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America's Stamps; with Many Cancelled Stamps Laid In The Story of One Hundred Years of U. S. Postage Stamps
by Petersham, Maud Fuller
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 144 pp. Large octavo, 10.5" x 8". Stated 1st edition, 2nd printing. Pictorial dust jacket, very machine age dust jacket is missing many pieces, flaps still present, now in Mylar to hold it together. Illustrated with wonderful images, as well as b/w pictures of stamps 1847-1947 Book covers are blue, just a hint of wear at edges. Interior is clean and unmarked, paper is soft and some pages have clean tears with archival repair but otherwise good. Starting with the 1930s, there are a number of stamps that have been pasted down on the image -- almost 100% are cancelled. They include a 1932 Olympic Summer Games, National Parks of 1934-37, Gold Gate International of 1939, New York World's Fair of 1939, Famous Americans of 1940, Win theWar of 1942, Armed Forces Issue of 1945, Tennessee Statehood of 1946Twin-Motored Transport of 1941-44, and many others. Some stamps are loose and I have not tried to put them back to where they belong. A decent copy of this book with a nice collection of early mid-century American stamps. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11078
- Title
- America's Stamps; with Many Cancelled Stamps Laid In The Story of One Hundred Years of U. S. Postage Stamps
- Author
- Petersham, Maud Fuller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Stamps, Postage, Philatelic, Philately
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: U.S. & North America; Americana;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
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Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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