Published by American Philatelic Congress, 1961
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Altadena, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light foxing to outer page edges, else clean and undamaged inside and out. It will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "President's Message and Welcome"; "26th American Philatelic Congress"; "The Specialty Group Seminar"; "U. S. Rural Free Delivery--Early County-Wide Systems, 1899-1904" by Edith R. Doane; "British North America--The Necessity for A Specialized Catalog" by Daniel C. Meyerson; "Papermakers' Watermarks with a Check List of Known Varieties" by John Freehafer; "Civil War Patriotic Envelopes--A Photographic Essay on Crests and Watermarks" by Thomas W. Blinn; "Malays--An Outline of Its Postal History" by Howard J. Selzer; "The Boston University Philatelic Library--A Study in Experimental Bibliosophy" by Albert Roy; "The Ruhleben Express Delivery of World War I" by Herman Herst, Jr.; "Anthropology on Stamps" by Edmund DeS. Brunner; "United States Permit-Meter Systems 1898-1911--Early Development and Approbation" by Alfred P. H. Overment; "Canada 'Small Queen' Series of 1870-97" by Peter J. Hurst; "An Index--The National Philatelic Museum Magazine Articles of Philatelic Interest, 1948-1957" by Helen K. Zirkle; "The Senegal Coastal Mailboat, 1886-95" by Robert G. Stone; "United States--The First Postal Card, 1873-75--Three Related Studies" by Charles A. Fricke; "Revenue Stamps of Norway" by Frederick A. Brofos; "The 'Ferriage Rates' of Upper Canada--Postal History of the Niagara Frontier" by Pitt Petri; "A Sociologist's View of the Stamp Collector" by Edwin A. Christ; "The Fourth 'China Marines' Regiment, U.S.M.C.--Postal History, 1927-42" by Stanley C. Jersey; "The Registration Stamps of Panama" by Gustave Schay; "Russia--The Romanov Tercentenary Issue" by Gregory B. Salisbury; "The Second Issue of Ecuador, 1872-1881" by Roberto Levi-Castillo; "Confederate States--John H. Reagan answers An Inquiry" by Van Dyk MacBride; "Encore for our Authors"; and "Cumulative Index and Index to Book 26".