Hertz a Jay (4 results)

Soft Cover Book. Condition: Very Good++. This is a soft cover wrap Philatelic booklet. (United States Expresses) The condition is Very Good++. c1957. It is a flat and clean booklet. It has only a light shelf wear. The edges are very nice and it is flat. The pages are clean & bright, unmarked, no names. Interesting Philatelic item. #18577-324.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has sound hinges and does not suffer from spine-lean. Pages are clean, unmarked, undamaged and just very lightly toned. Exterior covers and spine are spotless. Cover corners are lightly bumped near the tips. Light rubbing to top and bottom edges of the covers and spine. A very nice copy. It will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "President's Message"; "25th American Philatelic Congress"; "The Specialty Group Seminar"; "The Shoe-String Express--A Study of the Little-Known Western Expresses" by A. Jay Hertz; "The Registry Rates and Markings of Hawaii" by Henry A. Meyer; "The Art of the Postage Stamp--Definition, Recognition and Promotion" by Barbara R. Mueller; "United States Early Unused Blocks, 1847-1869" by Philip H. Ward, Jr.; "The Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918-19" by Ed Richardson; "The Early Postal History of the Niagara Frontier" by Pitt Petri; "Post Marks Reflecting the French Revolution" by Carroll Chase; "Black Jack and the Whales--A Civil War Whaling Ship Makes Philatelic History" by Robert W. Murch; "Prisoner of War Franks of Canada" by Lt. Col. Lloyd W. Sharpe; "Berlin Postal History, 1945-1960" by Vernon McKenzie; "The Confederate Postmasters' Provisionals in the Tapling Collection" by Col. Harvey E. Sheppard; "Illustrations of Printing Methods" O. L. Harvey; "The Pacific Steam Navigation Company--Its Private Postmarks and Post Offices in Ecuador" by Roberto Levi-Castillo; "The Stamp Issues of Autonomous Epirus of 1914" by P. J. Drossos; "The Stamps of Manchoukuo--A Supplement to the General Catalogs for the Specialist" by Helen K. Zirkle and "With Our 1960 Contributors".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A reprint from The Congress Book 1957 of The American Philatelic Congress. A short history - focusing on the philatelic aspects of the early days of Wells Fargo from its birth in the early 1850's, as seen through their original business - which was carrying mail. This includes early stampless covers, handstamps used, Wells Fargo stations on the west coast and abroad, etc. and their relationship to philately. Written by a collector of Wells Fargo postal covers, and accompanied by b/w illustrations of a variety of covers. Measures 7" x 10" with 17 pages. White covers are a bit soiled due to age, but otherwise there are no marks of any kind. SALE PRICE.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Off-print from the Congress Book, 1957 and first edition thus. 8vo;pp. 171-188; illustrated. Soft crease to top corner; else a ery good copy in oiginal wrappers.