The Stamp Specialist is the title of a series of books on philatelic research written and edited for the advanced collector of postage stamps.
Publisher The books were published by H. L. Lindquist, 2 West 46 Street, New York City.
Format Twenty books were issued between 1939 and 1948. Early books were paper bound, but the majority was hard-bound and each later book was usually popularly identified by the color of its hard cover.
Content Each book contains six or more studies of research by eminent philatelic experts, each related to a particular detailed philatelic subject.
Article title and authors of the articles:
Volume 1, part 1 (1939) Miscellany - George B. Sloane Mounting and Filing Entire Covers and Postal Stationery - A. Eugene Michel Color - A. Maerz The United States Five Cent Stamp of 1847 - Stanley B. Ashbrook Post Office Seals - Prescott Holden Thorp The Confederate States of America 1863 Ten Cent Blue - Stanley B. Ashbrook Guam Guard Mail - H. F. Bowker The Development of the Rotary Press Printing - Max G. Johl Unusual Methods of Mounting - Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. and others American and European Methods of Specializing - Edwin Mueller Philatelic Auction Survey An Analysis of Prices Realized for U.S. Stamps Over a Period of Fifty Years - Charles J. Phillips
Volume 1, part 2 (1939) Independent Mail Routes of the United States - Harry M. Konwiser & Laurence B. Mason A Study of the Major Varieties of the U.S. 3c 1851 - Richard McP. Cabeen Roman States - The Original and Counterfeits of the First Issue - Fritz Billig Pages of Aristocrats from My Stamp Album - Philip H. Ward, Jr. The "Used Abroads" of Great Britain - Lou W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell The Australian Pennies of the King George V Issue - Wm. J. Davy New York Post Office, Some Early "Steamship" Markings - Stanley B. Ashbrook The "Southn. Letter Unpaid" Marking of Louisville, Ky. June and July 1861 - Lawrence L. Schenfield Preliminary Report on the Survey on Condition - Airmail Stamps at Auction, An Analysis of American and English Prices Realized During the Past Year What Chance Has the Mail Bidder at a Stamp Auction and Other Pertinent Data
Volume 1, Part 3 (1940) The Penny Black, Philately's Number One - includes an oversize engraving of a Penny Black - Lou W. Kreicker & Major H.P. Burrell The United States 12c-24c-30c and 90c Imperforates of 1860 - Stanley B. Ashbrook United States Postal History - Part 1 - Seymour Dunbar Philately Honors the Constitution - C. N. Downs Steamboat Mail Transportation on the Great Lakes - The Ward Steamship Lines - W. L. Babcock, M.D. C.C.C. "Socked on the Nose" - Theodore E. Steinway Unusual Methods of Mounting Revised report on the Survey on Condition How to Distinguish Stamp Varieties - Edwin Mueller
Number 4 (1940) Paper. A Non-technical History and Description of the More Common Types as used in Philately - James H. Obrig Aviation and Philately, based on the Norman Serphos Collection - Frank L. Wilson United States Postal History (Part 2) - Seymour Dunbar The Three Cent 1857 - What to look for in the Perforated Issue - Richard McP. Cabeen The First Stamps of Honduras - Bertram W. H. Poole 40 Years of United States Special Delivery Stamps - C. W. Bates Methods of Mounting - Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. Final Report on the Survey on Condition INCLUDED WITH BOOK #4 PAPER SAMPLES: - "SUPPLEMENT TO THE STAMP SPECIALIST Number 4 (1940) - A glassine packet of nine enclosed paper samples to be mounted with stamp hinges or pasted, in the spaces allocated to them on the pages. The spaces for the paper samples to be mounted are within the article, " Paper. A Non-technical History and Description of the More Common Types as used in Philately - James H. Obrig
