Whats In Your Library?

Hi Bujutsu,

Thank you for posting the info on "Canada's Postage Stamps" by Douglas and Mary Patrick. I have managed to track down and order a copy, which will make a fine companion for Maud and Miska's "America's Stamps". Can't wait. Over the moon.

Terry

You're welcome Terence

I am glad that the posting peaked your interest, and, more so that you were able to procure a copy of the book.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I do like this thread. As I delve more into postal history and philately (studying as opposed to just collecting stamps) I find my library is becoming more and more important to me.
Picked these two up yesterday at the National Stamp Show in Toronto.

Billigs Vol 9 Canada The War Tax Stamps




and this two part study of Canadian Cigarette/Tobacco stamps and Liquor Bottle seals of Canada. Not an area of real study for me, but I keep coming across these things, so, why not?

Great jamesw

I also have the same two books.
There is also a companion volume to the Tobacco and Liquor Seal Stamps. They are an interesting topic to say the least.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I was given this in the 1970s and was one of the things that stimulated my interest in stamp collecting.
Acklands Catalogue of Australian Stamps 1945


I scanned the entire catalog, if anyone is interested you can download it in PDF format.
http://DD-DESIGNS.CO/dnloads/acklands_1945.pdf

Nice one 51studebaker

Some of those old catalogues listed varieties that you don't see even in the newer editions. Strange why some catalogues drop them since they are still in existence?

Chimo

Bujutsu

This is a book that my wife bought for me about 4 weeks ago. There is a wealth of information in it and the illustrations are great too.

Chimo

Bujutsu

This received today:

Today I have a good mix of books and web site links. The internet has made getting special resources easy. Some of them are very well detailed making buying additonal books needless on some things.

Here's incontrovertible proof that I am so absorbed by the chase of things that sometimes I lose focus.

I posted a month ago that I had obtained Marcus Samuel's book on the Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies.

I moved some stuff on my bookshelf yesterday and found this, purchased in December last year.



I have put it up for sale on ebay, please click on the link above to see my listings.

Free worldwide shipping for any purchaser from stampcommunity.org

Here is a book I bought some time ago. The front cover is blank, so, I scanned the spine of it to show the title etc. It was published in 1920 and is also a collectible.

Chimo

Bujutsu

from ordering via various 3rd party dealers on Amazon, picking up used set of 2012 Scott catalogs for about US$140, including $24 in shipping costs from the various retailers. Most expensive volume cost about $25, and most are ex-library copies in very nice condition.

Also decided to pick up the remaining Maury France and Empire catalogs from Amazon.fr. Now have the whole set of 5 (France, DOM-TOM, African Colonies, Colonies/Occupations in Europe & Asia, and Andorra/Monaco/St Pierre & Miquelon). They are a veritable gold mine of specialized info.

Just got this last Saturday at a stamp show I attended.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I'm loving adding to my library. And I also love showing off my finds on this thread. What a great philatelic library this would make!
Found these at the old book and paper show in Toronto last weekend. While with this dealer I had a nice conversation with a gentleman from the Greene Foundation (the philatelic organization in Toronto which recently authenticated the recent find of Canada's rarest stamp). He was purchasing a number of booklets for the foundation's library.

Squared Circle Postmarks of Canada by Alfred Whitehead (1959)




Plate Varieties of the Canada Small Queens by Hans Reiche (1961/1981)

Also picked up this interesting piece. Appears to be a congressional brief about the state of the US Parcel Post (1913). Not sure what I'll be able to glean from this, but when will I see another one?