title: The Stamp Specialist
text: # The Stamp Specialist
  
  The Stamp Specialist is the title of a series of books on philatelic research written and edited for the advanced collector of postage stamps.
  
  ## Publisher
  
  The books were published by H. L. Lindquist, 2 West 46 Street, New York City.
  
  ## Format
  
  Twenty books were issued between 1939 and 1948. Early books were paper bound, but the majority was hard-bound and each later book was usually popularly identified by the color of its hard cover.
  
  ## Content
  
  Each book contains six or more studies of research by eminent philatelic experts, each related to a particular detailed philatelic subject.
  
  Article title and authors of the articles:
  
  ### Volume 1, part 1 (1939)
  
  * Miscellany - George B. Sloane
  * Mounting and Filing Entire Covers and Postal Stationery - A. Eugene Michel
  * Color - A. Maerz
  * The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1847 - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Post Office Seals - Prescott Holden Thorp
  * The Confederate States of America 1863 Ten Cent Blue - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Guam Guard Mail - H. F. Bowker
  * The Development of the Rotary Press Printing - Max G. Johl
  * Unusual Methods of Mounting - Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. and others
  * American and European Methods of Specializing - Edwin Mueller
  * Philatelic Auction Survey
  * An Analysis of Prices Realized for U.S. Stamps Over a Period of Fifty Years - Charles J. Phillips
  
  ### Volume 1, part 2 (1939)
  
  * Independent Mail Routes of the United States - Harry M. Konwiser & Laurence B. Mason
  * A Study of the Major Varieties of the U.S. 3c 1851 - Richard McP. Cabeen
  * Roman States - The Original and Counterfeits of the First Issue - Fritz Billig
  * Pages of Aristocrats from My Stamp Album - Philip H. Ward, Jr.
  * The "Used Abroads" of Great Britain - Lou W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell
  * The Australian Pennies of the King George V Issue - Wm. J. Davy
  * New York Post Office, Some Early "Steamship" Markings - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * The "Southn. Letter Unpaid" Marking of Louisville, Ky. June and July 1861 - Lawrence L. Schenfield
  * Preliminary Report on the Survey on Condition -
  * Airmail Stamps at Auction, An Analysis of American and English Prices Realized During the Past Year
  * What Chance Has the Mail Bidder at a Stamp Auction and Other Pertinent Data
  
  ### Volume 1, Part 3 (1940)
  
  * The Penny Black, Philately's Number One - includes an oversize engraving of a Penny Black - Lou W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell
  * The United States 12c-24c-30c and 90c Imperforates of 1860 - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * United States Postal History - Part 1 - Seymour Dunbar
  * Philately Honors the Constitution - C. N. Downs
  * Steamboat Mail Transportation on the Great Lakes - The Ward Steamship Lines - W. L. Babcock, M.D.
  * C.C.C. "Socked on the Nose" - Theodore E. Steinway
  * Unusual Methods of Mounting
  * Revised report on the Survey on Condition
  * How to Distinguish Stamp Varieties - Edwin Mueller
  
  ### Number 4 (1940)
  
  * Paper. A Non-technical History and Description of the More Common Types as used in Philately - James H. Obrig
  * Aviation and Philately, based on the Norman Serphos Collection - Frank L. Wilson
  * United States Postal History (Part 2) - Seymour Dunbar
  * The Three Cent 1857 - What to look for in the Perforated Issue - Richard McP. Cabeen
  * The First Stamps of Honduras - Bertram W. H. Poole
  * 40 Years of United States Special Delivery Stamps - C. W. Bates
  * Methods of Mounting - Paul F. Berdanier, Jr.
  * Final Report on the Survey on Condition
  * INCLUDED WITH BOOK #4 PAPER SAMPLES:
  
