The section includes books on subjects of special and lasting interest to Civil War period collectors. Books may cover more than one topic. When more than one subject is covered in a book, page numbers are given for the type material.
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Collections
W. H. Peckitt
- The Avery Collection of the Postage Stamps of the World, 1909 (pages 55-58)
Charles J. Phillips
- The Duveen Collection of Rare Old Postage Stamps, 1922 (pages 11-12)
Confederate History
J. Thomas Scharf
Fakes
Thomas Dalston
- How to Detect Forged Stamps, 1865 (pages 11-13)
R. B. Earee
- Album Weeds Vol 1, 1906 (pages 279-300)
General Issues
Fred Melville
Postmasters’ Provisionals
Thomas M. Pratt
Geo. L. Toppan
- Notes Upon United States and Confederate States Stamps and their Varieties, 1906 (pages 22-27)
Francis J. Crown, Jr.
- Surveys of the Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals, 1982 (courtesy of William T. Crowe)
- Confederate Postal History – An Anthology from The Stamp Specialist, 1976 (courtesy of William T. Crowe)
Special Postal Routes
Lawrence L. Shenfield
- The Special Postal Routes, 1961 (courtesy of William T. Crowe, and with the permission of the Collectors Club of New York)