Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 105
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Excerpt from Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 105: Catalogue of the Postage Stamps and Stamped Envelopes of the United States and Possessions, Issued Prior to January 1, 1919 This catalogue of United States postage stamps, stamped envelopes, specimen stamps, and proofs is published with the view of acquainting philatelists with what the Museum desires the Government collection of United States stamps to represent when completed. An asterisk (*) has been placed after each item already installed in the exhibition frames, so that the catalogue shows exactly what portion of the collection has been already acquired and what has yet to be added to complete the exhibit. The catalogue is designed to be of educational service to all philatelists in forming a comprehensive collection of United States stamps; it notes all the important varieties and shades. The extreme specialist will find that the very minor varieties have been smitted and that only the marked and important shades of color have been listed. In almost every stamp printed there are many variations of shade of color which are of no especial interest except to the extreme specialist. The catalogue is not intended as a philatelic primer, so that no description of the designs of the stamps is given. Philatelists are generally very well acquainted with all the various designs, but a short description is given of the distinguishing features of the various varieties of type noted. No list is given of the numerous coil stamps issued by various vending and mailing machine companies. They are merely private perforation varieties and have no place in the Government collection. The collection as installed is of unused stamps, with the exception of a few rarities, such as postmasters´ provisionals and carriers, 1851; 1c. Type III, 1869; inverted medallions, 1870; grilled 12c. and 24c.; and 1895, revenue paper 6c. and 8c. Such items are hardly ever to be acquired unused. The imperforate stamps, with the exception of the 1851 issue and the 90c. 1861, August, are in blocks of four or horizontal pairs. At the beginning of 1908 the subject of philately, at the United States National Museum, was illustrated by only a small miscellaneous collection of domestic and foreign stamps, numbering about 2,500 specimens, and principally donated by Mr. Spencer F. Baird. In 1908, however, through the munificence of the late David W. Cromwell, of New York City, the Museum received a fine collection of about 20,000 specimens, representing the United States and nearly all foreign countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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