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Studies of Stamp Printing Papers: Incorporating coloured threads or fibres. London: The Author, 1990; Huska, Andrew. The Stamp Collectors' Guide to Paper Used for Postage Stamps: illustrated with actual stamps or paper. Philadelphia: Andrew Huska, 1938 32p. Repeta, Louis E. Watermarks In Postage Stamp Paper: a comprehensive look at a key stamp ...
By the middle of the twentieth century, hundreds of stamp clubs had formed throughout the United States, often affiliated with large organizations, such as the American Philatelic Society or the American Topical Association. Many published their own scholarly articles or journals, while others advertised in the journals of larger philatelic ...
From 1872 until he died in 1934, Wolsieffer remained active in selling stamps, first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then in Chicago, Illinois. In 1914, he moved back to Philadelphia and purchased the Philadelphia Stamp Company which he renamed as P.M. Wolsieffer. From 1897 to 1933 Wolsieffer conducted 341 major auctions.
This museum was the brainchild of Bernard Davis, a wealthy banker and avid stamp collector. The museum, which was located at Broad and Diamond Streets in Philadelphia, opened its doors on December 5, 1948. The museum offered a variety of services, including presentation of exhibits in frames for public viewing and a philatelic library.
The first revenue stamps in the United States were used briefly during colonial times, among the most notable usage involved the Stamp Act.Long after independence, the first revenue stamps printed by the United States government were issued in the midst of the American Civil War, prompted by the urgent need to raise revenue to pay for the great costs it incurred.
The National Philatelic Collection is a collection of nearly six million postage stamps, revenue stamps, and related items, owned by the United States Government and managed by the Smithsonian Institution. It is housed within the National Postal Museum and a portion of the collection is on display in the museum's National Stamp Salon. The ...
An 1883 postal note of Homer Lee Bank Note Co., Philadelphia 7 Sept 1883. Postal notes were the specialized money order successors to the United States Department of the Treasury's postage and fractional currency. They were created so Americans could safely and inexpensively (for a three cent fee) send sums of money under $5 to distant places. [1]
On many of the 1894 stamps, perforations are of notably poor quality, but the Bureau would soon make technical improvements. In 1895 counterfeits of the 2¢ value were discovered, which prompted the BEP to begin printing stamps on watermarked paper for the first time in U.S. postal history. The watermarks imbedded the logo U S P S into the ...