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Bibliography

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The following literature list provides a starting point for building a library.   A few items are available from the Meter Stamp Society or the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, PA.  Where the authors continue to sell their own works, an address is provided.  Many items do appear on dealer auction lists or online auctions like ebay.  The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog, listed below, provides literature references for the postage meters of many countries.

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Booksellers and Library to Investigate:

 

alibris                         www.alibris.com

Amazon                    www.amazon.com

Philatelic Bibliophile www.pbbooks.com

Philatelic Books        www.philatelicbooks.com

APRL                          www.stamps.org

 

Tell us where you found them.

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Magazine/News Articles

 

An extensive (14 pages) Bibliography of 

Newspaper Articles by:

Douglas Kelsey: Linn's Stamp News

John Coulthard:  Stamps, Chambers Stamp News

Werner Simon: Stamps

Homer Hemenway: Linn's Stamp News

Ernest Roscoe: Stamp Collector

Combined Newspaper Bibliography

 

More important: Libraries that carry the Newspapers

Bibliography thanks to Doug Kelsey

Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin

Richard Stambaugh, Editor Emeritus

David Crotty, Editor

Availability: Membership of the MSS!

Complete MSS Library CD See: Library

General

 

History & Evolution of Metered Postage

William K Thomas

American Philatelic Society, 1962

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

How To Collect Postage Meter Stamps

R.H. Harsh

Ramos Enterprises 1963

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

An Introduction to the Hobby of Collecting the Postage Meter Stamps

R.H Harsh 1965

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

American Philatelic Research Library

The library has an online book and

article card catalog.  Try it.

www.stamps.org

International

 

The Meter Postage Stamp Catalogue

A.H. Harris

The Philatelic Magazine, 1940 3rd Ed.

Availablity: American Philatelic Research Library

The Meter Postage Stamp Catalogue

S.D. Barfoot, Werner Simon

United Postal Frankers Inc. 1953

Addendum, 1963

Availability: Seen occasionally on ebay

American Philatelic Research Library

New

The International Postage 

Meter Stamp Catalog 2nd Edition

Joel Hawkins, Richard Stambaugh 2009-2014

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
Print 1st Edition Availability
: http://pbbooks.com/meter.htm

 

FRAMA WORLD CATALOG

Flavio Rota

Availablity: Flavio Rota

Via B, Marcello Nr. 3

I-22060 CANTU'CO, Italy

rota.flavio@tin.it

American Philatelic Research Library

Meter Marks of Mauritius
Patrick Kwan Cheung

A4- 76 pages in colour with over 250 illustrations.
Cost US$28 + US$ 17 postage to worldwide.

e-mail: pkwanc(at)hotmail.com

 

"BASIC CLASSIFICATION OF BRAZILIAN

METER STAMPS"

By: Mario Xavier Jr.

The first classification of the Brazilian meter stamps since their beginning in 1925 to the present time.

The complete listing of the first imprints of each machine with color illustrations of all types and subtypes. Bilingual edition, Portuguese and English, 180 pages, size A-4, spiral bound.

Price: US$ 50.00 + shipping costs

Contact: Rua Sergipe 424 ap 3-A

01243-000 São Paulo – SP - Brazil

E-mail: mxavierjr(at)uol.com.br

Meterstamp.de

www.meterstamp.de

German/Austrian/European Postage Meters

Michel ATM World Catalogue (German)

Availability: Booksellers and:

www.atms.ch/ (German)

www.ateeme.net/angles/aatmcatal.htm (English)

 

 

 

"Selected Writings on Postage Meter Stamps"

by Mr. Wu Weilin in Chinese 355 pages 1700+ illustrations. Composed of 71 papers selected from author's previous publications.  Wu Weilen, 808-1-69 Tianyueqiao Road, Shanghai, 200030 China.

(See Review MSSQB Vol 60/2)

 weilin_wu15@hotmail.com.  Book Price: US $17 plus Airmail Postage US $20 or Surface Postage US $7.

'Associazione Italiana Collezionisti di Affrancature Meccaniche, AICAM the Italian meter collector group.

www.aicam.org

Over 300 publications listed at www.aicam.org/pub05.html

United States

 

A Handbook of United States Postage Meters

William C. Steiger 1930-1940

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

The Development of Postage Meter Machines in the United States 1898-1920

Walter M. Swan 1952

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

Philometer Compendium 1st Ed.

Jos. Whitebourgh 1957

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

The Basic Type Meter Stamp Catalog

Walter Swan, 3rd ed. 1959

Availability: Seen occasionally on ebay

American Philatelic Research Library

United States Postage Meter Catalog, 1st Ed.

Werner Simon, David P. Walsh

Indicia Associates, 1976

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

United States Postage Meter Catalog, 2nd Ed.

Joel Hawkins, Richard Stambaugh, 1994

Update, 2001 in MSS Bulletin
out of print

Availability: Seen on eBay occasionally

Mailed Via "Mailomat"

Douglas A. Kelsey, 1995

Availability: Meter Stamp Society

American Philatelic Research Library

United States Meter Stamps-First Days and Earliest-Known Uses

Douglas A. Kelsey, 1996

Availability:  American Philatelic Research Library

A CATALOGUE OF OVAL POSTAGE METER INDICIA OF POSTAGE METER MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED STATES  1st Edition

James G. Baird, David Crotty ed. (2010)

Complete listing of many early US meter types. Includes user names & earliest/latest known use.

Free in the MSS Library.

 

Canada

 

Canadian Meter Postage Stamp 

Catalogue, 2nd Ed.

Ross W. Irwin

Canadian Wholesale Supply, 1975

Availablity: Seen occasionally on ebay

American Philatelic Research Library

Canada Meter & Permit Postage Stamps Specialized Catalog

Yen Philatelic, 1984

Addendum, 1986
Availability: Seen occasionally on ebay

American Philatelic Research Library

Canada Meter Study Group (CMSG) Newsletter
(Bi-Annual)
Now inactive

Ross W. Irwin, Ed.

Availability:

MSS Website CMSG Page

Newfoundland Specialized Stamp Catalogue

(Contains a complete listing of postage
 meters used in Newfoundland)

John M. Walsh, John G. Butt

Walsh's Philatelic Service, 1989

Availability: 9 Guy Street

St. John's Newfoundland

Canada A1B 1P4

Canadian Meter Postage Stamp Catalog

Ross W. Irwin

Longley Auctions, 2004

Availability: www.longleyauctions.com/

Longley Auctions, PO Box 620

Waterdown, Ontario

Canada L0R 2H0

 

Great Britain and Ireland

 

Meter Stamps of Great Britain 

and Ireland 2nd Ed.

John C. Mann

The Meter Stamp Study Group, 1972

Availability: American Philatelic Research Library

Also seen on ebay and online booksellers.

"GB Meter Franking-History with a Future"

Jack Peach

Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Parts 1-7 May-December 2001

Availability:

www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com

Also see the MSS Library

 

Meter News

Alastair Nixon

Internet periodical  UK Postage Meter topics.

Availability:

nixon48@googlemail.com

www.meterfranking.co.uk

ATM Informer
John McCallum Ed.
Newsletter of British Vending Stamps and CVP

Availablity

https://sites.google.com/site/pmechuk/newsletter

 

Postal Mechanisation Study Circle Newsletter
John McCallum Ed.
Newsletter of all things British postal but
includes CVP and meters

Availability
http://devekeyb.orpheusweb.co.uk/pmsc.html

 

 

 
         
         

 

 

 

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