American Telephone And Telegraph Stamp

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Scott has never cataloged telephone stamps. The only real attempt to catalog United States telephone stamps was done by S. E. R. Hiscocks in 1982 when he put out a price guide and catalog for telegraph and telephone stamps of the world. His section on United States telephone stamps was slim but he broke the ground and for that time period, pre-computer, and living in the UK, I'd say it was impressive. But what really set me down this road was my want and need to make a set of telephone stamp album pages to house my personal collection. It didn't happen and the telephone album pages ended up on hold as I started cataloging them. I quickly realized the need to do more research with museums and historical archives as well as reach out to other collectors and dealers. For the last four years, I have worked on this definitive catalog and price guide of telephone stamps. There were 58 companies which produced over 750 different stamps and still counting. New items keep turning up! The catalog not only covers stamps but all telephone-related philately, with sections on covers, postcards, perfins, passes, poster stamps and other miscellaneous items. Available here: United States Telephone Philatelic Catalog