Baxter Book About Printing Postage Stamps?

Hello again

I thought I'd posted this, but can't find it. If this a repeat, forgive!

Does anyone know if the book by Baxter about Printing postage stamps by line engraving is any good for the general reader - not just for printers!

Any views??

Strider

From the Wiki entry for James H. Baxter:

"Baxter wrote a series of articles in The American Philatelist entitled Printing Postage Stamps by Line Engraving. The articles were printed during 1937 and 1938, and Baxter was awarded the American Philatelic Society Literary Prize in 1938 for the series. In 1939 Baxter collected the articles into a book entitled Printing Postage Stamps by Line Engraving. The book was reprinted in 1981.

James Baxter's philatelic knowledge allowed him to perform service to philately in a variety of ways. At the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia, Baxter was a technical advisor. And at the Chester Times newspaper (now called Delaware County Daily and Sunday Times) he wrote a stamp column for a number of years. He was also editor of the Postal History Journal from 1958 to 1985."

This suggests that he was writing for philatelists.

For $7.50 worth a try...........

Depends on how general you mean. Its somewhat terse reading, but its a very good book on the subject. If you plate stamps, then this is very useful. If you just want to learn more about stamp production, then its great as well.