The Stamp Specialist

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Volume 1, part 1 (1939)

• 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

  Volume 1, part 2 (1939)

• 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

  Volume 1, Part 3 (1940)

• 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

  Number 4 (1940)

• 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 - 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
• INCLUDED WITH BOOK #4 PAPER SAMPLES:

Orange (1941)

• 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

  Blue (1941)

• Thru the Newbury deluxe collection of the 19th century United States - Stanley B. Ashbrook
• Jammu and Kashmir – Notes on Their Stamps - Winthrop S. Boggs
• United States postal history - Seymour Dunbar
• * A Canal Boat letter group
• * A World’s Fair group
• * A Railway Post Office group
• 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 American Civil War - Lawerence L. Shenfield
• Poland, the period of stamps, to 1870 - Vincent Domanski Jr. & Stephen G. Rich

  Yellow (1942)

• The Five Cent of 1847 Double Transfers - Stanley B. Ashbrook
• Prisoner of War and Flag-of-Truce Covers - Lawerence 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

  Red (1942)

• Canada-17c-1859, A Study of its Plate Positions - Senator James A. Calder
• Four Historical Covers from the Spanish–American War Period in Puerto - 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 - Stanley B. Ashbrook
• * Newly Discovered Prisoner of war cover with "Examined - Ship Island" in red
• * "Raleigh N. C. Paid 5" Postmaster Provisional or Handstamped Paid?
• Philatelic Byways thru 19th Century B.N.A. - Ed Richardson
• * British Columbia and Vancouver's Island
• * New Brunswick
• * Nova Scotia
• * Prince Edward Island
• Countries for the Specialist
• * Ecuador - H. L. Lindquist
• Confederate Blockade Covers including some Unusual Examples - Van Dyk MacBride
• "Forwarded By" Handstamps - Harry M. Konwiser

  Green (1943)

• The Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898 - George B. Sloane
• The Bull's Eyes of Brazil - 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 MacBride
• 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

  Brown (1943)

• The 30 Cents Black Imperforate of 1860 - R. J. Mechin
• Confederate Notes - Lawrence L. Shenfield
• * How the Fighting Men of the 5th Texas Regiment C.S.A. got their letters across the Mississippi to Texas
• * Southern Express Company Office Marking of Vicksburg, Mississippi
• 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 Color of 1861, 3c U.S. Design Stamp - Wm. H. Beck

  Gray (1943)

• The 6 Cents Lincoln Bank Note Issue - 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 MacBride
• Iceland - Joseph Jaeger

  Maroon (1944)

• 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 MacBride
• The Postal History of the Ionian Islands - Colonel Hans Lagerloef

  White (1944)

• 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." - 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

  Black (1945)

• Barnard’s Caribou Express – in the Colony of British Columbia, 1860-1971 and later expresses of F. J. Barnard - Henry C. Hitt and Gerald E. Wellborn
• 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 MacBride
• “Canada Mourns Her Beloved Queen” - Ed Richardson
• Syndicate envelopes - Thomas D. Perry

  Coral (1945)

• The Overrun Nations series - 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 on the unlisted 1882-3 Issue - Gustave Larson
• Philadelphia’s part in the Civil War - George N. Malpass
• Brazilian postal forgeries - Samuel Ray

  Emerald (1946)

• Confederate States of America - Stanley B. Ashbrook
• * Some Notes on the Postal Legislation
• * Postal Rates
• * Postal Uses and Earliest Known Dates of the Stamps of the General Issues
• 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 - R. B. Preston
• * The Bogus Stamps of 1897
• * Revenue Stamps used for Postage
• The Development of The Electric Eye - Nathan Goldstein II
• Poland - Clement A. Pulaski
• * The Postal Stationery
• * Stamped Envelope
• * Letter Card

  India (1946)

• The Autographed Field Letters of General Robert E. Lee - Van Dyk MacBride
• Lee Envelopes in the Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. -
• Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sidney S. Jalkut
• Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes of the World - Sidney S. Jalkut
• 1860-1863 Three Cents Plus One Cent 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

  Mahogany (1947)

• 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 - Gustav Larson
• Camp Shenandoah, Va. - Van Dyk MacBride
• Some Comments on the U.S. Playing Card Stamps - John C. Rogers, Ph.D., M.D.
• The British Postal Service from Peru - Arthur Linz

  Chartreuse (1948)

• Dies of the Columbian stamped envelopes, commemoratives of 1893 - F. L. Ellis
• A check list of uncataloged envelopes bearing patriotic designs 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 MacBride
• Stamp booklets and booklet panes - Second Supplement to List of Booklets in India Book -

  Forest Green (1948)

• Fairs, Exhibitions and Expositions and Their Souvenirs - Raymond March
• Canada 5d 1859 - Renumbering of Flaws - G. A. E. Chapman
• Guatemala, the 100 Varieties of the One Peso Lithographed Identified - H. L. Lindquist
• "Camp Shenandoah, Va." - Were There TWO? - Van Dyk MacBride
• Teaching With Stamps - Louis H. Drinkwine
• The Alfonso XII Issues for Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston
• The Penny Postage Jubilee of 1890 - Stephen G. Rich
• Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sydney S. Jalkut
• The Stamp Specialist Enters a New Phase
• Index to the Stamp Specialist