  ### Orange (1941)
  
  * Designs for United States stamps – Paul F. Berdanier, Jr.
  * The Supplementary Mail Service of the New York Post office 1853-1872 – Stanley B. Ashbrook with comments by Dr. W. L. Babcock
  * Poland – the stampless period – Stephen G. Rich and Vincent Domanski, Jr.
  * The Luff reference collection – H. L. Lindquist
  * The engraver of the Five Cents De La Rue – August Dietz
  * Specializing in twentieth century United States stamps – Max G. Johl
  
  ### Blue (1941)
  
  * Thru the Newbury deluxe collection of the 19th century United States - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Jammu and Kashmir – Notes on Their Stamps - Winthrop S. Boggs
  * United States postal history - Seymour Dunbar
     * A Canal Boat letter group
     * A World’s Fair group
     * A Railway Post Office group
  * A Primer of the first Greek postage stamps - Robert O. Truman
  * The capped relief of the Two Cents 1890 - John H. Latta, C.P.A.
  * “Neither rain – nor snow – nor gloom of war...” Three letters that crossed the lines in the American Civil War - Lawerence L. Shenfield
  * Poland, the period of stamps, to 1870 - Vincent Domanski Jr. & Stephen G. Rich
  
  ### Yellow (1942)
  
  * The Five Cent of 1847 Double Transfers - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Prisoner of War and Flag-of-Truce Covers - Lawerence L. Shenfield
  * Supplement to Independent Mail Routes of the United States - Harry M. Konwiser
  * United States Postal History
     * Postal Memorials of Human Slavery and Lincoln - Seymour H. Dunbar
  * The Autaugaville Alabama Stamps - Howard Lehman
  * Countries for the Specialist
     * Norway - H. L. Lindquist
     * France - Dr. A. J. C. Vaurie
     * Great Britain - Major H.P. Burrell
     * Finland - Arthur Linz
     * Canada - Walter Pollock
     * Guatemala - H. L. Lindquist
  * United States - The "Premieres Gravures" of 1861 - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Census of Philatelists
     * How Many stamp collectors Are There
  
  ### Red (1942)
  
  * Canada-17c-1859, A Study of its Plate Positions - Senator James A. Calder
  * Four Historical Covers from the Spanish–American War Period in Puerto - R. B. Preston
  * China - James Starr
  * Coffee House and Newsroom Mail. The Origin of the Postal System in America - Abe Schoenfeld
  * A Great Historic Document Comes to Light - General Winfield Scott's Proclamation to the People of Mexico
  * The Puerto Rican Columbian Commemorative Stamp of 1893 - R. B. Preston
  * Confederate Notes - Stanley B. Ashbrook
     * Newly Discovered Prisoner of war cover with "Examined - Ship Island" in red
     * "Raleigh N. C. Paid 5" Postmaster Provisional or Handstamped Paid?
  * Philatelic Byways thru 19th Century B.N.A. - Ed Richardson
     * British Columbia and Vancouver's Island
     * New Brunswick
     * Nova Scotia
     * Prince Edward Island
  * Countries for the Specialist
     * Ecuador - H. L. Lindquist
  * Confederate Blockade Covers including some Unusual Examples - Van Dyk MacBride
  * "Forwarded By" Handstamps - Harry M. Konwiser
  
  ### Green (1943)
  
  * The Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898 (The So-Called Omaha Issue) - George B. Sloane
  * The Bull's Eyes of Brazil (in Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary) - H. L. Lindquist
  * Unusual Aguinaldos in One of the Most Theatrical and Interesting Interludes in the History of the Philippine Islands - Col. Hans Lagerloef
  * Guadeloupe, The Emerald Island - Robert G. Stone
  * Confederate Stamps-On-Provisional Covers - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Siam-Thailand - Adolph Klingenstein
  * Egypt - Ernest A. Kehr
  * Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper of the United States - Carl E. Dorr
  * The Swastika in Philately - William T. Corbusier
  
