Publications

How to Collect stamps by HE Harris & Co.
Every stamp collector benefits from H.E. Harris & Co.'s over 90 years of experience. How to Collect Stamps is a valuable guild for the beginner and a fascinating source of data for the extablished philatelist. (220 pgs)

Step-by-step guild to stamp collecting
Philatelic history by country
Worldwide and U.S. stamp identifier
Collector's dictionary
Detailed maps with over 400 countries

For over 70 years the Brookman Price Guide has been the most accurate and respected guide for retail stamps prices. Priced by experts with over 200 years of combined philatelic and autograph experience.
The Brookman Price Guide is the most complete price guide produced, including not only US stamps, Canada stamps, US First Day Covers, Souvenir Cards, Pages, Panels, Trust Territories, and U.S. Possessions.

The second edition of the popular Linns Stamp Identifier is now available. It has been thoroughly revised and updated with more than 500 new listings and stamp photographs. The up-to-date alphabetical listing of stamp inscriptions includes sections of Greek and Cyrillic inscriptions. Greek, Cyrillic and Hindi alphabets are found in the second section of the Identifier. The remaining 133 pages are devoted to illustrations of difficult-to-identify stamps that will aide the user in answering the age-old question, "What stamp is this?" [2004, 190 pages, b&w illustrations].

The Specialized Catalogue of Canadian Stamps (by Unitrade)
The ultimate reference for Canadian stamp collectors. Provinces listed. Most varieties listed. Also includes FDC, blocks and postal stationery. Featuring the established Scott numbering System. Full color.

Includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Newfoundland, booklets, FDCs, postage dues, airmails, coils, numeral cancels, squared circle postmarks and cancels, Christmas seals, special delivery, postal stationery, officials, reply coupons, stamps on cover, plate proofs, varieties and flaws, se-tenants, postal rates, glossary of terms, thematic index

A substantial wire-coil bound quality paperback in large format, in full colour throughout. Recommended.

Here are some new items added/changed in this edition:

• Complete Canada and BNA listings
• Current market prices, by grade, in Canadian funds
• Scott Catalogue Numbers

• Complete Booklets
• First Day Covers
• Plate and Inscription Blocks
• Precancelled issues
• Issue dates
• Prisoner of War Free Franks
• Postal Stationery
• Spiral Bound, English-only edition in full colour

Volume 1 of the 2012 Catalogue boasts more than 26,000 value changes. More than 1,800 changes were recorded in the United States where strong gains are seen in early and rare varieties. Australia was another country with robust activity with over 9,000 value changes. A strong Australian dollar propelled on average a 15% increase across the board for many stamps. Value activity was heavy in a number of other countries including Argentina (1,173), Bhutan (1,033), Bangladesh (979), Afghanistan (676), Algeria (582) and Barbados (533).

The 2012 edition features two impressive editorial enhancements and more than 9,000 value changes.

The first is the addition of a new section listing the Colombia Consular overprints using the service established by established by the Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aereos (SCADTA).

The second editorial enhancement is the reorganization of the listings for the two die types of the 2¢ 1903-08 Washington Shield stamps. The type I perforated and imperforate stamps are now Scott 319 and 320, respectively, and the type II stamps are Scott 319F and 320A, respectively.

Error collectors will be pleased to note the addition of 20 new errors, some of which are carried over from the 2012 Vol. 1. Among the more impressive mistakes is a post-printing foldover on a pane of 8¢ Eisenhower stamps (Scott 1394) that yielded four new errors, including stamps printed on the gummed side, and stamps with all three colors and tagging missing. (MFRP $99.99)

The 2012 edition of the most convenient "pocket size" catalogue of U.S. stamps features listings and values for more than 4,000 stamps, plus full color stamp illustrations all identified by Scott Catalogue numbers. Pages designed to be convenient inventory checklist. Best of all, Scott has returned to the user-friendly spiral binding - hidden behind a hard cover spine. [536 pages, hidden spiral binding].

Canadian revenue stamp catalogue by ESJ van Dam. Now 180 pages
over 960 colour photos, in a spiral bound format. Many new additions
and price changes. Now shows premium for *NH and indicates document rarity.
List and Prices all known Canada & Provinces revenue stamps
including: Bill stamps, Law stamps, Excise Tax stamps, Petroleum stamps, Weights & Measures stamps, War Tax stamps, Consular Fee stamps, Medicine Stamps, Unemployment insurance stamps, War Savings stamps, Search Fee stamps, Lock Seals, Vacation Pay stamps, Telephone & Telegraph Franks, POW franks Fishing stamps & licenses, Wildlife Conservation stamps, mini sheets and First Day covers
also lists Alberta hunting stamps, and Fishing licenses etc.

MFRP $21.95

Back in print after 4 years, the Scott Catalogue of Errors of on U.S. Stamps features the latest listings and values for hundreds of imperforate, color-omitted and invert errors. The 15th edition, contains more than 100 new listings, including some older items documented for the first time, such as Scott 407, the imperforate irregular block of the 7-cent Washington-Franklin issue of 1912, salvaged from printer’s waste. Listings are identified by Scott numbers, and are classified according to the type of major error. Values listed in the catalogue come from a variety of sources, including auction realizations, dealers’ retail price lists and prices advertised in philatelic periodicals. The catalogue also includes hundreds of full-color stamp illustrations.

Other Features include:
· Known Quantities
· Printer's Waste
· Cautions for Dangerous Fakes
· Extensive Footnotes on Format Variations, Conditions and Defects
· Special Section on Freaks and Oddities, Including Price Guidelines

Features:

A series of Revenue Stamps illustrated in FULL COLOUR
All currently known Canadian Revenue stamps are listed

Conservation stamps
Duck and Hunting stamps
Convenient layout and numbering system
Realistic up-to-date prices for both uncancelled & used

Useful technical and historical information

Stamp collectors face a major challenge in identifying a stamp's color and shade. What is "lake, "carmine rose" or "pigeon blood pink"?

This guide now helps you meet these challenging questions head on.

Actual color chips are affixed to the guides in this book so you can lay your stamp next to the chip and determine which color matches your stamp. A special tool is included to allow you to focus solely on the color without being disctracted by the design.

Included in thsi package are guides for the 3c Washington of 1851-1857 (Scott 10 and 11), 3c Washington of 1861-1868 (Scott 64 and 65), 2c Washington of 1890 (Scott 219D and 220) and 2c Washington of 1895-1903 (Scott 267 and 279B). The colors and shades of these stamps have baffled collectors for years, but now you can identy them with ease.

Published since 1935, H.E. Harris' Postage Stamp Catalog contains current market prices for United States, U.S. Possessions and Trust Territories, Canada and Provinces, and all United Nations. Thousands of stamp illustrations to identify virtually every design and listing by Scott's numbering system. Includes U.S. Commemorative index and stamp identifier, grading criteria and more. Hardbound Hidden Spiral, Over 400 Pages, Thousands of Price Changes.

• Comprehensive reference guide
• More than 400 full-color, spiral-ound pages
• Information for every stamp collector, novice to expert

• Market prices for United States, United Nations, and Canadian stamps
• All popular formats: singles, plate blocks, line pairs,
  booklet panes, first da covers, postal stationery, and
  more.
• Illustrated Stamp Identifier: describes and pictures the
  identifying features that enable the collector to distinguish
  among common and rare look-alike stamps.
• Collector's Guide: explains and describes design
  varieties, production methods, collecting formats, quality
  and condition criteria, and postal markings.