Stamp Dealers

I use to get approvals from 49er Stamp Company back in the early/mid 1990's, but they are on ebay now.

Timbres667
I have the Grossman "collectors handbook"
a really neat book for the beginner / upwards.

Rod: I thought I recognized the format. I have an old Grossman album (1955).

Stanley Gibbons , London , Great Britain
its over 150 years old and here there album from the 30's which is very popular that you can get them from car boot sale here's one I have :

Cynical:
Yes a great book, I like the way Americans present a lot
of their information, or at least did once upon a time.
Easy to read with structured notes.
AFAIK this book sold for $2.45 in its day.

I've got a Seth Perkins glassine.
Also this little pink H.E. Harris envelope I must have received some stamps in. I used to order stamps from them a lot.

Mentioned earlier in this thread was the Garcelon Stamp Co. of Calais, Maine. Here's a period example of their approval sheet which I found on the internet:

I remember my first taste of approvals from the "Empire Stamp Company" in Ontario, in the early 1970's.

This packet was distributed by "The Stamp Place, P.O. Box 54, Washington, D.C. 20044"

You can see from the approval sheets than the MNH craze had not yet hit as late as the 1950s. Which makes one wonder where all the MNH older stamps are coming from!

got me looking now.....
Potomac stamp co., washington 15, DC
Seth Perkins, amherstNH
Goliath Stamp co,
Jamestown,
Williams stamp co
shelron, hempstead NY
North american society of philatelists
pinto stamps, park ridge IL
ABC stamp, san francisco
Jack Conklin, osage IOwa
global stamp, livermore CA
Dana importers, dana point CA
Liberty Stamp, holyoke MA

Not sure if these guys did approvals or not, but the packet was so cool, I had to post it.

Stamp and Album Co. of America NYC

Found this Goliath Stamp Co Approval sheet going through my old stamp misc box thought you collectors would like to see

Goliath is new to me...there were quite a few approval dealers out of New Hampshire..remember how they used to advertise on match book covers ?

I was thinking the same thing. I also remember G.O.B.E. out of Saco, maine.

Maybe the taxes there were good for selling stamps or something, sompared to New York or elsewhere?

Or maybe they were inspired by Harris, spin offs of his or lost employees? Wonder if there is a book on the history of stamp dealers and all the related topics like income taxe and such? probably not enough sex and violence to sell and make money.