Orange (1941) Designs for United States stamps – Paul F. Berdanier, Jr. The Supplementary Mail Service of the New York Post office 1853-1872 – Stanley B. Ashbrook with comments by Dr. W. L. Babcock Poland – the stampless period – Stephen G. Rich and Vincent Domanski, Jr. The Luff reference collection – H. L. Lindquist The engraver of the Five Cents De La Rue – August Dietz Specializing in twentieth century United States stamps – Max G. Johl
Blue (1941) Thru the Newbury deluxe collection of the 19th century United States - Stanley B. Ashbrook Jammu and Kashmir – Notes on Their Stamps - Winthrop S. Boggs United States postal history - Seymour Dunbar A Canal Boat letter group A World’s Fair group A Railway Post Office group A Primer of the first Greek postage stamps - Robert O. Truman The capped relief of the Two Cents 1890 - John H. Latta, C.P.A. “Neither rain – nor snow – nor gloom of war...” Three letters that crossed the lines in the American Civil War - Lawerence L. Shenfield Poland, the period of stamps, to 1870 - Vincent Domanski Jr. & Stephen G. Rich
Yellow (1942) The Five Cent of 1847 Double Transfers - Stanley B. Ashbrook Prisoner of War and Flag-of-Truce Covers - Lawerence L. Shenfield Supplement to Independent Mail Routes of the United States - Harry M. Konwiser United States Postal History Postal Memorials of Human Slavery and Lincoln - Seymour H. Dunbar The Autaugaville Alabama Stamps - Howard Lehman Countries for the Specialist Norway - H. L. Lindquist France - Dr. A. J. C. Vaurie Great Britain - Major H.P. Burrell Finland - Arthur Linz Canada - Walter Pollock Guatemala - H. L. Lindquist United States - The "Premieres Gravures" of 1861 - Stanley B. Ashbrook Census of Philatelists How Many stamp collectors Are There
Red (1942) Canada-17c-1859, A Study of its Plate Positions - Senator James A. Calder Four Historical Covers from the Spanish–American War Period in Puerto - R. B. Preston China - James Starr Coffee House and Newsroom Mail. The Origin of the Postal System in America - Abe Schoenfeld A Great Historic Document Comes to Light - General Winfield Scott's Proclamation to the People of Mexico The Puerto Rican Columbian Commemorative Stamp of 1893 - R. B. Preston Confederate Notes - Stanley B. Ashbrook Newly Discovered Prisoner of war cover with "Examined - Ship Island" in red "Raleigh N. C. Paid 5" Postmaster Provisional or Handstamped Paid? Philatelic Byways thru 19th Century B.N.A. - Ed Richardson British Columbia and Vancouver's Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Countries for the Specialist Ecuador - H. L. Lindquist Confederate Blockade Covers including some Unusual Examples - Van Dyk MacBride "Forwarded By" Handstamps - Harry M. Konwiser
Green (1943) The Trans-Mississippi Issue of 1898 (The So-Called Omaha Issue) - George B. Sloane The Bull's Eyes of Brazil (in Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary) - H. L. Lindquist Unusual Aguinaldos in One of the Most Theatrical and Interesting Interludes in the History of the Philippine Islands - Col. Hans Lagerloef Guadeloupe, The Emerald Island - Robert G. Stone Confederate Stamps-On-Provisional Covers - Van Dyk MacBride Siam-Thailand - Adolph Klingenstein Egypt - Ernest A. Kehr Embossed Revenue Stamped Paper of the United States - Carl E. Dorr The Swastika in Philately - William T. Corbusier
Brown (1943) The 30 Cents Black Imperforate of 1860 - R. J. Mechin Confederate Notes - Lawrence L. Shenfield How the Fighting Men of the 5th Texas Regiment C.S.A. got their letters across the Mississippi to Texas Southern Express Company Office Marking of Vicksburg, Mississippi The Democracy of Philately - The Rev'd. William H. Tower Canada 17c-1859. The Identification of its Printings through the use of Comparative Color Charts - Senator James A. Calder Puerto Rico - The 1873-1876 Overprinted Issues - R. B. Preston Russia - The Small Head U.S.S.R. Types of 1923-1927 - H. L. Aronson The Raleigh N.C. Provisional - A Correction - Stanley B. Ashbrook A Study of the Color of 1861, 3c U.S. Design Stamp - Wm. H. Beck
