UPDATED 5/27/2015 - FINAL

Download a printable PDF of the 2015 literature exhibition entries here. The 2015 prospectus and application are archived here for reference as a PDF.

Listed prices for handbooks and special studies may not include postage and handling charges. Subscription rates to philatelic periodicals may vary outside the United States. Literature entries are available for viewing at 3:00pm Saturday in Mobley Boardroom.

Handbooks and Special Studies

Charles, Harry K., Jr. Postage Due: United States Postage Due Essays, Proofs, and Specimens, 1879-1986. Collectors Club of Chicago, 2014. $65 from collectorsclubchicago.org/postage-due.php. Also serves as a basic primer on the different types of essays and proofs.

Gallegos, Guillermo F. and Joseph D. Hahn. The Prestamp Period of El Salvador (1525-1866). Collectors Club of Chicago, 2015. $80 from collectorsclubchicago.org/el-salvador.php. Definitive on El Salvador but of much interest for Spanish Central and South America for the time period. Edition limited to 300 copies.

Ganz, Cheryl R., ed. Every Stamp Tells a Story: The National Philatelic Collection. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2014. $29.95 from [email protected]. Includes more than 100 color images of stamps and mail, reflecting America's postal history and national identity.

Lee, Paul R., II. Parks, Postmarks, & Postmasters: Post Offices within the National Park System. Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library, 2014. $50 hardbound/$29.99 softbound from [email protected]. Study of current and former post offices that now lie within the present authorized boundaries of areas managed by the U.S. National Park Service.

Mena, Hector R., ed. Costa Rica Postal Catalogue. Society for Costa Rica Collectors, 2014. Available only to society members; inquire at [email protected]. Comprehensive listing of all postal issues, telegraphs, and postal stationery of Costa Rica with details on production, printing, muestra issues, errors, varieties, auxiliary markings, and proofs.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Freedom Just Around the Corner: Black America from Civil War to Civil Rights. Smithsonian Institution, 2015. $16.95 from [email protected]. Companion catalogue to the NPM exhibit features black history through stamps and mail.

Weisz, Douglas S. Dorothy Knapp: Philately and Family. Douglas Weisz U.S. Covers, 2015. $50 from [email protected]. The definitive biography and complete works of the most famous cachet artist in the history of philately.

Zagorsky, Valery. Russia 1857-1917; RSFSR 1918-22; USSR 1923-91 Postage Stamp Catalogue. Standard Collection, 2013. $69 from [email protected]. Color illustrations of all issued stamps, detailed information on rasters (shade screens), watermarks, table of quality categories, numbering of re-issues, name register, and topical index are provided.

Zagorsky, Valery. Azerbaijan Transcaucasian Federation, 1919-1923 Postage Stamp Catalog. Standard Collection, 2013. $47 from [email protected]. The first completely illustrated catalog, with a lot of new information for the collector.

Zagorsky, Valery. USSR Drafts of Stamps, 1923-1960. Standard Collection, 2013. $218 from [email protected]. Official Soviet archival documents used as part of the approval process for USSR postage stamps.

Philatelic Periodicals

Non-Competitive

Canal Zone Philatelist 2014. Quarterly journal of the Canal Zone Study Group. Richard D. Bates, Jr., ed. $12/year from canalzonestudygroup.com. Publication of the Canal Zone Study Group that is the primary communication with its members, including research articles, items about new discoveries, and club news items.