Lingua: Inglese
Editore: American Philatelic Congress, 1956
Da: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's signature and date on the first free endpage. Front pastedown, rear pastedown, first couple of pages and last couple of pages show some light foxing. Three consecutive pages in the middle of the book have some corrections, underlines and notes. The rest of the pages are clean and unmarked. Exterior covers and spine are clean. No bumped corners. The book will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Patriotic Covers: Colonel E. E. Ellsworth" by Eugene V. Connett 3rd; "Canada: Dollar Decimal Currency" by Douglas and Mary Patrick; "United States: 10 Cents Jefferson, 1870-1879" by Cyril F. dos Passos; "Greece: Post Offices Abroad, Bucharest" by Alex G. Argyropoulos; "United States: Stamped Envelopes, Official Return Requests" by Thomas Doane Perry; "China: Japanese War Overprints of Occupied North China" by Bernard E. Stoloff; "United States: Early Precancels of Philadelphia" by Richard W. Garlichs; "Brasil: Postal Tax Stamps, 1933 and 1952, 1953" by Alfred J. Hillel; "Literature: Philatelic Handbooks, A List of Libraries in which they may be found" by John Freehafer and Helen K. Zirkle; "Australia: Kangaroos, Georgians, Air Posts" by Frank E. Adams; "Valentines: Rare Postal Usages" by Van Dyck MacBride; "Switzerland: Pre-adhesive Stamp Period" by George W. Caldwell; "United States: Gems of Proofdom, Panama-Pacific Die Proofs, 1915" by Francis J. McCall; "Latvija: Survey of All Issues" by Vincent Domanski Jr.; "Postal History: The Illinois Postal History Society" by Wilbur H. Duncan; "Greece: World War I Charity Issues, 1917; Surcharged Fiscal Stamps" by P. J. Drossus; "United States: Overland and Other Western Mails" by Philip H. Ward, Jr.; "Hungary: The Rogues Gallery" by William Stericker; and "Index, Subject, A. P. C. Congress Books 1-22" by George T. Turner.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The American Philatelic Congress, 1958
Da: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. The book has sound hinges but does lean slightly to the left. All pages clean, unmarked and undamaged. Exterior covers and spine are also completely clean. Gilt lettering on the cover is a little rubbed in places. The lower right corner of the front cover and lower left corner of the back cover are each lightly bumped. A trace of rub wear to top and bottom edges of the spine. The book will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The American Philatelic Congress, Inc., Officers and Council"; "The President's Message" by George T. Turner; "A Message from the Postal History Society of the Americas" by Edwin Mayer; "The Secretary's Report" by Helen Kingsbury Zirkle; "Lowell, Massachusetts, Express and Letter Offices, with Notes on the Penny Post" by Maurice C. Blake; "Haiti's 'Hard Money' Issue of 1906" by F. Burton Sellers; "Canal Zone: The Type III Mount Hope Local Overprints" by William K. Philler; "The Postage Rates of the French Colonies, 1787-1946" by Robert G. Stone; "The Nick in the Bottom Frame Line of the Two Cent Brown of 1883 United States Postage" by Arthur G. Hall; "Malta Postal Markings, 1893-1909" by G. Philip Grabfield; "The Manufacture of United States Postal Stamps" by George W. Brett; "Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II in a Stamp Collection" by Richard W. Garlichs; "The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee--Its Contributions to Philately" by L. Rohe Walter; "Confederate Navy Covers" by Capt. T.S. Dukeshire, U.S.N., Ret.; "Philatelic Problems and Their Solutions" by Earl P.L. Appelbaum; "Ryuku Islands Postal Stationery 1946-1958: Provisionals and Regular Issues" by Belmont Faries; "A New American Nation: The Federation of the West Indies" by Francis J. McCall; "A Commentary on the Operation of the Posts in the Days of Benjamin Franklin" by Helen Kingsbury Zirkle; "Elephantiasis Graecorum on Stamps" by George L. Fite and "Subject Index, American Philatelic Congress Books 1 to 24".