Gray (1943) The 6 Cents Lincoln Bank Note Issue - George C. Hahn A Sheaf of War Covers - The Rev'd. William H. Tower Canadian Patriotics and Related Boer War Covers - Ed. Richardson An Important Discovery on the United States 1898 4c Stamp - Ferrars Tows Early Foreign Mail Service From Peru - Arthur Linz History of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Thomas F. Morris Confederate Mexico Covers - A sequel to "Confederate Blockade Covers" - Van Dyk MacBride Iceland - Joseph Jaeger
Maroon (1944) The South's "Way of Life" - Random Notes for the Student of Confederates - August Dietz The "Large Geneva Eagle" 1846-1848 - Gustave A. von Gross Southern Censorship of the South Bound Mail - August Dietz Puerto Rico - The British Postal Agencies in Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston A Primer of English Postal History to the Adhesive Period - The Rev'd. William H. Tower The Maryland State Issue of 1818 of Revenue Stamped Paper - Colin MacR. Makepeace Philatelic Byways Thru 19th Century BNA-Victorian Canada - Ed Richardson Captain Absalom Grimes - The Confederate Mail Carrier - Van Dyk MacBride The Postal History of the Ionian Islands - Colonel Hans Lagerloef
White (1944) The City Delivery Letter Expresses of San Francisco - Ernest A. Wiltsee Air Mail Interruption Covers - R. Lee Black National Defense Issue - George C. Hahn and Sol Glass "Pan. & San Fran. S.S." (Panama and San Francisco Steam Ship) - Stanley B. Ashbrook Puerto Rico - Postal Markings of the 1855-1873 Period - R. B. Preston and M. H. Sanborn United States Savings Stamps - A New Field for the Specialist - H. L. Lindquist The Royal Genealogies in Stamps - Harold F. Round
Black (1945) Barnard’s Caribou Express – in the Colony of British Columbia, 1860-1971 and later expresses of F. J. Barnard - Henry C. Hitt and Gerald E. Wellborn Some notes on the Harold C. Brooks collection of Confederate States of America - Stanley B. Ashbrook Patriotic cover fishing - Rollin E. Flower A huge find of rare western franks – many hitherto unknown varieties - Ernest A Wiltsee Insurance cancellations on Civil War revenues 1862-1871 - Jere. Hess Barr Don’t ignore the letters – a cover collector points out the interest and romance to be found in the contents of your covers - Towner K. Webster, Jr. A letter from Libby Prison - Van Dyk MacBride “Canada Mourns Her Beloved Queen” - Ed Richardson Syndicate envelopes - Thomas D. Perry
Coral (1945) The Overrun Nations series - Sol Glass Poland, the postal stationery - Clement A. Pulaski The Early Postal History of Peru - Arthur Linz Russian Zemstvos, a compendium of existing information with additional information based on original research - Col. Hans Lagerloef Norway, a few notes on the unlisted 1882-3 Issue - Gustave Larson Philadelphia’s part in the Civil War - George N. Malpass Brazilian postal forgeries - Samuel Ray
Emerald (1946) Confederate States of America - Stanley B. Ashbrook Some Notes on the Postal Legislation Postal Rates Postal Uses and Earliest Known Dates of the Stamps of the General Issues Trans-Atlantic Mails - Major F. W. Staff Austria and Lombardy-Venetia, The Re-Engravings on the Dotted Background of the First Issue - Felix Brunner Puerto Rico - R. B. Preston The Bogus Stamps of 1897 Revenue Stamps used for Postage The Development of The Electric Eye - Nathan Goldstein II Poland - Clement A. Pulaski The Postal Stationery Stamped Envelope Letter Card
India (1946) The Autographed Field Letters of General Robert E. Lee - Van Dyk MacBride Lee Envelopes in the Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. - Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes - Sidney S. Jalkut Stamp Booklets and Booklet Panes of the World (the first known comprehensive compilation of these items ever made) - Sidney S. Jalkut 1860-1863 Three Cents Plus One Cent Plus One Cent - Stanley B. Ashbrook Belgium Postal Savings and Roulette Cancellations - Lt. Com'd'r. Ray E. Morrison Norway - A Century of Steamship Mail Service - Gustav Larson Milwaukee Handstamps and Their Use - Kenneth F. Olson