  ### Brown (1943)
  
  * The 30 Cents Black Imperforate of 1860 - R. J. Mechin
  * Confederate Notes - Lawrence L. Shenfield
     * How the Fighting Men of the 5th Texas Regiment C.S.A. got their letters across the Mississippi to Texas
     * Southern Express Company Office Marking of Vicksburg, Mississippi
  * The Democracy of Philately - The Rev'd. William H. Tower
  * Canada 17c-1859. The Identification of its Printings through the use of Comparative Color Charts - Senator James A. Calder
  * Puerto Rico - The 1873-1876 Overprinted Issues - R. B. Preston
  * Russia - The Small Head U.S.S.R. Types of 1923-1927 - H. L. Aronson
  * The Raleigh N.C. Provisional - A Correction - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * A Study of the Color of 1861, 3c U.S. Design Stamp - Wm. H. Beck
  
  ### Gray (1943)
  
  * The 6 Cents Lincoln Bank Note Issue - George C. Hahn
  * A Sheaf of War Covers - The Rev'd. William H. Tower
  * Canadian Patriotics and Related Boer War Covers - Ed. Richardson
  * An Important Discovery on the United States 1898 4c Stamp - Ferrars Tows
  * Early Foreign Mail Service From Peru - Arthur Linz
  * History of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Thomas F. Morris
  * Confederate Mexico Covers - A sequel to "Confederate Blockade Covers" - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Iceland - Joseph Jaeger
  
  ### Maroon (1944)
  
  * The South's "Way of Life" - Random Notes for the Student of Confederates - August Dietz
  * The "Large Geneva Eagle" 1846-1848 - Gustave A. von Gross
  * Southern Censorship of the South Bound Mail - L. G. Brookman
  * Puerto Rico - The British Postal Agencies in Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston
  * A Primer of English Postal History to the Adhesive Period - The Rev'd. William H. Tower
  * The Maryland State Issue of 1818 of Revenue Stamped Paper - Colin MacR. Makepeace
  * Philatelic Byways Thru 19th Century BNA-Victorian Canada - Ed Richardson
  * Captain Absalom Grimes - The Confederate Mail Carrier - Van Dyk MacBride
  * The Postal History of the Ionian Islands - Colonel Hans Lagerloef
  
  ### White (1944)
  
  * The City Delivery Letter Expresses of San Francisco - Ernest A. Wiltsee
  * Air Mail Interruption Covers - R. Lee Black
  * National Defense Issue - George C. Hahn and Sol Glass
  * "Pan. & San Fran. S.S." (Panama and San Francisco Steam Ship) - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Puerto Rico - Postal Markings of the 1855-1873 Period - R. B. Preston and M. H. Sanborn
  * United States Savings Stamps - A New Field for the Specialist - H. L. Lindquist
  * The Royal Genealogies in Stamps - Harold F. Round
  
  ### Black (1945)
  
  * Barnard’s Caribou Express – in the Colony of British Columbia, 1860-1971 and later expresses of F. J. Barnard - Henry C. Hitt and Gerald E. Wellborn
  * Some notes on the Harold C. Brooks collection of Confederate States of America - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Patriotic cover fishing - Rollin E. Flower
  * A huge find of rare western franks – many hitherto unknown varieties - Ernest A Wiltsee
  * Insurance cancellations on Civil War revenues 1862-1871 - Jere. Hess Barr
  * Don’t ignore the letters – a cover collector points out the interest and romance to be found in the contents of your covers - Towner K. Webster, Jr.
  * A letter from Libby Prison - Van Dyk MacBride
  * “Canada Mourns Her Beloved Queen” - Ed Richardson
  * Syndicate envelopes - Thomas D. Perry
  
