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Also, in 1868, he issued his first multi-paged postage stamp catalog, A Descriptive Catalogue of America and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date. In a short period of time, his Scott catalog became the leading stamp catalog in the United States. In 1885, he sold the rights to his business to the Calman brothers who renamed it the ...
Cover of the 1868 Scott catalogue covering the first 28 years of stamps; "America and Foreign" Catalogs from the Michel range First original American stamp catalog. A stamp catalog (or stamp catalogue) is a catalog of postage stamp types with descriptions and prices. The stamp catalog is an essential tool of philately and stamp collecting.
Cover of the first Scott catalog, 1868. The first Scott catalogue was a 21-page pamphlet with the title Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date, Splendidly Illustrated with Colored Engravings and Containing the Current Value of each Variety.
The first stamp catalogue was published in France by Oscar Berger-Levrault on 17 September 1861 and the first illustrated catalogue by Alfred Potiquet in December 1861 (based on the earlier work). The first catalogues in Great Britain were published in 1862 by Frederick Booty , [ 2 ] Mount Brown , [ 2 ] and Dr. John Edward Gray . [ 3 ]
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Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.
The first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million when it comes up ...
Richard Zimmermann Catalog (The joint stamp issues catalog) Sanabria's Air Post Catalogue (Worldwide airmail stamps; last full catalog, 1966; partial, 1972) The South African stamp colour catalogue (South Africa) Zonnebloem (stamp catalogue) (Netherlands, Indonesia, Israel, Surinam, United Europe)