Beyond The Scott Catalogue
By James Lee

Just Arrived – from the Collectors Club of Chicago: 

Detained, Interned, Incarcerated: U.S. Noncombatant Internee Mail in World War II – Edition limited to just 300 copies

By Louis Fiset, 2010, 234p + CD, HB. “The first compilation of mail of noncombatant civilians, diplomats, and Axis merchant seamen held by the U.S. government during World War II. It breaks new ground in the area of U.S. World War II postal history. In order to understand why political groups were incarcerated as well as their postal history, background on historical events of the war relating to the political groups incarcerated is necessary. In addition, specific historical facts are present to aid philatelists in finding relevant postal history”. Over 250 illustrations, 24 tables, and a CD containing the author’s three gold medal exhibits. $65.00

Exceptional new works:

9255 Patriotic Envelopes of the Civil War – The Iconography of Union and Confederate Covers – NOW IN STOCK

By Steven R. Boyd, 2010, 132p plus 23 color plates, HB. Finally a book on patriotic envelopes that conveys the rest of the story.  This is not a picture book or catalogue, but a serious text that explores the rationale, the story behind, and the printers from both sides that produced the colorful envelopes so widely collected today. The press run for this important work was very small. I doubt it will stay in print for more than six months.  $39.95   

9254 Opinions Vlll – Philatelic Expertizing – An Inside View – NOW IN STOCK

Edited by Larry Lyons, 2010, 243p, HB. A total of 23 articles on “patients expertised by the Foundation. Some of the articles include: The “Knapp Shift” – No real, The Second Roosevelt Album. A 10c 1869 Bisect Cover?, Artistry in a 30c 1869 cover, etc. $55.00

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