  ### Coral (1945)
  
  * The Overrun Nations series - Sol Glass
  * Poland, the postal stationery - Clement A. Pulaski
  * The Early Postal History of Peru - Arthur Linz
  * Russian Zemstvos, a compendium of existing information with additional information based on original research - Col. Hans Lagerloef
  * Norway, a few notes on the unlisted 1882-3 Issue - Gustave Larson
  * Philadelphia’s part in the Civil War - George N. Malpass
  * Brazilian postal forgeries - Samuel Ray
  
  ### Emerald (1946)
  
  * Confederate States of America - Stanley B. Ashbrook
     * Some Notes on the Postal Legislation
     * Postal Rates
     * Postal Uses and Earliest Known Dates of the Stamps of the General Issues
  * Trans-Atlantic Mails - Major F. W. Staff
  * Austria and Lombardy-Venetia, The Re-Engravings on the Dotted Background of the First Issue - Felix Brunner
  * Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston
     * The Bogus Stamps of 1897
     * Revenue Stamps used for Postage
  * The Development of The Electric Eye - Nathan Goldstein II
  * Poland - Clement A. Pulaski
     * The Postal Stationery
     * Stamped Envelope
     * Letter Card
  
  ### India (1946)
  
  * The Autographed Field Letters of General Robert E. Lee - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Lee Envelopes in the Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. -
  * Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sidney S. Jalkut
  * Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes of the World (the first known comprehensive compilation of these items ever made) - Sidney S. Jalkut
  * 1860-1863 Three Cents Plus One Cent Plus One Cent - Stanley B. Ashbrook
  * Belgium Postal Savings and Roulette Cancellations - Lt. Com'd'r. Ray E. Morrison
  * Norway - A Century of Steamship Mail Service - Gustav Larson
  * Milwaukee Handstamps and Their Use - Kenneth F. Olson
  
  ### Mahogany (1947)
  
  * Burdell's Express - J. R. W. Purves, F.R.P.S.L
  * Express Company Labels of the United States - Harry M. Konwiser
  * Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sidney S. Jalkut
  * United States Postal Agency, Shanghai, China - Harvey Bounds
  * The Life of Christ on Postage Stamps - George A. Rowse
  * Stamped Revenue Paper Issued by Province of Mass., Colony of New York, and by Gt. Britain for Use in America - Leland Powers
  * The Postage Due Issues of Norway, A Translation - Gustav Larson
  * Camp Shenandoah, Va. - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Some Comments on the U.S. Playing Card Stamps - John C. Rogers, Ph.D., M.D.
  * The British Postal Service from Peru - Arthur Linz
  
  ### Chartreuse (1948)
  
  * Dies of the Columbian stamped envelopes, commemoratives of 1893 - F. L. Ellis
  * A check list of uncataloged envelopes bearing patriotic designs of southern sentiment - George N. Malpass
  * Puerto Rico; the postmaster provisionals of 1898 - R. B. Preston
  * The street car R. P. O. system - Earl D. Moore
  * A discovery in 1860 issue of Peru: double transfers - Arthur Linz
  * Eights - Frank W. Staff
  * The overrun nations series, the flag stamps - Supplement to Article Appearing in The Stamp Specialist Coral Book - Sol Glass
  * A sequel to the autographed field letters of General Robert E. Lee - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Stamp booklets and booklet panes - Second Supplement to List of Booklets in India Book - (First Supplement, Mahogany Book)
  
  ### Forest Green (1948)
  
  * Fairs, Exhibitions and Expositions and Their Souvenirs - Raymond March
  * Canada 5d 1859 - Renumbering of Flaws - G. A. E. Chapman
  * Guatemala, the 100 Varieties of the One Peso Lithographed Identified - H. L. Lindquist
  * "Camp Shenandoah, Va." - Were There TWO? - Van Dyk MacBride
  * Teaching With Stamps - Louis H. Drinkwine
  * The Alfonso XII Issues for Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston
  * The Penny Postage Jubilee of 1890 - Stephen G. Rich
  * Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sydney S. Jalkut
  * The Stamp Specialist Enters a New Phase
  * Index to the Stamp Specialist
  