Help him win by saving and serving - BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
American Lithographic Co., 1918. Poster. Original lithograph. Unmounted. 30 x 20 inches. Endearing image for the War Saving Stamps effort. More
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Your War Savings Pledge; Our boys make good their pledge are you keeping yours?
Government Printing Office, 1917. Original poster. Color Lithograph. 32.25 x 21 inches. World War I War Savings Stamps poster intended to persuade citizens to help fund the war. Uncle Sam stands in the center of two figures; he has his arms on the shoulders of a young soldier taking the oath of enlistment to his right and a well-dressed businessman holding a sheet of War Savings Stamps to his right. Ink cataloguing inscriptions on right center border and lower right..... More
The Postal History of Indiana
Louisville: Leonard H. Hartmann, 1976. Illus. 2 Vols. Thick 4to, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled on both volumes. Louisville: Leonard H. Hartmann, 1976. First Edition Signed by the author. One of 750 sets. Microfiche in back pocket of volume II. More
Address of William T. Barry, Postmaster General, to the People of the United States
Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. 24pp. 8vo, disbound, margins browned throughout, foxing to margins of title page. Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. First Edition Author became postmaster general in 1829. Beginning in 1830, Barry was investigated by Congress for corruption. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far beyond the published schedules...Barry successfully refuted the charges..." DAB I, page 657. Sabin 3692. More
The Ryohei Ishikawa Collection: United States Stamps and Covers 1847 -1869
New York: Christie's, 1993. Illustrated throughout with color stamps. 365 pages. 4to, forest green cloth, dust wrapper (lightly scratched, worn at spine ends). New York: Christie's, 1993. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Christie's exhibition catalogue from Tuesday, September 28 to Wednesday, September 29, 1993. More
Framed Signed Envelope commemorating stamp collecting
Milwaukee, WI: 1969. 3.25 x 6.25-inch First Day Cover commemorating the "thirty-eighth annual convention of the Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs." Signed and dated "1969" by Coward and postmarked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 17, 1969. The envelope features an image of an Abraham Lincoln stamp on the left and has a cancelled six-cent Apollo 8 stamp on the upper right. Quadruple-matted in gray with a handsome circular cut-out surrounding a 4.75-inch-wide photo of Coward wearing a hat and overcoat..... More
Ship Letters of the South Pacific
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1955. Text Illus. 24pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers and pages throughout are creased in upper right corner margin, previous private owner's rubber stamps on front wrapper. Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, (1955). One of 300 copies. More
Postal History Catalogue of New Zealand. Volume 1: First Day Covers, Special Postmarks, Railway Travelling P. O.'s,
Christchurch: L. F. G. Franks, 1958. Marine P.O.'s, Packet Boats, Military Covers. Many Illus. 40pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers partially faded near spine. Christchurch: L. F. G. Franks, 1958. Very good. More
First Day of Issue Envelope, signed
Charlottesville: 1993. Envelope with color silk inset depicting Jefferson & Gorbachev, and autographed by Gorbachev; 191/1000. Fine. A new stamp was issued to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, and former President Gorbachev spoke at Monticello honoring him. He linked Jefferson's early ideals of freedom with today's aspirations toward democracy in many nations including his own. More
Hiroshige, 1797-1858: Dessins, Aquarelles, Estampes
Paris: Huguette Beres, 1955. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. Unpaginated, 58 pages. Tall, slim 4to, tan wrappers with grey lettering (toned at edges). Paris: Huguette Beres, 1955. Text in French. Near fine. Exposition du 7 Juin au 15 Juillet 1955. More
The Stamps of Palestine. Specialized Catalogue
Haifa: Hoexter, 1959. Illustrated. 52 pages, tall thin 12mo, printed wrappers; wrappers; minor markings to covers. Haifa: Dr. W. Hoexter, (1959). A very good(+)copy. More
The Ishikawa Collection of United States Post Offices in Japan
Danbury: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. Illustrated. 48pp., Danbury: Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp Auction Co., 1981. A very good copy. More
Sheet of Christmas seal stamps
1939. 36 stamps in a 5 x 6 inch sheet. Holiday greeting stamps promoting the treatment & prevention of tuberculosis. N.p., 1939. The design, by Kent, feautures a white angel outlined in red against a dark blue ground. Fine. More
Texas Republic Postal System; A brief Story relating to the Post Office and Postal Markings of the Republic of Texas
New York: Harry L. Lindquist, 1933. Illus. 72pp. 8vo, maroon cloth. New York: Harry L. Lindquist, 1933. First Edition. Very good Signed by the author. Author also includes the story of post office and postal markings of the early Texas state period. More
The Harry F. Allen Collection of Black Jacks: A Study of the Stamp and Its Use
Pennsylvania: American Philatelic Society, 1969. Illustrated in black and white. x, 148 pages. Slim 8vo, red gilt stamped cloth. Pennsylvania: The American Philatelic Society, (1969). Ownership signature and embossed stamp on front free endpaper, adhesive residue on front paste-down endpaper -- otherwise internally clean and tight. Very good(+). More
Viktor IV: Envelopes
Copenhagen: Brondom, 1998. More than 40 works reproduced in color. oblong 12mo, black pictorial wrappers. Copenhagen: Brondum, (1998). A near fine copy. More
The U. S. A. Consular Postal Agencies in Japan, 1860-75
London: Robson Lowe. Illus. 12pp. Tall 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, lower right corner margin throughout lightly creased. London: Robson Lowe, n.d., circa 1970. More
The Overland Mail; A Postal Historical Study of the Mail Route to India
London: George Alllen and Unwin, 1948. Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, upper front cover in right corner faded from sun exposure, front flyleaf and last blank page partially browned. London: George Allen and Unwin, (1948). History of the Overland Mail Route from England via Egypt to India. More
Lick 'Em, Stick 'Em: The Lost Art of Poster Stamps
New York: Abbeville, 1989. Hundreds of color illustrations. 96pp., thin, square 8vo, glossy pictorial boards. New York: Abbeville Press, (1989). A near fine copy. More
Wood Block Prints ...Adopted for Commemorative Stamp Issue.
Tokyo: Kyota Hanga-In. 6 hand-made plates, (reduced in size from originals) with paper mattes and Japanese paper tissue guards, in a board folder with large printed label and string ties. Two page explanation printed in English and Japanese. Tokyo: Kyota Hanga-in, no date. Fine. More
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