Washington Territorial Postmarks By Richard A. Long.

A Reprint of his 1990-1995 Articles in La Posta.

With the kind permission of author Richard A. Long, we are pleased to announce the addition of a reprint of his ground-breaking catalogue and inventory of Washington Territorial Postmarks. This series was originally published in La Posta between 1990 and 1995,and, although all the counties of the Territory were not completed, it remains the seminal work on the subject of Washington Territorial Postmarks to date. We are pleased to add it to our stock of La Posta E-books. The catalogue has been augmented with full-color illustrations of territorial covers from the Lane Woodard Collection........... $17,50 postpaid

Originally published in 1988 as Volume 2 in the La Posta Monograph Series, Prexie Postal History was the first book devoted entirely to the subject of the 1938 Presidential Series. Five authors discuss their own personal approaches to collecting and exhibiting postal history associated with this popular set of stamps.

Terence Hines examines some of the possibilities available to build a specialized collection of cards and covers demonstrating varying uses of the Prexie low value denominations. Walt Cole demon­strates how he managed to assemble an award-winning collection featuring postal history associated with just one Prexie denomination—the 3e Jefferson. Robert Dalton Harris conducts a fascinating tour behind some of the logic of US domestic first class franking with Prexie denominations. Richard W. Helbock relates the complicated and changing pattern of international air mail usages of Prexies during the turbulent era of World War II. Stephen L. Suffet presents a discussion of several approaches to building award-winning exhibits of the Prexies. The book concludes with a publication of the massive table based on the late Henry Beecher's painstaking research showing international air mail rates from the US to various nations and colonies during the 1938-1946 period.

By Richard W. Helbock

This 290-page generously illustrated handbook (many in full color) is designed to provide both an introduction to all US postmarks of the 1900-1920 era and a reference for anyone wishing to learn more about postmarks and postmark collecting. The book has been two sections: the first explores all US postmark types found on cards and covers of the Postcard era; and the second provides details of the ways in which US postmarks are collected.

Part I consists of ten chapters featuring Doane cancels; Manuscript & Straight-line markings; Anachronisms & Mimics; and Machine Cancels just to name a few. Each subject is carefully explained and well illustrated, and the discussion includes comments on the market value for each postmark type. The chapter on Machine Cancels includes a simple technique that enables the reader to make a rapid identification of the manufacturer of nearly all machine cancels of the 1900-1920 period. Each chapter concludes with an up-to-date list of references that can lead the reader to more detailed information.

Part II discusses the major ways in which US postmarks are collected. The six chapters in this section include collecting by Geographic Regions, Rural Free Delivery, Railway Post Offices, Naval & Military Specialties and an entirely new chapter on Collecting Ancillary & Auxiliary Markings. Each chapter contains information on collector organizations and references, as well as lots of illustrations and a basic introduction to the specialty.

The book wraps up with a Glossary of Postal History Terms; four Appendices providing specific data on the subjects of US Doane cancels and Military & Naval postal history; and an Index.

In addition, this CD-ROM version has been enhanced with a gallery of nearly 1,000 full-color illustrations of the various sorts of early 20th century postmarks described in the text

This CD-ROM contains the results of twenty La Posta Subscribers’ Auction conducted between 1996 and 2004. An aggregate of nearly 14,000 individual lots of United States postal history were offered in these sales and approximately 70% of these lots were purchased by La Posta subscribers. The prices realized by these lots represents a powerful research tool for anyone seeking to better understand the market for U.S. postal history.

The data contained herein includes original lot descriptions, estimates of value and the actual prices realized. Some 1,600 of the lots are illustrated--most by full-color scanned images.

Data is available in both HTML and MS Excel format.

Early Air Mail & Aviation in Southern California by Don Evans. This groundbreaking survey of the history of early air mail in Southern Califiornia from 1910 to the onset of World War II was originally published in La Posta: A Journal of American Postal History in serial format. The copiously illustrated work has been updated and reorganized as the first in our new series of Electronic Monographs, and the images for which color was available are reproduced here in beautiful full-color figures. This will make a very worthwhile addition to the library of any collector interested in the history of early air mail or the broader postal history of Southern California. The text is reproduced in pdf format and the disc includes a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader©......... $17.50 postpaid

Oregon Historic Images contains 111 high resolution (400dpi) tiff images of real photo postcards dating from 1910 through the 1940s from the State of Oregon. These represent the cream of a collection assembled over a period of two decades by Richard Helbock and feature numerous classic small town street scenes; early 20th century transportation including river steamers, stage coaches, and horse drawn wagons; and classic post offices. The collection is heavily weighted toward views from the Oregon coast from Astoria to Brookings. All images are available at 400dpi and should be suitable for making 8x10-inch prints...................................................$19.95 postpaid