Philatelic Literature
and
Postal Documentation
Don Heller
19 August 2024
- This document is a "draft for public comment" -- it isn't
finished yet, and its current location is not permanent.
- If you have a suggestion of something to add, subtract,
rewrite or reformat, please send email to
dheller.aps@yahoo.com .
- New versions will be posted periodically. Send email
(address above) if you want to be notified of changes as they
occur.
This is where we are now. More will be added later.
- index.html -- this file
- Timeline.html -- Timeline of Philatelic Literature, 1830-1875, starting point for a continuing project
- Timeline-files -- folder of materials for Timeline.html and other projects
- US Statutes and Resolutions, Treaties and Postal Conventions, 1789-1901 -- anything and everything postal, from the US Statutes at Large
- US Postmasters General
- US Assistant Postmasters General
- US Postal Guide
- US Official Register -- lists of government employees, 1816 to 1959, with earlier publications
- US Government Manual -- lists of government employees, 1935 to 2022
- [US] American State Papers -- early government documents reprinted in 1832-34 and 1858-61
- [US] John Melish, Geographical Publisher -- bibliography and locators
- [US] The National Calendar, and Annals of the United States -- published in Washington, 1820-1836
- [UK] British and Foreign State Papers -- published in London, 1825 to 1977
- [UK] Hertslet's Commercial Treaties -- published in London, 1820, 1827, and 1835 to 1925
- treaty collections from Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden
- folders included here --
- US-American-State-Papers
- US-Official-Register
- US-Statutes
- US-Annals-of-Congress
- folders not included here --
- Gale, ProQuest, Readex -- PDFs from sources with redistribution restrictions
- Crawford-Library -- folder of materials for the Crawford Catalogue of Philatelic Literature
- Presentations -- PDF slide show
- Great American Stamp Show, Cleveland (OH), 11 Aug. 2023, GASS-2023.pdf
- Mount Nittany Philatelic Society, Bellefonte (PA), 19 Oct. 2023, MNPS-2023.pdf
Some Chinese journals, with notes accumulated while working on a
not-yet-finished project.
Most recent changes -
19 Aug. 2024 - US Statutes, US Official Register, various Timeline files, Chinese journals
19 Nov. 2023 - US Statutes, US Official Register, American State Papers, Annals of Congress, British and Foreign, Hertslet's
19 Sep. 2023 - Crawford Catalogue
Installed 13 Sep. 2023
Created 20 Aug. 2023