Encyclopedia of United States stamps and stamp collecting
By: Rodney A. Juell & Steven J. Rod, editors.
Contributors: Juell, Rodney A., 1948-; Rod, Steven J., 1945-; United States Stamp Society.
Publisher: United States Stamp Society
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781886513983
Subjects: Postage stamps -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Stamp collecting -- United States -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Stamps of the United States; title: Stampless covers; title: Postmasters' provisionals; title: Series of 1847; title: Series of 1851 and 1857; title: Series of 1861 and 1869 pictorials; title: Bank notes of 1870-1894; title: Series of 1894; title: Series of 1902; title: Washington-Franklin heads issue; title: Series of 1922; title: Presidential series; title: Liberty series; title: Prominent Americans issue; title: Americana issue; title: Great Americans issue; title: Transportation coils; title: Late twentieth century definitives; title: Nineteenth century commemoratives; title: Twentieth century commemoratives, 1901-1933; title: Twentieth century commemoratives, 1933-1971; title: Twentieth century commemoratives, 1971-2000; title: Twenty-first century stamps; title: Airmail stamps; title: Special usage stamps; title: Federal revenue stamps; title: State revenue stamps; title: U.S. possessions, usages abroad, and occupied areas; title: Postal stationery; title: Precancels and perfins; title: Carriers' and locals; title: Confederate States of America; title: History, production, and technology; title: United States Post Office Department; title: United States Postal Service; title: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; title: Stamp production - the flat plate press; title: Stamp production - the Stickney rotary press; title: Stamp production - modern presses; title: Stamp production - modern private printers; title: Stamp separation, 1857-1980; title: Stamp separation, since 1980; title: Self-adhesive stamps; title: Watermarks; title: Plate construction and layout; title: Plate numbers; title: Marginal markings; title: Plate varieties; title: Stamps in booklets, 1900-1977; title: Stamps in booklets, since 1977; title: Stamps in coil rolls, 1907-1980; title: Stamps in coil rolls, post 1980; title: Inks, colors, papers, and gums; title: Errors, freaks, and oddities; title: Essays and proofs; title: Luminescence; title: Test stamps; title: Expanding the collector's scope; title: United States Stamp Society; title: United States stamp research; title: Postal history - markings; title: Postal history - Rates and classifications; title: First day covers; title: Meters and machine generated postage; title: Philately never ends; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A - Glossary; title: Appendix B - Print resources; title: Appendix C - Internet resources.