxes of Auction Catalogs and periodicals such as full runs of The Chronicle, SPA journals, BIA Journal and Collectors Club Journal that I don't have room for in the Library.
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"31-March-2023
I was given this last Saturday. It's almost 500 pages in full colour and A4 size. (Similar to the US letter size.) It weighs 1.2 kilograms. (About 2.6 pounds.) I even get a mention in the introduction as I helped edit some of the the updates. This is just one small part of the postal history catalogue by the late Richard Blakeney and Peter Frantzen who continues to update it. It covers postal stationary and stamp booklets. It has a Thai ISBN/barcode of 9786165868785. Afraid I have no idea if it is available outside Thailand but the postage would be very high."
Very sorry to say that I had a telephone call yesterday to say that Peter Frantzen had died. I do not know where that leaves the massive amount (8 volumes) of Thai postal history that Peter and the late Richard Blakeney had put together. The above postal stationary catalogue was the latest update of volume 6 and Jos Sanders at www.thailandrevenues.com now has all the information of volume 8 Thai revenues which he supplied a lot of.
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Vinman, you have a satellite APRL now!
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Those not mentioned that I have:
Modern US & Canada Locals Vol. 2 Part 1 & 2
The Imperial Eagles Of Maximilian's Mexico, by Corbett
Ma's Illustrated Catalogue of The Stamps Of China
Catalog Of Private Express Labels and Stamps, United States 1839-1918, Canada 1841-1926
Silent Precancels, by David W. Smith
The World Of Donald Evans
Poland 1918 Locals
Defense and War Issues Catalogue
Russia Zemstvos, By F. G. Chuchin
Strike, Courier and Local Post Of the Elizabethan Era, By Covert (Canada)
Ukrainian Postage Stamps, A Catalog of Issues From 1991-1995
The Post War Provisionals Issues of Northeast China: Manchurian Local Overprints
K&S Postal Strike Letter Despatch
Georgia by Barefoot & Hall
Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited
to start! Mike.
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I just finished reading this book. Fun read about the history of this stamp and the different characters who owned it over the years.
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I just added this auction cataloge to my reference literature on U.S. Coils and Private Perferorations. The Dr. Joseph Agris Gold Medal Collections of United States Coil Stamps. I find some auction cataloges have a lot of information and research especially on name sales or sales of an exhibit.
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Living near The APS/APRL has it's advantages. After volunteering for a few hours I check out the new items that are for sale. There has not been much added to the freebie table recently.
I added four new books to my library this week.
These two Belgium books are photo copies bound in one binder.
I believe this book is from a talk at the Royal Philatelic Society London.
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Phil,
I have been accumulating Belgium Parcel post stamps for several years, I was attracted to the cancels and variety of stamps. I wanted to put them in some kind of order now with this publication it may be possible.
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This arrived today. Copyright 1975.
51 pages, not the best illustrations but the text is easy to understand and follow. This is a great addition to my forgery literature.
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08 Apr 2024
02:40:26pm
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That book really brings back memories!! My wife and I used to hitch hike into Halifax on Saturday mornings to visit the Scotia Stamp Studio on Barrington St. We got some great stuff there!! Thanks for the post!!!
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